Author: Bobby Finger on Jezebel, shared by Tom Ley to Deadspin

CLICK HERE to listen to this week’s Buffalowdown podcast. Here we are in mid-January entering another Buffalo Bills off-season primed with a new head coach. On this week’s Buffalodown Draft House Podast Brad “The Bruiser” Eichkorn discusses: The hiring of head coach Sean McD…

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The Green Bay Packers’ Davante Adams has missed a second day of practice with an ankle injury, and the receiver may not know until warmups before the NFC championship game on Sunday whether he’ll be able to play against the Atlanta Falcons. Adams hurt the ankle during the 34-31 win last week against the Dallas Cowboys. Adams might still be able to play after testing out the ankle in warmups before the game on Sunday afternoon, even if he sits out practice on Saturday.

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Newly hired Bills coach Sean McDermott is placing his trust in former Denver Broncos offensive coordinator Rick Dennison to oversee Buffalo’s run-heavy attack. The Bills on Thursday announced an agreement to hire Dennison as their offensive coordinator.

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LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Bears have hired three new assistant coaches.

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Kyle Shanahan remains focused on helping the Falcons win their first Super Bowl championship. No matter what happens, Atlanta’s offensive coordinator appears certain to land his first head coaching job. Shanahan said Thursday he plans to talk again with the San Francisco 49ers about their coaching vacancy, with all signs pointing to him landing the position.

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Falcons All-Pro receiver Julio Jones missed his second day of practice Thursday with a sprained left toe. Jones is confident he will be ready Sunday when Atlanta faces Green Bay in the NFC championship game. In the fourth quarter of last week’s win over Seattle, Jones left in the fourth quarter and didn’t return, but he wasn’t concerned after doctors examined him a few minutes later.

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Once looked on with disdain by major sports leagues, this gambling city is now just 24 votes away from cashing in on one of the biggest sports jackpots ever. The Raiders made it official Thursday by filing for relocation from Oakland to Las Vegas, the culmination of a whirlwind romance to bring an NFL team to a city that the league had previously gone out of its way to shun because of sports betting fears.

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The Oakland Raiders have filed paperwork to move to Las Vegas. Clark County Commission Chairman Steve Sisolak told The Associated Press on Thursday that he learned from Raiders officials that the team was asking NFL owners to approve the move. The NFL confirmed the filing in a statement.

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From ambivalence toward a mediocre team to anger over the handling of the Michael Vick situation, Atlanta fans have a complicated history with the Falcons. And now now, they’ve found joy in the team’s new era. 

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Our writers make their predictions for the divisional playoffs.

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While team owner Jim Irsay finally broke his silence for something significant, it was to surprisingly relay that starting quarterback Andrew Luck has undergone surgery on his right throwing shoulder and is recovering–but will be ready for the start of the 2017 season:https://twitter.com/JimIrs…

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Beat reporters covering NFL teams face a variety of challenges, including star players speaking to the media only once a week and assistants being barred from speaking publicly.

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck has undergone surgery on the right shoulder that’s bothered him the past two seasons.

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Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck has undergone surgery on the right shoulder that’s bothered him the past two seasons. Colts owner Jim Irsay announced Thursday on Twitter that Luck was recovering from successful outpatient surgery. Irsay says Luck will be ready for the 2017 season.

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The Carolina Panthers offense is undergoing an evolution, but it’s not what you expect…When Carolina Panthers head coach Ron Rivera addressed the media following the 2016 season he owned up to the shortcomings on offense. “There’s a lot of things that we’re going to look at…

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As the 2016 NFL season turned from the 2015 season, speculation on the future of Cameron Wake became a hot topic.Decisions would need to be made on Cameron Wake. Wake was not interested in doing a big restructure of his contract and was coming off a season ending Achille’s injury. He was also…

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Jacksonville Jaguars new head coach Doug Marrone will help lead team to best record in recent years.First off I would like to point out the bar has not been set very high. In four years Gus Bradley failed to break five wins in each of those seasons. However there are signs that Marrone can help th…

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The Miami Dolphins will be sitting at home this weekend hoping to watch at the very least two good football games in the NFL divisional playoffs round.Of the two games this weekend, only the Pittsburgh Steelers and New England Patriots game holds direct interest for Dolphins fans. The question bec…

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The Denver Broncos will likely explore all options for their offensive tackle positions this offseason, including signing veteran Andrew Whitworth…The Denver Broncos are undoubtedly going to explore every possible avenue when it comes to upgrading their offensive line this offseason, and one mov…

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The Cleveland Browns now know who will be on the Senior Bowl rosters. Can the coaches find a draft diamond during their time in Mobile?The Cleveland Browns can get a jump on their scouting when the coaching staff works with the South team roster next week during preparations for the 2017 Senior Bo…

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Colts quarterback Andrew Luck has right shoulder surgery, owner Jim Irsay announces.

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Luck is expected to be ready for the start of the season.

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Who will represent the National Football Conference in Super Bowl LI? Will it be the Green Bay Packers or the Atlanta Falcons? Both teams enter Sunday’s matchup red hot. The Packers are on an eight-game winning streak and the Falcons have won their last five.The key reason behind their suc…

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Jalen Ramsey was an absolute stud for the Jacksonville Jaguars and among the best cornerbacks in the NFL in 2016, but he somehow missed out on Pro Football Focus’ ‘top 25 under 25.’Matt Harmon at NFL.com recently posted a list of the top-10 cornerbacks in the NFL for the 2016 season…

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The San Francisco 49ers are a bad team, and they are one with seemingly no direction in sight. Yet there are other NFL franchises in worse situations than the Niners heading into 2017. Let’s look at five of them. A “dumpster fire” might be the most accurate moniker …

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Blake Bortles was not particularly impressive for the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2016 and the team may need to upgrade if they want to be contenders.It didn’t take long for Tom Coughlin to come out and say, “Blake Bortles is our quarterback” early in his tenure as executive vice presid…

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Over the last few seasons the Jacksonville Jaguars have done little to earn the trust of the fan base, but with a new regime comes hope and new reasons to put faith back in the Jags.Doug Marrone, Nathaniel Hackett, Todd Wash, and, most importantly, Tom Coughlin round out the new Jacksonville Jagua…

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Chiefs questions need answering in offseason…

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The New England Patriots are preparing for their sixth straight AFC Championship Game. A feat that is truly incredible.It has been a great stretch of success for the New England Patriots. Sunday will be their sixth straight trip to the AFC Championship Game. Achieving that type of success is histo…

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