Nasir Adderley looking for breakout season

Chargers defensive back Nasir Adderley injured his hamstring four games into his rookie season and missed the final 12 games. In 2020, Derwin James‘ season-ending knee injury in training camp forced Adderley to try to play catch up. Adderley now is healthy and hoping the third season is the charm. “Biggest takeaway, adjusting to just [more]

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Eric Ebron: Pat Freiermuth is going to be good

The Steelers drew some raised eyebrows when they selected tight end Pat Freiermuth in the second round of this year’s draft. But so far, Freiermuth appears to be fitting right in. Back in May, the Penn State product said he wanted to “do it all” in Pittsburgh’s offense. On Thursday, fellow Steelers tight end Eric [more]

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85 percent of Dolphins, Saints players fully vaccinated or in the process

Saints head coach Sean Payton said recently that he is confident that the team would reach the threshold of 85 percent of players fully vaccinated and a report on Thursday indicates he had good reason to feel that way. Albert Breer of SI.com reports and PFT has confirmed that the Saints are one of two [more]

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Fully vaccinated media will have in-person interview access at training camps

One of the many changes put in place for the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic was the elimination of in-person media access to players, coaches and other team personnel, but that is changing for the 2021 season. A memo sent to teams from the NFL and shared by Tom Pelissero of NFL Media [more]

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Steelers OC: Ben Roethlisberger’s voice, vision will be what we do in new offense

Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger agreed to return to the Steelers in 2021 on a significantly reduced salary for what could be his final NFL season. And Roethlisberger is learning a new offense. Pittsburgh promoted Matt Canada to offensive coordinator after he spent the 2020 season as the Steelers’ quarterbacks coach. A longtime college assistant, Canada said [more]

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Falcons announce signings of five draft choices, including Jalen Mayfield

The Falcons announced the signings of five of their draft choices Tuesday. Rookies Jalen Mayfield, Ta’Quon Graham, Adetokunbo Ogundeji, Avery Williams and Frank Darby now are under contract. That leaves only first-rounder Kyle Pitts, second-rounder Richie Grant and fourth-rounders Darren Hall and Drew Dalman unsigned. The Falcons selected Mayfield in the third round, making the [more]

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