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AROUND THE NFL Enjoy the rest of Week 1!  NFC EAST  DALLASWe confess to not being familiar with TE BREVYN SPANN-FORD.  But he’s done enough in the Cowboys eyes to get a three-year extension.  Charean Williams of ProFootballTalk.com: The Cowboys have agreed to terms with backup tight end Brevyn Spann-Ford on a three-year extension, his agent, Mike…

AROUND THE NFL Andrew Marchand of The Athletic offers some 2026 storylines in NFL TV, starting with Tony Romo: CBS announced in a press release that Tony Romo was on leave “until further notice.” Romo posted on Instagram that he has turned his attention to “my health, my family and, in time, my return to CBS.” After pleading no…

AROUND THE NFL Jeremy Fowler of ESPN.com talks to a select panel of NFL execs – and they tell him who they think will win various NFL awards (no MVP votes for Lamar Jackson or Matthew Stafford): We asked league executives and scouts to sort out who will hold the hardware when the 2026 season ends. From MVP…

AROUND THE NFL The Commish will be The Commish through at least 2030.  Grant Gordon of NFL.com: Commissioner Roger Goodell has agreed to terms with NFL owners on a contract extension through the 2030 season, the league announced Sunday. ESPN’s Adam Schefter initially reported the extension. Goodell’s current contract was set to run through March of 2027 after signing…

AROUND THE NFL Gregg Rosenthal of NFL.com has a list of 25 players that will be free agents at the end of the season if nothing like a contract extension happens.  Six of the 25 are Rams. The 2027 free-agent class, much like the 2027 NFL Draft class, looks better than usual. History indicates they both won’t appear…

AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH  GREEN BAYMarShawn L is now the bellcow back in Green Bay – but it’s not the 40-year-old former Seahawk great.  Josh Alper of ProFootballTalk.com: The NFL’s decision to put running back Josh Jacobs on paid leave has opened a big door for MarShawn Lloyd in Green Bay. Lloyd enters the season as the Packers’…

AROUND THE NFL This from and about Tony Romo by Jayna Bardahl of The Athletic: Tony Romo pleaded no contest to the civil offense of operating while intoxicated (OWI) on Tuesday, a charge connected to the CBS NFL analyst’s July 23 arrest in Wisconsin. In a statement posted on Instagram, Romo added that he over-relied on alcohol…

AROUND THE NFL As Louisiana judges, presumably at the behest of Lane Kiffin, continue to issue orders denying the SEC’s rule-making powers, there is growing talk inside the conference of getting rid of LSU, and all its teams, permanently.  Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com: The SEC hopes to grab the Tigers by the tail. Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports…

AROUND THE NFL Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com has counted it up – and 12 teams did not let their number one quarterback play a single snap in the preseason. The growing trend of NFL teams keeping their quarterbacks out of the preseason has reached the point where more than one-third of starting quarterbacks did not take a…

AROUND THE NFL There will be Pro Bowl players this season, but no Pro Bowl game.  Charean Williams of ProFootballTalk.com: The NFL has had more than 100 Pro Bowlers in recent years because of players who were either too injured or disinterested in participating. Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders, who started only seven games and threw more interceptions…