JuJu Smith-Schuster on joining Patriots: Being wanted by a coach you respect goes a long way

Wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster joined the Patriots as a free agent this month and he had a succinct answer to why he wanted to continue his career in New England. Smith-Schuster has faced the Patriots a number of times in his career and Bill Belichick has been the head coach in New England for all [more]

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Vikings to re-sign Jonathan Bullard

The Vikings have brought back one of their own in free agency. Minnesota has agreed to terms to re-sign defensive end Jonathan Bullard, the team announced on Tuesday. Bullard appeared in 12 games for the Vikings with seven starts in 2022. He recorded 23 tackles with five tackles for loss and a QB hit while [more]

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Cowboys re-sign running back Rico Dowdle

The Cowboys will bring running back Rico Dowdle back this season. Dowdle’s agent announced that he re-signed with the Cowboys this morning. The 24-year-old Dowdle joined the Cowboys as an undrafted rookie out of South Carolina in 2020 and has been with them since as a backup behind Ezekiel Elliott and Tony Pollard. With Elliott [more]

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Austin Ekeler: I am so underpaid right now, I’m relentlessly pursuing a long-term contract

The Chargers have given running back Austin Ekeler permission to seek a trade, and he’s making no secret that he wants some team to pay him what he thinks he’s worth. Ekeler said on Chris Long’s Greenlight podcast that he has nothing against anyone with the Chargers, but he wouldn’t want to stay there unless [more]

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Mississippi auditor pushes back against Brett Favre

Often lost in the fact that Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre sued broadcasters Pat McAfee and Shannon Sharpe for defamation is that Mississippi auditor Shad White also has been accused of telling lies about Favre’s role in the state’s welfare-fund scandal. White is now pushing back publicly against Favre. Recently, Mississippi filed a response [more]

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Devin McCourty: Some Patriots players wanted Bailey Zappe, some wanted Mac Jones

The arguments about whether the Patriots should have started Bailey Zappe or Mac Jones at quarterback last season weren’t limited to fans and the media. Patriots players were split on the subject as well. That’s the word from Devin McCourty, who retired this month after 13 seasons with the Patriots. McCourty said he had teammates [more]

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C.J. Gardner-Johnson: Lions’ talent is a little bit better than the Eagles’ talent

New Lions defensive back C.J. Gardner-Johnson says the team he is on now has a little more talent than the team he was on last year. That’s noteworthy because the team he was on last year, the Eagles, was in the Super Bowl. But Gardner-Johnson said at his introductory press conference in Detroit that in [more]

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