Seahawks defensive end Darrell Taylor still working back from stress fracture

Second-round pick Darrell Taylor remains sidelined for the Seattle Seahawks on the team’s non-football injury list as he tries to recover from a stress fracture in his shin. Taylor played his final season at the University of Tennessee with the injury before having surgery to insert a titanium rod in his leg to address the [more]

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Report: 49ers hiring Chris Foerster after two years serving as consultant

The San Francisco 49ers are hiring Chris Foerster to a full-time position after serving two years as a consultant for their offensive line, according to Jennifer Lee Chan. Foerster was last on a coaching staff with the Miami Dolphins in 2017. He would resign the position in October after video emerged of him snorting a [more]

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Everson Griffin reportedly signing with Cowboys

One of the best remaining 2020 free agents has found a landing spot. Defensive end Everson Griffen, who spent his entire 10-year career with the Vikings, has agreed to terms with the Cowboys, according to NFL Media. Griffen beefs up a pass rush led by DeMarcus Lawrence and Aldon Smith. The move suggests that the [more]

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Jamal Adams fitting in with Seahawks

Jamal Adams is happy. The Seahawks are happy. The Jets are happy. The trade that sent the safety from New York to Seattle for two first-round draft choices and Bradley McDougald so far has proved a win-win-win. Adams was the Seahwaks’ starting strong safety, alongside free agent Quandre Diggs, for the team’s initial practice of [more]

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Andrew Vollert working out for Panthers

Andrew Vollert became something of a “star” in the season premiere of Hard Knocks: Los Angeles on Tuesday night. The tight end did not take kindly to his release from the Chargers in a scene during the show. “You’ve got to be —-ing kidding me,” Vollert tells Anthony Lynn when the head coach delivers the [more]

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NFL’s chief medical officer “pleasantly surprised” by test results thus far

The NFL reports it has conducted 109,075 coronavirus tests of players, coaches and team staffers through Tuesday. The rate of positive tests is 0.46 percent overall and 0.81 percent for players. On intake testing at the outset of training camps, according to the NFL, the rate of positive coronavirus tests was 1.7 percent overall (170 [more]

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Saints haven’t had positive tests, but it “isn’t like we’ve got this figured out”

Saints head coach Sean Payton was the first NFL head coach to contract COVID-19 this offseason, but the team hasn’t had anyone diagnosed with the coronavirus since they began testing at the start of training camp last month. Part of the reason for that has been the team’s decision to rent out space in a [more]

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