Saquon Barkley on contract: Whatever happens, happens

Giants running back Saquon Barkley was not with the team for the start of its offseason program this week and General Manager Joe Schoen said there’s been no progress toward the long-term deal that Barkley is looking for after the team used their franchise tag on him earlier this year. Barkley had a chance to [more]

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NFL: “No simple answers” to solve issue of playing surfaces

The NFL Players Association has made its position clear. It wants grass playing surfaces. Most recently, the NFLPA pointed to injury rates from 2012 through 2022 — and it accused the league of clinging to 2021 data that showed no greater risk as an “outlier.” The league has chimed in, via a statement issued in [more]

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Why didn’t anyone else pursue Tyler Huntley?

The news that Pro Bowl (somehow) quarterback Tyler Huntley will sign his restricted free agency tender with the Ravens isn’t a surprise, given that the window for signing an offer sheet with another team has closed. But here’s the question. With the Ravens having only a right of first refusal and no compensation if another [more]

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Chatter won’t stop of Aaron Rodgers to 49ers

Two years ago this week, an attempt by the 49ers to trade for Aaron Rodgers resulted in an explosion of reporting and chatter and speculation as to whether Rodgers would be traded during the 2021 draft. He still hasn’t been traded. It’s likely going to happen this week, with the Packers and Jets finally working [more]

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Cardinals’ brass take break from draft prep to attend Kyler Murray statue unveiling

Five days before a draft that will be critical to the short- and long-term future of the Arizona Cardinals, first-year G.M. Monti Ossenfort and first-year head coach Jonathan Gannon took a break. Specifically, they took a flight to Norman, Oklahoma for the unveiling of a Kyler Murray statue at the place where he played college [more]

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AJ McCarron sets XFL single-season passing touchdown record

AJ McCarron never amounted to much in the NFL, but he has just completed perhaps the finest season any quarterback has ever had in the XFL. McCarron threw six touchdown passes on Saturday for the St. Louis Battlehawks, giving him 19 touchdown passes on the season. That’s the most any quarterback has ever had in [more]

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Falcons the betting favorites to draft Bijan Robinson

Bijan Robinson of Texas is universally recognized as the best running back in the 2023 NFL draft, but the running back position just isn’t as important in today’s NFL as it used to be, and some think running backs just don’t belong near the top of any draft. So where will Robinson land? The betting [more]

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