Goodell made it clear that the NFL and the Pro Football Hall of Fame are separate entities. He also brushed off a question about whether he feels responsible for Belichick's exclusion after he fined Belichick and the Patriots for their role in Spygate, which was reportedly one of the things that kept Belichick out of the Hall of Fame this year.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Not so fast on an 18-game NFL season. A week after Patriots owner Robert Kraft made it seem inevitable, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said expanding the regular season to 18 games is “not a given.

Goodell was pressed multiple times by reporters about emails between Tisch and Epstein that were among three million documents released last week by the U.S. Department of Justice.

Get ready for more changes to the kickoff rule — and some potential changes to another special teams play.

Seattle Seahawks need to win the Super Bowl before succumbing to chaos.