49ers name Daniel Bullocks defensive backs coach

The 49ers announced a handful of changes to their coaching staff on Monday, including the appointment of a new defensive backs coach. Daniel Bullocks will have that title for the 2023 season. Bullocks has been on the 49ers staff since 2017 and he was the safeties coach for the last four seasons. He’s also coached [more]

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Jonathan Mingo: I can make things easy on Bryce Young

The Panthers made quarterback Bryce Young the first overall pick in this year’s draft and it’s likely the 2021 Heisman winner will be running the offense in Carolina sooner rather than later. When he does get the keys, he’s going to need a strong supporting cast to set him up for the most possible success [more]

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Bills GM Brandon Beane: For us, it was worth trading a first and a fourth for Dalton Kincaid

Trading down to acquire more picks is usually the smart strategy in the NFL draft, but Bills General Manager Brandon Beane thinks he made the right choice by trading away a fourth-round pick to move up in the first round for tight end Dalton Kincaid. The Bills originally had the 27th pick but moved up [more]

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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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