Anthony Chickillo excited for new opportunity with Saints

It took over two months of free agency after his release from the Pittsburgh Steelers for Anthony Chickillo to find a new home with the New Orleans Saints. But even after playing the waiting game, Chickillo is pleased with his new destination with the Saints. “Couldn’t ask for a better organization, with a better head [more]

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The Simms top 40 QB list, No. 39: Dwayne Haskins

Last year, he landed at No. 38 without ever playing a down in the NFL. This year, Washington quarterback Dwayne Haskins has fallen one spot on the Chris Simms top 40 quarterback countdown, to No. 39. Why 39? Well, watch the video from Tuesday’s PFT Live and find out. Haskins started seven games last season, [more]

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Joe Flacco wants to play but knows role is to help Sam Darnold

Joe Flacco entered every one of the previous 12 seasons as his team’s starter. He was given no opportunity to join a team as a starting quarterback this offseason, so he signed a one-year deal with the Jets. Flacco will backup Sam Darnold. “For me personally, I want to play football,” Flacco said on SiriusXM [more]

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Raiders considering moving camp to Henderson, Nevada

The Raiders were supposed to move to Nevada until after training camp. That, though, could come sooner than planned. The team is “seriously considering” holding training camp at its new headquarters in Henderson, Nevada, rather than in Napa, California, Vincent Bonsignore of the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. The Raiders’ new team facility is scheduled to [more]

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Lions, Panthers have received preseason proposals from The Greenbrier

Another NFL team could be coming to West Virginia later this year. Per multiple sources, the Detroit Lions and Carolina Panthers have received proposals from The Greenbrier resort for 2020 training camp. The realities of the pandemic are prompting some teams to look elsewhere for training-camp locations. As one source explained it, the Panthers are [more]

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The 4th-and-15 alternative likely would improve 4th-and-15 efficiency

Yes, the statistics regarding the conversion rate for third-and-15 and fourth-and-15 roughly suggest that an onside kick and its scrimmage-play alternative will have the same success rate. But there are two reasons to believe that the success rate of the fourth-and-15 play as an onside-kick alternative will be even higher. First, teams usually don’t try [more]

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Kenyan Drake: My ceiling is as high as I’ll take it

Kenyan Drake did enough last season that the Cardinals wanted to keep him, using the one-year, $8.48 million transition tag on him. The running back wants a long-term deal but knows “everything else will handle itself at an appropriate time” if he does what he expects to do this season. “I tell people all the [more]

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