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  Michael Irvin on Dez Bryant remaining a free agent: ‘I am surprised it’s gone on this long’

  Michael Irvin doesn’t get it. The Hall of Famer still sees considerable talent in fellow former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant. He still sees ...

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  Vikings’ Adam Thielen ‘having fun’ learning new offense, new quarterback

  Although John DeFilippo immediately followed Pat Shurmur as the Minnesota Vikings’ offensive coordinator this offseason, he did not maintain any of the...

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  Former Colts coach: Andrew Luck’s ‘going to be back and he’s going to be better than ever’

  Chuck Pagano hasn’t forgotten the sheer agony Andrew Luck experienced last season. The former Indianapolis Colts coach realizes what Luck’s not p...

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  John DeFilippo: Kirk Cousins has ‘played very, very well’ in Vikings’ OTAs

  When a player changes teams, he doesn’t simply change uniform colors. That’s the point new Minnesota Vikings offensive coordinator John DeFilippo...

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  Lions’ Jarrad Davis using offseason to improve upon strong rookie year

  Statistically, Jarrad Davis had a strong rookie season with the Detroit Lions last year. Now, with a new defensive-minded head coach, Matt Patricia, and much...

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  Jim Miller, Pat Kirwan: Patriots won’t sign replacement if Julian Edelman suspension stands

  What will the New England Patriots do about filling Julian Edelman’s void at receiver during his four-game stretch for his reported suspension for viol...

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  James Lofton: Despite Julian Edelman’s suspension, receiver position for Patriots starts with Rob Gronkowski

  James Lofton thinks the New England Patriots’ passing game will lose something because of Julian Edelman’s reported four-game suspension for viol...

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  Thurman Thomas: Making case for Bills to retire number ‘wasn’t done by myself’

  Thurman Thomas has yet to stop beaming over the news that the Buffalo Bills plan to retire his No. 34 jersey on Oct. 29, when the team faces the New England ...

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  Carmen Policy recalls Dwight Clark’s journey from long-shot to ‘The Catch’

  The mission was to scout the quarterback at Clemson, Steve Fuller, not find a receiver. The problem was there were no receivers around to catch passes from F...

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  Brady Quinn on Browns’ LB corps: ‘Can I say it’s the best in the AFC North?’

  Now that the Cleveland Browns have acquired Mychal Kendricks, their linebacking corps has gone from good to, arguably, great. That’s what former Browns...

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  Chiefs’ Laurent Duvernay-Tardif follows through on childhood goal to become a doctor

  Laurent Duvernay-Tardif is thriving in his NFL career as a starting right guard for the Kansas City Chiefs. But when the day comes, as it does for all player...

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  Redskins’ Jonathan Allen: ‘Health-wise, I do feel like him a hundred percent’

  Jonathan Allen is running again. That, alone, is enough to keep the defensive end smiling through the Washington Redskins’ offseason workouts.

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  Nigel Bradham: ‘People are still doubting’ the Eagles

  A year ago, the Philadelphia Eagles played the no-respect card to the hilt. It went a long way toward helping them win their first Super Bowl. So what will t...

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  Jeff Fisher on potential NFL broadcast job: ‘I just wasn’t comfortable with that’

  Jeff Fisher had never had the question asked of him publicly until Jim Miller and Pat Kirwan posed it during Tuesday’s edition of Movie’ The Chai...

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  Former NFL official: ‘I don’t even know why they keep the kickoff in the game’

  Jim Daopoulos just doesn’t get it. The former NFL official and current ESPN Monday Night Football Rules Analyst looks at the league’s dramatic ru...

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  Art Rooney II on Steelers: ‘We feel good about where we are’

  The Pittsburgh Steelers finished 13-3 last season. Although they fell short of the Super Bowl, the Steelers demonstrated their typical dominance. And this ye...

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  John Mara on Giants’ offseason: ‘So far, so good’

  To say John Mara is cautiously optimistic about the New York Giants’ offseason would be an understatement. The New York Giants’ co-owner won̵...

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  Packers CEO Mark Murphy ‘very hopeful’ for contract extension with Aaron Rodgers

  The parameters have pretty well been set. Thanks largely to the five-year, $30-million contract extension quarterback Matt Ryan recently signed with the Atla...

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  Al Riveron: NFL rules changes won’t spark ‘ejection-fest’

  The NFL’s head of officiating doesn’t want the league’s ever-increasing efforts to make the game safer to be misunderstood. Yes, the NFL ha...

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  Damarious Randall says Browns ‘ready to win right now’

  Cornerback/safety Damarious Randle believed he had been productive enough since joining the Packers as a first-round draft pick from Arizona State in 2015 to...

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  Baker Mayfield: Hard Knocks can be good for him and the Browns ‘if you handle it right’

  Baker Mayfield knows all about the stigma attached to being an NFL team appearing on the HBO series Hard Knocks. All of those cameras and microphones capturi...

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  Lamar Jackson: Being drafted by Ravens was worth longer wait than he expected

  Lamar Jackson thought for sure he’d be selected sooner than the final pick of the first round of last month’s NFL Draft. But after waiting and wa...

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  Nyheim Hines’ first reaction to Colts’ offensive playbook: ‘Wow!’

  It’s Nyheim Hines’ nature to try to get a jump on things, so the running back wasted no time looking at his iPad containing the Indianapolis Colt...

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  Chargers’ Anthony Lynn on getting college degree: ‘I just feel like I’m a better example’

  Anthony Lynn kept putting it off. And putting it off. And putting it off. He was close to earning his college degree, but football kept getting in the way. F...

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  Brian Bosworth: Chuck Knox ‘impacted my life for the better’

  They were only together for three seasons, but the Chuck Knox’s influence on Brian Bosworth was profound. For Bosworth, a linebacker who played on Knox...

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  Bill Polian: ‘Approval should move pretty quickly’ on David Tepper’s purchase of Panthers

  Former NFL executive Bill Polian sees the logic in David Tepper being the likely candidate to become the next owner of the Carolina Panthers, for whom Polian...

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  Former Saints OT Zach Strief: Mark Ingram ‘is a good guy’

  On the field, Zach Strief helps clear paths for Mark Ingram. Off the field, the New Orleans Saints offensive tackle is no less determined to be as supportive...

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  Joe Thomas to Browns’ top pick Baker Mayfield: ‘It’s OK if you don’t play in your first year’

  Joe Thomas has seen previous Cleveland Browns rookie quarterbacks fail, time and again, to simply assume things will work out just fine for Baker Mayfield.

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  Cliff Avril on football future: ‘We’ll see what the doc says’

  Cliff Avril is at peace with the prospect of never stepping onto a football field again. After the Seattle Seahawks released the defensive end with a failed ...

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  Raiders’ Maurice Hurst on irregular heartbeat: ‘I don’t think it’s anything of concern for myself’

  Maurice Hurst fully anticipated slipping down the respective draft boards of NFL teams. As the former Michigan standout defensive tackle pointed out to Bruce...

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  Bruce Arians ‘excited’ about moving to broadcast booth

  After retiring as an NFL coach after last season, Bruce Arians couldn’t see putting a whole lot of distance between himself and the game that has consu...

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  Marty Hurney: Panthers’ 1st-round WR D.J. Moore ‘gives us a little different skill set than we had’

  It was close. The Carolina Panthers had the top two receiver prospects in the NFL Draft, D.J. Moore and Calvin Ridley, closely rated before making Moore, a f...

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  See what happens: Rob Gronkowski + swimsuit model + guacamole

  This week marked the 13th annual Covino & Rich Guac Off, and some special guests stopped by to taste test some delicious guacamole.

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  Bruce Allen on Redskins’ acquiring Alex Smith: ‘He was at the top of the list’

  The Washington Redskins entered the 2018 NFL Draft the way all teams do: looking to add players who will make them better. The difference was, the Redskins t...

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  Kevin Colbert: Steelers felt Mason Rudolph belonged with draft’s top QBs

  Ben Roethlisberger is 36 years old and nearing the end of an amazing career with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers are confident he can continue to be a ...

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  Pat Shurmur on Giants’ QB situation: ‘We’re all in on Eli’

  Well before the New York Giants used the second overall pick of the NFL Draft on running back Saquon Barkley, new coach Pat Shurmur took a closer look at wha...

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  Harrison Phillips’ wrestling background made him natural pick for Bills

  When the head coach is a former high school wrestling standout, it only stands to reason that a college prospect with a similar background is going to have s...

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  Brandon Beane: Bills built draft capital, but ‘didn’t just want to throw it all away’

  The Buffalo Bills addressed two of their biggest needs in the first round of the NFL Draft. Time will tell whether former Wyoming star Josh Allen proves to b...

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  Josh Rosen was destined to become a top-flight QB

  Josh Rosen remembers the stories from his parents. As a baby, he always loved showing off that passing arm that is about to make him a first-round pick in th...

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  Sam Darnold: ‘Everyone wants to be No. 1’

  They have been polite, saying the right things and flashing their biggest smiles. But let’s face it. The quarterbacks in this year’s NFL Draft al...

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  Is the next Tom Brady in the 2018 NFL Draft?

  Every NFL Draft holds the potential for introducing the next superstars of the game, but there’s something so appropriate about holding the 2018 festiv...

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  For Brian O’Neill, ‘no looking back’ after successful switch from tight end to offensive tackle

  To look at the University of Pittsburgh’s Brian O’Neill, all 6-foot-7 and 305 pounds of him, you’d assume he spent his entire football life...

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  Brady Quinn: Lamar Jackson’s visit to Patriots ‘makes sense for a lot of reasons’

  Brady Quinn totally gets it, even if there are many other people who might not. To the former NFL quarterback, Lamar Jackson’s pre-draft visit to the N...

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  If NFL could take more time to put together schedule, it would

  You think 11 weeks was a long time for the NFL to put together its 2018 schedule that was revealed Thursday night? If it were up to the people to assembled i...

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  Nick Chubb enjoys making pre-draft process a family affair

  Nick Chubb’s journey to the NFL has played out more publicly than those of many other prospects in the Class of 2018. With the notable exception, that ...

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  Paul Posluszny: Jaguars ‘expect to have success, willing to put in the work’

  Of all of Paul Posluszny’s accomplishments during 11 seasons as an NFL linebacker, the biggest had nothing to do with individual achievement.

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  Denzel Ward: Playing with top-rated corners at Ohio State ‘elevated my game’

  When Denzel Ward was a cornerback at Ohio State, he didn’t have to go very far to find top-level competition.

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  Rams’ Todd Gurley on Sean McVay: ‘His offensive mind is like no other’

  There were plenty of reasons the Los Angeles Rams improved from 4-12 in 2016 to 11-5 last season, but Todd Gurley knows who the driving force behind it all w...

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  James Washington compares himself to Dez Bryant … and wants to join Cowboys!

  If James Washington has his way, he’ll continue following in the path of fellow former Oklahoma State standout Dez Bryant all the way to the Dallas Cow...

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  Dion Lewis on Titans backfield pairing with Derrick Henry: ‘They’re going to use both of us’

  Dion Lewis believes he and his new backfield partner, Derrick Henry, will be plenty productive for the Tennessee Titans this season.

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