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The end to Houston’s season comes with some serious news.
Texans general manager Rick Smith is taking a leave of absence to tend to his wife, who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer, Smith announced via a statement released by the team. Continue reading
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Dave Gettleman isn’t wasting much time making changes in New York.
The Giants‘ new GM, introduced Friday, dismissed vice president of player evaluation Marc Ross on Saturday, according to the team’s official site. In his first full day on the job, Gettleman dismissed a familiar face in Ross, who had worked with the Giants since 2007 (including with Gettleman during his first stint with the Giants), was in charge of the Giants‘ college scouting department and ran the team’s draft. Continue reading
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A year after watching two of their linemen walk in free agency, the Packers are retaining an important one for the near future.
Green Bay signed center Corey Linsley to a contract extension, the team announced Saturday. NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo and NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported it’s a three-year extension worth $25.5 million. Continue reading
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We brought you the bad news last week. You’re here if you came back around for the good news, and for that, I thank you.
This week is all about those lines who rose to the cream of the crop in 2017. We have two surprise groups, including one that is getting almost no love, despite the great numbers it has posted in run and pass blocking (not to mention the division title of which it was a part of winning). We also have a unit that you’ll probably recognize and chalk up to its running backs — but it’s so much more than just that. Continue reading
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Get out the swim trunks, water wings and sunscreen — Hue Jackson is going swimming.
A year ago, another 1-15 finish seemed outlandish for a Browns team that had just posted such a record. Surely, the only way this team could go was up. Jackson was so confident in this belief, he vowed to jump into Lake Erie if the team finished anywhere near 1-15 again.
The Browns are 0-15. Someone, grab Hue a towel. Continue reading
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James Harrison‘s exit was surprising to everyone but his teammates, who spent much of Wednesday’s media availability slinging blunt takes about the departed linebacker, with some coming off more personal than others.
Turns out, it was long overdue.
That’s the sentiment after Harrison’s explanation Wednesday in a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette story, in which the linebacker said he asked for his release from the Steelers on three separate occasions during the 2017 season. Continue reading
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Merry Christmas!
I didn’t get you that expensive watch you wanted, but only because I think Le’Veon Bell has you covered. What I do have for you, however, is a nice little trio of excellence.
For the first time this season, we have a back-to-back winner. That winner is also building himself quite the case for MVP.
Here are your greatest on the road from Week 16: Continue reading
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Rob Gronkowski is an excellent football player, and he had another stellar outing on Sunday.
We can talk about his spectacular, one-handed catch over Micah Hyde for a touchdown. We can talk about the dynamic element he brings to New England’s offense. We can even talk about how opponents refuse to learn from past mistakes and continue to press him in single coverage inside the red zone.
But perhaps the most interesting point to come out of Sunday’s romp over the Buffalo Bills is that Gronkowski takes games against them personally. Continue reading
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Jason Garrett has served as the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys for seven seasons. After his team was eliminated Sunday, he’s made the playoffs just twice in that span.
For a franchise accustomed to competing, that might not be enough. Owner Jerry Jones isn’t letting the moment of defeat cloud his judgment, though.
“Just so we’re clear about it, I do understand frustration right after you lose a game that has as much meaningfulness as this ballgame, but I get to look at a lot of different things and have been around a lot of head coaches and coordinators,” Jones said, via ESPN. “I feel good about our head coach.” Continue reading
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There have been plenty of memorable, on-the-ground catches in the NFL.
Antonio Freeman’s Monday Night Football catch against the Vikings that prompted Al Michaels to exclaim “he did what!?” comes to mind, as does Jermaine Kearse‘s leg bobble in Super Bowl XLIX. Even Gary Barnidge’s thigh catch in 2015 could qualify.
But there are also the lowlights of the game, such as Mark Sanchez‘s infamous butt fumble.
So what happens when you combine the two? You get…the butt interception. Continue reading
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