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• Xavier McKinney Deserves A Rare Third Contract
The Green Bay Packers rarely offer players a third contract, as the organization has long preferred avoiding major commitments to aging veterans whose production may no longer match the money. However, Xavier McKinney appears to be a realistic exception to that rule....2026
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• A.J. Haulcy Might Be Too Versatile For the Packers To Pass Up
Safety is one of the Green Bay Packers’ stronger position groups. Xavier McKinney and Evan Williams have formed an incredible duo, while Javon Bullard has thrived in the slot. The thought of the Packers going safety early in the draft seems preposterous, but LSU’s A.J. Haulcy‘s versatility might be too tempting for general manager Brian Gutekunst to pass up. Haulcy can do it all....2026
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• Report: Penix, Njoku among targets in fraud case
A former Alabama defensive end is accused of using wigs and fake IDs to impersonate NFL players to secure nearly $20 million in fraudulent loans, with a report identifying Michael Penix Jr., David Njoku and Xavier McKinney as the targeted players....2026
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• Lawsuit launched after scammer posing as NFL star Xavier McKinney stole $4.4m

A US sports industry loan broker is being sued after allegedly not performing satisfactory due diligence in a deal that turned out to be a scamA lender to professional athletes wired $4.375m to a borrower it thought was Green Bay Packers star Xavier McKinney, only to learn months later it had allegedly been scammed by someone impersonating the player. The news is contained in Aliya Sports Finance ...2026
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• NY Giants 2025 position review: Does New York need an upgrade at safety?

The New York Giants have botched their safety situation during the Joe Schoen era. The general manager inherited safeties Xavier McKinney and Julian Love from Dave Gettleman. Both safeties were captains on the Giants; the latter left after the 2022 season, signing a two-year, $12-million contract with the Seattle Seahawks, while the former signed a […]...2026
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• Packers' Xavier McKinney on Bears' Ben Johnson: 'He's a troll'

At this point, Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson will seemingly tell anybody who will listen that he isn't all that fond of the Green Bay Packers. Packers safety Xavier McKinney responded to Johnson's latest headline-grabbing comments amid what's become quite the interesting rivalry....2026
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• Second-year safety named New York Giants breakout candidate

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Creating takeaways is next step for Tyler Nubin When the New York Giants lost safety Xavier McKinney in free agency a season ago they drafted Tyler Nubin out of Minnesota in Round 2 to soften the blow. Nubin had 13 interceptions in 55 games for the Golden Gophers, and it was hoped that he would bring that ball-hawking production to the back of the Giants’...2025
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• Open thread: Rank Lions by probability of returning to the Pro Bowl

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images We ranked Detroit Lions by the probability that they return to the Pro Bowl in 2025. Making one Pro Bowl is an achievement. Making two? Easier said than done. The NFL Pro Bowl has had many one-hit wonders, such as Tyler Huntley earning a nod in 2022 despite making just four starts or Mitchell Trubisky being carried by his team to a Pro Bowl appearance. Si...2025
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• Giants 2025 schedule: One thought on every game and a record prediction

Will Brian Daboll be smiling when the season ends? | Photo by Adam Hunger/Getty Images Let’s go game-by-game with predictions almost certain to end up being incorrect The New York Giants 2025-2026 NFL schedule is now — unofficially — known. It isn’t easy, of course. We already knew the high degree of difficulty. Below, let’s go game-by-game. I will offer a thought, or maybe two, and a pred...2025
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• The Linc - Commanders have decided to “go all in with old, declining players”

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Philadelphia Eagles news and links for 3/20/25. Let’s get to the Philadelphia Eagles links ... NFC East 2025 free agency grades: Washington Commanders edition - PhillyVoiceLoaded up with cap space for the second straight offseason, the Commanders had a chance to continue to surround their star quarterback with long-term pieces with whom he could grow. Instea...2025
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• Turning the tide: how investments have changed the New York Giants’ defense

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images Giants have fortified the secondary, added depth in the trenches Valuable lessons must be extracted from the debacle of a season that the 2024 New York Giants endured. New York finished with three wins, half the win total from the previous disastrous 2023 season. Murphy’s Law plagued and persisted through the 2024 season; still, the magnanimous John Mara ...2025
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• Mock offseason plan for the New York Giants

Let’s help Joe Schoen build a roster Brian Daboll can win with. | Photo by Ed Mulholland/Getty Images On the Sunday before free agency begins, we offer GM Joe Schoen a blueprint With NFL free agency beginning on Monday, rather than give you just my weekly Giants mock draft I thought this would be a good opportunity to lay out a full offseason plan for constructing the team’s 2025 roster....2025
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• Pre-Snap Reads 3/8: Geno Smith leaves for Las Vegas

Photo by Michael Workman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images We loved him, we hated him, we traded him. In Today’s Links: gulp! #np Diamonds and Pearls by Prince and the New Power Generation Seahawks News Seahawks trade Geno Smith to Raiders for draft pick - Seaside JoeThe Seahawks get a 3rd round pick and $31 million in cap space NFL source Seahawks trade Geno Smith to Pete Carroll Raiders |...2025
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• Abnormal year of running back success has brought more heat to the Cowboys approach to free agency

Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images Running back has been a complicated position for the Cowboys in recent years. The offseason for the Dallas Cowboys is often filled with frustration for fans because of the way they go about building their roster. The front office’s approach consists of the following strategies: Selectively decide which of their free agents to keep Make low-cost investments i...2025
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• The Linc - Zack Baun had a special good luck charm with him in the playoffs

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Philadelphia Eagles news and links for 2/14/25. Let’s get to the Philadelphia Eagles links ... Zack Baun wore Bill Bergey’s medallion during Super Bowl run - PFTEagles linebacker Zack Baun, who went from free agent to All-Pro in his first year in Philly, played in the postseason while honoring one of the franchise’s all-time greats. Baun told reporters ...2025
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• What did Joe Schoen learn from Conference Championship weekend?

“Any other generational players you’re planning to release this offseason?” | Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images He’s gonna need a bigger boat The second best weekend of the NFL season is now over (the Divisional Round, when the chaff has already been separated from the wheat but there are still four games to watch, is the best). What lessons can the New York Giants take from the four teams w...2025
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• The Linc - Zack Baun had a special good luck charm with him in the playoffs
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• The Linc - Derrick Henry to the Eagles?
Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images Philadelphia Eagles news and links for 4/22/23. Let’s get to the Philadelphia Eagles links ... Eagles Rumors: Is Philadelphia closing in on a big deal for Derrick Henry? - PSNThe Philadelphia Eagles have been as relevant as they can be this off-season. After signing Jalen Hurts to a historical deal, it has been rumored that they are not done yet. Accordi...2023
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• Giants' McKinney injures hand in ATV accident

Giants safety Xavier McKinney announced Monday that he suffered a hand injury during the bye week while on vacation in Cabo and will be "sidelined for a few weeks."...2022
• Xavier McKinney out for multiple weeks with hand injury suffered in bye week ATV accident
The Giants didn’t play in Week Nine with their bye. But New York still took a loss in what has started out as a very positive season. On Monday morning, safety Xavier McKinney announced via social media that he’ll miss the next few games after suffering a hand injury during a bye week vacation. “During [more]...2022

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"375m to a borrower it thought was Green Bay Packers star Xavier McKinney, only to learn months later it had allegedly been scammed by someone impersonating the player."

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"Josh Jacobs voted to third Pro Bowl; Xavier McKinney and Rashan Gary earn first selections"

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"Packers S Xavier McKinney named NFC Defensive Player of the Week"

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"Giants' Xavier McKinney: 'We're building something special'"

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"Giants' Xavier McKinney eligible to come off NFI, could return for Eagles matchup: 'There's always a chance'"

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"Safety Xavier McKinney had two of them and now he’s been named the NFC defensive player of the week."

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"2020 NFL Draft: Giants pick Xavier McKinney, draft grade, scouting report and more to know"

• Xavier McKinney Deserves A Rare Third Contract
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• A.J. Haulcy Might Be Too Versatile For the Packers To Pass Up
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• NY Giants 2025 position review: Does New York need an upgrade at safety?
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• 'He's a Troll': Packers DB Xavier McKinney Takes Shot At Bears HC Ben Johnson

Chicago Bears coach Ben Johnson offered no apologies for his profane postgame comments about the Green Bay Packers...2026
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• Second-year safety named New York Giants breakout candidate
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• Open thread: Rank Lions by probability of returning to the Pro Bowl
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• Examining the draft advantage the Cowboys have over the other teams in the NFC East

Kirby Lee-Imagn Images The Cowboys are better at drafting than their divisional counterparts, but are the other teams starting to catch up? The Dallas Cowboys are a good football team with a talented roster, but as we have learned over the last several years, good has not been good enough. And with the two teams representing the NFC in the conference championship game both coming from thei...2025
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• Giants 2025 schedule: One thought on every game and a record prediction
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• Ravens Day 1 Draft Grades: Overwhelming ‘A’ Grades for Selection of S Malaki Starks

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images Consolidated draft grades for the Baltimore Ravens’ No. 27 pick of S Malaki Starks. The Ravens, in true fashion, have been given a high grade for their first-round selection. After taking Georgia safety Malaki Starks, analysts, pundits and experts are applauding the Ravens’ Day 1 selection. SB Nation’s Joseph Acosta | Grade: A+ “The Ravens are really goo...2025
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• The Linc - Commanders have decided to “go all in with old, declining players”
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• Open thread: Rank Lions by probability of returning to the Pro Bowl
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• Examining the draft advantage the Cowboys have over the other teams in the NFC East
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• Turning the tide: how investments have changed the New York Giants’ defense
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• Giants news, 3/13: Russell Wilson visit set, Ihmir Smith-Marsette, Stone Forsythe, more headlines

Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images New York Giants headlines for Thursday Good morning New York Giants fans! From Big Blue View New York Giants free agency: We’re all on Aaron Rodgers time as we await his decision New York Giants free agency: Russell Wilson to visit Giants, after Cleveland Browns New York Giants free agency: WR/KR Ihmir Smith-Marsette returning to Giants New York Giants f...2025
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• Giants news, 3/12: Jevon Holland signs with Giants, Darius Slayton, Chauncey Golston, more headlines

Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images New York Giants headlines for Wednesday Good morning New York Giants fans! From Big Blue View New York Giants free agency: Giants agree to terms with S Jevon Holland NFL free agency news - Daniel Jones agrees to terms with the Colts What CB Paulson Adebo brings to the New York Giants New York Giants free agency: Giants still in the market for a starting ...2025
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• What would it *actually* cost the Giants to move up to No. 1 in the draft?

Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images Maybe too much...or not as much as we thought Last week I wrote about the recent history of teams moving up into the top 3 to draft a quarterback and how well those moves worked out. (As a refresher, the QBs that were targeted in those trade-ups were Eli Manning - sort of, Robert Griffin III, Jared Goff, Carson Wentz, Mitchell Trubisky, Sam Darnold, Trey La...2025
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• Abnormal year of running back success has brought more heat to the Cowboys approach to free agency
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• The Linc - Zack Baun had a special good luck charm with him in the playoffs
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• Open thread: Rank Lions by probability of returning to the Pro Bowl
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• Giants 2025 schedule: One thought on every game and a record prediction
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• The Linc - Zack Baun had a special good luck charm with him in the playoffs
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• What did Joe Schoen learn from Conference Championship weekend?
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• Jonathan Casillas — ‘Where are the leaders’ for the New York Giants?

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images Former Giant questions many of the things that have done the last few seasons Former New York Giants linebacker Jonathan Casillas took the organization — including coach Brian Daboll, general manager Joe Schoen and co-owner John Mara — to task for the current state of the team during a recent appearance on the ‘Valentine’s Views’ podcast. ‘Where are the ...2025
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• Success of ex-Giants deepens misery for New York, and GM Joe Schoen

Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images Let’s assess the decisions on six players the Giants have lost since Schoen became GM With so many former New York Giants enjoying tremendous success this season with new teams it has become fashionable to wonder what might have been had the Giants been able to keep most, if not all, of those players. And to bash GM Joe Schoen for letting them go. Let’s ...2024
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• Objectively, the Giants are doing well in free agency so far

Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images And the biggest add may not be who you think it is The New York Giants have been fairly active during the “legal tampering” period of NFL free agency this year. We all have our own opinions of the players they have added and lost, some of them rational, some emotional. The Giants have improved the offensive line...no, they just added mediocre players an...2024
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• 2020 NFL Draft: Giants pick Xavier McKinney, draft grade, scouting report and more to know
Here's what you need to know about the Alabama safety after his selection in the NFL Draft...2020
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• Three Green Bay Packers chosen for 2025 Pro Bowl Games

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• Packers S Xavier McKinney named NFC Defensive Player of the Week

Newcomer to Green Bay involved in two takeaways in third quarter vs. Rams...2024
• S Xavier McKinney (foot), LB David Mayo (knee) to undergo surgery
McKinney, the team’s second round draft choice out of Alabama, has suffered a fracture to his left foot. Mayo has a torn meniscus in his left knee....2020
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• Packers S Xavier McKinney named NFC Defensive Player of the Month

Veteran safety has made several impactful plays during team’s four-game win streak...2024
• Giants rookie Xavier McKinney fractures foot, will miss multiple months in big blow for defense
McKinney could reportedly miss up to 10 weeks...2020
• 2024 NFL free agency: Packers to sign former Giants safety Xavier McKinney to four-year, $68M deal, per report

Green Bay revitalizes its secondary with the NFL's highest-graded safety in coverage...2024
• Giants' Xavier McKinney: 'We're building something special'

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• John Schneider’s mistakes in assembling the Seahawks’ 2024 roster

Joe Nicholson-Imagn Images The Seahawks have major roster holes in Schneider’s first season without Pete Carroll, and one glaring flaw at a familiar position. Since January 2010, it has been impossible to think of the Seattle Seahawks without associating them with Pete Carroll and John Schneider. Well, that changed at the beginning of the 2024 season when the longtime head coach was remove...2024
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• Lawsuit launched after scammer posing as NFL star Xavier McKinney stole $4.4m
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• Open thread: Rank Lions by probability of returning to the Pro Bowl
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• Examining the draft advantage the Cowboys have over the other teams in the NFC East
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• Ravens Day 1 Draft Grades: Overwhelming ‘A’ Grades for Selection of S Malaki Starks
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• The Linc - Commanders have decided to “go all in with old, declining players”
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• Can Jevon Holland make Giants fans forget Xavier McKinney?

Photo by David Rosenblum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Let’s go to the film and see what we can learn The New York Giants have signed former Miami Dolphins’ safety Jevon Holland to a three-year, $45.3 million contract with $30.3 million guaranteed to fortify Shane Bowen’s secondary, opposite promising second-year safety, Tyler Nubin. The Giants now have Nubin (23) and Holland (25) at sa...2025
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• Giants news, 3/13: Russell Wilson visit set, Ihmir Smith-Marsette, Stone Forsythe, more headlines
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• New York Giants free agency grades: Jevon Holland deal gets an ‘A’

Jevon Holland | Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images Giants now have a young, talented secondary The addition of safety Jevon Holland to the New York Giants secondary has drawn an ‘A’ grade from voters in our poll. Sixty-three percent (1,838) of 2,923 voters graded the move as an ‘A’. Thirty-three percent (963 voters) gave the mark a ‘B’. The addition of Holland gives the Giants a young, ta...2025
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• Giants news, 3/12: Jevon Holland signs with Giants, Darius Slayton, Chauncey Golston, more headlines
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• Pre-Snap Reads 3/8: Geno Smith leaves for Las Vegas
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• The Linc - Zack Baun had a special good luck charm with him in the playoffs
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• Where did the 2024 season go wrong for the New York Giants?

Darius Slayton after Sunday’s loss to New Orleans. | Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Before the season began there was a day media members were sitting in the press room surveying each other on how many games each thought the New York Giants would win during the 2024 season. I predicted seven, as did several others in the room. That did not seem unreasonable. The 2024 Giants were never going to...2024
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• Success of ex-Giants deepens misery for New York, and GM Joe Schoen
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• Survey results: Giants fans don’t like team’s lack of trade deadline movement

Kevin R. Wexler / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Fans think the Giants should have made a deal at the deadline Speculation abounded around what the New York Giants would do at the trade deadline. In particular, it was strongly anticipated that the Giants would trade edge defender Azeez Ojulari, wide receiver Darius Slayton, or both. The argument to trade either player is that both are ...2024
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• Browns safety Grant Delpit is one of the league’s best

Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images The talented defender continues to improve – and impress Back in 2020, the Cleveland Browns fired head coach Freddie Kitchens and hired Kevin Stefanski away from the Minnesota Vikings. Then, Andrew Berry was brought back to Cleveland to become their new general manager in place of the departed John Dorsey. At the time, the squad was in dire need of both o...2023
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• Vanishing act: Why has Giants’ Xavier McKinney disappeared?

Xavier McKinney | Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images From the Giants’ most productive defensive player, McKinney has become a nonfactor Three games into the 2023 season, the New York Giants have been an abject disappointment in virtually every area. The areas of seeming personnel improvement have not translated to the field, especially on the defensive side of the ball. Almost as notable, ...2023
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