As training camp keeps rolling through August, Rob Gronkowski gave a frank, but positive, assessment of how he feels in the early stages of his comeback while a couple of NFL stars showed moves that apply beyond the gridiron. Here’s what you need to know from camps across the league: Rob Gronkowski of old is […]
Continue readingThink your fantasy football work is done after draft day? Or that you’ve got all the knowledge you’ll need for the season ahead because you’re familiar with all the picks made in your 10-team league? Think again. A deeper knowledge of the NFL landscape — even the players who weren’t picked — grants a fantasy […]
Continue readingAs 2020 NFL training camp continue, today marks the NFL’s deadline for players to declare if they will opt out this season. Coming into today there were more than 50 players who chose to opt out of the 2020 season, but today that number increased to 66, after a flurry of them came in before […]
Continue readingHarmon said on Twitter that he underwent surgery on his right knee last week. He also said he hurt the leg a month ago. Another source said he hurt it while working out in the Ashburn area, getting ready for training camp. Harmon was going to compete for a starting job opposite Terry McLaurin. The […]
Continue readingThe most important thing for an NFL team is to find a franchise quarterback. The second-most important thing might be surrounding that quarterback with weapons. The Ravens went shopping for the likes of Mark Ingram and Marquise Brown last offseason and helped Lamar Jackson emerge as MVP. The Chiefs have been at or near the […]
Continue readingWashington Redskins wide receiver Cody Latimer appeared at a court hearing Monday in Douglas County, Colorado, on multiple felony charges stemming from an incident early Saturday morning in which he is accused of threatening a friend with a gun and discharging his weapon after an argument at a poker game. At the hearing, Latimer’s attorney, […]
Continue readingLet’s break down some of the winners and losers from this NFL offseason. Some of the stories in the short term were obvious — you don’t need me to tell you again who won the DeAndre Hopkins trade — but I’m going to try to take a look at the bigger picture to see how […]
Continue readingIn honor of life imitating art — because good smack talk is indeed an art form — we imagined what it might be like if the 32 NFL GMs were instead participating in a fantasy draft. ***DRAFT IS OPEN*** MikeBrown: I know we’re on the clock for the 1st pick. But just want to wait […]
Continue readingBy now, we know what many of the top prospects set to be selected in the 2020 NFL draft can do on the field. But you might not know too much about them beyond their “elite closing burst” or “strong wrap-up tackling skills” or “explosive ability with the football.” Past the scouting reports and combine […]
Continue readingFor the past three decades, I’ve made thousands of calls to hundreds of scouts, coaches and personnel executives before the NFL draft. I’ve chased down game video on prospects, crunched numbers, made charts and tried to organize handwritten notes. The best part comes after conversations about the best scheme fit and disagreements about the best […]
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