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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 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 readingMinnesota Vikings place star WR Adam Thielen on reserve/COVID-19 list
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Vikings placed Pro Bowl wide receiver Adam Thielen on the reserve/COVID-19 list on Monday afternoon. Coming off his best game of the season, in which he totaled eight catches for 123 yards and two touchdowns, Thielen is now one of two Vikings players (with guard Dru Samia) on the list. It […]
Continue readingMinnesota Vikings release offensive lineman Pat Elflein
Elflein, a 2017 third-round pick, had been recovering from a thumb injury he sustained in practice two months ago. He played in Minnesota’s season-opening loss to Green Bay and was moved to IR on Sept. 17. Elflein returned to practice on Oct. 28, which opened a 21-day window for the team to activate him. The […]
Continue readingNFL hot seat ratings: Coaches and players who could get fired or benched in 2020, including Adam Gase, Kirk Cousins
The NFL can be a fickle league. Nobody roots for coaches to get fired or players to be benched, but those consequences are a fact of the football universe. We saw Texans coach/general manager Bill O’Brien get fired after Week 4 and Falcons coach Dan Quinn follow him out the door the following week. They’re […]
Continue readingMinnesota Vikings RB Dalvin Cook ruled out with groin injury
Cook was injured on the first play of Minnesota’s opening drive in the second half of last Sunday’s loss to the Seattle Seahawks. He did not practice Wednesday through Friday and will have two weeks to rest with the Vikings’ upcoming bye in Week 7. “Initially I thought I was cramping for a minute because […]
Continue readingWeek 4 NFL Power Rankings: 1-32 poll, plus 2020 preseason predictions we got wrong
The NFL Power Rankings are about identifying where each team stands on a week-to-week basis. But in doing that, there is often a conflict between where an NFL team is now and preconceived notions we had about it in the past. That’s what we’re exploring this week, as each NFL Nation writer will identify a […]
Continue reading2020 NFL Power Rankings: 1-32 preseason poll, plus who’s on the hot seat?
After the most unusual of offseasons, we’re a couple of weeks away from kicking off the 2020 NFL season. That means it’s time to see how the league shapes up before games get going. But that’s not all we’re evaluating in this ranking. This is also a good time to identify players, coaches and general […]
Continue readingNFL veterans on the bubble for all 32 teams: Who could be cut during 2020 training camp?
How will Cam Newton‘s arrival affect the quarterbacks room in New England? Is there an odd man out at running back in Green Bay? After an offseason without practices amid the coronavirus pandemic, veterans might have more security than usual — or it just might be harder to identify who is on the bubble. With […]
Continue readingNFL players for all 32 teams who would be hurt most by lost offseason
As the 2020 NFL draft approaches and free agency slows to a trickle, the league’s offseason programs are right around the corner. If team activities are reduced or canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, it will have a far-reaching impact on rosters. With five new head coaches on the sidelines and quarterbacks Tom Brady and […]
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