Saints expect Trevor Penning to miss time with turf toe

Saints first-round left tackle Trevor Penning is set to begin his rookie season on the sideline. Penning suffered a bad case of turf toe during Friday night’s preseason game and is expected to miss some time, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. The Saints drafted Penning in the first round with the hopes that [more]

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NFL remains silent on potential Aaron Donald discipline

The Rams said on Friday that any discipline of defensive tackle Aaron Donald for Thursday’s helmet-swinging incident at joint practice with the Bengals will be handled internally. The league has officially said nothing. Unofficially, the league has acknowledged that it can’t take action against player misconduct during joint practices, but that it can discipline teams [more]

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Kyle Shanahan: I’d love to get Trey Lance more reps, but he’s as ready to go as he can be

Ready or not, here we go. The Trey Lance era begins in 15 days, when the 49ers play in Chicago. Is Lance truly prepared for what’s coming? Said coach Kyle Shanahan on Friday: “We’ve run out of those [preseason] games and he’s just ready to go as he can be.” Shanahan said after the preseason [more]

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Paul Allen’s billion-dollar art collection to be auctioned

Speculation recently emerged that, sooner than later, the NFL (and NBA) franchises owned by the late Paul Allen will be sold. For now, his immense art collection is for sale. Via the Associated Press, roughly 150 items worth more than $1 billion will be auctioned through Christie’s. “These works mean so much to so many, [more]

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Dennis Allen: Good to see Jameis Winston and Jarvis Landry get preseason action

Saints quarterback Jameis Winston started Friday night’s preseason game by completing two passes to Jarvis Landry, and coach Dennis Allen was glad to see it. Allen said after the game that he wanted to get Winston a little bit of preseason action to ensure that he’s 100 percent healthy and good to go for the [more]

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Sean McDermott: Bills have a lot of work to do to figure Matt Araiza situation out

Bills coach Sean McDermott says he doesn’t know what his team is going to do with rookie punter Matt Araiza, after a rape accusation against him last year became public this week. The Bills benched Araiza for Friday night’s preseason finale, and McDermott said afterward that he doesn’t know what the team will do with [more]

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Lovie Smith: Jalen Pitre making a lot of flash plays

The Texans have spent the last couple of seasons turning over their roster and that’s opened the door to playing time for a lot of young players. It looks like there will be a number of rookies playing prominent roles on the team in 2022 and second-round pick Jalen Pitre is high on that list. [more]

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