Adam Schefter Claps Back at Mike Florio
ESPN ESPN insider Adam Schefter took exception to a report claiming he was in cahoots with the agent of former NFL coach Pete Carroll. On Wednesday, Schefter reported that Carroll was interested in returning to NFL sidelines.
"They're going to heat up their coaching search towards the end of this season," Schefter said on the pre-game broadcast. "One of the candidates that will be square on their radar is Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn, who's coached with New Orleans, has a history with the franchise as the organization knows him well."
Schefter, 53, doesn’t bet pro football. He's semi-retired from the glass industry and landed in Las Vegas 10 years ago.
The Minnesota Vikings find themselves in a quarterback situation that not many teams do, they have two capable quarterbacks on the roster. The situation they don’t want to be in, though, is
ESPN’s Adam Schefter shared new information on the Saints coaching search, highlighting a couple of targets and when the pace will pick up:
There are specific examples that Schefter pointed out. Most notably, De'Vondre Campbell left his team in the middle of the game. It sparked outrage from fans, media, and even his team. As a result, Campbell was suspended by the team for three games. In a similar sense, Diontae Johnson was excused from team activities earlier this week.
NFL Insiders Adam Schefter and Ian Rapoport disagree slightly when it comes to Kirk Cousins's future with the Atlanta Falcons.
As the end of the 2024 NFL regular season nears, several teams have already started thinking about what they are going to do at quarterback for next year.
Shortly after, NBC Sports' Mike Florio wrote a story, taking Schefter's report and pushing a narrative "that Carroll’s agent has specifically told this to Schefter in the hopes that Schefter would broadcast it to the world, in the hopes of generating public opinion."
There’s always discussion of anonymous sources and their potential agendas, but that seems to have particularly intensified in the NFL over the past few weeks. That’s included Aaron Rodgers blasting Jay Glazer and Adam Schefter and Pat McAfee publicly wishing for an end to anonymously-sourced reports in the NFL.