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Instead of a whistle dangling from his neck, Browns coach Kevin Stefanski wears a sensor that blinks and beeps whenever he’s within 6 feet of someone in the team’s facility. Stefanski said Thursday he still hasn’t met many of his players in person, and the first-year coach outlined some of the team’s plans – and contingencies for players opting out or getting sick – for practices next month while adhering to strict protocols laid out by the NFL to keep players, coaches and other personnel safe from COVID-19. On yet another Zoom call with reporters, Stefanski, who was hired in January after 13 seasons as an assistant coach in Minnesota, said he’ll preach more patience to his team as he begins preparing the Browns for a season that still isn’t certain.

The Saints are signing receiver Bennie Fowler, Nick Underhill at NewOrleans.Football reports. Fowler, 29, played eight games for the Giants last season and made 23 catches for 193 yards. He also rushed for 20 yards. The Giants released Fowler in November. Fowler entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent out of Michigan State in [more]

Buffalo is in great position to take advantage of New England’s rough offseason and claim the league title in 2020.

Will Lamar Jackson double up on his MVP trophy? Can Joe Burrow save the Bengals? Check out our AFC North Division preview.

It took some time to get done, but the Titans were able to beat the July 15 deadline for franchise-tagged players and sign running back Derrick Henry to a four-year extension earlier this month. The deal will keep Henry in Nashville for a few more years and reaching it also meant that the team signed [more]

The Ravens will be nearly 100 percent healthy at the start of the season.

Running back Devontae Booker’s first training camp with the Raiders will start with a stay on the reserve/COVID-19 list. Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reported that Booker was expected to land on the list Thursday and Vic Tafur of TheAthletic.com confirmed that the move will be made. He’s the first player from Las Vegas to be [more]

Ryan Pace told reporters on Wednesday that the Bears will likely be at the 80-man roster limit by Sunday.

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The 49ers had five players ranked within the 2020 NFL Top 100, and they nearly had a sixth.

Virginia Tech cornerback Caleb Farley announced on Wednesday that he will opt out of the 2020 college football season.

Habits that used to be merely gross now may be downright dangerous. Drew Brees and his peers are already thinking about what they must do differently on the field.

Patriots safety Patrick Chung went into detail about why he’s sitting out the 2020 NFL season and what it was like breaking the news to Bill Belichick.

Three-time Super Bowl champion Patrick Chung of the New England Patriots joins “CBS This Morning” to talk about his decision to opt out of the 2020 season.

These are unusual times for everyone, and NFL teams are no exception. And Lions General Manager Bob Quinn illustrated that in describing how the team has prepared its facility for hosting training camp in a pandemic. Quinn said he has a detailed binder full of all the recommendations and rules the NFL has sent to [more]

The “Good Morning Football” crew discusses players who have the right to feel slighted by their “NFL Top 100 Players of 2020” rankings. This game is streaming live on the Yahoo Sports mobile app, or on NFL Network

The Cowboys might have the best offense outside of the Chiefs and Dak Prescott will lead it. It sets the stage for a big season and an even bigger payday.

Washington fans now have the option to get a full refund for their season tickets or defer them for 2021.

The San Francisco 49ers placed starting receiver Deebo Samuel on the non-football injury list after foot surgery and said he might miss the start of the season. Samuel suffered a fracture in his left foot last month during informal workouts with teammates in Tennessee and the timeline for his return remains unknown. ”I’m not going to put an exact timeline on it but it’s fair to say he may well miss some games early in the year,” general manager John Lynch told the team’s flagship radio station KNBR on Tuesday.

The 49ers made a series of moves on Tuesday to set up their roster for the start of training camp. The team announced that they waived seven players, placed five on the physically unable to perform list and put two others on the non-football injury list. The last group includes wide receiver Deebo Samuel, who [more]

Dolphins cornerback Xavien Howard had knee surgery eight months ago. His rehab continues. The Dolphins placed Howard on the physically unable to perform list Tuesday, the team announced. Miami also placed linebacker Calvin Munson on the active/non-football injury list. Howard played only five games in 2019, seeing his season come to a premature end with [more]

Broncos general manager John Elway confirmed Tuesday that veteran defensive tackle Kyle Peko has opted out of the 2020 season over COVID-19 concerns. The NFL and the players association agreed last week to an opt-out clause for the upcoming season. Elway said Peko notified the Broncos ”it was more dangerous for him” to play during the pandemic.

Bruce Arians didn’t give much thought to the prospect of opting out of trying to help Tom Brady win a Super Bowl with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The 67-year-old whose aggressive offensive philosophy is dubbed ”no risk it, no biscuit” is one of the oldest head coaches in the NFL, as well as a cancer survivor who once retired because of health concerns. With a goal of helping Brady and a mostly young Buccaneers roster end the league’s second-longest playoff drought and hoist the Lombardi Trophy.

Pretty understandable given the success the Packers had in 2019.

Now is the time for the Bills to win the division.

Buffalo was already a chic pick as New England seemed slightly more vulnerable with Tom Brady gone. Then several Pats began opting out amid coronavirus concerns

Several prominent Patriots have opted out of the season and Tom Brady is gone, so how will Bill Belichick keep things afloat after New England’s two decades of dominance?

MLB has given the NFL a playbook in what not to do. But a fundamental difference between the leagues likely protects the NFL from making the same mistakes.

Broncos defensive tackle Kyle Peko is the latest player to opt out of the 2020 season. Peko informed the Broncos today that he’s opting out, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. Players have the right to opt out of the 2020 season because of the coronavirus pandemic. If they are opting out because of [more]

No team has lost more this offseason than New England.