Matt Patricia on injuries: Hindsight is 20-20

Debate about the best way to handle the exhibition season has increased along with the number of teams that choose to keep key players out of preseason games altogether. The argument in favor of keeping starters on the bench got some support in Detroit on Friday night. Lions linebacker Jarrad Davis and center Frank Ragnow [more]

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Gregg Popovich on USA loss: “You can learn as much or more from losing as winning”

"We scored 94 and that's good enough, but we didn't hold them the way we needed to defensively."—Gregg Popovich

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Bruce Arians angry at Bucs’ offensive line

Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians described his offensive line in a very Bruce Arians-like way after Friday night’s preseason game. Asked how his offensive linemen played in the game against the Browns, Arians was succinct. “They got their ass kicked one-on-one. Simple,” Arians said. The Buccaneers’ starting offense struggled mightily, with Jameis Winston completing 9 of [more]

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Freddie Kitchens frustrated with Browns’ offense

The Browns’ offense did not look good on Friday night, and coach Freddie Kitchens does not want to hear any excuses. Kitchens said the absence of several starters does not justify the poor play from the offense in a 13-12 loss. “Not at all, those guys are coached to execute,’’ Kitchens said, via Cleveland.com. “Those [more]

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USA’s 78-game international win streak ends at hands of Australia, Patty Mills, 98-94

Gregg Popovich wanted his USA team to face some adversity. For them to be challenged and see how they’d respond. He got his wish on a Saturday afternoon in Australia and has to be disturbed by the result. Australia, behind a red-hot Patty Mills who finished 30 points and drained seemingly every big bucket down

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Blaine Gabbert dislocated non-throwing shoulder

Buccaneers backup quarterback Blaine Gabbert dislocated his left shoulder during Friday’s preseason game against the Browns, coach Bruce Arians announced. “His shoulder popped out,” Arians said, via video from pewterreport.com. “. . .He was hurting pretty good.” The Bucs signed Gabbert because of his familiarity in Arians’ offense. He started five games for Arians’ Cardinals [more]

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Report: Dwight Howard gave back $2.6 million in buyout with Memphis, what he will make in L.A.

Dwight Howard is still getting his money, the full $5.6 million he opted into this summer.

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