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Matthew Stafford dealing with back soreness, will be limited at start of Rams training camp
LOS ANGELES — It's become a near-annual tradition.
The Rams report to training camp with quarterback Matthew Stafford's status somewhat uncertain.
Stafford, entering his 17th season, will be held out of workouts this week because of back soreness, coach Sean McVay announced Tuesday at Loyola Marymount. McVay added that Stafford would be ...Read more

Alex Anzalone 'disappointed' by lack of extension talks with Lions' front office
ALLEN PARK, Mich. — The Alex Anzalone saga has reached new levels of weird.
And that's according to the man himself.
Anzalone, a four-time captain and starting linebacker for the Detroit Lions, showed up to practice on Tuesday for the first time since the end of last season and spoke about his desire to "retire a Lion." He's entering the ...Read more

Bob Wojnowski: Lions 'tired of being close,' but are they getting closer?
ALLEN PARK, Mich. — The evolution of a championship team varies, by time and by tests. The simplest pattern — get good, stay good, get great, stay great, get there, get the trophy — rarely unfolds as planned.
Coaches leave. Injuries hit. Players retire. It crests, it drops and inevitably hits an inflection point. In some ways, the Lions ...Read more

Sam McDowell: Two reasons why the Chiefs signed George Karlaftis before they really needed to
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Five days before traveling an hour north for training camp, the Chiefs provided Trey Smith a four-year contract that reset the NFL’s right guard market and makes him the highest-paid player at the position.
Five hours before training camp, the Chiefs provided George Karlaftis a four-year contract extension that hovers, oh,...Read more

Paul Zeise: Steelers will win a lot of games at the line of scrimmage this season
PITTSBURGH — There have been many discussions about the Steelers' offseason, but very few have centered on the offensive and defensive lines.
I think that is a mistake because the best argument for the Steelers to have another winning season and perhaps make a run at the AFC North title is that they will likely win a lot of games up front on ...Read more

Mike Sielski: Terrell Owens blew up Eagles training camp 20 years ago. Here are the relevant lessons from that chaos.
PHILADELPHIA — It seems, in so many ways and for some very specific reasons, so long ago now. And it was a long time ago, almost 20 years, that Terrell Owens transformed the Eagles’ 2005 training camp at Lehigh University into a spectacle of strangeness unlike anything in Philadelphia’s often-weird sports history.
The contract dispute. ...Read more

Suspect arrested for crashing car into post office is reportedly Pat Tillman's brother
LOS ANGELES — The brother of late NFL star and U.S. Army Ranger Pat Tillman is being held in custody in connection with a vehicle driven into a Northern California post office.
The San Jose Police Department said in an email to The Los Angeles Times on Monday that 44-year-old resident Richard Tillman was booked on charges of arson after he ...Read more

Suspect arrested for crashing car into post office is reportedly Pat Tillman's brother
LOS ANGELES — A man being held in custody in connection with a vehicle driven into a Northern California post office on Sunday morning is reportedly the brother of late NFL star and U.S. Army Ranger Pat Tillman.
“Shortly after 3 a.m. yesterday, the San Jose Fire and Police Departments responded to reports of a vehicle on fire in the box ...Read more

Sean Keeler: Broncos offensive line has stomach for Super Bowl run for Sean Payton in 2025
DENVER — The No. 1 offensive line in the AFC doesn’t just finish each other’s sentences. Heck, no. They finish each other’s plates.
“Shoot, I’ve had the whole line over to my house,” Broncos center Luke Wattenberg told me with a grin.
“And we all kind of hang out with each other throughout the offseason. We have O-line dinners...Read more

Greg Hill: Boise State stars, coach can't stop raving about 'perfect' Jeanty
LAS VEGAS — Talking to those who know Raiders running back Ashton Jeanty best, one might get the impression at least some of his nearly 4,700 rushing yards at Boise State came by way of skipping across water instead of a blue field.
“The Raiders aren’t only getting an elite running back, they’re getting an elite human and someone who I ...Read more

Jason Mackey: Mike Webster's family works to ensure his legacy is not lost
PITTSBURGH — Whenever Pam Webster feels consumed by the stress — concerns over food, money or family feeling like too much — she can always count on her son, Garrett, for a laugh.
"His best line whenever I'm complaining, when we don't know how we're going to get food or the budget's tight, he'll say, 'You should have married a football ...Read more

Omar Kelly: Ten pressing questions about the Dolphins defense
MIAMI — The standard has been set, and now there’s a bar the Miami Dolphins defense must climb over.
Despite spending two seasons with two different defensive coordinators, and two seasons without a ton of the team’s top defenders, who were sidelined because of injuries, the Dolphins defense has managed to deliver a top-10 defense for two...Read more

With Mike Williams gone, Quentin Johnston confident he can deliver for Chargers
LOS ANGELES — They lost a cherished teammate hours before they started training camp. But the Chargers receivers knew just what to do when they heard of Mike Williams' sudden retirement.
"At this point [we're] just treating it like the next man up," receiver Quentin Johnston said. "Him leaving was unexpected, but at the same time, we just ...Read more

Chiefs extend home-grown defensive end George Karlaftis
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs have agreed to a four-year extension with defensive end George Karlaftis, a source confirmed to The Kansas City Star.
ESPN’s Adam Schefter was the first to report the deal, stating that it includes an additional $93 million in compensation, with $62 million of that guaranteed.
NFL insider Jordan ...Read more
Seahawks release tight end Noah Fant
SEATTLE — In a move that seemed preordained from the moment the Seahawks drafted Elijah Arroyo in the second round last April, the Seahawks on Sunday released veteran tight end Noah Fant.
Fant, 27, had one year remaining on a two-year contract worth up to $21 million he signed in March 2024.
The deal included a nonguaranteed salary for the ...Read more

Vahe Gregorian: What's changed (and what hasn't) as Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes enters age 30 season
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Nearly a third of his life ago, it’s easy to forget now, Patrick Mahomes was a mortal in the embryonic phase of what was to come.
As he entered a season of being mentored by Alex Smith, the supremely gifted and astute 21-year-old quarterback grappled with the most rudimentary elements of the job.
Despite almost ...Read more

Dave Hyde: Will Dolphins' big changes lead to results in regime's fourth year?
Culture is an easy word to talk about. It’s not so easy to create, especially when you’ve flubbed it for three years as coach Mike McDaniel and general manager Chris Grier did in this Miami Dolphins era.
So, they made some change in their fourth season that you typically see in an early-stage rebuild. That’s the way to view this offseason...Read more

Jaylon Johnson among 4 Bears on the non-football injury list as training camp nears
CHICAGO — Cornerback Jaylon Johnson was one of four Chicago Bears players placed on the non-football injury list Saturday afternoon, a surprise twist as the team readies for training camp.
Other Bears given the NFI designation were backup quarterback Case Keenum, second-year running back Ian Wheeler and receiver Jahdae Walker, an undrafted ...Read more

Michael Cunningham: Pressure on Falcons' Raheem Morris to have Michael Penix Jr. ready to play
ATLANTA — Raheem Morris might have gotten away with it if things went as planned with Kirk Cousins.
The Falcons coach didn’t do enough to prepare Michael Penix Jr. to play as a rookie, and it showed once Penix replaced Cousins as the starter. Now, we’ll see what Penix can do now that Morris has committed to him as QB1 for an entire ...Read more

Omar Kelly: Ten pressing questions about the Dolphins offense
MIAMI — Mike McDaniel has produced winning seasons, and led the Miami Dolphins to the postseason in two of his three seasons he’s been the helm of South Florida’s NFL franchise.
The Dolphins have produced that 28-23 record under McDaniel, despite playing without Tua Tagovailoa for 10 of those games the past three seasons because of ...Read more
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