Tonight, Aaron Rodgers faces team he wanted to join

On at least two different occasions during his NFL career, Northern California native Aaron Rodgers has wanted to play for the San Francisco 49ers. He wanted them to draft him in 2005, and they didn’t. He wanted them to trade for him in 2021, and they couldn’t. An article from Ian Rapoport of NFL Media [more]

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Jim Irsay addresses “difficulties” with Carson Wentz over injuries and lack of vaccination

Colts owner Jim Irsay has had a string of bad luck with quarterbacks, dating back to the sudden and abrupt retirement of Andrew Luck. Irsay currently has a starting quarterback who is injury prone or, more accurately, prone to putting himself in position to get injured. Speaking at a Saturday night event, Irsay vented a [more]

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Report: La’el Collins allegedly tried to bribe sample collectors

On Monday night, Cowboys offensive lineman La'el Collins will miss the second of five games arising from a suspension under the substance-abuse policy. Based on a report from Adam Schefter of ESPN.com, Collins had a chance to make the Week Three game against the Eagles the final game of the suspension. In an article that [more]

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Report: Dalvin Cook unlikely to play against Seahawks

Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer said on Friday that running back Dalvin Cook was “doing much better” and that Cook could play despite being listed as a non-participant in practice all week with an ankle injury. Cook was listed as questionable and a report on Sunday morning puts him on the wrong side of that [more]

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Maxx Crosby appealing fine for allegedly spitting at Trai Turner

Steelers guard Trai Turner was ejected from last Sunday’s game against the Raiders for spitting at defensive end Maxx Crosby during a post-play interaction and he received a $15,450 fine for unsportsmanlike conduct from the league this week. Turner reportedly wasn’t the only player fined as a result of the incident. Tom Pelissero of NFL [more]

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John Randle, Kevin Williams want a Purple People Eaters statue in Minnesota

John Randle and Kevin Williams were part of a great Vikings defensive line, but it’s a defensive line that came before them they’d like to see get a special honor outside the Vikings’ stadium. Randle and Williams told Chris Tomasson of the Pioneer Press that they think a statue of the Purple People Eaters, the [more]

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Rams’ Darrell Henderson unlikely to play vs. Bucs

The Rams are not expecting to have their starting running back today against the Buccaneers. Darrell Henderson is unlikely to play today, according to multiple reports. Henderson has a rib cartilage injury and will be playing through pain if he’s playing at all. If Henderson is out, Sony Michel and Jake Funk would be the [more]

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