Mickey Loomis wants to postpone the draft

The G.M. subcommittee privately (until someone leaked it) lobbied the NFL to postpone the draft on Tuesday. Saints G.M. Mickey Loomis is publicly doing so. “I’d be personally in favor of delaying the draft, so that we could get some of the work done that our scouts and personnel people ordinarily do,” Loomis tells Peter [more]

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Ravens G.M.: New way of life forcing him to be “more hands-on” with draft prep

While NFL General Managers might not be thrilled that the 2020 NFL Draft is apparently proceeding without delay, they also know that as with everything in life, you have to be able to adjust. For Ravens G.M. Eric DeCosta, that means going back to his scouting roots a bit. Via Jonas Shaffer of the Baltimore [more]

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Rams using Twitter hate of new logo to raise money

The Rams unveiled a new logo this week. If you’ve been on Twitter, you may be aware the reaction was not universally positive. But Rams executive Kevin Demoff is at least trying to funnel the hate in a positive direction. Demoff told Jarrett Bell of USA Today that if the TeLAthon fundraiser the Rams held [more]

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What happened the last time the Olympics was stopped

It was meant to be the first Games to be held beyond Europe and North America, a spectacle to showcase to the world that Tokyo had overcome the earthquake that had devastated the city some years earlier. But the 1940 Olympics was the Games that never was.

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Coronavirus shutdown has Giants’ James Bradberry buying up home gym equipment

Giants cornerback James Bradberry just signed a three-year, $43.5 million contract, and he has a top priority to spend it on: Buying home gym equipment. Bradberry told Jim Rome that with NFL team facilities closed indefinitely, and gyms across America shutting their doors as well, he’s focused on building a home gym so he can [more]

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Mychal Kendricks sentencing postponed again

Free agent linebacker Mychal Kendricks had his federal sentencing for pleading guilty to insider trading charges postponed for a sixth time, according to Ben Arthur of SeattlePI.com. The new sentencing date is May 29. The original date for sentencing was Jan. 23, 2019 with the subsequent postponements now having delayed the process a full 18 [more]

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Marcus Mariota ready to support Derek Carr in move to Raiders

For the first time since being drafted with the second overall pick in 2015, Marcus Mariota will enter a season without being the presumed starting quarterback of the team he’s playing for. After signing a two-year deal with the Las Vegas Raiders, Mariota slots in as the backup option behind incumbent starter Derek Carr. Mariota [more]

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