Matt Rhule: Panthers practice plan looks like what we did at Baylor

Panthers head coach Matt Rhule’s first summer on the job isn’t coming under ideal circumstances, but they aren’t wholly unfamiliar ones. Rhule came to the Panthers after being the head coach at Temple and Baylor, which means he’s used to going without preseason games, having to work around other player obligations and dealing with other [more]

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Rams expect A’Shawn Robinson back at some point this season

The Rams placed defensive tackle A'Shawn Robinson on the non-football injury list on Saturday and it’s unclear when he might be able to rejoin the active roster. Players are often placed on the list for a short period at the start of camp before being activated, but head coach Sean McVay said on Sunday that [more]

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NFL could soon regret not having full-time officials

The deal is done, and the clock is ticking. By Thursday, the league’s game officials will decide whether to work this season, or not. If they work, they’ll be traveling (by car, as often as possible) every weekend to game sites. They’ll have no preseason, no training camp visits, to real way to sharpen the [more]

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Six teams have had no player positive tests

NFL teams are taking extraordinary measures, and administering loads of tests, in an effort to keep football going. And six of them are fortunate enough to not have a positive test yet. Peter King of NBC’s Football Morning in America detailed the steps the Texans have taken to combat COVID-19, and so far, they’re working. [more]

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Top prospects from Power 5 conferences speak out, in unison

The headline: Top NFL prospects for 2021 want to play college football in 2020. The deeper message: They want to do it in a way that is safe and appropriate. Multiple premier players, headlined by Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence and Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields, tweeted a message under the logo of the Power 5 [more]

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Jim Caldwell: Bob Quinn wanted to fire me Day 1

Former Lions coach Jim Caldwell says that General Manager Bob Quinn wanted to fire him from the moment Quinn arrived in Detroit in January of 2016. Caldwell said on former Lions safety Glover Quin’s podcast that he believes Quinn wanted him gone from the beginning. “I think without question that had he been left to [more]

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For Sammy Watkins, the pay cut call was an easy one

It’s not that Sammy Watkins doesn’t like money. He just prefers winning. The veteran wide receiver said it wasn’t as painful taking a pay cut this offseason, because it means he got to stay with the Chiefs. “Very important to stay,” Watkins said, via Adam Teicher of ESPN.com. “For what we did in winning the [more]

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