Texans promote Scottie Phillips from practice squad

The Texans promoted running back Scottie Phillips from the practice squad on Thursday evening. Phillips is a rookie who had a strong camp, drawing praise from Bill O’Brien. “You can see on tape; you can look at their vision; you can look at their cutting ability; you can look at their — you can judge [more]

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Players are becoming more and more aware of their power

The jarring video from the Dolphins posted on Thursday night has become the latest example of a dynamic that will become only stronger as time goes by. NFL players have become more aware of their power than ever before when it comes to matters of social justice, and they are not afraid to use it. [more]

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Kyle Van Noy excited to face Patriots in Dolphins debut

Kyle Van Noy left the Patriots for the Dolphins as a free agent this offseason, but he won’t have to worry about hearing any boos in his return to Gillette Stadium. There won’t be any fans on hand for Sunday’s game between Miami and New England, which may make it easier to hear what players [more]

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Kerryon Johnson: “Very weird” to be teammates with Adrian Peterson

The Lions’ move to add Adrian Peterson to the roster following his release by Washington could have been taken as a negative by running back Kerryon Johnson, but he’s choosing to view it another way. Johnson said it is “better to embrace” roster moves that you can’t control and said that he’s doing that in [more]

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Justin Simmons: Need whole team effort to fill void left by Von Miller

The Broncos might get linebacker Von Miller back at some point this season, but they won’t know if that’s the case for a while and that means it will be up to others to provide the pass rush that Miller has supplied throughout his time in Denver. Bradley Chubb‘s return from a torn ACL is [more]

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Kyle Shanahan on California fires: Looks like an apocalyptic state out there

The 49ers had to change their schedule for a practice in August because of the impact that wildfires were having on the air quality at their training facility and they’ve been watching the skies again this week as a new crop of fires have sent smoke and ash into the air around the Bay Area. [more]

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Considering the candidates for offensive player of the year, with a twist

Wednesday’s PFT Live included a draft with a slight twist: Offensive player of the year candidates, but with quarterbacks omitted. Not that the quarterbacks historically have dominated the award. Over the last 48 years, quarterbacks have won it 20 times and running backs have won it 25 times. But the current NFL has a significant [more]

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