Chase Claypool downgraded to out with hamstring injury

Steelers receiver Chase Claypool was initially listed as questionable for the matchup against Green Bay after he was limited in practice on Thursday and didn’t practice on Friday with a hamstring injury. But now there’s no question about his game status. The Steelers announced on Saturday that Claypool has been downgraded to out. That Pittsburgh [more]

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Rob Gronkowski won’t travel, out for Sunday’s game against New England

Tom Brady won’t have one of his favorite targets for his New England homecoming. According to multiple reports, tight end Rob Gronkowski won’t travel with the Buccaneers and will be downgraded to out for Sunday’s game against the Patriots. Gronkowski was already listed as doubtful after he did not practice all week. The tight end [more]

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Bruce Arians tells Bucs: For 98% of you, this is just the next game

Sunday night’s Buccaneers-Patriots game is one of the most-anticipated regular-season games in NFL history. But Bucs coach Bruce Arians is telling his players that most of them shouldn’t view it that way. Although Arians obviously recognizes the significance of Tom Brady‘s return to New England, Arians told Sal Paolantonio of ESPN that he told the [more]

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Urban Meyer will look at his team’s halftime adjustments

Urban Meyer’s adjustment from college football to pro football includes adjusting to an intermission that’s 40 percent shorter. After trailing at halftime in the first two games of the season, the Jaguars took leads of 13-7 and 14-0 into the locker room after the first two quarters of the last two games. And as Jacksonville [more]

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Ravens’ long snapper says Justin Tucker wants to break his own record on Sunday in Denver

Ravens kicker Justin Tucker set a new NFL record with his 66-yard field goal last week in Detroit. But could he break his own record this week in Denver? Baltimore long snapper Nick Moore thinks he can. Footballs fly farther at Denver’s altitude, and Tucker has claimed that he could make a field goal as [more]

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Historic regular-season audience could coming for Buccaneers-Patriots

One of the most-anticipated regular-season games in league history will likely generate an audience that rivals some of the biggest numbers generated by a non-playoff NFL game in decades. The high-water mark, by all appearances and indications, came on December 2, 1985, when 41 million tuned in to watch the previously-unbeaten Bears get beaten by [more]

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Teams starting rookie quarterbacks are 1-11 this season

It’s been an ugly start to the season for the 2021 NFL draft quarterback class. Through the Jaguars’ Thursday night loss, teams starting quarterbacks are now just 1-11 this season: Jacksonville with Trevor Lawrence is 0-4, Zach Wilson and the Jets are 0-3, Justin Fields is 0-1 starting with the Bears, Davis Mills is 0-1 [more]

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