Dion Dawkins after signing contract: It’s time to go earn it

Dion Dawkins has never made the Pro Bowl. He has played three seasons. Nine different AFC offensive tackles made the Pro Bowl in that span. Yet, the Bills made Dawkins the fifth-highest paid left tackle in the NFL and seventh-highest paid tackle, according to overthecap.com. He signed a four-year, $60 million extension Thursday, with $34 [more]

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Pete Carroll takes a few shots at Gregg Williams

Jets defensive coordinator Gregg Williams suggested on Thursday that former Jets safety Jamal Adams may grow bored in Seattle, explaining that the Seahawks “don’t use their safety-type things and all the different complexities of maybe not showing what they’re doing as much as we do.” Seahawks coach Pete Carroll, appearing on KJR in Seattle with [more]

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Ratings way down for Hard Knocks

HBO didn’t draw much of an audience for the season premiere of Hard Knocks. The first episode of this year’s NFL training camp reality show drew just 273,000 viewers, according to Austin Karp of Sports Business Journal. That’s a huge decline from the 705,000 who watched the first episode last year, and may be the [more]

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Eagles activate Jordan Mailata

The Eagles no longer have any players on their reserve/COVID-19 list. Offensive tackle Jordan Mailata, the last player on the list, was activated by the team today. A 2018 seventh-round pick who grew up in Australia and never played football, Mailata is a raw athlete whom the Eagles hope can eventually develop into a solid [more]

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Joe Judge doesn’t see adding a veteran corner as a priority

At one point in the offseason, the Giants expected to have Deandre Baker and Sam Beal joining James Bradberry at cornerback during the 2020 season. That’s no longer in the cards. Beal has opted out of playing and they can’t count on having Baker as he’s on the Commissioner Exempt list while facing four armed [more]

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Raiders’ Tyrell Williams: Hard Knocks was definitely a distraction last year

Raiders wide receiver Tyrell Williams is glad not to be on Hard Knocks again this year. Williams said he didn’t really grasp how big a distraction the reality TV cameras were last training camp until this year, when he has realized it’s a lot easier to focus on the task at hand without thinking about [more]

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'Absolutely disgusting.' US star criticizes booing of players kneeling during national anthem

US international Reggie Cannon has described the booing of players who took a knee during the national anthem before a Major League Soccer match as "absolutely disgusting."

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