Chris Broussard loves Kyrie Irving’s sentiments, but sitting out with no plan won’t help

Chris Broussard joins Nick Wright and Kevin Widles to talk about Brooklyn Nets’ Kyrie Irving, and his push for players to skip NBA return in stand for social justice. Broussard explains why he admires Kyrie’s sentiments but he feels players need an execution plan to see these sentiments through.

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Skip Bayless: Baker Mayfield’s tweet about kneeling during anthem is true to his character

Baker Mayfield and J.J. Watt both responded to fans over the weekend who assumed they would not be kneeling or would not be okay with other players kneeling during the anthem. Baker said he would absolutely be kneeling and wasn’t concerned about losing fans over it. J.J. said that if people still think it’s about disrespecting the flag or military, then they haven’t been listening. Hear why Skip
Bayless believes Baker Mayfield’s response is true to his character.

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Eric Mangini: Cowboys giving Dak $40M a year could be a justifiable agreement

Eric Mangini joins Nick Wright and Kevin Wildes for a segment called ‘Drawing a Blank’. With Dak Prescott’s contract still up in the air, Nick and Mangini decide whether they believe the Dallas Cowboys would be wise to pay Dak $40M per year, or if other options should be considered.

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Lamar Jackson’s beach adventure should alarm the Ravens

Last year, the Chiefs politely asked the reigning NFL MVP to stop playing pickup basketball. This year, the Ravens may want to do the same thing. Video has emerged of quarterback Lamar Jackson playing some beach football. Those two words should cause any coach or executive to shudder, given what happened to Robert Edwards in [more]

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Nick Wright: Tua should start over Fitzpatrick for the Dolphins this season

Tua Tagovailoa’s physical therapist states that the rookie quarterback is doing ‘remarkably well’ after recovering from injury. This leads Nick Wright, Kevin Wildes and Eric Mangini to speculate whether they believe Tua should start for the Miami Dolphins over Ryan Fitzpatrick. Nick references the Dolphins 2020 schedule to explain why he believes Miami could have everything to gain by having Tua start week one of the season.

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Cam Newton posts video of workout with Odell Beckham

Quarterback Cam Newton remains a free agent and he continues to post video of workouts in an effort to show that he’s doing well after the foot injury that ended his 2019 season after two games. Newton’s latest Instagram video includes an appearance from another player who is making his way back from an injury. [more]

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Matt Ryan found player-only workouts “really effective”

NFL teams didn’t follow the usual offseason schedule this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and that meant it was up to players to organize their own workouts. Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan did that in Atlanta and California while drawing on his experience going through the 2011 offseason when a lockout created a similar set [more]

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