By Nick Shook
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Ken Stabler’s long-overdue induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame will come with a fellow Gold Jacket welcoming him into the special fraternity.

Hall of Fame coach John Madden will present Stabler for induction via a prerecorded video, the Hall announced Tuesday. Together in Oakland for nearly a decade, Stabler and Madden reached their respective pinnacles together in the 1976 season, when the Raiders went 13-1 and won Super Bowl XI over the Minnesota Vikings. Two seasons later, Madden had had enough, citing burnout as the reason for his sudden retirement. The two never posted a losing season in Oakland. Continue reading →

By Nick Shook and Rachel Wenzlaff
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Training camp is here in full force. We’ve got you covered today with live coverage on NFL Network all day. On NFL.com, we’ll be featuring highlights from the television coverage and notes from our reporters in the field. Here are today’s whispers.

» Well, we know one person who won’t make the 53-man roster post-preseason: NFL Media’s Jeff Darlington. At Eagles camp in Philadelphia, Darlington took on a blocking sled and lost. See for yourself above…

» Wednesday begins with respect for Mother Nature, who apparently doesn’t want Redskins camp to begin without a hitch.

Backing up point-after attempts to increase difficulty is fine, but this is a bit extreme. Fortunately for kicker Dustin Hopkins, the organization is in the process of repairing the goalpost before practice begins. Continue reading →

By Nick Shook
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As training camps open in NFL cities across America, one veteran is hanging it up.

Defensive lineman Corey Wootton announced his retirement Tuesday on Twitter following five NFL seasons: Continue reading →

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Jimmy Garoppolo‘s first training camp as the starter — for the first four games — will start with a bit of an uphill battle.

The Patriots have placed Garoppolo’s top two receivers, Julian Edelman and Danny Amendola, on the physically-unable-to-perform list to start training camp. This leaves the third-year passer with Chris Hogan, fourth-round pick Malcolm Mitchell, Keshawn Martin, Aaron Dobson and Nate Washington to develop relationships and timing during the beginning of camp.

While the Patriots have made a tradition of getting the most out of otherwise marginal receivers, they typically anchored their receiving corps with one stellar wideout. But those teams were also quarterbacked by Tom Brady, who won’t be available in the first four weeks of the season. Continue reading →

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Taylor Mays didn’t last very long in Cincinnati. Now we’re starting to figure out why.

NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reported Tuesday Mays is suspended a total of eight games for the 2016 season after the player incurred another substance abuse violation, per the league. Continue reading →

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It looks as though Junior Galette‘s long-awaited debut with the Washington Redskins will again be put on hold.

Galette has torn his right Achilles tendon and is out for the season, NFL Media’s Rand Getlin reported per a source familiar with injury. Galette suffered the injury while working out, Getlin added. Continue reading →