Deebo Samuel plans to play today vs. Dolphins

49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel appears to be good to go today against the Dolphins. Samuel plans to play today, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN. Officially, Samuel is listed as questionable with a deep thigh bruise. Although it was initially feared that the injury would keep Samuel out today, he made progress during the [more]

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Lightning strike survivors group criticizes Drew Brees for publicity stunt

For a little while on Friday morning, many believed that former NFL quarterback Drew Brees had been struck by lightning while filming a commercial during an area in Venezuela that features many cloud-to-ground lightning strikes per day. He wasn’t. The publicity stunt was, as such things go, fairly well executed. The initial accounts emerged via [more]

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Should Odell Beckham Jr. just wait to sign until after the season?

It’s December 3. Week 13 has begun. Odell Beckham Jr. hasn’t played since February. He has visited one team. It’s unclear when he’ll sign. It’s even less clear when he’ll play. And once he does play, how long until he makes a contribution? We made the point earlier this week, in response to comments from [more]

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Chiefs haven’t won in Cincinnati since 1984

During Friday’s PFT Live, I had a pop quiz for Peter King. When was the last time the Chiefs beat the Bengals? If you’ve read the title to this item, you already know the answer. It last happened in 1984. It was Peter’s first year of covering the Bengals, only the second NFL game he [more]

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Tom Brady, Byron Leftwich have little to offer on questionable late-game clock management

Late in regulation of an eventual overtime loss to the Browns, the Buccaneers had the ball at their own 25. The clock showed 32 seconds. Tampa Bay had all three timeouts. After the first play, a pass play that gained only one yard, coach Todd Bowles didn’t call a time out. The next play, which [more]

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Brad William Henke, NFL defensive lineman and actor, dies at 56

Brad William Henke, who played for the Broncos in Super Bowl XXIV and then found greater fame as an actor, has died at the age of 56. Henke had been open about his health struggles, posting on social media that he had been diagnosed with a 90 percent blockage in an artery, had received stents [more]

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Sterling Shepard: Odell Beckham’s visit with Giants went well, he wants to get back to balling

Giants wide receiver Sterling Shepard is a close friend of free agent Odell Beckham Jr., and Shepard sounds optimistic about becoming Beckham’s teammate again. Shepard talks to Beckham daily and said Friday that Beckham enjoyed his visit with the Giants this week. “He said the dinner went well and that was about the extent of [more]

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