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It’s tempting to pick against the New England Patriots this year. The up-and-coming Buffalo Bills have emerged as a popular pick to dethrone Bill Belichick’s bunch atop the AFC East. Tom Brady is gone – and so is some of the mystique that has surrounded the Patriots for most of the last two decades.

The Bengals started making cuts on their way to setting an initial 53-man roster on Thursday. As previously reported, linebacker Brady Shelton is one of the players who spent camp in Cincinnati and failed to make the team. The Bengals announced his departure and also announced that offensive lineman O’Shea Dugas and defensive end Bryce [more]

The former All-Pro is getting a second chance in Seattle but he must wait for the NFL to reinstatement him.

Bears coach Matt Nagy has leaned on Andy Reid, his former boss, in the evaluation process and emphasizes openness and honesty with Nick Foles and Mitch Trubisky.

The NFL has suspended players for allegations of misconduct like the ones Daniel Snyder is facing. So why isn’t he facing the same fate?

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Here are brief scouting reports on the notable 2021 NFL draft prospects who have opted out of the 2020 college football season.

A knee injury suffered by Packers OL Billy Turner might be serious enough to force him out of the season opener against the Vikings.

The “Good Morning Football” crew discusses which QB has more on his shoulders in Year 2: New York Giants QB Daniel Jones or Denver Broncos QB Drew Lock. This game is streaming live on the Yahoo Sports mobile app, or on NFL Network

The Cleveland Browns talked a good game last year. What did it get them? A 6-10 record. This year, you won’t hear any Super Bowl bluster from the team.

Pittsburgh Steelers radio play-by-play voice Bill Hillgrove has been suspended for the first two games of the 2020 season following a June arrest for a DUI. According to Joe Rutter of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Hillgrove registered a blood alcohol level of 0.16 percent after he drove his vehicle into the front of a supermarket in [more]

Jordan Reed, Trent Williams, Jerick McKinnon and Trent Taylor could make an already potent 49ers’ offense even better.

Leonard Fournette intends to join the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who are stockpiling playmakers to help Tom Brady be successful with his new team. The former Jacksonville Jaguars running back tweeted an image of himself carrying a football and wearing a Bucs jersey and helmet -long with a pen-signing emoji and the message (hash)GoBucs- on Wednesday night. The Bucs, who typically don’t confirm player acquisitions until the team has a signed contract, had no comment.

Jerry Jones won’t put a number on the attendance for the Dallas Cowboys’ home opener until the crowd is announced later this month at AT&T Stadium. The owner of the Cowboys also hopes the 80,000-seat venue with standing room space that pushes capacity past 90,000 will be closer to full as the pandemic-altered NFL season goes on. All of which is to say the league’s clubs are preparing for a rapidly changing environment while accepting the bottom-line notion that playing games with limited numbers of fans or none at all will affect revenues in 2020.

Free agent running back Leonard Fournette has agreed to join the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, further strengthening the offense around Tom Brady.

The Cowboys quarterback says he’s looking to take more control of the offense under OC Kellen Moore in Mike McCarthy’s first year in Dallas.

In a year in which few things are normal, there will be some familiar things about NFL broadcasts this season. Announcers will be in the stadiums, pregame shows will have their usual fill of banter and debate and the regular season will start on time. Opinions are mixed, but Neal Pilson, the former president of CBS Sports who now runs his own sports television consulting company, thinks there will be growth because of many factors.

Mike Garafolo reported 49ers WR Richie James Jr. could be back for the season opener.

Dwayne Haskins will open 2020 as Washington’s starter.

Remember the Cleveland Browns? Don’t be embarrassed if you forgot, considering last year’s Super Bowl bluster and trash talk have been non-existent this summer.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins said he’s unconcerned about catching the coronavirus, with a worry on a scale of one to 10 that’s ”about a 0.000001.”

Trevor Lawrence is the overwhelming favorite to be the first pick in the 2021 NFL draft. But there is a lot that could theoretically alter that.

NFL teams are generally tight-lipped, but this offseason they’ve taken it to another level. However, the elevated secrecy could ultimately pay off in a strange season.

The Falcons are adding a quarterback to their roster on Wednesday. Agent Mike McCartney announced that his client Kyle Lauletta has signed with the Falcons. Lauletta recently worked out for the team along with Kyle Sloter and Jake Rudock. Lauletta was a Giants fourth-round pick in 2018, but was one of the team’s final cuts [more]

PFF: Raiders offense ranked at No. 16 entering season

The Cardinals will have a little more money to work with if they want to make any additions to their roster this year. Field Yates of ESPN reports that left tackle D.J. Humphries has restructured his deal with the team. The team converted $10.59 million of Humphries’ base salary into a signing bonus. Humphries was [more]

Running back Le’Veon Bell chafed at the small amount of work he got in a Jets scrimmage last week, so he was probably pleased to hear what head coach Adam Gase said about using him on Tuesday. Bell caught 66 passes for the Jets last season, but Gase said he wants to do more to [more]

Leonard Fournette wants his 2020 salary from the Jaguars.

DETROIT (AP) — Taylor Decker has agreed to a six-year, $85 million deal with the Detroit Lions that includes $37.5 million guaranteed, agent Jonathan Feinsod confirmed Tuesday.

Wide receiver Tyrell Williams won’t be on the field for the Raiders during their first season in Las Vegas. The Raiders placed Williams on injured reserve Tuesday. The move comes before the cut to 53 players, so Williams will not be eligible to return to the Raiders lineup at any point during the regular season. [more]