Lions cut David Blough, leaving no backup quarterback behind Jared Goff for now

The Lions no longer have a backup quarterback. After the Lions cut one of their backup quarterbacks, Tim Boyle, they’re cutting the other one, David Blough. That leaves Jared Goff as the only quarterback currently on the Lions’ 53-man roster. Obviously, Goff won’t be the only quarterback on the roster when the season starts, so [more]

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Chris Grier: We never made any calls about trading Mike Gesicki

A recent story suggested that the Dolphins were talking to other teams about trading tight end Mike Gesicki. Coach Mike McDaniel previously called such talk “misleading.” G.M. Chris Grier provided a more specific explanation in a Tuesday press conference. “For us, we did not make any calls on Mike,” Grier said. “We had calls from [more]

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Vikings cut most of their 2021 draft class

The Vikings selected 11 players in the 2021 NFL draft. Most of those players were cut on Tuesday, failing to make the 53-man roster a year after they were drafted. That’s an ugly look for the Vikings’ prior regime of general manager Rick Spielman and coach Mike Zimmer, who were fired after the 2021 season. [more]

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Raiders cutting Alex Leatherwood highlights failures of Jon Gruden, Mike Mayock regime

The Raiders released tackle Alex Leatherwood on Tuesday, just a year after taking him with the 17th overall pick in the 2021 NFL draft. Cutting a first-round draft pick after just one season is a stunning move — except that with Raiders draft picks of the Jon Gruden/Mike Mayock era, it’s actually not much of [more]

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Bills to release Duke Johnson

It’s cutdown day in the NFL and veteran running back Duke Johnson is set to be one of the players looking for a new place to play when it is over. PFT has learned, via a league source, that the Bills will release Johnson. Those reports add that the Bills have an interest in bringing [more]

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Joe Judge on Patriots offense: You can’t chase the narratives

Patriots head coach Bill Belichick said this week that he doesn’t think preseason games are an accurate indicator of what a team will do in the regular season and a lot of the team’s fans are likely hoping that proves to be the case. The Patriots offense was unimpressive throughout the summer, which added reason [more]

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Jordan Poyer: I expect to be out there Week 1

Bills safety Jordan Poyer missed almost a month of practice after hurting his elbow in early August, but he was able to get on the field last weekend and he expects to keep making progress over the next week. The Bills will be involved in the first game of the 2022 season when they head [more]

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