Bucs place third-rounder Ke’Shawn Vaughn on COVID-19 list

The Buccaneers placed third-round choice Ke'Shawn Vaughn on the reserve/COVID-19 list Monday, the team announced. The running back is expected to have a role on the offense, supplementing Ronald Jones in the backfield. Vaughn played his final two seasons at Vanderbilt after beginning his collegiate career at the University of Illinois. He surpassed 1,000 rushing [more]

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49ers sign Charlie Woerner to get draft class under contract

The 49ers announced Monday they have signed tight end Charlie Woerner to a four-year deal. With the signing of their sixth-round choice, the 49ers now have all five members of their 2020 draft class under contract. The 49ers made Woerner the 190th overall choice out of Georgia. He appeared in 54 games with 19 starts [more]

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Steve and Brian Belichick both are position coaches on Patriots staff

The Patriots introduced their coaching staff for 2020 on Monday. They hired four new assistants this offseason with quarterbacks coach Jedd Fisch, assistants Tyler Hughes (offensive) and Vinnie Sunseri (defensive) and special teams assistant Joe Houston joining the staff. Several staffers have new roles, including Steve Belichick (outside linebackers), Brian Belichick (safeties), Troy Brown (running [more]

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Joe Douglas vouches for Woody Johnson, via Christopher Johnson

Beyond issuing a statement regarding owner Woody Johnson’s allegedly inappropriate workplace comments made while serving as U.S. ambassador to Great Britain, no one from the Jets said anything about the situation before Monday. Via Rich Cimini of ESPN, G.M. Joe Douglas vouched for Woody Johnson, by passing along something that Woody’s brother, Christopher, told Douglas. [more]

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Washington deletes tweet indicating that Alex Smith passed his physical

The Washington Football Team has a very good football coach. They probably would be wise to hire a good General Manager, too. (Currently, they don’t have one.) On Monday night, the team tweeted that quarterback Alex Smith passed a physical, but that he’ll be placed on the Physically Unable to Perform list. However, a player [more]

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Report: Patriots guard Najee Toran opts out of 2020 season

The Patriots have had a second player opt out of the 2020 season. Offensive guard Najee Toran has joined teammate Danny Vitale in taking the leave of absence option, Jim McBride of the Boston Globe reports. Cowboys cornerback Maurice Canady, Seahawks offensive lineman Chance Warmack, Ravens returner De'Anthony Thomas and Chiefs guard Laurent Duvernay-Tardif also [more]

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Washington places Alex Smith, Reuben Foster on PUP

A report earlier Monday indicated Washington would place Alex Smith on the physically unable to perform list to start training camp. The team did just that Monday night. Washington announced it has placed Smith and linebacker Reuben Foster on PUP. It placed receiver Kelvin Harmon on the non-football injury list. Smith took his physical with [more]

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