Every NFL team carries a 16-player practice squad alongside its 53-man active roster — a mix of rookies who didn’t survive final cuts, veterans hanging on for another shot, and scout-team specialists who make game weeks run. They practice every day and learn the full playbook, but their paychecks live in a completely different universe … Read more
Every one of the 257 players drafted in April 2026 will report to training camp this month on a contract he had almost no say in. The NFL rookie wage scale assigns a predetermined value to every draft slot — the higher the pick, the bigger the deal — and there is virtually nothing left … Read more
The reigning Super Bowl champions are opening their doors. The Seattle Seahawks are the featured team for Hard Knocks 2026, HBO and NFL Films’ all-access training camp series. The five-episode season premieres Tuesday, August 11, 2026, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on HBO and HBO Max, with new episodes on the following Tuesdays through the finale … Read more
The Pro Football Hall of Fame has 387 members counting this year’s class — the 2026 group headlined by Drew Brees and Larry Fitzgerald that gets enshrined in Canton this August — and the way they distribute across the NFL’s 32 franchises is a map of the league’s entire power history: the Bears and Packers, … Read more
The Seattle Seahawks just sold for $9.612 billion — the most ever paid for an NFL franchise, obliterating the Washington Commanders’ $6.05 billion record by more than 50%, and nearly 50 times what the late Paul Allen paid for the same team in 1997. The buyer: the family of tech billionaire Vinod Khosla, the Sun … Read more
Football returns in nine days. The defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks open the 2026 NFL training camp season when their rookies report on July 17, the 49ers follow a day later, and by July 28, the leaguewide veteran deadline, all 32 teams will be in camp, beginning the six-week gauntlet that turns 90-man offseason … Read more
Sports agents occupy one of the most misunderstood jobs in the industry. Pop culture, from “Jerry Maguire” to “Ballers,” paints them as fast-talking dealmakers raking in fortunes, and at the very top, that is true. But for most agents, the reality is far more modest and far more variable, because a sports agent’s income is … Read more
They cannot show their faces, they sweat through every game inside a giant foam costume, and most fans never learn their names. But the people inside professional sports mascot suits have one of the most surprising jobs in the business, and some of them earn salaries that would make a lot of fans jealous. So … Read more
The offensive coordinator is one of the most important figures on an NFL coaching staff. Often the team’s primary play-caller, the OC designs the game plan, calls the plays, and develops the quarterback, a role so vital that successful coordinators routinely get promoted to head coach. So how much do these offensive masterminds earn? The … Read more
The average NFL referee earns an estimated $205,000 per year, with veterans and crew chiefs pushing past $250,000. That works out to roughly $11,000 per game across a typical season assignment, far more per game than officials in any other major sport. And for the lucky few who work the Super Bowl, a single night … Read more