CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers on Monday acquired another playmaker for quarterback Baker Mayfield, trading with Jacksonville for wide receiver Laviska Shenault Jr., the teams announced. The Panthers gave the Jaguars a 2023 seventh-round pick and a 2024 sixth-rounder for Shenault, a league source told ESPN. Shenault carries a $1,309,643 cap hit in 2022 […]
Continue readingThat year, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers drafted Florida State’s Roberto Aguayo in the second round. The Browns will be hoping that drafting York will produce a far different result. Aguayo lasted only a season with the Bucs before being waived. Cleveland has struggled at kicker in recent years, despite drafting Arizona State’s Zane Gonzalez in […]
Continue readingZuerlein will look to rebound in 2022 after missing six field goal attempts (going 29-of-35) and six PATs (42-of-48) in 2021 with the Dallas Cowboys, who released him this month. In 2020, Zuerlein set a Cowboys team record by making 34 field goals. The Jets have been cycling through kickers ever since Jason Myers, an […]
Continue readingBEREA, Ohio — The Cleveland Browns have activated quarterback Baker Mayfield off the reserve/COVID-19 list, officially clearing the way for him to play Saturday against the Green Bay Packers. Mayfield has been on the COVID list since Dec. 15. He missed Monday’s game against the Las Vegas Raiders. Because of the 10-day rule, Mayfield is […]
Continue readingHere’s what we know: There were more missed kicks in Week 5 of the NFL season than in any single week during the past 34 years. Here’s how that makes us feel: NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Here’s how it should make us feel: Eh. NFL kicking improved steadily over the past two decades, despite the introduction of rules […]
Continue readingWeek 1 is usually the healthiest of weeks, with no games that count having been played this season. As such, the inactives list is not nearly as robust as it will be in future editions of this article. Still, if everyone is healthy, there may be a few surprise team decisions as to who won’t […]
Continue readingAs a result, Chase McLaughlin will take over as Cleveland’s starting kicker … at least for now. McLaughlin has appeared in 15 games over the last two seasons, with 22 field goals made on 28 attempts. McLaughlin briefly kicked for the Jacksonville Jaguars and New York Jets last season, as well. He nailed a 49-yard […]
Continue readingJaguars players are normally off Tuesday so that did not impact any practice, but it’s unclear at this point how Wednesday’s practice and Sunday’s home game against the Cleveland Browns will be affected. The situation may be related to defensive line coach Jason Rebrovich, who did not participate in Sunday’s loss to Pittsburgh because of […]
Continue readingUndrafted rookie free-agent kicker Rodrigo Blankenship has beat out Chase McLaughlin for the job. Blankenship will be the first Week 1 kicker for the Colts not named Adam Vinatieri since 2005. He finished his four-year career at the University of Georgia by making all 200 of his extra point attempts and 80 of 97 field […]
Continue readingTeams in the NFL were required to cut their rosters to 53 players by 4 p.m. ET on Saturday. Given the irregular offseason, with OTAs and minicamps occurring virtually for the first time, teams have had only training camp, which included 14 padded practices, to see their players in person. The biggest names let go […]
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