Browns guard Colby Gossett takes high-risk opt out

Browns offensive guard Colby Gossett won’t play this season. Gossett informed the Browns he is opting out of the 2020 season, Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports. Gossett qualifies for the high-risk opt out, giving him a $350,000 stipend. Gossett was due to make a $675,000 base salary this season. The Browns promoted Gossett from [more]

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Davante Adams: Jordan Love will not have affect on Aaron Rodgers

Aaron Rodgers expected the Packers to take a receiver in the first round. So, too, did Davante Adams. Instead, the Packers traded up to select Utah State quarterback Jordan Love. “We were all expecting to have a receiver drafted, but that wasn’t the case,” Adams said on a videoconference Tuesday, via Stacey Dales of NFL [more]

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Rams announce Scouting Apprenticeship program

The Rams announced an inaugural Scouting Apprenticeship program for 10 deserving minority and female candidates to strengthen their pursuit of a career in scouting. The program will engage participants in experiential training, one-on-one mentorship and networking opportunities through virtual summits and touchpoints, the team said in a release. The program begins this month and goes [more]

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NFLPA president JC Tretter: NFL tried to “walk back” concessions made during negotiations

The NFL and NFL Players Association struck a verbal deal regarding a revision to the Collective Bargaining Agreement to reflect safety protocols and economic realities of the pandemic on July 24. So why did it take so long to reduce the agreement to a signed writing, 10 days later? As NFLPA president and Browns center [more]

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Former lineman Tootie Robbins dies, after contracting COVID-19

Former Packers and Cardinals offensive tackle Tootie Robbins has died at the age of 62. According to Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Robbins passed after contracting COVID-19. “He contacted COVID and it in return took my uncle’s life,” his niece Lakeisha King wrote in an email. “But he is in heaven with his [more]

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Signing bonus rule will clear cap space for teams with opt-outs

NFL teams will be getting some additional cap space when players who received signing bonuses opt out of the 2020 season. The prorated portion of a player’s signing bonus will be removed from his team’s 2020 cap space as soon as he officially opts out, according to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network. For a team [more]

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Window to promote practice squad players extended to 90 minutes before games

Under normal operating procedures, teams promoting players from the practice squad to play in that week’s games had until 4 p.m. ET on the day before the game to make the move. This season is not progressing under normal operating procedures and that has led to a change in that timing. The NFL proposed moving [more]

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