NFL Network back on Xfinity cable

NFL Network wasn’t off Xfinity cable for long. Less than 24 hours after NFL Network went dark on Xfinity because the programming agreement expired, the channel has returned for cable customers. No formal announcement was made, but Xfinity’s customer support Twitter account was responding to subscribers who asked by saying, “We have renewed our agreement [more]

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Panthers decline CJ Henderson’s fifth-year option

The Panthers elected to exercise one of their fifth-year options but won’t do the same for the second. Carolina has declined cornerback CJ Henderson‘s fifth-year option, which means he is now set to become a free agent after the 2023 season. The Jaguars selected Henderson at No. 9 overall in the 2020 draft. They traded [more]

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Joe Schoen on good draft grades: You don’t win games in April

The draft is preceded by a flood of mock drafts attempting to predict what teams will do and it is followed by a flood of draft grades attempting to predict how the players selected will do over the course of their NFL careers. Different graders have different takes, but one popular view this year is [more]

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Kansas City attracts 312,000 fans for the three-day draft

The NFL draft became a road show by accident. And it couldn’t have been drawn up any better. Via the Kansas City Star, NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy announced that 312,000 fans attended the three-day event in the city whose local team won the most recent Super Bowl. Pre-draft estimates had landed at 300,000 — with [more]

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Brian Gutekunst on Jordan Love’s fifth-year option: It’s a lot of money for a guy who hasn’t played

Of the four quarterbacks who were selected in the first round of the 2020 draft, three have already had their fifth-year options picked up by their respective teams. It was a mere formality for the Bengals with Joe Burrow and the Chargers with Justin Herbert, while the Dolphins got way ahead of it by announcing [more]

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Panthers pick up Derrick Brown fifth-year option

Panthers defensive tackle Derrick Brown has a guarantee through 2024. The Panthers picked up the fifth-year option on Brown’s contract today, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN. That means Brown has a guaranteed salary of $11.665 million for the 2024 season. If he plays out that year he’s slated to hit free agency in March [more]

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Ran Carthon: It wasn’t a designed plan to draft only offensive players

Titans General Manager Ran Carthon ran his first draft this year and it was totally focused on one side of the ball. All six players that the Titans selected in Kansas City play offense. They opened with offensive lineman Peter Skoronski, moved up to get quarterback Will Levis in the second round and then added [more]

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