What happens with 2021 draft, if there’s no 2020 season?

No one wants to think about the possibility that the NFL won’t be able to play in 2020, but if the virus controls the calendar in a way that prevents pro football from happening, one question will be the proper order for the 2021 selection process. It’s way down the road, to be sure. But [more]

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Tony Jefferson back running, playing waiting game

Free agent safety Tony Jefferson began running Saturday, five months after requiring surgery to repair a torn ACL and LCL in his left knee. Jefferson posted the milestone on social media with a video of him running on a treadmill. “Feels good to be back on my feet!” Jefferson wrote. The Ravens released him in [more]

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Roger Goodell to announce first-round picks from his basement

It’s been thought for some time that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell would announce the names of this year’s first-round picks from his home and we now know where in his home he’ll be when he makes those announcements. While giving a preview of what will be in Monday morning’s edition of Football Morning in America, [more]

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Arik Armstead calls DeForest Buckner trade “a shock”

DeForest Buckner and Arik Armstead played on the same defensive line together for three years at Oregon. Then they played on the same defensive line together for the last four years with the 49ers. But they’re not teammates anymore. Armstead signed a long-term extension with the 49ers on the same day Buckner was traded to [more]

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Brandon Beane would support three more rounds for the draft

Steelers G.M. Kevin Colbert reportedly has suggested that the draft be expanded from seven rounds to 10, given the unique and unprecedented challenges associated with the 2020 process. Bills G.M. Brandon Beane, appearing recently on #PFTPM, said he’d support three more rounds — if that’s what Colbert thinks makes sense this year. “I understand Kevin’s [more]

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Deion Sanders says he was joking with Todd Gurley about No. 21

Falcons running back Todd Gurley will be wearing No. 21 when he gets on the field for his new team and it apparently won’t be with any dissent from Deion Sanders. Gurley did a radio interview on Friday and said that Sanders was “hating on me” before telling Gurley “don’t wear it” in reference to [more]

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Mike Gundy apologizes, sort of, for his comments on the pandemic

Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy recently made some grossly misinformed comments about the interplay between the coronavirus and college football. Four days later, he apologized for them. Sort of. It wasn’t an “I was wrong” or “I don’t know what I’m talking about” or “I had my mullet-covered head up my butt” or anything recognizing [more]

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