Posts Tagged ‘June’

AROUND THE NFL NFC EAST   DALLAS Hunker down for a long holdout between the Cowboys and RB EZEKIEL ELLIOTT.  This tweet from Jane Slater of NFL.com:   @SlaterNFL  How close is this Zeke deal to getting done? A source informed told me, “close? Nope.” So, what are the sticking points? The guarantee? Length? “Everything”…

AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH   CHICAGO John Breech of CBSSports.com checks in on the Bears kicking battle:   After getting off to an ugly start in the spring, the Bears kicking competition is suddenly starting to heat up.   Although kicking battles don’t usually make headlines during training camp, the competition in Chicago has…

AROUND THE NFL Ken Belson of the New York Times hears that the NFL will indeed aggressively push for an 18-game regular season.   After a relatively quiet off-season, N.F.L. players and coaches are back in training camp.   The league’s owners and players union, though, have been at work for most of the summer,…

AROUND THE NFL An update on the talks (or lack) concerning a new CBA.  Jeremy Bergman of NFL.com:   Monday’s collective bargaining session between the NFL and the NFL Players Association has been postponed, NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reported Sunday.   The plan is to reschedule the session for sometime during the first week of…

AROUND THE NFL DE NICK BOSA, #2 overall, signed his rookie contract with the 49ers on Thursday.  That left #3 overall DT QUINNEN WILLIAMS of the Jets as the lone unsigned first round selection.  From ESPN:    The San Francisco 49ers have finally come to terms with No.2-overall pick Nick Bosa on a four-year contract…

AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH   DETROIT Coach Matt Patricia is ailing.  Darin Gantt of ProFootballTalk.com:   There’s not a list to put him on, but Lions coach Matt Patricia isn’t physically ready for training camp.   Via Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press, Patricia was on a scooter early Thursday after having surgery…

AROUND THE NFL The Raiders have signed RB JOSH JACOBS (Alabama) to his first round rookie deal worth a reported $11.9 million.  That completes the Raiders class and leaves a total of 11 drafted rookies leaguewide who are unsigned.   Jacobs’ signing brings the list of unsigned draft picks league wide down to just 11:…

AROUND THE NFL With the NFL anxious for a deal, Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com says this is the best time for the NFLPA to get a favorable deal done – if they don’t get greedy:   The NFL would like to get a new Collective Bargaining Agreement in place before the start of the 2019…

AROUND THE NFL More ominous thoughts about the Pandora’s box of the Sean Payton Rule.  Jenny Vrentas of TheMMQB.com:   The celebratory mood in Arizona after Sean Payton and Roger Goodell worked together to secure the votes needed to make pass interference reviewable has long since abated. What’s followed in the months since has been…

AROUND THE NFL The NFL plans to make up for lost time next year by flooding the Hall of Fame with members from the past.  Charean Williams of ProFootballTalk.com:   It already was known that the Pro Football Hall of Fame would have a Centennial Class for 2020. What wasn’t known was how many.  …