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Fantasy football daily notes: Zach Wilson out, Kittle, Johnson and Lazard statuses uncertain
The news: Zach Wilson likely out until Week 4. What it means in fantasy: Joe Flacco will start at quarterback instead of 2021 No. 2 draft pick Wilson when the Jets play the Ravens on Sunday. After being injured during the first preseason game Aug. 12, the former BYU quarterback had to undergo surgery to […]
Continue readingDavante Adams finds his bliss en route to the Las Vegas Raiders
ON A FINE spring Saturday about a decade ago, Derek Carr asked his friend and Fresno State teammate Davante Adams if he wanted to go whitewater rafting. Adams shrugged. Sure, why not? Boating, he thought. Sounds fun. Adams’ life experience to this point, it should be noted, had better prepared him for a trip to […]
Continue readingNFL team previews 2022: Predictions, fantasy breakout players, depth charts, power rankings and over, under picks
The 2022 NFL season kicks off Thursday night, when the reigning Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams host the Buffalo Bills (8:20 p.m., NBC). Both are among the prime contenders to hoist the Vince Lombardi Trophy at the conclusion of the season. After a wild offseason, we will finally have answers to some of this […]
Continue readingFantasy football daily notes: Zeke’s last ride? Rodgers picks his receivers, Brady still MIA
“> The news: Bob Sturm of the Athletic wrote about the is a possibility that Ezekiel Elliott is entering his final season with the Cowboys What it means in fantasy: It makes sense considering Elliott’s contract and that he’s entering his age 27 season. Tony Pollard looked like the more explosive back last season from […]
Continue readingWhich NFL teams added new No. 1 wideouts this offseason? Why 12 moves could work out — or fail
ESPN polled over 50 league executives, coaches, scouts and players in order to rank the top 10 at each position, and of the top five wide receivers, two will be wearing new uniforms this season, including No. 1 Davante Adams, who’s now a member of the Las Vegas Raiders. It was an offseason of receivers […]
Continue readingFantasy football insight from NFL team reporters: Believe the buzz on Saquon Barkley, Brandon Aiyuk, George Pickens?
Nobody has a more stacked lineup of fantasy football analysts and NFL team reporters than ESPN. It’s the rare “backfield by committee” that is actually a good thing for fantasy football managers. Every Tuesday this preseason, Mike Triplett will ask our NFL Nation reporters a series of questions about the week’s biggest stories to help […]
Continue readingNFL training camp updates 2022: Green Bay Packers start joint practices with New Orleans Saints, backup quarterbacks get time with New York Jets and New York Giants
This part of the NFL training camp schedule could be called “joint practice season,” as teams are linking up in greater numbers this week. Tuesday saw the New Orleans Saints travel to Wisconsin to work out with the Green Bay Packers, and the New England Patriots and Carolina Panthers taking each other on. The San […]
Continue readingGreen Bay Packers’ Aaron Rodgers frustrated with drops, inconsistency by young receivers
GREEN BAY, Wis. — The expiration date on Aaron Rodgers‘ patience with the Green Bay Packers’ young pass-catchers must have read Aug. 16. For the first time since losing Davante Adams this offseason, Rodgers expressed frustration with the group. “The young guys, especially young receivers, we’ve got to be way more consistent,” Rodgers said. “A […]
Continue readingAaron Rodgers doesn’t see ‘any benefit to playing one series’ in a preseason game
GREEN 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 readingNFL training camp updates 2022: Baker Mayfield, Jalen Hurts, Daniel Jones shine through the air
The quarterbacks were the story at camps Tuesday. New Carolina Panthers QB Baker Mayfield hit on a electric deep ball that got fans talking. The Philadelphia Eagles’ Jalen Hurts had his most impressive day so far, and the Joneses — the New York Giants’ Daniel Jones and the New England Patriots’ Mac Jones — logged […]
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