Arlen Specter’s son claims Donald Trump tried to stop federal Spygate probe

Spygate turns 15 next year. Every so often, it continues to create a nugget of news. Here’s the news from a new item from Don Van Natta, Jr. and Seth Wickersham of ESPN.com regarding the controversy that arose when the Patriots were caught red-handed videotaping defensive coaching signals by the Jets. The late Arlen Specter, [more]

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Jets add Matt Burke to coaching staff in game-management role

Matt Burke served as the Dolphins defensive coordinator under Adam Gase before Gase became the head coach of the Jets and now he’ll be going to work for Gase’s successor. Mike Garafolo of NFL Media reports that Burke is joining the Jets’ staff. He will fill a game-management role focused on situational football rather than [more]

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Landon Collins feeling like himself again after torn Achilles

Washington safety Landon Collins saw his 2020 season come to an end in October due to a torn Achilles, but he feels like he’s turned the corner in his rehab. Collins is with the team at this week’s organized team activities as he continues working his way back into the lineup and said on Tuesday [more]

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Ron Rivera: Ryan Fitzpatrick picks things up very quickly

Ryan Fitzpatrick has been around the block a few times. Now on his ninth team after entering the league as a seventh-round pick out of Harvard, Fitzpatrick has learned plenty of offenses in his career. As he goes into his first year with Washington, his head coach feels good about the veteran’s progress early on [more]

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Shannon Sharpe’s cold call to Julio Jones creates a hot mess for FOX

On Monday, Shannon Sharpe decided to get to the bottom of the Julio Jones situation. So Sharpe called Jones. While Sharpe was on the air, with FS1’s Undisputed. And Jones said, candidly, “I’m out of there.” It appeared that Jones didn’t know he was on the air. Sharpe didn’t say anything about being on the [more]

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Jakobi Meyers: Mac Jones “blessed” to have arm talent he has

The Patriots have had all four of their quarterbacks on the field for organized team activities the last two days and that’s provided other members of the team with their first chance to work with first-round pick Mac Jones. One of the team’s wideouts gave a positive review of what the rookie has shown during [more]

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Jalen Reagor: Drafting DeVonta Smith was a great thing for the organization to do

The Eagles traded up to take receiver Devonta Smith in this year’s draft, giving quarterback Jalen Hurts a familiar weapon for the offense. But Philadelphia also gave 2020 first-round pick Jalen Reagor a new running mate. Smith said recently that he and Reagor can help one another. Addressing the media on Tuesday, Reagor agreed with [more]

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