Bakhtiari said his absence was simply the result of his chronically problematic left knee, which flared up again last week. “If I wasn’t going to play on turf, I’d probably make more of a ruckus,” he said Wednesday. Last week, Bakhtiari was outspoken against playing NFL games on artificial surfaces such as the FieldTurf that […]
Continue readingJenkins said Monday that he was diagnosed with a sprained MCL. It’s the same knee in which he had a torn ACL that ended his 2021 season. It was not immediately clear whether Jenkins will go on injured reserve, which would require him to miss a minimum of four games. It happened on a short-yardage […]
Continue readingAs the NFL preseason schedule hits full throttle this week, heated position battles for all 32 teams will be decided in games and training camp as kickoff for the 2022 season draws near. Some of the competitions will have huge implications for fantasy football fans — especially the undecided QB battles. The Carolina Panthers have […]
Continue readingGREEN BAY, Wis. — Aaron Rodgers doesn’t feel the need to play in the preseason, but if the Green Bay Packers quarterback does play then he really wants to play. Rodgers hasn’t played a preseason snap since 2018 — he was supposed to play one game in the summer of 2019 until the plan got […]
Continue readingThe 2022 NFL draft is four weeks away, and I can’t wait. At the moment, 24 teams will have the chance to add at least one impact player in Round 1 — eight teams no longer have a first-round selection — and while this year’s class might be light on surefire franchise quarterbacks, it certainly […]
Continue readingWhen a return was ruled out, it meant the Packers were left with only one of their preferred starting offensive linemen: rookie right guard Royce Newman. Turner limped off the field on his own but was visibly upset when he entered the medical tent. Veteran Dennis Kelly, who was signed during training camp this summer, […]
Continue readingThis week’s edition of the 2021 NFL Power Rankings is all about first impressions, as after months of buildup and hype, we got to see every NFL team take the field for the first time in a game that counts. But first impressions from Week 1 go well beyond team performance. Week 1 wasn’t just […]
Continue readingJACKSONVILLE, Fla. — This isn’t a stat line you see from Aaron Rodgers every day: 15-of-28 passing for 133 yards with no touchdowns and two interceptions. This isn’t a statement you hear every day, either: “I played bad.” And no one on the Green Bay Packers saw it coming. Coming off their second straight 13-win […]
Continue readingAll-Pro left tackle David Bakhtiari, protector of Aaron Rodgers‘ blind side, remained on the physically unable to perform list when the Packers trimmed their initial roster to 53 players on Tuesday. By rule, players on reserve/PUP are ineligible to play or practice for the first six weeks. Bakhtiari, who tore the ACL in his left […]
Continue readingAlabama, the defending national champion, had six players selected in the first round of last week’s NFL draft, tying the Miami Hurricanes’ record set in 2004. Alabama and Ohio State each had 10 players drafted overall, the most of any program in this year’s draft. Georgia was third with nine draft selections, the most in […]
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