Jadeveon Clowney goes through first practice with Titans

Jadeveon Clowney went through his first practice with his new team Wednesday. Since the Titans don’t play until Monday night, their first practice report won’t come out until Thursday. But Terry McCormick of titaninsider.com reports Clowney was “fully involved” in the open portion of practice. Vic Beasley, activated off the non-football injury list Saturday, continued [more]

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Kenny Golladay, D’Andre Swift, Danny Amendola limited for Lions

A trio of key Lions offensive players appeared on the first practice report of the season as limited. Receiver Kenny Golladay (pictured) and receiver Danny Amendola were limited with hamstring injuries. Rookie running back D'Andre Swift was limited with a hip problem. Others limited in practice for Detroit on Wednesday were defensive end Da'shawn Hand [more]

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School says college football player’s cause of death, attributed to COVID-19, is unconfirmed

The death of Jamain Stephens, a 20-year-old college football player at California University of Pennsylvania, gained particular attention because his high school announced that he died of COVID-19 complications. His school now says his cause of death is unconfirmed. “When we heard the news of Jamain Stephens’ death, we as a community were devastated,” Central [more]

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FOX will use virtual fans for NFL games; other networks won’t

The virtual reality in which we now reside will result in virtual fans being used only for limited NFL games. According to John Ourand of Sports Business Journal, FOX and only FOX will use virtual fans during the 2020 season. In Week One, FOX will use virtual fans for only one game: Bears and Lions. [more]

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Aaron Rodgers likes Packers “flying under the radar”

The Packers went 13-3 last season. They advanced to the NFC Championship Game. They are one of the most popular teams in the NFL. Yet, the Packers feel an afterthought in the NFC what with all of the talk of Tom Brady and Leonard Fournette to the Buccaneers, the Saints’ pursuit of Jadeveon Clowney, the [more]

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Mike Tomlin: James Conner is clearly Steelers “bell cow”

The Steelers used a fourth-round pick on Anthony McFarland Jr., a big-play running back. They also have some nice complementary pieces in the backfield. But Mike Tomlin is an old school ball coach, which means he has a very specific thought process and bovine vocabulary for the guy he wants to carry the load. “There [more]

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Cowboys restructure Zack Martin’s contract to free up cap space

The Cowboys and offensive lineman Zack Martin have agreed to a restructured contract that lessens his cap hit for this year. Martin’s new deal cuts his cap hit by $8 million and pushes it to future years, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports. Martin had been slated to have a $15 million cap hit both [more]

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