Trufant signed a two-year, $20 million deal with the Lions before the 2020 season to be the team’s replacement for Darius Slay, who was traded to Philadelphia. Detroit still owes Trufant $3.5 million in guaranteed money for 2021. It never quite worked out for Trufant, who was the Week 1 starter, as he spent most […]
Continue readingMadden. John Madden, the Hall of Fame coach for the Oakland Raiders, is 84 now. He has made his home in California since his retirement from the booth after Super Bowl XLIII as his name lives on through the game he had a hand in creating and lent his name to in 1988. Since then, […]
Continue readingHolmes, though, made no definitive declaration on the future of Stafford, who has two years left on his contract. Owner Sheila Ford Hamp said that would be up to Holmes and their yet-to-be-named head coach. “What you really appreciate is that the talent was easy to see, but you really appreciate how his intangibles show […]
Continue readingThe 2020 NFL regular season came to a close Sunday. To say it was an unusual year is an understatement. The league worked through a season disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, holding games on every day of the week for the first time in history. The Tennessee Titans and Baltimore Ravens both experienced COVID-19 outbreaks […]
Continue readingWhen asked if Stafford had broken any ribs, Bevell said X-rays came back negative, but he did not have more information on the extent of his injury. “This will be a deal where we take it to the end of the week,” Bevell said. “He’s a little bit better this afternoon than he was this […]
Continue readingWho should you start? Who should you sit? To help you set your fantasy football lineups and to avoid starting a player who won’t be in the lineup, we’ll post fantasy-relevant updates and analysis here as NFL teams release their inactives, typically about 90 minutes before kickoff. Any rankings cited in this column come from […]
Continue readingRefresh often for the latest information. Note: After Week 12’s COVID-19-related postponements, the league has made some changes to the Week 13 schedule. The Washington-Pittsburgh game, originally scheduled for Sunday afternoon, has been moved to Monday at 5 p.m. ET. The Baltimore-Dallas game, originally scheduled for Thursday night, has been moved to Tuesday night. To […]
Continue readingTrufant injured his hamstring on Thanksgiving against Houston — the third time he’s hurt a hamstring this season and the second time he has landed on injured reserve. Shelton suffered a knee injury in the loss to the Texans as well. Both signed with Detroit this offseason, and considering the potential for a complete regime […]
Continue readingWho should you start? Who should you sit? To help you set your fantasy football lineups and to avoid starting a player who won’t be in the lineup, we’ll post fantasy-relevant updates and analysis here as NFL teams release their inactives, typically about 90 minutes before kickoff. Any rankings cited in this column come from […]
Continue readingThere could be more changes coming at the NFL’s most important position. Quarterback Nick Foles missed Wednesday’s practice because of a hip injury, and Mitchell Trubisky — who just returned himself from a shoulder injury — took all the reps. But the injury news wasn’t all negative, as the Chiefs could be on track to […]
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