Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson will be polarizing in draft rooms, but his college experience makes for a potentially smooth transition.
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Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson will be polarizing in draft rooms, but his college experience makes for a potentially smooth transition.
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A few years ago, it seemed every year produced another superstar receiver in Round 1. Over the past three drafts, the 13 first-round wideouts have produced one Pro Bowler, and nine players who have never caught 40 passes in a season. From terminology, to routes, to how they’re taught to catch the ball
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The National Football League is well aware that female fans are one of its core audiences and it has tried over the last few years to bring more women into the fold. Yet, the league is constantly hindered by its own missteps in the quest to make women feel welcome. Poorly handled reports of gendered
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The NFL’s concussion litigation is over. The NFL’s insurance litigation regarding the concussion cases isn’t. The league and its insurance providers continue to do battle over the question of whether and to what extent coverage will be available for the money paid to former players as part
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We’d like to think that NFL prospects are evaluated fairly, judged only on the merits of their on-field skills and how those translate to pro careers. But scouting is an inexact science, no matter how much the TV talking heads insist that it’s not. The reality for prospects, especially quarterbacks
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LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Troubled former San Francisco 49ers star Aldon Smith has been arrested for the third time in two months after violating conditions of his bail, US media reported Sunday. Smith, 28, once regarded as one of the best players in the National Football League before a series of legal and
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On his first day back in organized football in 832 days, he answered curiosity with some familiar moments. But he also looked as far away from the NFL stage as he ever has.
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Forty years ago this month, a visitor at the Dallas Cowboys’ cheerleading tryouts described a scene that was “as tense as that at an open casting call for a Broadway production,” with 150 women — “the most envied, celebrated and sought-after” in the country — shivering in an overly air-conditioned
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Steve Spurrier, the College Football Hall of Fame coach who was decidedly less successful in the NFL, is giving pro football another go. Spurrier announced this morning that he has accepted a job as head coach of the new Orlando franchise in the Alliance of American Football, a rival league that will
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Let’s start with that of Colin Kaepernick, who remains without a team having already spent a year on the sidelines in the wake of his protesting the treatment of African-Americans by kneeling when the US national anthem was played at the start of games.
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In 2016, the Rams changed cities. In 2017, a new coach. This year, they reshaped their roster. It’s been a dizzying offseason for the Rams, who stunned the NFL community with a series of trades and signings. In the end — this is the end, isn’t it? — the Rams maintained their strength on offense
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David Newton ESPN Staff Writer Close Covered Panthers, NFL for 11 years More than 25 years experience covering NFL, college football and NASCAR Joined ESPN in 2006 Follow on Twitter CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Pro Bowl linebacker Thomas Davis will be suspended for the first four games of his final NFL season
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The Patriots shook up the draft board and now have multiple picks in the first round after trading Brandin Cooks to the Rams.
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The NFL has been playing regular-season games in England since 2007, and if the mayor of London gets his way, the city might soon land an even bigger game. During a recent interview with Talksport, London mayor Sadiq Khan said that he would like to see a Super Bowl awarded to his city at some point
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Jackson is imperfect. He seemed frustrated at times in last year’s loss to Clemson. He has accuracy issues. He’s raw. But he just turned 21 in January.
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NFL Network’s Charles Davis and former UCLA Head Coach Jim Mora discuss the best team fit for Louisville cornerback Jaire Alexander.
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It’s been a blast. This is my final column for the Daily News after 29 years. So much is running through my mind: Simms, LT, Banks, Tiki and Eli, Parcells and Coughlin and Herm and Rex, Curtis, Revis, Vinny and Keyshawn, the incredible courage of Dennis Byrd, Wide Right, the Helmet Catch, Deflategate
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Last week, we took a look at college production and athleticism in relation to edge rushers coming into the NFL. The final conclusion was that if a player has a baseline of athleticism and relatively good college production, the odds of said player hitting in the NFL are relatively high. College production
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Every NFL team has 53 players on the active roster. But only 46 of them are declared active for each game. Falcons coach Dan Quinn thinks that’s a waste. Quinn wants the NFL to change its eligibility rules to make more players available to play each game. “If I had to say one thing how [more]
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Was Sam Farmer serious? Did Cleveland coach Hue Jackson really say Baker Mayfield going “Hee hee!” — inspiring “Hee Hee!” from others — was “the most unbelievable thing I’ve ever seen?” If so, Josh Rosen and Sam Darnold can avoid being drafted by the Browns by simply
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