Austin Ekeler likes Chargers putting pressure on him to perform

Chargers running back Austin Ekeler took some time this offseason to research new offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi and he liked what he saw. Lombardi used to work for the Saints and Ekeler liked what he saw when it came to the team’s usage of running back Alvin Kamara. Ekeler said on SiriusXM NFL Radio that [more]

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Chargers will have 17 open practices at training camp

The Chargers again will hold training camp at Jack Hammett Sports Complex in Costa Mesa, California. After not hosting fans last summer because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the team will have 17 practices open to the public. That includes a season-ticket member FanFest and open practice at SoFi Stadium on Sunday, Aug. 8, at 3:30 [more]

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Kyler Murray: People are sleeping on A.J. Green; I think he’ll have a big year

After missing the entire 2019 season with an ankle injury, A.J. Green returned to the Bengals and played all 16 games in 2020. It was the first time he’d played a full season since 2017, as he appeared in only nine in 2018. But Green’s production was not nearly at his previous standard. Green was [more]

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Eric Bieniemy: Head coaching job will happen at right place with right people

Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy’s name has been up for many of the head coaching vacancies around the league the last two years, but he has failed to land any of those jobs. The reasons why Bieniemy has not taken the next step up the coaching ladder have been questioned by Chiefs head coach Andy [more]

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Derek Carr: I would always welcome playing with Davante Adams again

Once upon a time, Raiders quarterback Derek Carr and Packers receiver Davante Adams were college teammates at Fresno State. The two were such a good pair that both became second-round picks in 2014. Adams has turned into one of the league’s best receivers and Carr is a three-time Pro Bowler. Adams’ current quarterback is in [more]

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Bruce Smith: ’90s Bills had a gay player, the rest of the team didn’t care

It’s widely been believed that any gay players on the locker rooms of yesteryear remained deeply closeted for fear of being bullied or judged or ostracized. That wasn’t the case universally. Hall of Fame defensive end Bruce Smith recently told TMZ.com that the Bills of the 1990s had at least one gay player on the [more]

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It took Leonard Fournette some time to accept he’d been cut by the Jaguars

Last August, the Jaguars surprisingly parted ways with running back Leonard Fournette, the fourth overall pick in the 2017 draft. Even though Fournette landed on his feet, it took him some time to get his head around the fact that the Jaguars showed him the door. “I think when I got cut, it kind of [more]

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