Several New Orleans Saints players and coach Sean Payton were up past 3 a.m., awaiting the negative coronavirus test results that allowed them to play a football game less than 10 hours later in Detroit on Sunday. While Payton admitted some frustrations with the process that resulted in a false-positive diagnosis for fullback Michael Burton, […]
Continue readingMETAIRIE, La. — Receiver Michael Thomas won’t return from his ankle injury this week. He was one of six New Orleans Saints starters ruled out for Sunday’s game at Detroit. The Saints will also be without both of their starting cornerbacks, Marshon Lattimore (hamstring) and Janoris Jenkins (shoulder), tight end Jared Cook (groin), guard Andrus […]
Continue readingMETAIRIE, La. — New Orleans Saints receiver Michael Thomas will miss his first game in four years after being ruled out for Monday night’s game at Las Vegas because of an ankle injury. Thomas has not yet been placed on injured reserve, however, which would require him to miss at least three games. That leaves […]
Continue readingThe 2020 NFL season opens Thursday with the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs playing host to the Houston Texans (8:20 p.m. ET, NBC). The lack of an offseason program and only 14 padded practices in training camp have contributed to a variety of soft-tissue injuries. Chicago Bears running back David Montgomery and wide receivers […]
Continue readingAs 2020 NFL training camps continue, coach Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots looks happy to have football back, while Los Angeles Chargers running back Austin Ekeler hasn’t quite mastered putting on his uniform. Here’s what you need to know from camps across the league: Giants’ Baker charged with robbery; Seahawks’ Dunbar not charged […]
Continue readingSpence was placed on the reserve/non-football injury list since the injury did not occur as part of New Orleans’ offseason training program — which was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. That means he can’t play for the Saints this year and won’t count against their 90-man roster. The NFL Network was the first to […]
Continue readingTrades were some of the biggest stories in the NFL over the past year, but the deals that got the greatest attention mostly ended up being disappointing. Nobody could have expected Gareon Conley. Johnson was effective but touched the ball only 127 times, while Conley was inconsistent as an every-down corner. DeSean Jackson started the […]
Continue readingWith the 2019 NFL playoffs upon us, you already know a little bit about the NFL’s 12 remaining teams. Let’s go a little further and try to offer up some additional insight into the remaining contenders as part of my preview. How are they better or worse than public perception? Is that likely to play […]
Continue readingThere are no perfect teams in this NFL season. The Ravens have looked pretty close for the past two months, and the Patriots got off to one of the hottest starts in league history, but there’s no team that would be a mismatch for everybody or a favorite to win on every other team’s home […]
Continue readingStarting defensive end Marcus Davenport will have season-ending foot surgery after being injured in the second half against the 49ers. Sheldon Rankins, another key member of the defensive line rotation, also has been lost for the remainder of the season following an ankle injury in the 48-46 defeat. Both players have been placed on injured […]
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