After Aaron Rodgers, who will be the next star QB to try to force a trade?

As player empowerment grows in the NFL, many of the league’s stars are unwilling to stay with a team they believe is being badly run Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson have both had troubled offseasons with their teams. Photograph: Mike Roemer/AP Aaron Rodgers is the latest (and greatest) quarterback to hit the I’m-out-of-here button. Earlier this week, the future Hall of Famer escalated his stand-off with the Packers by failing to show up for the team’s mandatory minicamp, costing himself $93,000

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Julio Jones: Defenses will have to pick their poison

Julio Jones picked No. 2, unwilling to take No. 11 from A.J. Brown. The seven-time Pro Bowl receiver said in his first news conference as a Titan that his jersey number serves as a reminder opponents have to deal with Tennessee’s entire offense. Jones, the Falcons’ star receiver for 10 seasons, is willing to serve [more]

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Marcellus Wiley: Playoff P is under more pressure than Kawhi in Game 2 | SPEAK FOR YOURSELF

The Los Angeles Clippers are down 0-1 as they head into Game 2 against the Utah Jazz. Marcellus Wiley and Emmanuel Acho discuss whether Paul George or Kawhi Leonard is under the most pressure in tonight’s game. Wiley makes the case of why ‘Playoff P’ is under the most pressure.

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