Mark Brunell
AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Sep. 23, 2021 03:44 PM EDT
Sept. 24 1930 — The Portsmouth Spartans beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 12-0 in the first NFL game played under floodlights. More than 6,000 fans...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Sep. 23, 2021 03:34 PM EDT
Sept. 24 1930 — The Portsmouth Spartans beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 12-0 in the first NFL game played under floodlights. More than 6,000 fans...

FILE - In this Jan. 1, 2021, file photo, Notre Dame quarterback Ian Book (12) throws a pass in the first half of the Rose Bowl NCAA college football game against Alabama in Arlington, Texas. Perhaps the best-known collegian selected in the fourth round Saturday was Book. And Book went somewhere with a QB opening: New Orleans, which saw career passing leader Drew Brees retire. (AP Photo/Roger Steinman, File)
Lower-round QBs face long odds to make it in NFL

By Josh Dubow May. 03, 2021 04:46 PM EDT

FILE - In this May 17, 2001, file photo, Tennessee Titans' Josh Evans, center, talks with reporters after practice at the Titans training facility in Nashville, Tenn. Josh Evans, a defensive tackle who started for the Tennessee Titans in the 2000 Super Bowl, has died. Evans was 48. Evans died on Thursday night, Feb. 4, 2021, in Fayetteville, Georgia, one year after he was diagnosed with kidney cancer. (AP Photo/John Russell, FIle)
Josh Evans, Titans tackle in 2000 Super Bowl, dies at 48

Feb. 05, 2021 04:36 PM EST

Lions add Staley, Brunell, DeLeone, Capers to new staff

Jan. 29, 2021 09:29 AM EST
ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — The Detroit Lions on Friday added Duce Staley, Mark Brunell, Mark DeLeone and Dom Capers to their coaching staff. ...

FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2015, file photo, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Michael Vick (2) passes against the Buffalo Bills during the first half of a preseason NFL football game in Orchard Park, N.Y. There's been fewer than three dozen left-handed QBs in the league's 100-year history, and of the 116 quarterbacks who threw a pass in the NFL over the last four seasons, every single one of them was right-handed.(AP Photo/Bill Wippert, File)
Lefty QB Tua Tagovailoa a rarity in the right-handed NFL

By Arnie Stapleton May. 16, 2020 01:07 PM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 27, 2020, file photo, Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, left, talks with NFL Legend Mark Brunell, right, at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis. Mark Brunell knows his 19-year NFL career is one to make today's NFL quarterback prospects envious. What he wanted them to avoid was starting out like he did. The former Jacksonville Jaguars star just wrapped up his fifth season serving as a mentor at the NFL scouting combine, where he and fellow alum Chad Pennington guided the soon-to-be rookies through the week as they're poked and prodded, tested and interrogated. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
NFL mentors give back to game but also get a lot out of it

Arnie Stapleton Mar. 03, 2020 04:29 PM EST

NFL announces nominees for Shula coaching award

By The Associated Press Jan. 09, 2020 03:14 PM EST
The NFL has announced its 32 nominees for the Don Shula Award to honor the top high school coaches in the country. The nominees, one per...

FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2019, file photo, Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Ryan Finley (5) looks to pass during the first half of an NFL preseason football game against the New York Giants, in Cincinnati. The winless Bengals benched Andy Dalton heading into their bye week, ending his nine-season run as starter so they can start developing rookie Ryan Finley as his potential long-term replacement. The move came two days after a 24-10 loss to the Rams in London left Cincinnati 0-8 for the first time in 11 years. (AP Photo/Frank Victores, File)
Up in arms: Elway still searching for Broncos' quarterback

By Arnie Stapleton Nov. 01, 2019 05:50 PM EDT

Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray reacts with wide receiver Christian Kirk (13) during the final seconds of an NFL football game against the Detroit Lions, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. The Lions and Cardinals played to a 27-27 tie in overtime. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
A whole lot of everything on first weekend of 100th season

By Barry Wilner Sep. 09, 2019 03:05 AM EDT

Former NFL player Tony Gonzalez holds up his Pro Football Hall of Fame bust during inductions at the hall Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019, in Canton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane)
Teaching young players at forefront during Hall of Fame week

By Barry Wilner Aug. 08, 2019 03:00 AM EDT

Newly signed Jacksonville Jaguars NFL football quarterback Nick Foles talks to the media in Jacksonville, Fla., Thursday, March 14, 2019. (Will Dickey/The Florida Times-Union via AP)
Foles signs with Jaguars, welcomes being a starter again

By Mark Long Mar. 14, 2019 06:06 PM EDT