Jason Kelce thinking one year at a time after reworking contract with Eagles

Center Jason Kelce‘s future with the Eagles was somewhat uncertain early in the offseason, but he ensured he’d back for the 2021 season when he announced that he’d agreed to a reworked contract with the team. Kelce has spent his entire NFL career in Philadelphia and he said this week that he hasn’t given any [more]

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Cam Newton working out with Jonnu Smith, Jakobi Meyers

Patriots quarterback Cam Newton is getting some offseason work in with wide receiver Jakobi Meyers and tight end Jonnu Smith. Newton posted a video on Instagram showing the three working out together. “Work in silence,” Newton wrote on Instagram. Newton has been active on social media while working with his personal quarterbacks coach, George Whitfield [more]

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Justin Simmons feels Broncos are “really close” to being playoff contenders

The Broncos have not made the playoffs since safety Justin Simmons joined the team as a 2016 third-round pick, but that did not stop him from pledging his future to the club this offseason. Simmons signed a four-year contract extension in March and will be back as a key part of the team’s defense. He [more]

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NFLPA permits NFL contract agents to represent college players for NIL rights

The floodgates are open, and plenty of people are going to be trying to get a drink. Amid concerns that agents certified by the NFLPA to represent players for pro football contracts may use an NIL relationship to lay the foundation for a future NFL relationship, the NFLPA has provided very general guidance to the [more]

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EA to explore adding actual players for college football video game reboot

Earlier this year, EA said that it will bring back its long-defunct college football video game. Now that the NIL floodgates are open, EA’s college football game may include actually college football players. “We are watching the recent developments regarding student-athlete name, image and likeness very closely,” EA said in a statement. “It’s still very [more]

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Zay Jones: Jon Gruden has reignited my fire and love for football

Zay Jones was a second-round pick back in 2017, but has never quite put a full season together that illustrates his full talent. He was the Bills leading receiver in 2018, 56 receptions for 652 yards and seven touchdowns. But Jones fell out of favor in Buffalo the next year, catching only seven passes for [more]

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NFL “unable to confirm” the statement made to Eugene Chung, or who said it

Eugene Chung made a general allegation of an inappropriate comment during a job interview with an NFL team. He declined to get specific. Thus, not surprisingly, the NFL’s investigation of the matter went nowhere. The league issued a statement on Thursday that, without using such obvious terminology, closes the book on the investigation. “Following public [more]

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