Derek Carr: From what I heard, I wasn’t the guy Tom Brady was referring to

One of the biggest mysteries of the past couple of weeks in the NFL relates to the team that didn’t want Tom Brady in 2020, prompting him to observe that the team in question is “sticking with the motherf–ker.” Some in the league insist that Raiders quarterback Derek Carr is the unnamed motherf–ker. Carr says [more]

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New movie takes a swipe at the Dolphins

Usually, pop-culture jokes about bad football teams usually are reserved only for truly bad football teams. The Dolphins are not a bad football team, and yet they’re the butt of a joke in a new movie. As explained by Omar Kelly of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel (via Sports Business Daily), The Tomorrow War includes multiple [more]

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Sean McDermott talked to Cole Beasley after Twitter rant, says Bills players will make good decisions

Bills wide receiver Cole Beasley posted some ill-advised tweets about the COVID-19 vaccine and the NFL’s rules restricting unvaccinated players, and later said he’s done talking about the matter. Bills coach Sean McDermott will probably be glad about that. McDermott told Thad Brown of News 8 that he has spoken with Beasley following the Twitter [more]

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Jerry Rice thinks he’d have double the stats in today’s game

Hall of Fame receiver Jerry Rice created a statistical bar that never may be matched or beaten. Rice believes that, if he were playing today, he’d be even better. “First of all, the game really favors the wide receiver now, because you can’t put your hands on him,” Rice told Brother from Another, which is [more]

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Kyle Shanahan’s feared Julio Jones would be traded to the Rams

49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan was unhappy to hear that Matthew Stafford was going to the Rams in a trade this offseason, but that feeling would have been even worse if another big-name offensive player had landed in Los Angeles. Shanahan shared his feelings about Stafford on the Flying Coach podcast with Rams head coach [more]

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Report: 68 percent of NFL players have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot

Just under two weeks ago, the NFL’s chief medical officer Allen Sills said that 65 percent of the league’s players had received at least one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine. Now with training camps starting at the end of the month, that number has gotten a little higher. According to Tom Pelissero of NFL Media, [more]

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Travis Etienne: Trevor Lawrence has really helped with learning real receiver routes

The Jaguars drafted Travis Etienne in the first round of this year’s draft based on his work as a running back at Clemson, but their plans for him at the professional level are more expansive. Etienne worked as a wide receiver during the team’s rookie minicamp and offseason program in what he called a chance [more]

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