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• The NFL really tweaked the schedule because of Aaron Rodgers

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images Alrighty then. We all know the NFL likes to manufacture drama whenever possible in making the schedule, but changing things because of a narcissistic, should-be-retired quarterback is pretty darn incredible. In deciding on games this year, particularly those for the Steelers, the league really had to think about how Aaron Rodgers could impact the slate. NF...2025
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• 2025 Haters’ Guide to the NL Central #2: Pittsburgh Pirates

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images At least you’re not a Pirates fan! *Please Note This Is Satire* I usually write serious articles. This is not one of them. Trash talk has been an integral part of baseball since its inception. All the way back in 1912, Ty Cobb ran into the crowd during a game to beat up a fan who was yelling some ... less than savory things at him. To be very clear, I do...2025
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• San Diego Padres Xander Bogaerts breaking out at the right time

San Diego Padres Xander Bogaerts | Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images After a slow start, his bat has come alive. The San Diego Padres may have found themselves a consistent run-producer in the middle of their batting order. No, we are not talking about Jackson Merrill or Manny Machado. Enter Xander Bogaerts, who has been described as a “big money free agent bust” by the Friar Faithful. ...2025
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• Braves News: Injury updates, AJ Smith-Shawver, another late win, more

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Saturday Well the Braves won yet another low-scoring extra-innings affair on Saturday. AJ Smith-Shawver twirled another gem and the bullpen did more than it’s job, but man the offense was a struggle after a promising first three innings. The crazy part is that the offense can’t even really be credited with the winning run...2025
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• Braves scrape by with another extra innings victory, 3-2 in the 11th

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images The pitching did a nice job and the offense did just enough to scrape by...eventually AJ Smith-Shawver came into Saturday off of a statement 8.0 inning, 1-hit outing against the Reds, hoping to keep his momentum, as the Braves were hoping to get back in the win column after losing game 1 of the series in Pittsburgh. Things started well for Atlanta, as the ...2025
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• Braves return to regular lineup, as Verdugo returns to the leadoff spot

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images Sean Murphy gets the start again at catcher, as the Braves return to their regular lineup, despite facing another lefty. Sean Murphy gets the start again at catcher, as the Braves return to their regular lineup. Alex Verdugo got the day off yesterday, as Ozzie replaced him in the leadoff spot and Stuart Fairchild got the start in right field, with Eli Whit...2025
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• Braves News: Injury updates, AJ Smith-Shawver, another late win, more
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• San Diego Padres Stephen Kolek is worth keeping an eye on

San Diego Padres Stephen Kolek | Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images The Friars pitching prospect could be the missing piece for the starting rotation. A rainy weekend in Pittsburgh has put the San Diego Padres back on their winning ways. A three-game sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates was a great start to a three-city, nine-game road trip. But Sunday’s pitching performance by starter Stephen K...2025
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• Miami Dolphins 2025 NFL Draft needs: Interior offensive line rankings

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images We take a look at some of the top prospects for the 2025 NFL Draft starting at guard and center. The NFL Draft for 2025 is just over a week away. As NFL teams close in on the addition of college prospects for this year, it is time we took a look at some of the top players at the Miami Dolphins’ positions of need. To start this series, we will work our way...2025
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• Browns, NFL free agency: 5 best available for Browns roster

Photo by Timothy Nwachukwu/Getty Images NFL free agency period is just one week old but there remain holes Hard to believe, but the 2025 free agency period is just a week old. For the Cleveland Browns, where are the splash players? Every year, GM Andrew Berry has wowed all of us Browns fans with a huge signing or three of name-brand guys in positions of great need. But this year? LB Devin...2025
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• Nick Chubb’s future with the Browns

Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images The time may be over for the beloved player The Cleveland Browns traditionally have hung their hat on being a ground-and-pound running franchise. The franchise has employed some of the greatest running back tandems in league history with guys such as Jim Brown with Bobby Mitchell, Kevin Mack and Earnest Byner, Leroy Kelly paired with Ernie Green, and Mar...2024
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• Browns, Bengals inactive lists: Decisions on Jameis Winston, David Njoku, Orlando Brown

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images Week 16’s Battle of Ohio has NFL playoff race and NFL draft implications The Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals face off today in chilly southwest Ohio in the second Battle of Ohio of 2024. The Bengals hold on to slim hopes in the NFL playoff race while the Browns, at least the fans, are focused on NFL draft positioning that could change dramatically ...2024
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• Browns Myles Garrett injured: Taken to locker room after hurt by Chiefs lineman

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images Joe Thuney, moved to tackle by Chiefs, poked Myles Garrett in the eye The Cleveland Browns are playing out a string of games, including in Week 15 against the Kansas City Chiefs, that really do not matter. There are a variety of reasons that Browns fans want to see the youth playing instead of veterans including seeing what the team has moving forward. Pre...2024
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• Chiefs-Browns 5 questions with the enemy: Is Jameis Winston the answer in Cleveland?

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images We welcome Dawgs by Nature for answers to five questions about the Browns before Sunday’s Week 15 matchup On Sunday, the Kansas City Chiefs face the Cleveland Browns. We welcome Chris Pokorny of Dawgs by Nature — our sister SBNation site covering the Browns — for Five Questions with the Enemy. 1) The Browns have gotten the full Jameis Winston package: bi...2024
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"Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images TE Tyler Conklin 6’-3”, 248 pounds Age: 29 There were slim pickings at the tight end position in free agency this offseason, but Conklin offers a large catch radius and good hands over the middle, critical on third down and in the red zone."

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"Seiya Suzuki after hitting a double against the Pirates | Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images It should set up a truly wild month of baseball to close out 2023 Wrigley Field was rocking this week as the Cubs managed to eke out two wins against the division leading Brewers to cut their deficit in the NL Central down to three games."

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• The NFL really tweaked the schedule because of Aaron Rodgers
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• 2025 Haters’ Guide to the NL Central #2: Pittsburgh Pirates
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• San Diego Padres Xander Bogaerts breaking out at the right time
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• San Diego Padres Stephen Kolek is worth keeping an eye on
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres come to New York after sweeping Pittsburgh

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of May 5, 2025. Michael King returns to the Bronx pic.twitter.com/eKcm1Bt82n— Talking Friars (@TalkingFriars) May 5, 2025 Articles to read Stephen Kolek makes first MLB start, gets win (Matt DeWalt, Gaslamp Ball) Padres minors: Jackson Merrill, Jake Cronenworth start rehabs; Kyle ...2025
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• Miami Dolphins 2025 NFL Draft needs: Interior offensive line rankings
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• Cowboys 2025 7-round mock draft: Seattle makes first-round trade with Dallas

Photo by James Black/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images If the Cowboys are thinking about trades... Seattle is a team that makes some sense. The 2025 NFL Draft is merely weeks away (April 24-26) and the Dallas Cowboys have surprisingly given us little evidence as to how they plan on approaching things. We know they still have quite a few holes to fill on their roster, but how they go about ...2025
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• Chargers signing TE Tyler Conklin to 1-year deal

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images The Chargers are adding TE Tyler Conklin to pair with 2024 starter Will Dissly. The Chargers are signing former Vikings and Jets tight end Tyler Conklin to a one-year deal. The news was first broke by his agent Mike McCartney. The #Chargers add Tyler Conklin. https://t.co/RgQPDvDEOM— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 21, 2025 Conklin is a former fifth-r...2025
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• Contract breakdown: How much the Steelers are paying former Seahawks WR DK Metcalf

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images It’s been an offseason of overhaul for the Seahawks offense so far, including opting to trade Metcalf to Pittsburgh rather than reach agreement on a contract extension, so here’s an overview of how much Metcalf’s extension will cost the Steelers. It has been an offseason of turnover on the offensive side of the ball for the Seattle Seahawks, with the team...2025
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• 2025 Haters’ Guide to the NL Central #2: Pittsburgh Pirates
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• San Diego Padres Xander Bogaerts breaking out at the right time
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• Stephen Kolek makes first MLB start, gets win

Stephen Kolek | Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images Padres score early, sweep Pirates Stephen Kolek, who performed well as a starting pitcher in Spring Training, began the year in El Paso as a member of the San Diego Padres Triple-A affiliate. Kolek, like Michael King the year before, was transitioning to a starting role from the bullpen and finally got the call up to make his first MLB star...2025
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• Miami Dolphins 2025 NFL Draft needs: Interior offensive line rankings
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• Chiefs-Steelers 5 questions with the enemy: How much faith in Russell Wilson?

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images We welcome Behind the Steel Curtain for answers to five questions about the Steelers before Wednesday’s Week 17 matchup On Christmas Day, the Kansas City Chiefs face the Pittsburgh Steelers. We welcome Ryland Bickley of Behind the Steel Curtain — our sister SB Nation site covering the Steelers — for Five Questions with the Enemy. 1) After resurrecting hi...2024
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• Nick Chubb’s future with the Browns
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• Chiefs-Browns 5 questions with the enemy: Is Jameis Winston the answer in Cleveland?
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• Browns Myles Garrett, Steelers TJ Watt compete at top of advance analytic numbers

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images Myles Garrett vs TJ Watt could be an argument that goes on forever at least for their AFC North fans In 2023, it was no contest that Cleveland Browns DE Myles Garrett beat out Pittsburgh Steelers OLB TJ Watt for Defensive Player of the Year. Watt didn’t attend the award ceremony after finding out he lost the award. After the Browns and Steelers matched up ...2024
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• 2025 Haters’ Guide to the NL Central #2: Pittsburgh Pirates
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• Braves scrape by with another extra innings victory, 3-2 in the 11th
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• Braves offense disappears until ninth inning in 3-2 loss to Pirates

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images There have been too many games like this one, already. For the third time this season, the Atlanta Braves had a chance to reach .500 and for the third time this season, they failed to do so. This time, their late comeback bid fell short as the Pittsburgh Pirates held on to a 3-2 win over the Braves. Austin Riley was the second batter in this game for the B...2025
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• Nick Chubb’s future with the Browns
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• 2024 NFL Power Rankings, Week 8: A Long Way From the Peak

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images The Jets continue to rank low in NFL power rankings. The Jets face the New England Patriots this coming weekend in Foxborough. They will be seeking their first victory since their initial meeting against the Patriots in Week 3. After that game, the Jets were riding high and seemed to have great potential. Four straight losses have the team reeling. And the...2024
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• Paul Skenes' MLB debut was unforgettable for the most unexpected reason

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images Anything can happen on any given day at a baseball stadium. Just ask the Pirates and the Cubs and they'll tell you. For the first time in years, the eyes of the baseball world were actually firmly focused on what was going on at PNC Park in Pittsburgh this past Saturday night. While a divisional weekend tilt between the NL Central-leading Chicago Cubs and ...2024
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• The Daily Belli watch: 10 days to the Cubs Spring Training opener

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images Today, I’m going to ask you some questions. Credit where it’s due — I took this idea from this article in The Athletic, in which responses to some polls of Angels fans were posted. And I thought, hey, I could ask you guys (most) of the same questions in polls here, and that way we could get something of a consensus on how the Cubs are doing at this moment ...2024
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• Recap: Avalanche offense frozen in 4-0 defeat at Pittsburgh

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images The fun had to end sometime. Continuing on in their unbeaten quest the Colorado Avalanche took on the Pittsburgh Penguins in a rare early season match between the two teams. But all good things must come to an end as the Avalanche saw their road unbeaten streak and season opening win streak end. If that wasn’t disappointing enough the Avalanche even suffe...2023
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• BCB After Dark: No more Morel?

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if the team should try to trade Christopher Morel this upcoming winter. Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the swiningest spot for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in and grab a table. There’s no cover charge this evening. Come on in and cool off with a tasty beverage—tha...2023
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• Three up, three down: An update on the Cubs, August 28 edition

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images The Cubs had a very good week. Here’s some of the best of the week, and a few things of concern. The Cubs are on a roll. They went 5-2 on the road trip, have won eight of 12 and are 16-8 this month. It won’t be easy to keep up a .667 winning percentage, but if they can accomplish that, the Cubs will win 90 games this year. That’d be the first 90-win season...2023
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• The Cubs control their own playoff destiny thanks to the schedule

Seiya Suzuki after hitting a double against the Pirates | Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images It should set up a truly wild month of baseball to close out 2023 Wrigley Field was rocking this week as the Cubs managed to eke out two wins against the division leading Brewers to cut their deficit in the NL Central down to three games. Fans were on their feet with two strikes out in the first and...2023
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• Cubs 10, Pirates 1: Takin’ care of business

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images The Cubs got another strong team effort and won the series in Pittsburgh. When the Cubs departed for the just-completed seven-game road trip to Detroit and Pittsbugh, my feeling was that they needed to go 5-2 to keep pace with, or improve their position on, other postseason contenders. With Sunday’s well-played 10-1 win over the Pirates, the Cubs did just ...2023
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• Cubs 6, Pirates 5: A little bit of Patrick Wisdom, a little bit of Esteban Quiroz
Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images ... and the Cubs recorded their fourth straight one-run win. Well, that was... something, all right. The Cubs defeated the Pirates 6-5 Friday evening, their fourth consecutive victory, all by one run. And they did it with a bit of power, a bit of small ball and a couple bits of relief pitching that nearly blew up, but in the end finished things off. The ga...2022
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• What would a trade for Hunter Renfrow cost and how would he fit into the Saints offense
Photo by Chris Unger/Getty Images Things could be tricky in terms of compensation, but Renfrow’s fit is almost perfect. Multiple reports have come out over the past couple weeks about the New Orleans Saints interest in Las Vegas Raiders receiver Hunter Renfrow. It has been reported that the Saints have maintained this level of interest since the start of the NFL Combine back in March. The ...2023
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• Three up, three down: An update on the Cubs, September 26 edition
Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images The ballclub had a very good road trip with some fine performances. The Cubs had a 5-2 road trip to Miami and Pittsburgh over the last week, one of their most successful away from Wrigley Field this year. And they did all that with Nico Hoerner and Willson Contreras injured and Seiya Suzuki still in Japan awaiting the birth of his first child. The makeshif...2022
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• Cubs 8, Pirates 3: A tale of three games
Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images ... with a tiny little dash of complaint department at the end. There were three different sub-plot games within the Cubs’ 8-3 win over the Pirates Sunday afternoon in Pittsburgh, a win that gave the Cubs both the series win and a 10-9 edge in the season series over the Bucs. It’s the first time in franchise history the Cubs have won the season series from...2022
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• 2023 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 129

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images A strong debut, a rollercoaster, a win. As per usual, Saturday is a family day for me. I’m usually good in the afternoon when the Cubs are at home. But these Saturday night games are tough for me to follow too closely. Did I miss anything? Obviously, I was right there with many of you when the ripple went through social media on Friday. Actually, I’d been...2023
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• Baseball history unpacked, September 1

Happy birthday, Jordan Wicks! | Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources, a little bit cheesy but nicely displayed. Happy 24th birthday, Jordan Wicks! Tinkers, Evers, Chance, and others in today’s issue! On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-cen...2023
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• The NFL really tweaked the schedule because of Aaron Rodgers
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• 2025 Haters’ Guide to the NL Central #2: Pittsburgh Pirates
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• San Diego Padres Xander Bogaerts breaking out at the right time
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• Braves return to regular lineup, as Verdugo returns to the leadoff spot
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• Braves offense disappears until ninth inning in 3-2 loss to Pirates
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• San Diego Padres Stephen Kolek is worth keeping an eye on
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• Padres show sign of being a great team

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images Capitalizing against bad teams is what great teams have done in the past For years now Padres fans have been frustrated by the fact their team hasn’t dominated a couple of the worst teams in MLB: the Pittsburgh Pirates and Colorado Rockies. Usually they’ve been able to win games against one of the two—not both. Last year, they went 5-8 against Colorado. In...2025
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• Stephen Kolek makes first MLB start, gets win
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• Miami Dolphins 2025 NFL Draft needs: Interior offensive line rankings
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• Cowboys 2025 7-round mock draft: Seattle makes first-round trade with Dallas
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• Chiefs-Browns Week 15 injury wrap-up: David Njoku, Cedric Tillman statuses big on Sunday

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images Also, a slew of other injuries to talk about. Here is your Week 15 injury wrap-up as the Cleveland Browns take on the Kansas City Chiefs this Sunday. Biggest Injury Storylines There are some significant things to talk about this week injury-wise. Let’s start with offense, specifically the wide receiver position. It’s a shame that Cedric Tillman will miss...2024
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• New York Jets Flight Connections 10/23/24

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images Bringing your daily links to the NFL’s New York Jets Good morning, Gang Green Nation. I hope you’re all having a great start to the day. This week the New York Jets take on the New England Patriots in a divisional matchup. It’s the perfect time for the Jets to have their ‘get right’ game, as they’ve managed to lose multiple games to beatable opponents. If ...2024
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• Russell Wilson Trade Rumors and Vikings Preseason Breakdown

In this episode of The Real Forno Show, Dave and Tyler dive into the controversial suggestion by ESPN’s Mike Tannenbaum that the Minnesota Vikings should trade for veteran quarterback Russell Wilson. | Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images Join Tyler and Dave on The Real Forno Show as they break down the latest Russell Wilson trade rumors and offer an in-depth preseason analysis of the Minneso...2024
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