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 […]
Continue readingDo you have a query for John Clayton? Click here to send a note to his mailbag. Twelve of the top 16 players in the 2011 draft have been to the Pro Bowl. It was loaded on defense, with J.J. Watt and Robert Quinn at end, Marcell Dareus at tackle, linebackers Von Miller, Aldon Smith […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. Stephen A. Smith breaks down why the Cowboys trading for Christian Kirksey. There have also been multiple trades this week — including the deal that sent quarterback Trey Lance to the Dallas Cowboys for a fourth-round pick in the 2024 draft. In trading Lance, San Francisco admitted it made a colossal […]
Continue readingIn some ways, the Madden NFL 24 video game, which was released Friday, is heading back to the future. For the first time in years, the game has brought back minigames to help development in franchise mode. In that mode, EA Sports has revamped some of the trade logic and offered more spots to trade […]
Continue readingThe 2022 NFL season will kick off a week from Thursday as the Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams host the Buffalo Bills (8:20 p.m. ET, NBC) — which means teams are cutting their rosters in preparation. Teams were required to cut to 53 players by 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday. Cuts came earlier as […]
Continue readingThis part of the NFL training camp schedule could be called “joint practice season,” as teams are linking up in greater numbers this week. Tuesday saw the New Orleans Saints travel to Wisconsin to work out with the Green Bay Packers, and the New England Patriots and Carolina Panthers taking each other on. The San […]
Continue readingNFL Network first reported the move. This is the second trade the Rams and Lions have engaged in this offseason after the Lions hired former Rams director of college scouting Brad Holmes as general manager in January. Two weeks after Holmes’ hire in Detroit, the Rams sent quarterback Jared Goff, along with a 2021 third-round […]
Continue readingQuarterback, he told them. Quarterback? Nah, that can’t be right. Then Thompson played his way to being the No. 3 overall pick in the 1979 NFL draft and appeared in 51 games for Cincinnati and Tampa Bay. At the time, Polynesian quarterbacks were rare. Back then, what could happen Saturday (8:15 p.m. ET, NFL Network) […]
Continue readingGolladay suffered a hip injury in the first half against Indianapolis, didn’t return and didn’t practice all week. He’s likely to be replaced in the lineup by a combination of Marvin Hall and Quintez Cephus, although Detroit did sign veteran receiver Mohamed Sanu to the practice squad Friday. Walker played every snap Sunday against Indianapolis […]
Continue readingDetroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford missed practice Wednesday and has been placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list, the team announced. Stafford is considered a “high-risk, close contact” of a non-team member who tested positive for COVID-19, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Stafford’s last contact with the individual was Monday, which means he would be eligible […]
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