Cale Clinton's blog

This month: Le'Veon Bell gets paid, Golden Tate gets paid, and Kyle Long gets paid a little too much. Plus: old quarterbacks are just hitting their stride, and unexpected testicles.

This month: The AAF gets started, the Combine begins, spring training starts, reflections on past drafts, confessions of childhood sins, teams make offseason plans, and there's a shaving.

The Patriots won the Super Bowl on Sunday and have basically been partying non-stop ever since.

It's Media Week at the Super Bowl, including quotes about Tom Brady's decline (or lack thereof); potential retirements in New England's future; the fate of former Georgia running backs; and the problems besetting the Pittsburgh Steelers. Plus, questions on cats, math, and suites from a very special interviewer.

This week: the Saints and Rams disagree on a certain referee's judgement call; the Patriots celebrate another Super Bowl berth; controversy surrounds the Eagles and their quarterback; Derek Carr wants to fight ESPN reporters; the Cowboys and their meddling owner; and player-on-mascot violence.

This week, there's a little about the Rams, Patriots, Eagles, Ravens, Chargers, and Packers, and then a whole lot about the Saints. Laissez les bon temps rouler.

This week: new coaches and their roster-building plans, old coaches and their motivational techniques, old players and their thoughts on coaches, current players with old rivals on new teams, old players with old grudges, and an ape.

This week: playoff berths clinched, players not acting their age (or like civil human beings, for that matter), sad farewells, family feuds, flame wars, kicker touchdowns, meme participation, and the latest adventures of Antonio Brown.

This week: boring holiday festivities, urine collection, fantasy pleas, emotional quarterbacks, unemployment, smelling salts, and drugs.

This week: the worst thing you can do to an NFL draft prospect; the price of fame; memories of video games gone wrong; Pro Bowl snubs and celebrations; and press interviews, both very loud and very quiet.