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DK Metcalf requests a trade

5 Mar , 2025
Both were selected in the first round by teams that already had a pair of top-20 wide receivers...
DK Metcalf Tyler Lockett Jaxon Smith-Njigba deebo samuel Brandon Aiyuk Ricky Pearsall

What can Chase Brown do for you

5 Mar , 2025
Last year, Brown was a workhorse down the stretch, with Zack Moss getting hurt midseason. Moss is under contract for 2025, but it sounds like his return from a neck injury isn't a given...
Chase Brown Zack Moss

Rico Dowdle heads to the open market

4 Mar , 2025
The Cowboys got a lot of grief last year for not pursuing Derrick Henry, but I don’t know that he would have helped them much at all. His talents were amplified by playing in Baltimore’s offense...
Rico Dowdle Aaron Jones Najee Harris

Whither Sam Darnold?

4 Mar , 2025
For one thing, there's no getting around that he played his two worst games of the season in Minnesota's two biggest games of the year: at Detroit in Week 18, costing Minnesota the NFC North and th...
Sam Darnold

Raiders might trade Michael Mayer

3 Mar , 2025
Mayer, recall, was an early second-round pick two years ago...
Michael Mayer Brock Bowers

Keeping up with Daniel Jones

3 Mar , 2025
Maybe "no idea" is too strong; some teams at least have an option on the roster, albeit an undesirable one. But there are seven teams who we can't say for sure who the starter will be...
Daniel Jones

Taking Command with Deebo trade

2 Mar , 2025
Yes, Washington is in a division with the Eagles team that just steamrolled most of its playoff opposition (including the Commanders by a 55-23 score) en route to winning the Super Bowl...

Older kickers looking for work

1 Mar , 2025
Folk has been the league’s most accurate kicker over the last two years...
Matt Prater Nick Folk

Kelce isn't ready to call it a day

27 Feb , 2025
"I’m coming back for sure,” Pat McAfee says Kelce wrote in a text. “Going to try and get into the best shape I’ve been this offseason and get back to the mountaintop...
Travis Kelce Patrick Mahomes

Is Deebo still a fantasy bully?

27 Feb , 2025
Just three years ago, Samuel was one of the league's elite players, an All Pro wideout who put up 1,770 scrimmage yards, 14 touchdowns and averaging a league-best 18.2 yards per catch...
deebo samuel

Stafford soap opera rolls onward

26 Feb , 2025
Stafford is 37 and there have been some signs of declining play, which explains why the Rams are hesitant to give him a lot of new money...
Matthew Stafford Jimmy Garoppolo

Cincinnati prepared to ante up

25 Feb , 2025
The expectation is that Chase will become the highest-paid non-quarterback in the league, and the Tobin believes they’ll have more than enough money to also retain Higgins while adding other option...
Tee Higgins Ja'Marr Chase Joe Burrow

Problems with Pickens predicted

25 Feb , 2025
With Pickens, the play on the field has been impressive his first three seasons, especially considering the level of quarterbacking he's had...
George Pickens

League efforts to revive kick return have mixed results

24 Feb , 2025
It's a little weird. They moved touchbacks to the 25-yard-line to encourage teams to stay in the end zone, and that worked...
kick return touchdowns KaVontae Turpin

More competition for Pat Freiermuth

22 Feb , 2025
Parham averaged just 17 receptions in his four seasons with the Chargers, but 11 of those catches (and more than a tenth of his targets) went for touchdowns...
Pat Freiermuth Darnell Washington Donald Parham

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