Matt Breida won’t “go around pouting and complaining about carries”

Running back Matt Breida had at least 126 touches during his first three seasons in the NFL, but a trade sending him to the 49ers to the Dolphins last year was followed by a big drop is usage. Breida had 68 touches in Miami and he didn’t find a landing spot in free agency that [more]

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Difficulties in forecasting kept Lions from tagging and trading Kenny Golladay

In the last few years, there have been a number of NFL teams that have used the franchise tag on players and then traded them to other teams for a bigger return than letting them leave as free agents provides through the compensatory draft pick system. Before this year’s tags were handed out, there was [more]

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Buyout period over, Hue Jackson opts for candor

Monday’s blunt, candid comments from former Browns coach Hue Jackson caused many to say, “Why now? Why, more than two and a half years after being fired by the Browns, now?” The answer is simple. Jackson’s buyout ended with the 2020 season. If he’d said before the completion of the most recently completed season the [more]

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Nick Caserio: Texans take Deshaun Watson situation seriously, allegations are troubling

Texans General Manager Nick Caserio has weighed in for the first time on the allegations that Deshaun Watson engaged in sexual misconduct with multiple women he hired for massages. Caserio said on the Texans’ podcast that the Texans are following the situation and taking it seriously. “It’s a legal process so we’re certainly respectful of [more]

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Jameis Winston looking to add more “game manager” traits to his play

The phrase “game manager” for a quarterback can be viewed as a derogatory term. It gives off a sense that a quarterback can’t make the big plays required to propel him team to be truly successful. However, when you’re Jameis Winston and the last time you were a full-time starter you had 30 interceptions, adding [more]

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Xavier Woods eager to play with Harrison Smith, Patrick Peterson

New Vikings safety Xavier Woods said one of the biggest reasons he chose to sign in Minnesota was the players he be paired with in the team’s secondary. Via Chris Tomasson of the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Woods said that playing with Harrison Smith and Patrick Peterson was a big draw for him. Woods said [more]

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Marcus Cannon ready to return to football, return home

Marcus Cannon was one of eight players who opted out for the Patriots last season. As a survivor of non-Hodgkins lymphoma, the offensive lineman had his health to consider during the pandemic. Cannon, 32, is returning this season but not to the Patriots. New England traded him to the Texans, so he is returning to [more]

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