Scoop City: Inside The NFL

Scoop City is back! On today’s episode, The Athletic’s Senior NFL Insider, Dianna Russini, details why the Minnesota Vikings are sticking with J.J. McCarthy. Dianna has reported the Vikings were contemplating signing former NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers. Now, she’s revealing why the Vikings are moving on from the Rodgers discussion, as of right now. Elsewhere around the league, quarterbacks continue to be...

On the latest episode of Scoop City, The Athletic’s Senior NFL Insider, Dianna Russini, and former NFL QB Chase Daniel examine Aaron Rodgers’ current market. The former NFL MVP is waiting on the Minnesota Vikings to decide which direction they want to go with their quarterback situation. Additionally, the Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Giants are left in limbo waiting on the Vikings and Rodgers....

Scoop City is back for another packed free agency episode! The Athletic’s Senior NFL Insider, Dianna Russini explains which teams are interested in former New York Jets QB Aaron Rodgers. Dianna shares the New York Giants, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Minnesota Vikings are all interested in the four-time league MVP. Former NFL QB Chase Daniel reacts to the news and explains which team is best fit for R...

Day one of NFL Free Agency is in the books! The Athletic’s Senior NFL Insider, Dianna Russini, and former NFL quarterback Chase Daniel walk you through all of Monday's madness. Plus, Chris Branch of the Pulse joins the show to add his analysis. The group reacts to the Seattle Seahawks signing QB Sam Darnold, the New York Jets signing QB Justin Fields, and the New England Patriots signing former Ph...

Dianna Russini and Chase Daniel are back with another episode of Scoop City! Days before the new league year, Dianna and Chase react to breaking news with Seattle Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf requesting a trade. They break down his market and the overall wideout market ahead of free agency. Plus, which pending free agent quarterback is the best fit for needy teams. The QB market has interesti...

Dianna Russini and Chase Daniel are back in the city limits of Scoop City with the latest on the Cincinnati Bengals applying the Franchise Tag to wide receiver Tee Higgins for the second-straight year. Dianna and Chase react to the news and examine what it means for other Bengals' players in search of a new deal. Dianna shares that All-Pro receiver Ja'Marr Chase and the Bengals remain far apart on...

Scoop City, welcome back! Dianna Russini and Chase Daniel dive into the latest rumors with Tom Brady meeting with Matthew Stafford in Montana. Do the Las Vegas Raiders make the most sense as a destination for the current Los Angeles Rams quarterback? Dianna shares what she's hearing around the league about this ongoing saga and Chase offers perspective on Stafford's fit in Sin City. Plus, could th...

Dianna Russini and Chase Daniel are back in Scoop City ahead of the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine. Dianna and Chase dive into the story on the top of every NFL fan's mind, the future of Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams. The team is allowing Stafford and his representation to explore the market and find his value. Could the Rams be moving on from their Super Bowl winning quarterback? And, whic...

Back from our Super Bowl trip to New Orleans, we’re ready to share some of the best conversations we had on Radio Row. Here’s Dianna Russini with San Francisco 49ers LB Fred Warner, New England Patriots QB Drake Maye, Atlanta Falcons QB Kirk Cousins, Houston Texans DE Will Anderson Jr., former New Orleans Saints QB Drew Brees and former New England TE Rob Gronkowski. Hosts: Dianna Russini, Chase D...

The Eagles are the world champs. Dianna Russini and Chase Daniel share what they know about how Philadelphia built a team capable of the blowout they produced against the Chiefs in the Super Bowl - and Dianna shares what she heard from players, coaches and execs inside the Superdome. They also explore where Aaron Rodgers and the Jets might go from here now that the team is moving on from him, who...

Dianna Russini and Chase Daniel link up on Radio Row in New Orleans to share what they’re hearing and thinking about the Chiefs and the Eagles before the Super Bowl - and get some input from one of the league’s elite defenders, Fred Warner. They also break down how moves for Myles Garrett or Cooper Kupp would reverberate league-wide and why Joe Burrow was putting public pressure on his team from R...

Less than a week before the Super Bowl, Myles Garrett grabbed the headlines on Monday by formally requesting a trade out of Cleveland. On the ground at Radio Row, Dianna Russini connects with Chase Daniel about what the market looks like for one of the league’s elite defensive players, who might want to trade for him and what it would cost. Plus, The Athletic’s Michael Silver drops by Radio Row to...

For the next week, New Orleans is officially Scoop City. Dianna Russini kicks off Super Bowl week by recording a crossover pod in the game’s host city with our colleague Robert Mays, the host of The Athletic Football Show. They break down what Dianna learned in Mobile covering the Senior Bowl and take the temperature of what the quarterback market will look like this offseason, contemplating what...

There’s one game left to play, but the teams who’ll be watching the Super Bowl from home are already busy working on 2025. Dianna Russini, fresh off a reporting trip to Mobile for the Senior Bowl, connects with Chase Daniel about the strategies the Titans might be weighing with the top draft pick, what the Giants are looking for in this year’s quarterback class and what to make of Browns GM Andrew...

The Super Bowl is set. Dianna Russini and Chase Daniel share what they saw in how the Chiefs knocked off the Bills and how the Eagles cruised past the Commanders in the conference championship games. They also contemplate what comes next in Buffalo and in Washington as those teams set their sights on next season. Then they get into what they’re hearing about the flurry of hiring activity that clos...

The New York Jets hired Aaron Glenn as their next head coach on Wednesday. Dianna Russini and Chase Daniel break down what the Jets see in Glenn, one of the league’s hottest coaching prospects, and whether he’s got a shot at turning their organization around. They also survey the rest of the league’s hiring and firing landscape, including the winding road the Dallas Cowboys are taking to find a ne...

The Chicago Bears wasted no time on Monday, signing Ben Johnson as their new head coach two days after the Lions lost their playoff game to the Commanders. Dianna Russini and Chase Daniel react to breaking news by sharing what they’re hearing about why Johnson, long one of the most sought-after coaching prospects in the league, took the job. They also break down what the Johnson hire means for all...

The rumor mill has been scorching hot since news surfaced that Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones spoke with Deion Sanders about his team’s head coaching job. Dianna Russini and Chase Daniel connect with The Athletic’s Bruce Feldman to separate what’s real, what’s not and what it would take for the Coach Prime show to relocate from Colorado to Dallas. Dianna and Chase also talk to Bruce about Chicag...

The playoffs are here, and the coaching carousel is already in overdrive. Dianna Russini and Chase Daniel share what they’re hearing about the Dallas Cowboys parting ways with Mike McCarthy and who they might target for their coaching vacancy, where the Steelers might go with Mike Tomlin and whether it’s possible they’ll trade him and how the Patriots locked up Mike Vrabel as their new coach so qu...

A wild week of news before Wild Card weekend. Dianna Russini and Chase Daniel share what they’re hearing about the Las Vegas Raiders firing their head coach and GM and the Tennessee Titans firing their GM. They also discuss how Tom Brady will be involved with the coaching search in Vegas, whether a team could lure Bill Belichick away from UNC, why the Cowboys blocked the Bears from interviewing Mi...

NFL teams wasted little time after the regular season concluded on Sunday. Some, like the Patriots and Jaguars, moved quickly to dismiss their coaches. Others, like the Giants and Colts, said they were keeping coaches and GMs in place. Meanwhile, the Jets, who fired their coach and GM weeks ago, sprinted to put in requests for interviews for pretty much any head coaching candidate you could name....

Mike Vrabel is set to be a top head coaching candidate for a number of NFL teams this offseason. The Athletic’s Zack Rosenblatt joins Dianna Russini and Chase Daniel to share the scoop on what he learned about Vrabel in the reporting he did for a recent piece on how Vrabel spent the past year. Plus, Dianna and Chase share what they’re hearing and thinking about the other coaching news that might c...

The NFL is barreling into the final week of the regular season. Dianna Russini and Chase Daniel share what they know about who’s coaching for their job in 2024’s final regular season games and how some big names like Mike Vrabel could fit into this next’s offseason’s hiring spree. They also dig into how the new leadership in Washington on and off the field turned around their franchise so quickly...

The Chiefs spent Christmas being the Chiefs. Dianna Russini and Chase Daniel assess what their victory over the Steelers says about their standing heading into the playoffs as the AFC’s top seed. They also dig into the other game on the Christmas slate, where the Ravens dominated the Texans, as Chase reevaluates Lamar Jackson’s case for another MVP. Plus, they ponder what Tom Brady’s role in the R...

The Falcons start Michael Penix Jr. and talk starts to churn about when and how the team might split with Kirk Cousins. Dianna Russini and Chase Daniel break down what they know about the pickle the Falcons have created with their quarterback situation. They also dig into how the Commanders won a big game against the Eagles, who looked vulnerable after Jalen Hurts went out with a concussion, wheth...