NFL single-season punt leader Bob Parsons dies at 72

The Bears announced that their former punter Bob Parsons died last Friday at the age of 72. Parsons played for the Bears from 1972 to 1983 and is the franchise’s career leader with 884 punts over that span. He also set an NFL single-season record with 114 punts during the 1981 season. Former Texan Chad [more]

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Alex Highsmith looking for 10-to-12 sacks this season.

Alex Highsmith went from a reserve role on the edge of the Steelers defense as a rookie to starting 16 games during the 2021 season and he’s looking to make a jump in another area this year. Highsmith has eight sacks over his first two seasons with the team after jumping from two as a [more]

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Brandon Aiyuk posts footage of training with Trey Lance, mocks reports of arm fatigue

Despite reports that 49ers quarterback Trey Lance struggles with his arm growing fatigued, one teammate who has seen Lance throw plenty of passes says everything is just fine. San Francisco wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk, who has been working out with Lance all offseason, posted video of three great passes that Lance threw to him at [more]

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Baker Mayfield meets the media in Carolina Tuesday

Baker Mayfield was traded from the Browns to the Panthers last week and Tuesday will bring an opportunity for the quarterback to speak to reporters for the first time since the deal went down. The Panthers will be holding a press conference with Mayfield and General Manager Scott Fitterer that gets underway around noon. Mayfield [more]

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Heinz calls price to keep name on Steelers’ stadium “significantly more than we could justify”

When Heinz Stadium first got its name, the Heinz company paid $57 million (get it?) over 20 years for the naming rights. Since then, the price to name an NFL stadium has gone up considerably, and Heinz can no longer justify it. The Steelers’ home field will change its name to Acrisure Stadium after Acrisure [more]

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Jessie Bates tweets “Stay down, stay grounded” ahead of July 15 deadline

Bengals safety Jessie Bates has not signed his franchise tag and he has not spent any time with the team since they used it early this offseason because he wants to sign a long-term deal with the team before Friday’s deadline to do so. Plenty of Bates’ teammates have expressed their desire to see him [more]

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Ben Roethlisberger: Home will always be Heinz Field

Heinz Field is no more and one player who spent his entire career playing home games there isn’t ready to embrace the name change to Acrisure Stadium. Former Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger played his final home game last season in what turned out to be Heinz Field’s swan song as well. On Monday, Roethlisberger joined [more]

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