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Giants-Jets ‘things I think’: Waiting begins for players on the bubble
The 80 men remaining on the New York Giants’ roster have done all the work. They have toiled through throughout offseason workouts and practices, mini-camps, training camp and preseason games. They have rehabbed injuries. They have done everything they can to further or continue their NFL careers. Now, they can do no more. Except wait for […]
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If the Packers are going to take that final step, David Bakhtiari has to be dominant
After a long 2021 — complete with a rapid heel turn — that ended with a home-playoff loss as the top seed in NFL, along with Aaron Rodgers’s second consecutive MVP, the drama appears to be over. Rodgers signed a three-year extension during the offseason that guarantees him over 100 million, and averages out to $50 million […]
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Packers CB Rasul Douglas clowns Aaron Rodgers’ offense: ‘They can’t mess with us. They not ready for us’
The Green Bay Packers have the potential to be elite on defense in 2022. General manager Brian Gutekunst has put resources into the defense year after year — including two first-round picks from this past NFL draft — and it’s a unit that’s feeling confident heading into a do-or-die season for the Packers. Green Bay’s […]
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Colts-Lions practices feature 3 Super Bowl starting QBs
Jared Goff grew up watching and admiring Matt Ryan from afar. Foles, Lions center Frank Ragnow and Colts safety Rodney McLeod couldn’t remember another time it’s happened during their careers. And until being paired with Foles this season, the 37-year-old Ryan had never played with a quarterback who threw a Super Bowl pass. Because it’s […]
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Kenny Pickett vs. Mitchell Trubisky: Who is winning Steelers’ QB1 battle to replace Ben Roethlisberger?
The Steelers rolled with Ben Roethlisberger as their starting quarterback for 17 years. That streak will come to an end in 2022. The 2021 NFL season was Roethlisberger’s last in the NFL. He retired after the team lost to the Chiefs in the first round of the playoffs, and with good reason. Injuries had sapped […]
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Drew Lock vs. Geno Smith: Who is winning Seahawks’ QB1 battle to replace Russell Wilson?
Both Drew Lock and Geno Smith are looking for second chances at being a starting quarterback in the NFL. Barring a trade for another NFC West quarterback, one of them will get that shot. Russell Wilson was traded to the Broncos during the offseason, meaning the Seahawks are seeking their first new starting quarterback since […]
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Browns’ Watson apologizes ‘to all the women I have impacted’
Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson apologized Friday “to all the women I have impacted” after being accused by two dozen women of sexual misconduct during massage therapy sessions. Watson, who is facing a potential year-long NFL suspension, spoke before Cleveland’s exhibition opener in Jacksonville — his first game since Jan. 3, 2021, with the Houston […]
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Deshaun Watson of Cleveland Browns suspended six games: Takeaways from 16-page ruling, and why the NFL didn’t get its way
Monday’s news of a six-game suspension for Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson has, predictably, triggered an intense reaction. This is fair and understandable, because the allegations of sexual misconduct against Watson are disturbing and deal with the issue of how the NFL polices players when it comes to behavior toward women. The history of the league includes enough mishandling of that […]
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‘Unprecedented’ violations and lost draft picks: What we know of the NFL’s discipline of the Miami Dolphins
A busy week of NFL discipline continued Tuesday as the league stripped the Miami Dolphins of their 2023 first-round pick, among other measures, for tampering violations commissioner Roger Goodell said were of “unprecedented scope and severity.” The announcement came one day after an independent disciplinary officer suspended Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson for six games following allegations of sexual misconduct during […]
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2022 Pro Football Hall of Fame: How each inductee forged a path to Canton
The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced the election of eight new members in February, and their enshrinement will take place on Aug. 6 at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio. The ceremony will be televised by both ESPN and NFL Network. The list includes six players: offensive tackle Tony Boselli, wide […]