Footballers emerge from lockdown with some unexpected new looks

For some 21st century footballers, how they look on the pitch is almost as important as how they play.

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Brian Schottenheimer: Russell Wilson “the wrong guy to doubt”

Seahawks head coach Brian Schottenheimer thinks his team has a couple of things going for it as they prepare for the 2020 season under unusual circumstances. The Seahawks have continuity at the upper levels of head coach Pete Carroll’s staff, which Schottenheimer thinks may give them “a chance to get more done than the new [more]

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Giants add coach to offensive staff

New Giants coach Joe Judge has added one of his former players to his coaching staff. According to Ralph Vacchiano of SNY, the Giants have added Nick Williams as their new  offensive quality control coach. Williams was the wide receivers coach and NFL liaison at Southern Illinois. He played at Alabama from 2009-2012, and Judge was [more]

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Will Richardson may be supplanting Cam Robinson at LT for Jaguars

As the Jaguars try to win enough games to stave off a franchise reset, one of the most important positions on the offensive line could be in new hands. As explained by John Reid of the Florida Times-Union, Will Richardson will move from right guard to left tackle, where he’ll have a chance to supplant [more]

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FMIA: NFL Has A ‘Broken System’ For Minority Hiring. Here Is How To Fix It

For late May, normally a slow time in the NFL, the league’s really busy. A couple of significant rules—adding a full-time Sky Judge to every officiating crew, and revolutionizing the onside kick—will come up for votes in a special videoconference session Thursday. The league last week began directing the opening of team facilities shuttered for [more]

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NFL’s “broken system” of minority hiring can be fixed in only two ways

NFL executive V.P. of football operations Troy Vincent admits that the league’s minority hiring system is broken. Ultimately, there are only two ways to truly fix it. First, the NFL needs more minority owners. That’s far easier said than done, however. For starters, teams rarely are available to be purchased. When they are, they’re ridiculously [more]

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Joe Flacco’s record against AFC East a positive for Jets

Since he’s coming off neck surgery, it’s unclear when Joe Flacco will even be ready to play. And in a perfect world for the Jets, he wouldn’t play at all. But their new backup quarterback has at least shown he could help them in their own division. As noted by Peter King of NBC’s Football [more]

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