Tensions spilled onto NBC's Super Bowl pregame coverage when former Patriots safety Rodney Harrison publicly challenged Hall of Fame voter and fellow analyst Tony Dungy over Bill Belichick's exclusion from the 2026 class.
Many believed when Apple TV released “The Dynasty: New England Patriots” docuseries, it would be a collective victory lap of the team’s two-decade long reign over the NFL, in which they won 17 division titles and six Super Bowl championships.
A few trades have rearranged the NFL's backup quarterback ranks, but the dust has mostly settled. From a mix of recent first-round disappointments, aging vets, and young project types, here is how the league's QB2 ranks look for the 2026 season.
Former All-Pro safety Rodney Harrison had a reputation for rubbing people the wrong way during his 15-year NFL career. Not much has changed now that he’s an NFL analyst for NBC Sports.
Toward the end of his career, in the days he was cementing his enshrinement in the Pro Football Hall of Fame by guiding his second franchise to a Super Bowl, it was somehow possible to forget just how improbable Kurt Warner’s rise to NFL stardom had been a decade prior.