Raiders restructure Rodney Hudson’s contract

The Raiders opened up some more cap space by reworking the contract of center Rodney Hudson. Field Yates of ESPN reports that the team has converted $11.6 million of his fully guaranteed base salary into a signing bonus. The move clears $9.28 million of cap space for 2020 and pushes the rest into the future. [more]

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Steelers may be adding more former XFL players

The Steelers have been active when it comes to adding former XFL players to the roster this month and they may be making more additions in the future. The team has signed five players from the league, which shut down five games into its inaugural season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s more than any [more]

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Legendary football president dies after contracting coronavirus

Former Olympique de Marseille President Pape Diouf has died after contracting coronavirus, according to the French Ligue 1 club.

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Bryan Bulaga: “Disheartening” to see so many players not vote on CBA

NFL players approved a new Collective Bargaining Agreement earlier this year by a 60-vote margin, but that could have been different had more votes been cast during the process. Nearly 22 percent of the eligible voters elected not to cast a ballot. Chargers tackle Bryan Bulaga was not in that group and he expressed some [more]

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Patriots center David Andrews ready to return from blood clots

Patriots center David Andrews didn’t realize how much danger he was in last offseason. And it took a doctor telling him he had more pressing issues than  walking his dogs for him to understand that. Via NBCSportsBoston.com, Andrews said in an interview with Rusty Mansell of 247Sports.com that it took him some time to realize [more]

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Dr. James Andrews won’t do Tommy John surgeries for now

With the NFL locking down team facilities because of the coronavirus outbreak, players are forced to work out on their own during the offseason. And that’s fine for most of them. Until one of them gets hurt. As noted by Alex Speier of the Boston Globe, famed orthopedic surgeon Dr. James Andrews won’t perform Tommy [more]

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Expanded playoffs could make for even better Super Bowls

More football, in most cases, is always good. More playoff games definitely are good. But here’s one thing that may not be so good: The official expansion of the field from 12 teams to 14 places a gigantic premium on earning the top seed in each conference. The No. 1 seeds become the only teams [more]

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