Yardbarker
Yardbarker

Michael Gallagher

NFL Writer

Michael Gallagher is a longtime sports journalist based out of Nashville with a decade of experience covering college football, mixed martial arts and prep sports plus the NFL and NHL — specifically the Tennessee Titans and Nashville Predators. He’s covered several notable sporting events including an AFC Championship game, a Stanley Cup Final, an NHL All-Star Game and an NHL Stadium Series. Some of his past bylines can be found at the Nashville Scene, SB Nation, The Hockey News and Fox Sports Knoxville. You can follow him on Twitter at @MGsports_

EXPERTISE:

NFL, NHL, College Football, MMA, Tennessee Titans, Nashville Predators

Packers CB Jaire Alexander miffed he isn't among team captains

Quarterback Aaron Rodgers, running back Aaron Jones, tight end Marcedes Lewis, linebacker De’Vondre Campbell, defensive lineman Kenny Clark and safety Adrian Amos were chosen as Green Bay’s six-player leadership group.

Bears HC Matt Eberflus not ruling out shuffling Lucas Patrick around the O-line

When the Bears signed Patrick in mid-March, the expectation was he’d be the team’s starting center.

Bears’ pursuit of franchise QB nearly cost them Justin Fields

According to a report from Broncos insider Benjamin Allbright of KOA Colorado, the Bears were pursuing former Seahawks QB Russell Wilson in 2021.

Packers head coach LaFleur on doorstep of joining exclusive club

With a season-opening win over the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday and LaFleur will become just the third head coach with 40 wins in his first 50 games.

The controversial reason why Bears great Devin Hester was not a first-ballot Hall of Famer

If the selection committee stays true to its word, it shouldn’t be long before Hester becomes the first return specialist to put on a gold jacket.

Former Vikings coordinator on Mike Zimmer's departure: 'The devil's gone'

Those horror stories weren’t lost on new head coach Kevin O’Connell, who in his first face-to-face meeting with his new team confessed that the players would be the ones to facilitate Minnesota’s culture change.

Receiver-needy Packers discussed trading for ex-first-rounder Jalen Reagor

It is no secret that the Green Bay Packers were aggressively looking to upgrade their wide receiver room since the February trade of Davante Adams to the Las Vegas Raiders.

Bears GM explains why he did not trade top pass rusher Robert Quinn

One season removed from setting the Bears' franchise record for sacks in a season (18.5), Robert Quinn presumably had high trade value. But as first-year general manager Ryan Poles and head coach Matt Eberflus begin the start of what is expected to be an arduous rebuild, they decided to hold onto the NFL’s second-leading sacker from 2021.