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Apr 29, 2021 For many teams, the NFL Draft begins as soon as the final snap of the regular season is taken.  The draft is nearly a four-month process. Teams spend countless hours evaluating players, looking at years-worth of film and ultimately deciding on which players are worth building a future around.  For the Detroit Lions, the 2021 NFL Draft is the organization’s first under new leadership.  Brad Holmes is the new general manager, and Dan Campbell holds the role of head coach. With so many prospects set to be available when the Lions pick, which is currently scheduled to be No. 7 o...

Photo illustration by Nick Roy / theScore / Getty Images On Jan. 5, 1998, the morning after the Kansas City Chiefs lost to the Denver Broncos at home in a divisional-round playoff game, Marty Schottenheimer met with a group of reporters to wrap up the season, as he always did. Schottenheimer dutifully answered every question, trying his best to explain the unexplainable, before he asked those present to turn off their recording devices and to close their notebooks. Schottenheimer died on Feb. 8 at the age of 77 after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's. His death called to mind the striking dua...

Remembering Marty Schottenheimer: From his longtime assistant and close friend Al Saunders Updated Feb 11, 2021; Posted Feb 11, 2021 Former Cleveland Browns head coaches Sam Rutigliano (L) and Marty Schottenheimer. (John Kuntz/The Plain Dealer)The Plain Dealer Facebook Share CLEVELAND, Ohio — Former Browns receivers coach Al Saunders worked for Marty Schottenheimer longer than any of his other coaches, serving as assistant head coach and receivers coach in Kansas City from 1989-98. He also lived eight houses away from Schottenheimer there, and their wives became as close as they were. “...

Longtime Chiefs head coach Marty Schottenheimer dead at 77 Schottenheimer coached the Chiefs from 1989 through 1998. Legendary NFL coach Marty Schottenheimer, (77), peacefully passed away with family at his side on Monday, February 8, 2021 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Schottenheimer had been battling Alzheimer’s since 2014.— Chris Mortensen (@mortreport) February 9, 2021 Schottenheimer came to the Chiefs in 1989 after spending nine years with the Cleveland Browns — the last five as their head coach. During his tenure with Kansas City, he compiled a regular-season record of 101-58-1 (....