Bills promote four assistant coaches

In addition to expanding the role of defensive coordinator Leslie Frasier to include the title of assistant head coach, the Buffalo Bills have also promoted four assistant coaches into more defined roles. Marc Lubick, Jimmy Salgado, Shea Tierney and Ryan Wendell were all given fully defined titles after previously serving in lesser assistant roles. Lubick [more]

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Amari Cooper: I want to be a Dallas Cowboy for life

Amari Cooper‘s future is very much in doubt. The Cowboys may or may not have a franchise tag and a transition tag to use with both Dak Prescott and Cooper scheduled to become free agents. They want to keep both players but face the prospect of Cooper hitting the market. Cooper, though, repeated Thursday what [more]

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Report: Jadeveon Clowney has Giants on wish list, but he might be out of their range

The Giants want an elite pass rusher. They need an elite pass rusher. But how much will they be willing to pay for an elite pass rusher? The Giants will have around $75 million to spend, but Jadeveon Clowney won’t come cheap. He is expected to be one of the only elite pass rushers to [more]

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DeMaurice Smith addresses lack of opt out in new CBA

Of the various criticisms of the new CBA, one of the more popular goes like this: The deal doesn’t allow for the players to opt out early. DeMaurice Smith of the NFL Players Association has a simple response to that critique: The deal doesn’t allow the owners to opt out early, either. During a one-hour [more]

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Report: Browns will explore Trent Williams, Jason Peters in search for a LT

Joe Thomas retired after the 2017 season. Three offseasons later, the Browns still are trying to replace him. The connections to Trent Williams and Jason Peters are obvious, and Mary Kay Cabot of cleveland.com reports the team will explore both as they cast “a wide net in their search” for a left tackle. Peters, 38, [more]

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Vendor who sold concessions at Seattle XFL game tests positive for coronavirus

A vendor who sold concessions at CenturyLink Field during the February 22 Seattle Dragons XFL game has tested positive for COVID-19, but authorities say it is unlikely the stadium employee spread the coronavirus to anyone at the game. “We have worked with the employee and the operator of the stadium, First and Goal, to evaluate [more]

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Report: ESPN ready to offer Peyton Manning up to $20 million per year

There may already be a new sheriff in town. And it’s The Sheriff. Michael McCarthy of FrontOfficeSports.com reports that ESPN is ready to offer Peyton Manning $18 million to $20 million per year to serve as an analyst on Monday Night Football. The development comes less than a week after CBS kept Tony Romo in [more]

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