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2021 NFL roster cuts tracker: Who’s in and who’s out for all 32 teams
Teams in the NFL are required to cut their rosters to 53 players by 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday. Cuts come earlier this season as teams had three preseason games — not four — to accommodate the 17-game regular season schedule. The biggest names let go are New England Patriots quarterback Cam Newton and New […]
Continue readingNFL training camp updates: QBs take to podiums, including Justin Herbert, Aaron Rodgers, Jalen Hurts and more
Quarterbacks generally don’t have trouble stealing headlines, but hey, we’re just days into 2021 NFL training camps. Plus, there is big quarterback news across the league, not limited to the Green Bay Packers’ Aaron Rodgers addressing the media Wednesday. Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson has tested positive for COVID-19. Carolina Panthers quarterback Sam Darnold is on his […]
Continue readingNFL players on the roster bubble entering 2021 training camps: 32 cut candidates, from veterans to former first-rounders
It won’t be long before NFL teams begin their preparation for the 2021 season, as training camps open at the end of July. While much of the anticipation from a fan’s perspective is based on seeing rookies and other offseason additions for the first time, that’s not the only thing that bears watching. Along with […]
Continue readingMike McCarthy’s first win with Dallas Cowboys a comeback for the ages
ARLINGTON, Texas — There is something about AT&T Stadium that agrees with Mike McCarthy. He won Super Bowl XLV there with the Green Bay Packers and was 4-0 entering his first home opener as the Dallas Cowboys’ head coach on Sunday. He improved to 5-0 after the Cowboys’ 40-39 victory against the Atlanta Falcons that […]
Continue readingDallas Cowboys call up veteran safety Brandon Carr from practice squad
FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys have called up veteran safety Brandon Carr from the practice squad in time for Sunday’s season opener against the Los Angeles Rams. Carr joined the Cowboys on Monday as the team looked to supplement its depth at safety following the release of Ha Ha Clinton-Dix. Head coach Mike McCarthy […]
Continue readingCowboys release safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix after adding him in free agency
In March, the Cowboys signed Clinton-Dix to a one-year, $3.75 million deal that included a $1.25 million signing bonus. The team also guaranteed $1 million of his $2.25 million base salary, but the move frees up $1.5 million in cap room. Clinton-Dix opened training camp working with the first-team defense but was quickly supplanted by […]
Continue readingNFL training camp 2020: ‘Football takes a back burner’ on Thursday
Thursday was a different sort of NFL training camp day for many teams and their players as some franchises canceled or shortened practices, some players wore tape with Jacob Blake’s name on it and others took to social media — all in response to the police shooting of Blake in Wisconsin and the need to […]
Continue readingNFL training camp 2020: Bucs, Packers, Saints get physical; Patriots’ QB battle comes into focus
The Baltimore Ravens released safety Earl Thomas. Several teams were affected by a series of positive COVID-19 results that have all been traced to the same laboratory. And padded 2020 NFL training camp practices continued Sunday, just three weeks from the first full slate of regular-season games. Elsewhere in the NFL, the New England Patriots’ […]
Continue readingCowboys adding Blake Bell for tight end depth
The Cowboys lost Jason Witten to the Las Vegas Raiders at the start of free agency after signing Blake Jarwin to a four-year deal worth up to $24 million and needed a blocking tight end. Bell, at 6-foot-6, 252 pounds, fits that role after starting a career-high seven games last season with the Kansas City […]
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