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Training camp practices leave NFL coaches in quandary: to tackle or not
NFL training camps have changed over the decades. Long gone are the double sessions in full pads designed to get a team in shape after an offseason in which players might have worked another job to help make ends meet. For several years now, full-speed tackling has largely been a no-no during camp as teams […]
Continue readingDallas Cowboys using popsicles as way to cool off players
Holding training camp at The Star has required the Dallas Cowboys to get creative when dealing with the Texas heat. How so? Popsicles. The Cowboys set up three cooling tents on an adjacent artificial turf field for players to use during the two practice breaks. In addition to cold towels, water and Gatorade are, yes, […]
Continue reading2020 NFL training camp position battles for all 32 teams: Quarterback openings for Patriots, Dolphins, more
As 2020 NFL training camps move from strength and conditioning work to padded practice over the next week, the competition for starting jobs will heat up across the league. There will be a maximum of 14 padded practices per team and, with no preseason games due to the coronavirus pandemic, they will go a long […]
Continue readingNFL training camp 2020: Big contracts, more helmeted workouts … and puppies
On a day when three elite talents signed massive, multiyear contract extensions, players at every income level around the NFL continued to do some work with helmets on at training camps across America. And, oh yeah, we found some photos of the adoptable dogs that will be available at the Cleveland Browns’ “Puppy Pound” tomorrow. […]
Continue readingCowboys placing retired center Travis Frederick on the reserve/retired list
Frederick announced his retirement in March, but the Cowboys opted to keep him on their active roster until now in order to be able to spread the salary-cap hit over the next two seasons. He was set to count $11.975 million against the cap in 2020 but will now count $4.975 million this year and […]
Continue readingDallas Cowboys make rare trade with Eagles to draft center Tyler Biadasz
The Dallas Cowboys were somewhat surprised when Travis Frederick retired earlier in the offseason, but they made a trade Saturday to pick up another Wisconsin center, selecting Tyler Biadasz with the final selection of the fourth round. To get Biadasz, the Cowboys made a trade with the NFC East rival Philadelphia Eagles, giving up a […]
Continue reading2020 NFL Mock Draft with all trades: 32 picks, 32 trades from Bill Barnwell
I love a good NFL mock draft, but there’s one problem with everyone’s favorite April exercise: The vast majority of mock drafts don’t feature trades, and in the modern NFL, trades are a must. Of last year’s 32 first-round picks, only 20 were made by the original team holding the selection. One pick — the […]
Continue reading2020 NFL Power Rankings: 1-32 poll, plus where each team stands after free agency
Millions have been spent and the landscape of the NFL has been significantly altered due to the initial free-agency blitz. But while there are obvious storylines (Tom Brady) that have been written and a few more to go (Jadeveon Clowney), now is a good time to take the temperature of each NFL team. Therefore, we’ve […]
Continue readingInside 2020 NFL free-agent contract numbers: Who really got the best deals?
You hear a lot of numbers thrown around during NFL free agency, but they don’t always reflect reality. That five-year, $70 million deal you heard about might turn out to really be a three-year deal that the team can escape after just two. That doesn’t make it a bad deal, by any stretch. It just […]
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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