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  • • Raiders sign Nevin Lawson to one-year, $3.29M extension
    The Raiders have signed cornerback Nevin Lawson to a one-year extension, worth $3.29M, according to NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport (on Twitter). The new deal will keep him in the fold through the 2020 season, allowing him to build off of a solid second half in which he joined the starting lineup. Lawson was originally drafted by the Lions in the fourth rou...2020
  • • Seahawks hope to keep O-line intact
    The Seahawks’ entire offensive line could wind up with a face lift in March. With several key linemen headed towards free agency, head coach Pete Carroll says he wants to keep the band together. “I hope we can keep our guys connected here,” Carroll said (Twitter link via ESPN.com’s Brady Henderson). “I think the whole group, it could be a really so...2020
  • • Lions hire well-regarded Brayden Coombs as special teams coordinator
    The Detroit Lions announced they have hired Brayden Coombs as the team’s new special teams coordinator.  The team had announced last week that it had parted ways with former coordinator John Bonamego. Coombs, 33, spent the past decade with the Bengals organization, including the past seven as the assistant special teams coordinator. During his time...2020
  • • Yardbarker's NFL divisional round previews, picks
    The divisional round is a testament to old-school football, as the four best running teams in the NFL -– Ravens, Titans, Seahawks and 49ers -– are still alive.  Elite quarterback battles are also featured: Houston's Deshaun Watson aims for a second win this season over Kansas City's Patrick Mahomes, and Russell Wilson hopes to lead the depleted Sea...2020
  • • Don't be surprised if Titans (old) school Ravens too
    The five-point spread said it all heading into Tennessee’s wild-card showdown with the New England Patriots. Despite the Titans’ high-powered offense, and the Patriots’ astonishing late collapse against Miami in Week 17, the "experts" assumed Tom Brady and Bill Belichick would do what they almost always do at home in the playoffs: win. NFL playoff ...2020
  • • JJ Watt hints at return this season in funny tweet about brother TJ
    JJ Watt’s season was believed to be over when he suffered a torn pectoral muscle nearly two months ago, but it seems clear that the three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year is determined to get back on the field before the year is done. Houston Texans head coach Bill O’Brien said earlier this week that Watt is working hard to return this season,...2019
  • • NFL suspends Broncos' Kareem Jackson for the remainder of the season
    On the heels of the Broncos’ blowout loss to the Chiefs, they got some more tough news. Starting safety Kareem Jackson has been suspended for the final two games of the season, according to Mike Klis of Denver 9 News (Twitter link).  According to Klis, the suspension stems from a September arrest for DUI. With the two-game ban, Jackson will be barr...2019
  • • 49ers starting center Weston Richburg suffers season-ending injury
    San Francisco 49ers center Weston Richburg will be out for the remainder of the year with a torn patellar tendon, head coach Kyle Shanahan announced. Richburg will be placed on injured reserve, leaving one of the league’s best teams without its anchor on the offensive line. He’s been a rock for the 49ers since joining the club on a five-year, $47.5...2019
  • • Giants CB Janoris Jenkins blasts defensive coordinator after team's eighth straight loss
    The New York Giants dropped their eighth consecutive game on Sunday, a 31-13 blowout at the hands of the Green Bay Packers. To say things are not going well for Pat Shurmur’s squad would be an understatement. In fact, Giants fans in New Jersey had no desire to watch this game being played in the snow. Following the loss, it appears frustration is b...2019
  • • Texans place starting right tackle Tytus Howard on IR due to knee injury
    The Texans will be without their starting right tackle the rest of the way. They are placing first-round pick Tytus Howard on injured reserve, according to Field Yates of ESPN.com. A knee injury will end Howard’s season. Howard previously carried a doubtful designation into Sunday night’s game against the Patriots, but the Texans will remove him fr...2019

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  • • Raiders sign Nevin Lawson to one-year, $3.29M extension
    The Raiders have signed cornerback Nevin Lawson to a one-year extension, worth $3.29M, according to NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport (on Twitter). The new deal will keep him in the fold through the 2020 season, allowing him to build off of a solid second half in which he joined the starting lineup. Lawson was originally drafted by the Lions in the fourth rou...2020
  • • JJ Watt hints at return this season in funny tweet about brother TJ
    JJ Watt’s season was believed to be over when he suffered a torn pectoral muscle nearly two months ago, but it seems clear that the three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year is determined to get back on the field before the year is done. Houston Texans head coach Bill O’Brien said earlier this week that Watt is working hard to return this season,...2019
  • • NFL suspends Broncos' Kareem Jackson for the remainder of the season
    On the heels of the Broncos’ blowout loss to the Chiefs, they got some more tough news. Starting safety Kareem Jackson has been suspended for the final two games of the season, according to Mike Klis of Denver 9 News (Twitter link).  According to Klis, the suspension stems from a September arrest for DUI. With the two-game ban, Jackson will be barr...2019
  • • 49ers starting center Weston Richburg suffers season-ending injury
    San Francisco 49ers center Weston Richburg will be out for the remainder of the year with a torn patellar tendon, head coach Kyle Shanahan announced. Richburg will be placed on injured reserve, leaving one of the league’s best teams without its anchor on the offensive line. He’s been a rock for the 49ers since joining the club on a five-year, $47.5...2019
  • • Texans place starting right tackle Tytus Howard on IR due to knee injury
    The Texans will be without their starting right tackle the rest of the way. They are placing first-round pick Tytus Howard on injured reserve, according to Field Yates of ESPN.com. A knee injury will end Howard’s season. Howard previously carried a doubtful designation into Sunday night’s game against the Patriots, but the Texans will remove him fr...2019

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  • • Raiders sign Nevin Lawson to one-year, $3.29M extension
    The Raiders have signed cornerback Nevin Lawson to a one-year extension, worth $3.29M, according to NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport (on Twitter). The new deal will keep him in the fold through the 2020 season, allowing him to build off of a solid second half in which he joined the starting lineup. Lawson was originally drafted by the Lions in the fourth rou...2020
  • • Seahawks hope to keep O-line intact
    The Seahawks’ entire offensive line could wind up with a face lift in March. With several key linemen headed towards free agency, head coach Pete Carroll says he wants to keep the band together. “I hope we can keep our guys connected here,” Carroll said (Twitter link via ESPN.com’s Brady Henderson). “I think the whole group, it could be a really so...2020
  • • Lions hire well-regarded Brayden Coombs as special teams coordinator
    The Detroit Lions announced they have hired Brayden Coombs as the team’s new special teams coordinator.  The team had announced last week that it had parted ways with former coordinator John Bonamego. Coombs, 33, spent the past decade with the Bengals organization, including the past seven as the assistant special teams coordinator. During his time...2020
  • • Texans place starting right tackle Tytus Howard on IR due to knee injury
    The Texans will be without their starting right tackle the rest of the way. They are placing first-round pick Tytus Howard on injured reserve, according to Field Yates of ESPN.com. A knee injury will end Howard’s season. Howard previously carried a doubtful designation into Sunday night’s game against the Patriots, but the Texans will remove him fr...2019
  • • Chargers activate safeties Derwin James, Adrian Phillips off injured reserve
    While the Chargers’ playoff hopes are dim, they’ll be receiving some much-needed reinforcement for the stretch run. The team announced Saturday that it has activated safeties Derwin James and Adrian Phillips from injured reserve. James suffered a stress fracture of the fifth metatarsal of his right foot in August after a screw that was originally i...2019

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  • • Report: Safety Curtis Riley visits Packers
    Safety Curtis Riley met with the Packers today, reports ESPN’s Field Yates (via Twitter). However, the free agent left Green Bay without a contract, and Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel tweets that the two sides aren’t negotiating a deal. The 26-year-old had a breakout campaign during his first season with the New York Giants last ...2019
  • • Bucs to franchise tag Donovan Smith
    The Buccaneers will place the franchise tag on left tackle Donovan Smith between now and the March 5 deadline, Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times tweets. At the same time, Stroud hears extension talks are going well, so a long-term deal could be hammered out between now and the extension deadline for franchised players on July 15. Smith, 26 in June...2019
  • • Bears place CB Bryce Callahan on IR
    Bryce Callahan‘s season is over. On Wednesday, the Bears placed the slot cornerback on injured reserve.  Callahan broke a bone in his foot during Sunday’s huge win over the Rams. Initially, the Bears were keeping their fingers crossed for a quick recovery, but further tests revealed that he’ll need more time to heal. Callahan isn’t a household name...2018
  • • Advanced stats show Steelers would be crazy to bench James Conner for Le'Veon Bell
    It’s been quite apparent this year that the Pittsburgh Steelers aren’t missing Le’Veon Bell, thanks to the outstanding dual-threat capabilities of James Conner. Through eight games, Conner has racked up 1,085 yards and 12 touchdowns from scrimmage. Extrapolate that and the second-year star is on pace for 2,170 yards and 24 touchdowns. In his best s...2018
  • • Advanced stats show Steelers shouldn't bench James Conner
    It’s been quite apparent this year that the Pittsburgh Steelers aren’t missing Le’Veon Bell, thanks to the outstanding dual-threat capabilities of James Conner. Through eight games, Conner has racked up 1,085 yards and 12 touchdowns from scrimmage. Extrapolate that and the second-year star is on pace for 2,170 yards and 24 touchdowns. In his best s...2018

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  • • Bills’ Lorenzo Alexander likely to retire after season
    This week, Lorenzo Alexander agreed to a new deal with the Bills that will keep him away from free agency in March. It also sounds like this will be his last contract, period. “If you ask me today, yeah, this is my last year,” Alexander said (via Nick Veronica of the Buffalo News). “At some point you’ve got to eventually walk away from the game and...2019
  • • Sheldon Richardson: I turned down a $4M to $5M contract from the Seahawks
    Before he signed with a one-year, $8M deal with the Vikings in March, defensive tackle Sheldon Richardson received a $4M to $5M offer to stay with the Seahawks, as he explained to Chris Tomasson of the Pioneer Press.  “The contract they offered me was terrible. It wasn’t what they told me when I left after the exit meetings,” Richardson said. “When...2018
  • • Former Raider Sean Smith to be released from jail
    Former Raiders cornerback Sean Smith is slated to be released from jail in September, according to TMZ. Smith has served less than half of his year-long sentence, but he is on track to be let go next month due to good behavior and overcrowding in the facility.Smith was sentenced to one year in jail plus five years probation after pleading guilty to...2018
  • • Raiders’ Donald Penn accused of domestic violence
    Raiders left tackle Donald Penn is a suspect in a domestic violence incident, according to TMZ. Penn allegedly slapped his wife’s behind and poured a drink on her head, which resulted in her calling the police. By the time cops arrived at their Los Angeles home, Penn had already left the scene.New head coach Jon Gruden shook things up this offseaso...2018
  • Ask PFW: Looking ahead to 2018
    Hello again from Pennsylvania. As always, thanks for everything you do covering my favorite team. I am still trying to get over last Sunday and it’s not going well at all. What area of the defense do you think is most in need of improvement? A DT to play alongside Malcom Brown is a must, in my opinion (Do you think Alan Branch would have made a dif...2018

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  • • Raiders to exercise Karl Joseph's option?
    Despite recent speculation to the contrary, Raiders head coach Jon Gruden indicated that the Raiders will exercise the fifth-year option on safety Karl Joseph (Twitter link via Eric Branch of the San Francisco Chronicle). Of course, there’s still plenty of time between now and the May deadline, so things could change. The Raiders were reportedly wi...2019
  • • Raiders' Mack has yet to speak with Gruden
    Is there real trouble brewing in Oakland? Defensive end Khalil Mack and Jon Gruden have not spoken once since the Raiders hired their new coach in January, Adam Schefter of ESPN.com (on Twitter) hears. The Raiders are presently in a standoff with Mack, who is staying away from the team as he pushes for a new contract. Mack is obviously a big part o...2018
  • • Report: Panthers, Daryl Williams far apart in talks
    There’s a “monster gap” between the Panthers and Daryl Williams in contract negotiations, a source tells Jourdan Rodrigue of the Charlotte Observer. The source added that it would be “shocking” if a deal came together between now and the start of training camp in July.Williams, a fourth-round pick in 2015, is eligible for free agency after the seas...2018
  • • Giants’ Ereck Flowers reports to team
    For now, it sounds like the Giants and Ereck Flowers will be moving forward together. The former first-round pick returned to work on Monday after missing the team’s previous offseason program, Adam Schefter of ESPN.com tweets. Schefter hears a trade is still an option, but right now the plan is for the Giants to play him at right tackle. Flowers w...2018
  • Experts react to Patriots 2018 NFL Draft picks
    See what some of the experts are saying about the Patriots 2018 Draft class.   Isaiah Wynn, OL - Georgia Round 1, Pick 23 (23) ...2018

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