Arthur Blank: Falcons need a long-term plan at quarterback

Matt Ryan spent 14 years as the Falcons’ franchise quarterback before they traded him last week. Now the Falcons want to find a new quarterback who can lead their franchise for that long. Falcons owner Arthur Blank said moving on from Ryan was the right call for the long-term health of the franchise. “It has [more]

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Todd Bowles: I think the world of Byron Leftwich

There was a time earlier this offseason when it appeared Buccaneers offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich was about to become the Jaguars head coach. That didn’t work out, as Doug Pederson got the job working with G.M. Trent Baalke. But it means that Leftwich will be back with Tampa Bay in 2022, now working under new [more]

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Braxton Berrios: Zach Wilson “doing everything” to make a real change in second season

Jets quarterback Zach Wilson‘s rookie season wasn’t a smash success, but there were a few signs of growth in the final weeks that provided hope for better things to come in the second season. The early part of the offseason has been spent trying to build on those things. Wilson has been traveling around the [more]

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Brad Holmes on Jarrad Davis return to Lions: Everyone deserves a second chance

Linebacker Jarrad Davis didn’t have the kind of impact that the Lions hoped to see when they drafted him in the first round of the 2017 draft, so it was no great surprise that he left the team as a free agent in 2021. It was something of a surprise when he signed a one-year [more]

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Jim Irsay: Chris Ballard looking hard at adding big defensive free agent

The Colts made trades for quarterback Matt Ryan and defensive end Yannick Ngakoue last month, but they may not be done making headline-grabbing additions to the roster this offseason. In an interview for the team’s website, Colts owner Jim Irsay suggested that General Manager Chris Ballard may have something else up his sleeve. Irsay said [more]

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Man convicted of first-degree murder in death of C.J. Beathard’s brother

In 2019, Clayton Beathard, the brother of then-49ers quarterback C.J. Beathard and grandson of Hall of Fame General Manager Bobby Beathard, was stabbed and killed outside a bar in Nashville. Now the man responsible has been convicted. A jury found Michael Mosley guilty of two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Beathard and [more]

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Todd Bowles says he learned from mistakes with the Jets, is a better coach with the Bucs

New Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles spent four years as head coach of the Jets, and it did not go well: He never made the playoffs and was fired with a 24-40 record. But Bowles thinks the results will be different in his new job. Bowles said that after he got fired, he looked within [more]

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