Posts Tagged ‘Fox Sports’

AROUND THE NFL Chaos in Manitoba.   Charean Williams of ProFootballTalk.com:   The Packers announced they will sit 33 players tonight, including Aaron Rodgers and Davante Adams.   The team didn’t say why, but the reason is obvious.   The Packers were expected to play their starters, but that was before the field conditions in…

AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH   CHICAGO Coach Matt Nagy with some thoughts on his long search for a kicker after he threw CODY PARKEY to the curb.   With few holes to poke on Chicago’s roster, much of the coverage around Bears camp this spring and summer has revolved around the kicker competition. That…

AROUND THE NFL NFC EAST   DALLAS A cornerstone player gets an extension – but it is not QB DAK PRESCOTT, RB EZEKIEL ELLIOTT or WR AMARI COOPER.  Josh Alper of ProFootballTalk.com:   The Cowboys officially announced the contract extension they reached with linebacker Jaylon Smith on Tuesday afternoon and then went ahead and announced…

AROUND THE NFL Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com with some good research on the dearth of action for the game’s top QBs in preseason so far.   NFL teams are increasingly seeing the risk of preseason injuries as outweighing the rewards of getting players ready for live action. And that’s particularly clear in the numbers…

AROUND THE NFL Peter King is not happy with preseason 2019 style:   I think we have reached the breaking point on the preseason thing now. Now it’s not only prime-time players sitting out most if not all of the preseason. Two 2018 playoff teams, the Bears and Rams, sat all 22 starters in Week…

AROUND THE NFL Someone named Veronica Patton thinks that running backs should have their own union, separate and apart from the NFLPA.  Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com:   The NFL’s current compensation system does not fairly compensate running backs. An effort has been launched to change that.   Via Bloomberg.com, a petition has been filed with…

AROUND THE NFL NFC EAST   DALLAS The NFL was abuzz on Monday with the tale that QB DAK PRESCOTT had been offered $30 million per year and told the Cowboys they were $10 million short of what he wanted.  Charean Williams of ProFootballTalk.com is told his demands are not that extreme.   The Cowboys…

AROUND THE NFL The NFL is saddened again this weekend – this time by the passing of popular coach Darryl Drake.  Blake Schuster of YahooSports.com:   Pittsburgh Steelers wide receivers coach Darryl Drake died overnight, the team announced Sunday. He was 62.   “We are at a loss for words following Darryl Drake’s passing this…