Alex Smith expected to open camp on PUP list

Washington quarterback Alex Smith has been cleared to return to full football activity after missing more than a year due to the severe leg fractures he suffered in a 2018 game, but he’s not expected to be on the active roster right away. According to multiple reports, Smith is likely to land on the physically [more]

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Doug Pederson expects “relatively easy” transition for Jason Peters

Jason Peters returned to the Eagles earlier this month, but he won’t be back at his familiar left tackle spot once the team gets to work on the field. Peters is back to play right guard while 2019 first-round pick Andre Dillard takes over at his former position. The Eagles had a need at the [more]

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Phillies-Yankees game tonight postponed

The Miami Marlins’ COVID-19 outbreak has now cost baseball at least one more game tonight. According to Ken Rosenthal of TheAthletic.com, tonight’s Phillies-Yankees game has been postponed. The Phillies just completed a series against the Marlins, during which the Marlins’ positive-case count went from four to 14. That led the Marlins to cancel tonight’s home [more]

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Mike Tyson’s return sparks an interesting NFL-related question

Mike Tyson will be returning to the ring, for one last time. That sparked an interesting (at least to us) question in a recent edition of PFT Live: Which retired NFL player would we like to see back on the field one more time? Charean Williams and I drafted four players each, focusing on guys [more]

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Jason McCourty expects a “raw football product” early in the season

Veteran players from NFL teams are set to report to training camp on Tuesday for a first round of COVID-19 testing and that step is a reminder of what the league is dealing with as it tries to play a full season in 2020. The pandemic has already forced teams to call off in-person offseason [more]

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Keenan Allen complains about Top 100 ranking, Mike Evans fires back

Chargers wide receiver Keenan Allen was not pleased when NFL Network’s countdown of the Top 100 players revealed him at No. 77. Allen wrote on Twitter that he believes he should be ranked higher, and he named three players — Tyreek Hill of the Chiefs and Mike Evans and Chris Godwin of the Buccaneers, whom [more]

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COVID-19 outbreak cancels Miami Marlins’ home opener

As the NFL monitors the experiences of other sports in a pandemic, when it comes to baseball the NFL may want to look away. The Miami Marlins have canceled tonight’s home opener against the Orioles, because the Marlins remain in Philadelphia while dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak. (Philadelphia presumably would like them to leave, now.) [more]

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