Новости за 16.08.2022

Bears linebacker Roquan Smith is continuing his “hold-in” as he seeks a trade to a team that will sign him to a lucrative contract extension. Chicago head coach Matt Eberflus said today that Smith will travel to Seattle with the team tomorrow, but will not play in Thursday night’s preseason game against the Seahawks. Eberflus [more]

The Browns have not had one of their key defenders around the facility for a few days now. All-Pro defensive end Myles Garrett has now been absent for the last three days as he tends to a personal matter. It’s considered an excused absence. Head coach Kevin Stefanski told reporters on Tuesday that Garrett is [more]

The Buccaneers have not officially announced the return of defensive end Carl Nassib to the team. However, it’s obvious that he’ll be back. On Tuesday, coach Todd Bowles basically confirmed it when asked about the reports that Nassib has signed with the team. “Carl’s tough in the run,” Bowles said. “When he played, when he [more]

With the deadline to reduce rosters looming, the Rams have announced five cuts. Los Angeles waived punter Cameron Dicker, offensive tackle T Adrian Ealy, quarterback Luis Perez, tight end Jamal Pettigrew, and defensive back Caesar Dancy-Williams. By cutting Dicker, the Rams have effectively declared Riley Dixon the winner of the club’s punting competition. Dixon signed [more]

The Jets have embraced the phrase “all gas, no brakes.” That attitude, generally speaking, has led to plenty of avoidable car accidents. One such incident occurred on Friday night, when Jets linebacker Quincy Williams applied a late hit to Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts. Philly coach Nick Sirianni justifiably blew a gasket. Jets coach Robert Saleh [more]

The Eagles have done a lot to set up quarterback Jalen Hurts for success in his second full season as a starter. Just looking at the receiving corps, after drafting DeVonta Smith last year, the club used its first-round pick to trade for A.J. Brown. And the team added former Colts receiver Zach Pascal, who’s [more]

He was banned for a year for violation of the NBA's drug policy.

The Giants signed wide receiver Kenny Golladay to a big free agent contract last year, and so far he hasn’t lived up to expectations. Golladay himself will acknowledge that. Golladay said today that he knows a lot of people think the Giants overpaid and he has underproduced, but he believes his self-criticism will motivate him [more]

For any minor league to thrive, the quarterbacks need to play like major leaguers. The latest new pro football developmental league will devote additional resources to improving quarterback play for every team. The XFL has hired Jordan Palmer to serve as the director of quarterback development. The brother of Carson Palmer, Jordan spent seven years [more]

Earlier this month, Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel said barring a setback, the team is confident cornerback Byron Jones will be ready to start the regular season after undergoing offseason leg surgery. With Jones still on the physically unable to perform list, McDaniel was again asked about the cornerback on Tuesday. McDaniel said the team [more]

The Giants will be adding a sizable number of people to their Ring of Honor this season. The team announced that there will be seven new inductees to the group. It includes three of the team’s former running backs — Joe Morris, Ottis Anderson and Rodney Hampton — along with defensive end Leonard Marshall, halfback/receiver [more]

Today’s joint practice between the Patriots and Panthers featured multiple fights and players on both teams kicked off the field. In one incident, Patriots receivers Kendrick Bourne and Kristian Wilkerson got into it with Panthers defensive back Kenny Robinson, and all three players were kicked out of practice for fighting. Other players got involved as [more]

Eagles running back Miles Sanders said in late June that he needs more opportunities on offense, but the team’s decisions haven’t been the only obstacle he’s had to deal with in the last couple of years. Sanders missed four games in 2020 and five games last season with injuries, which makes the latest news about [more]

There’s a lot happening right now in the NFL. Which means that stories that otherwise would ping loudly on the PFT radar screen in the post-draft/pre-camp lull can easily be overlooked. Here’s one that had a hard time ascending above the noise of the first full weekend of the preseason. And it has drawn a [more]

According to a report, Cristiano Ronaldo will now be allowed to leave Manchester United. Providing he can find a new club.

The latest Premier League player Power Rankings of the 2022-23 season are here, as we rank the top 20 on current form.

The Bears have made some moves at the end of their roster on Tuesday. Chicago announced the team has signed offensive lineman Corey Dublin and defensive back Jon Alexander. Dublin, an undrafted free agent out of Tulane, participated in Chicago’s rookie minicamp on a tryout basis. While he didn’t make the team then, he’s now [more]

Chase Elliott and Kevin Harvick are 1-2 in the NBC Sports NASCAR Power Rankings entering Sunday's race at Watkins Glen.

The Colts have made their first round of cuts for the summer. Wide receiver Isaiah Ford is the most experienced player to get a pink slip from the club. Ford signed with the Colts in July after spending the last four seasons with the Dolphins. Ford caught one pass for two yards in the team’s [more]

Quarterback Tom Brady won’t be the only Buccaneers offensive player missing from this week’s joint practices with the Titans. Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles said on Tuesday that the team will also be practicing without wide receivers Mike Evans and Russell Gage. Evans left practice earlier this month with a hamstring injury while Gage has [more]

In the same week that he signed a major second contract, Steelers receiver Diontae Johnson was sued for failing to appear at his youth football camp in May.Through his agent and lawyer, Johnson has now issued a statement calling the allegations “completely false.” The statement claims that FlewWorks, the company that arranged the camp, committed [more]

Veteran defensive back Ross Cockrell is part of the first round of Buccaneers cuts this summer. The team announced Cockrell’s release among six cuts that dropped their roster to 84 players. That leaves them with one open spot as rosters will be capped at 85 players on Tuesday afternoon. Cockrell played in every game for [more]

Kansas City’s offense will look different in 2022 without receiver Tyreek Hill. But the Chiefs still have two core members of the unit in quarterback Patrick Mahomes and tight end Travis Kelce. Kelce has been with the team since Andy Reid took over as head coach in 2013 and has seen the scheme evolve as [more]

The Commanders began making their way down to 85 players on Tuesday morning. The team announced four moves that leave them with 86 players on the roster. All 32 teams must be down to 85 players by Tuesday afternoon’s deadline. Tight end Sammis Reyes was placed on injured reserve to account for one of the [more]

The Giants are all in with quarterback Daniel Jones. They definitely are. They absolutely are. That said, they didn’t pick up his fifth-year option, basically betting that he won’t play well enough in 2022 to make them want to pay him roughly $25 million for 2023 — and welcoming the risk that they’ll have to [more]