Trial over the Bowlen trust postponed to next year

The legal dispute surrounding the trust serving as stewards of the Denver Broncos will drag out in 2021. According to Ryan O’Halloran of the Denver Post, the trial surrounding the trust had been scheduled to begin on Sept. 1 before Arapahoe County Court Judge John Scipione issued a continuance to an unspecified date next year. [more]

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Mike Tomlin not “extremely confident” NFL can pull off full 2020 season

The Steelers were one of only three NFL teams not to have a player opt out of the 2020 season. No matter, coach Mike Tomlin acknowledges the NFL faces a challenge to start the 2020 season on time . . . and finish the 2020 season on time. COVID-19 isn’t going away quietly. The NFL, [more]

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NFL preseason should have started tonight

It’s quiet in Canton, Ohio, tonight. It wasn’t supposed to be this way. The Cowboys and Steelers were supposed to kickoff the preseason Thursday in the Hall of Fame Game, the first event in Enshrinement Weekend. While it saves us from watching a glorified scrimmage, the Hall of Fame Game also always signals the beginning [more]

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Franchise-tagged players have no real guarantee that they’ll get their guaranteed money

In most years, franchise-tagged players have fully-guaranteed salaries. This year, the guarantee goes only as far as the season does. The NFL and NFL Players Association has resolved the delicate balance regarding pay-as-you-play and fully-guaranteed salary by, for players with multi-year contracts, bumping the guaranteed payments into future years, if the season is cancelled after [more]

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Vikings signing Quentin Poling

Linebacker Quentin Poling soon will have a job. The Vikings are signing Poling, Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports. The Raiders released Poling after the draft. He signed a futures contract with the Raiders in February after spending the majority of the 2019 campaign on the club’s practice squad. He appeared in one game on [more]

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Chandler Jones targets Michael Strahan’s sacks record

Chandler Jones made 19 sacks last season. That’s only 3.5 sacks off Michael Strahan’s single-season NFL record. The Cardinals pass rusher has Strahan’s 22.5 sacks as a target for this season. “I feel like I’m getting closer and closer,” Jones said in a videoconference Thursday, via Darren Urban of the team website. “I don’t feel [more]

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ACC unveils schedule, may push championship game back a week

The ACC is the latest college football conference to unveil its 2020 football schedule, and it’s doing so with the unspoken acknowledgement that makeup games may be necessary at the end of the season. The ACC’s announcement says its championship game will be played on either December 12 or December 19. Currently the ACC season [more]

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