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"It's not a matter of if, but when and how severe." Strong words kick off this mid-week podcast as Charles Robinson & Terez Paylor discuss the ongoing coronavirus outbreak within the Tennessee Titans organization. Will the Titans be forced to forfeit this weekend's matchup against the Buffalo Bills? What sort of punishment could Roger Goddell levy against Tennessee after reports of multiple safety...

Another week, more pain and sorrow (and a glimmer of hope) for fans in the NFC East. Yes, the NFL's most win-challenged division leads off the show again. How freaked out should Dallas Cowboy fans be after the Cleveland Browns, of all teams, managed to hang 49 points in Jerryworld? How about those Philadelphia Eagles. They earned their first win of the season tonight in San Francisco and thanks to...

It never seemed like a matter of if , but only when . When would the NFL have to face its first major COVID outbreak? The answer came after Week 3 when it was reported that initially three, and now four players and five additional personnel on the Tennessee Titans tested positive for the novel coronavirus after playing a game Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings. How did this happen? What steps di...

Terez Paylor & Charles Robinson open their Week 3 recap podcast discussing the Green Bay Packers’ 37-30 win over the New Orleans Saints on Sunday night. Should the 1-2 Saints be freaking out about their sub-.500 start? Can Aaron Rodgers threaten Russell Wilson’s 2020 MVP campaign? The experts also discuss the amazing Rams-Bills matchup in Buffalo, another Atlanta collapse, Chicago’s QB battle, Hou...

The NFL season has entered its third week, yet the coronavirus does not quit. A friendly reminder from the Yahoo Sports NFL Podcast to keep wearing your mask. A reminder from the league apparently didn't land with coaches Jon Gruden and Sean Payton, who were both personally fined $100,000 after not properly masking up during the New Orleans Saints' Monday night loss to the Las Vegas Raiders on Mon...

The New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks delivered another classic on Sunday night that ended on a goal line stand one the one-yard line as time expired because of course it did. It was Seahawks-Patriots, what other way could it end? Terez Paylor & Charles Robinson recap that and all of the Week 2 games including the Falcons' epic collapse to the Cowboys in a 39-40 roller coaster ride, Justin...

The passage of time is cruel. Happy times and sad times come and go, as do the passing of the seasons, to remind us of this bitter fact. As the weather cools down, we're happy to have football back in our lives. 2020 also brings a more recent tradition: your yearly dose of Odell Beckham Jr. trade rumors. Terez Paylor & Charles Robinson kick-off this mid-week pod with a return to America's favorite...

You didn’t need to adjust your television. Yes, Tom Brady was wearing a throw-back early-aughts Bucs uniform and DeAndre Hopkins was shredding defenses in the NFC West. It may have looked a bit strange but it was real, in the flesh football. Terez Paylor & Charles Robinson recap all 13 games from the Sunday slate including the questionable call that ended Cowboys/Rams, Washington’s surprising come...

It’s finally here. The 2020 NFL season kicks off on Thursday night in Kansas City and there is plenty of news to discuss and games to preview. Terez Paylor & Charles Robinson open the podcast discussing the Chicago Bears’ decision to name Mitchell Trubisky their week-one starter over recent addition Nick Foles. How long is Trubisky’s leash? If he gets yanked for Foles, will we see him in Chicago e...

In seven days, the 2020 NFL season kicks off in Kansas City as Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs face off against Deshaun Watson and the Texans. We can’t believe it either. Charles Robinson & Terez Paylor devote the majority of the podcast to previewing the 2020 season. Who will win each division? Who will the three (yes, three) wild card teams be from each conference? Our experts weigh in on the AFC...

With the NFL season less than 10 days away, there's been a flurry of transactions and stories as the league and country face the reality that, yes, indeed the NFL season is going to happen very soon. Buckle up and get your fantasy teams drafted -- it's going to be a wild season. The headline on Tuesday was a tweet from Josina Anderson reporting that the New Orleans Saints may be open to trading th...

Terez Paylor & Charles Robinson lay down their thoughts on another difficult week in America after Jacob Blake, a Black man in Kenosha, Wisconsin was shot multiple times by police, followed by the ensuing murder of two protesters by an out-of-state member who appeared to have been aided by local police. On Wednesday, the Milwaukee Bucks did not take the court for their first-round playoff game aga...

Terez Paylor and Charles Robinson kick off this episode recapping Tuesday night's episode of Hard Knocks  that saw little new insight or action aside from a beautiful in-person view of SoFi Stadium, the new $5 billion dollar home to the Rams and Chargers. Moving onto some very strange news in the continuation of the offseason's major storyline, the return to play amid a global pandemic -- a whoppi...

We know 2020 has been a long year, but if you can think all the way back to the scandal of February 2019, you may remember Patriots owner Robert Kraft was charged with two counts of soliciting prostitution at a spa in Florida. Eighteen months later, a Florida appeals court has ruled  the video evidence of Kraft and other suspects inadmissible under the fourth amendment. Terez Paylor and Charles Ro...

Terez Paylor and Charles Robinson open this late Tuesday night podcast with their thoughts on the second episode of Hard Knocks featuring the Chargers, Rams, Jalen Ramsey's house-hunting and Aaron Donald's shirtless abs. Next, Charles and Terez discuss the attrition some teams are experiencing in the first few days of padded practice. With Cowboys defensive tackle Gerald McCoy out for the season,...

America's team made a huge addition to their defensive line in an all-in move for 2020, but before Terez Paylor and Charles Robinson get to that, more pressing matters must be addressed: The Seattle Seahawks cut rookie undrafted free agent cornerback Kemah Siverand for attempting to sneak in a female companion (dressed as a man) into the team hotel, proving the continued need for an NFL snitch lin...

With the 2020 NFL season five weeks away, so returns an August tradition: Hard Knocks. Terez Paylor and Charles Robinson open today's podcast recapping Anthony Lynn, Sean McVay, Jalen Ramsey and the season premiere of HBO's docuseries covering the Los Angeles Rams and Chargers. While not every NFL fan watches college football, today's monumental news from the Big Ten and Pac-12 absolutely has an i...

Terez Paylor and Charles Robinson are joined by Warren Sharp to discuss the major learnings from Sharps' yearly NFL preview – a 300 page opus of charts, graphs and advanced stats that any football nerd would devour.  They break down: - Kliff Kingsbury and Kyler Murray's simultaneous development with the Arizona Cardinals (7:00) - How Baker Mayfield will mesh with the offensive philosophy of his ne...

"It's been an interesting start, to say the least." Our very own Charles Robinson wrote this week of the unsteady reality of 32 franchises kicking off their training camp last weekend. Joined by Terez Paylor, the guys discuss at length the tier system being imposed on NFL team employees, the ensuing tier-envy , how NFL head coaches are already breaking COVID procedures and the dystopian implementa...

After a few weeks of negative stories in the NFL -- coronavirus pessimism, sexual harassment in the Washington organization, rascist comments allegedly made by the Jets owner -- this episode of the Yahoo Sports NFL Podcast is commited to only fun stories from around the league. First, Terez Paylor & Charles Robinson discuss Patrick Mahomes' "snub" by being ranked 4th in the NFL's annual top 100 pl...

Pessimism surrounding the upcoming NFL season hit new levels on Monday morning after MLB's opening weekend fell flat on its face. After reports that at least 14 players on the Miami Marlins had tested positive for coronavirus and a slew of games were cancelled, anyone with an interest in sports wondered how the NFL could realistically and safely pull off a season after such a quick blunder in base...

With NFL players just days away from officially reporting to training camp, a financial storm looms on the horizon as NFL owners and players are potentially aligned to duke it out over money and pro-rated pay just as the MLB and its players did earlier in the summer. Terez Paylor and Charles Robinson look at the major obstacles that stand in the way of labor peace and a 2020 season on today's podc...

After a coordinated social media push on Sunday involving Patrick Mahomes, Drew Brees, Russell Wilson and more, NFL players successfully kickstarted a whirlwind two days of negotiations regarding each team's health and safety procedures on the eve of training camps opening later this week. Terez Paylor and Charles Robinson open the podcast with the latest on the continuing talks between the league...

Late on Thursday afternoon, the Washington Post released a bombshell report  in which 15 former female employees of the Washington football franchise spoke about a culture of verbal abuse and sexual harassment that went largely unpunished, compounded by a seemingly nonexistent human resources department. Terez Paylor and Charles Robinson open the podcast on this late-breaking news after days of wh...

After news broke over the weekend, Monday morning made official a change that has been coming for decades, the franchise in Washington is retiring their former nickname and a new name will be announced soon. Terez Paylor & Charles Robinson dedicate the first half of the podcast to this news, the team's timeline for a new name, the place of Native American imagery in the NFL and where the Kansas Ci...