Kyle Pitts trying to improve on the mental part of the game in Year Two

No one doubts the physical talents of Falcons tight end Kyle Pitts. He’s such a freakish physical athlete that a year ago he went with the fourth overall pick in the draft, unprecedented for a tight end. But this year Pitts thinks it’s the mental part of the game where he can take an impressive [more]

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Lions RB coach Duce Staley tells D’Andre Swift he needs to play through injuries

One of the ways the sport of football has changed through the years is in the way coaches treat injured players, and that dynamic may be playing out between Lions running backs coach Duce Staley and running back D'Andre Swift. Staley’s NFL playing career started before Swift was born, and Staley revealed in talking about [more]

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Mike LaFleur: “Fun challenge” getting Jets offensive pieces to mesh together

The Jets made upgrading the offensive talent around quarterback Zach Wilson a focus of their offseason moves and the result is a much deeper group of options for offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur to deploy in his second season with the team. Tight ends C.J. Uzomah and Tyler Conklin arrived in free agency and the team [more]

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Dan Campbell: Important for Jeff Okudah to continue growing mentally

Lions cornerback Jeff Okudah has returned to the field after tearing his Achilles in the first game of the 2022 season and he’s progressed well enough to be working with the first team during their OTA practices. On Thursday, Lions head coach Dan Campbell said that he hasn’t seen anything to be concerned about when [more]

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Jarvis Landry on Jameis Winston: He’s a leader, one of the reasons I joined Saints

Wide receiver Jarvis Landry is in his first week of OTAs with the Saints and that’s given him his first chance to work on the field with quarterback Jameis Winston. Winston is making his way back from last year’s torn ACL and that process still has some way to go before he’ll be at 100 [more]

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Lions OC: It’s going to be a challenge to get Jameson Williams ready for season

The Lions traded up to take wide receiver Jameson Williams in the first round because they believe he’ll remain a dynamic player once he’s fully recovered from the torn ACL he suffered in January. It’s not clear when he’ll reach that point and the team is now dealing with trying to get him ready to [more]

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Kyle Sloter thinks he has shown in the USFL that he’s an NFL-quality quarterback

Kyle Sloter of the New Orleans Breakers is leading the USFL in passing yards this season, and he believes his work in the upstart minor league should be getting attention from NFL teams. Sloter told Chris Tomasson of the Pioneer Press that he has displayed NFL-quality play while leading New Orleans to a 5-2 record. [more]

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