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New York State says NFL teams can open training camps without running afoul of the state’s COVID-19 guidelines. Governor Andrew Cuomo confirmed today that NFL training camps — as well as training for other pro sports teams in New York — will be permitted, as long as teams follow the appropriate health protocols. The Bills […]

Summer unofficially has begun. The three-day weekend that kicks off the season has come and gone. Most of you weren’t working. Which means that most of you weren’t spending as much time here as you do when working. So here’s a quick list of the stories you may have missed, with a quick and easy […]

The Bills have done a very good job of keeping internal and external expectations reasonable in light of the departure of Tom Brady from the AFC East. Former Bills quarterback Jim Kelly has broken ranks in that regard. Asked during a recent appearance on CBS Sports Radio whether the Bills should win the division, Kelly […]

For most of Tom Brady‘s career, Matt Light was protecting him. Now Light is shocked by Brady’s latest move. Light, an 11-year starter at offensive tackle in New England, told Willie McGinest of NFL Network that Brady in a Buccaneers uniform is going to be hard to get used to. “It’s mind boggling,” Light said, […]

With New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy declaring that professional sports can return to work in his state, the Giants are going to ease into the process. Much as the Jets, who just announced they were using a “phased approach” to a return, the Giants are going to be patient. “Governor Murphy and his administration continue […]

The governor of New Jersey is the latest public official to get behind the return of pro sports. Governor Phil Murphy said today that he is in favor of pro sports teams in his state — including the Giants and Jets — having their training camps and games as long as they follow health protocols. […]

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced on Monday that professional sports teams “may return to training and even competition” as the state begins to allow more activities after widespread shutdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Murphy’s announcement affects two NFL teams as the Giants and Jets both call the Garden State home. A spokesperson for […]

Some of the best moments from “The Match II” came not from the golf shots but from the verbal jabs taken by the participants and commentators. And it demonstrated the potential value of making more audio available to people watching sports at home. For now, we’ll take any televised sports we can get. But to […]

Today’s Early Bird Report includes a list of the best deep passers from last season as well as ESPN’s FPI projection for the Falcons in 2020

Like the rest of the people in the football business, Lions coach Matt Patricia has been trying to adjust to working from home. That means a lot of videoconferencing, and the occasional Barbie doll. Via Carlos Monarrez of the Detroit Free Press, Patricia said during a Zoom call with reporters that being at home has […]

The NBA may be returning at about the same time the NFL heads to training camp. Via Ramona Shelburne of ESPN.com, pro basketball “most likely” will resume its 2019-20 season in late July at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports in Orlando, Florida. “It’s time. It’s time,” National Basketball Players Association executive director Michele Roberts told […]

Dolphins owner Stephen Ross has no doubt that the NFL will have a season this year. Ross said today on CNBC that the games themselves are not even in question anymore, and the only issue is whether stadiums will be full. There “definitely will be a football season this year” and the “real question is […]

Not long after Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford met virtually with reporters to dispel offseason rumors that he could be moving on from Detroit, his $6.5 million Michigan home landed on the market. Stafford’s wife, who had a hand in stoking the offseason rumors, quickly tried to shoot down the notion that the Stafford’s are preparing […]

As the executive director of the Fritz Pollard Alliance, Rod Graves admitted his frustration while watching the 2020 NFL Draft, and seeing virtually all white faces making the picks. And while he’s encouraged by last week’s expansion of the Rooney Rule, there’s another important step that has to be taken. “Even in light of the […]

The annual Manning Passing Academy was scheduled for late June, but it has been added to the long list of events called off due to the COVID-19 pandemic. An email announcing the cancellation was sent to more than 1,000 campers who had signed up for this year’s chance to work with the Manning family and […]

Wide receiver Kevin White hasn’t given up hope of continuing his NFL career, but the free agent was out of football last year and only managed to play 14 games in four seasons after the Bears made him the seventh overall pick in the draft. The injuries that kept him off the field and a […]

Of course new Rams defensive coordinator Brandon Staley would prefer to be on the field with his new players. But he’s already seen one instance in his career to suggest that having good players is better than having months of reps. Via Mark Whicker of the Los Angeles Daily News, Staley said that when he […]

Well before NFL teams shut down their facilities and moved to virtual offseason programs amid the COVID-19 pandemic, three of the four NFC East teams decided to make coaching changes. The Eagles, who won the division last year, were the only team to resist a change and one veteran member of the team thinks that […]

During Friday’s PFT Live, Big Cat and I spent some time making sense of the current status of the negotiations between Dak Prescott and the Cowboys. And Big Cat, as he often sometimes seldom does, raised an intriguing point: If, as Big Cat explained it, the Cowboys were sold on Prescott, a long-term deal already […]

Jason Witten is no longer a member of the Cowboys, but he’s still available for the player set to replace him as the team’s starting tight end. Blake Jarwin said Witten reached out to him recently to talk about the “awesome opportunity” that’s in front of him this season. Jarwin said that Witten said he […]

Dolphins veteran quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick said last week that Tua Tagovailoa could flourish under new offensive coordinator Chan Gailey. So even if Fitzpatrick starts the season under center because he already has, it could be a temporary assignment. According to Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald, a person who talked to the Dolphins front office […]

After spending his rookie year exclusively on special teams, Packers linebacker Ty Summers is looking for a place at the table on the starting defense this year. Summers led the Packers last year with 311 snaps on special teams, but he never got on the field on defense. This year he wants to prove he […]

It’s a new tradition in these parts, one that keeps me a little less bored than I’d otherwise be on the slowest news day of the week. Hopefully, it keeps you a little less bored, too. Plenty of questions were submitted via Twitter. The best 10 are answered below. And we’ll do it again next […]

New Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker Cassius Marsh is the first second-generation player in franchise history. Marsh’s father, Curtis, was a wide receiver in the NFL for three seasons and was a part of the first draft class in team history in 1995. “I know my dad was the part of the first draft class ever for […]

With NFL teams being allowed to begin limited re-openings of their team headquarters, Tad Dickman, the public relations director for the Jacksonville Jaguars, detailed the measures they have put in place to protect employees as personnel begin to return to on-site duties. Beginning on Tuesday, individuals wishing to return to the workplace will be allowed […]

Like every other quarterback in the league, Teddy Bridgewater is forced to work out on his own because of the coronavirus pandemic. That’s sometimes left him feeling — and being — far from home. The new Panthers quarterback told Peter King of NBC’s Football Morning in America that part of his workout plan has involved […]

The Bears aren’t having a quarterback competition on Zoom, but they will have a quarterback competition once they get to training camp. And Nick Foles, who arrived in Chicago in a March 18 trade from Jacksonville, already knows the offense as well as Mitchell Trubisky. Nagy was a quality control coach in Philadelphia in 2012 […]

In the early ’70s, Brian’s Song became must-see TV for millions. The speech that provides the film’s most powerful moment happened 50 years ago tonight. As explained by Mike Vaccaro the New York Post, Bears running back Gale Sayers paid tribute to teammate Brian Piccolo during the Pro Football Writers Awards Dinner, at what is […]

The signing of draft picks to contracts is happening, but not nearly as quickly as it has in recent years. Through Friday, only 48 of 255 draft selections had signed, a rate of 18.82 percent. Two first-round picks have signed: Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa (fifth overall) and Panthers defensive tackle Derrick Brown (seventh overall). That’s […]

The Falcons have a first-round pick for every job on their starting offense, and they added another former first-rounder to the other side of the ball. The team announced the addition of linebacker Deone Bucannon. The Cardinals picked the safety hybrid 27th overall in 2014. He spent last year between the Buccaneers and the Giants, and […]

As former Falcons running back Devonta Freeman waits for the kind of contract that simply won’t be available to a 28-year-old running back who has missed 16 games over the past two seasons due to injury and who hasn’t had a 1,000-yard season since 2016, there have been reports and rumors that he’ll take a […]

The effort to complete construction of SoFi Stadium has seen a fifth worker test positive for COVID-19. According to Nathan Fenno of the Los Angeles Times, an internal email from Turner-AECOM Hunt confirmed to partners of the project the positive test. “First and most importantly the staff member is doing well with minor symptoms, and […]

NFL players without home gyms have had to get somewhat creative in their workouts. No one has gotten more creative than Rams safety Taylor Rapp. Rapp tweeted that he burned 10,521 calories Saturday, beginning his day-long workout at 4:30 a.m. and finishing at 9:09 p.m. He biked 125 miles, with 103 coming in one ride, […]

After the Cowboys made receiver CeeDee Lamb the 17th overall selection, they offered him a choice in jersey numbers. No. 10 or No. 88. The Cowboys have had 13 players wear No. 10, none of them particularly noteworthy with Reggie Collier and Tavon Austin the most well known. They have had 11 players wear No. […]

The Lions selected linebacker Jarrad Davis in the first round of the 2017 draft because they thought he could be a foundational piece of their defense. After three years with the team, it doesn’t look like Davis has fulfilled that hope. The Lions opted not to pick up his option for the 2021 season this […]

The Cowboys have had a long line of great quarterbacks, but Danny White and Tony Romo didn’t quite ascend to the level of Roger Staubach and Troy Aikman because they never won a Super Bowl. (In fact, neither White nor Romo even got to a Super Bowl as a starting quarterback.) Aikman sees a lot […]

Some NFL teams are beginning to reopen their facilities, but the Lions are taking a cautious approach. Lions coach Matt Patricia said that even if the league and the local authorities give the team the go-ahead to open, it will be a slow process for the Lions do so. “First and foremost we’re going to […]

Matthew Stafford ranked second in the NFL in touchdowns (19), fourth in passing yards (2,499) and fifth in passer rating (106.0) before a Week Nine back injury prematurely ended his season. It was the Lions quarterback’s first year in Darrell Bevell’s offense. Now back to health, and with a year in the offense, Stafford expects […]

Plenty of people took note of a video Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger released on Monday. The video showed Roethlisberger throwing with teammates and then receiving a trim from a barber that Roethlisberger said would have to wait until he could make legit NFL throws following right elbow surgery. While many in Pennsylvania likely focused on […]

Two days ago, the bidding opened at $75,000. Thirty-four bids later, the current bidding has made it to seven figures. With more than nine days left in the auction that benefits COVID-19 relief, the leading bid for Patriots owner Robert Kraft’s Super Bowl LI ring already has hit the $1 million mark. The ring contains […]