Mitch Morse confident he’s fine after latest concussion

Bills center Mitch Morse spent most of the summer in the concussion protocol after getting hurt early in training camp, but he was cleared late last month and is set to be on the field against the Jets this weekend. The concussion was the fourth documented one of Morse’s NFL career and he said he [more]

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Report: La’el Collins close to extension with Cowboys

The Cowboys are working on getting a new deal done with running back Ezekiel Elliott, but that’s not the only deal they are working on heading into the regular season. Charles Robinson of Yahoo Sports reports that the team is close to coming to an agreement with right tackle La'el Collins on a long-term extension [more]

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Carl Granderson “thankful” he’s with Saints and out of prison

Saints rookie defensive end Carl Granderson was not expected to be with the team this fall after he was sentenced to six months in prison in July by a judge who rejected a plea deal on sexual battery charges that would have allowed Granderson to serve probation rather than spend time behind bars. Granderson got [more]

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Texans put TEs Jordan Thomas, Kahale Warring on injured reserve

The Texans kept five tight ends on their initial 53-man roster and added another when they signed Logan Paulsen on Monday, so they were either due a roster move or setting up an unusual approach to their offense for the 2019 season. As you’d likely expect, it was the former and it actually turned out [more]

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Joe Mixon feels ready to go after “quarterback treatment” in preseason

The Bengals saw wide receiver A.J. Green get injured in their first practice of the preseason, which made it all the more important that they made it to the regular season with a healthy Joe Mixon in the lineup. Head coach Zac Taylor’s plan for getting Mixon to that point didn’t include much preseason work. [more]

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Cowboys, Ezekiel Elliott make progress on Monday

The Cowboys and running back Ezekiel Elliott continue to work toward a deal that would get him on the field by Sunday. Charles Robinson of Yahoo Sports reports that Monday was “more positive” than Sunday, but that issues remain when it comes to the structure of the deal. The team, per Robinson, doesn’t want to [more]

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Jason Garrett: No time frame for Ezekiel Elliott’s availability

Rumblings about a deal between running back Ezekiel Elliott and the Cowboys have gone in different directions in recent days, but word is that the structure of the deal and not the value is the final stumbling block and there’s a chance that could be cleared ahead of Sunday’s game against the Giants. If it [more]

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