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Five offseason moves to improve all 16 AFC teams

More Teams. More Games. Victor Cruz says the Bengals should draft LeSean McCoy and is a replacement-level back at this point of his career. Bodine’s spot at center already has been filled by Spencer Long, who signed a three-year, $12.6 million deal earlier this month. The team can free up about $4.5 million in cap […]

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Jets need Bryce Petty to be great

This has everything to do with Williams’ stated ambition in his first mass interview as a Jet. Before his career had even started, Williams was describing a career highlight as a sack of Tom Brady, preferably his first sack as an NFL player. Never mind that nobody wants to wait until Week 7 to get […]

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Mailbag: Six things we learned from 2015 free agency

Thanks to a quiet agreement between the NFL and the NFLPA, the period in which teams can sign players classified as unrestricted free agents was shortened (it previously ended on June 1). It was a smart change. Very few unrestricted free agents get deals in May, and if they do, the deals are usually for […]

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NFL bookmaker roundtable: Super Bowl 50 betting trends

Every Friday while the NFL is in action, ESPN Chalk will ask some of Las Vegas’ top oddsmakers where the action has come in during the week. Here is the latest installment, covering the final game of the 2015-16 NFL season (and one of the biggest sports betting days of the year): Super Bowl 50. […]

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Tony Romo incident reopens NFL’s inconsistent stance on gambling

More than 100 current players, including some big names, were expected to participate in Romo’s event, slated for mid-July at the Sands Expo. Wind your way through the Sands Expo hallways long enough, and you’ll walk right past the bright red sportsbook at the Venetian casino. That is a problem for the NFL, which, after […]

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Money coming in on Jaguars’, Broncos’ win-total bets

In looking over the opening and current win-total tables at the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook, there have been some big shifts since the Westgate released its totals in May. Here are the five win totals that have been hit the hardest so far. Of all the the win totals, the most money at the Westgate […]

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‘There was no blunder!’ — An oral history of the wild OT coin toss the last time the Jets beat Patriots

Seven years ago, the New England Patriots and New York Jets played an overtime classic that inspired tears of joy and a bizarre controversy. The tears dried quickly, but the controversy lived on. The Jets, kicked around by their AFC East rival for 15 years, celebrated their 26-20 win over the reigning Super Bowl champions […]

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Antonio Brown works out for Saints

METAIRIE, La. — The New Orleans Saints were doing their due diligence by working out embattled free-agent receiver Antonio Brown on Friday morning, said coach Sean Payton, who added that no signing is imminent. “We’re doing our homework,” Payton said after the Saints brought in six receivers for the workout. “There would be a number […]

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