Новости за 28.03.2023

Odell Beckham is doing what Lamar Jackson should be doing. The free agent receiver arrived at the Biltmore in Phoenix on Tuesday afternoon. He warmly greeted his former head coach with the Browns, Kevin Stefanski, during a random encounter upon his arrival. Beckham later was seen having a brief discussion with Jets General Manager Joe [more]

Commanders General Manager Martin Mayhew said on Monday that he didn’t want to get into specifics when asked why Washington wasn’t pursuing quarterback Lamar Jackson. Head coach Ron Rivera shared a similar sentiment during his media availability on Tuesday, though he went a little farther than Mayhew. “We honestly never did [consider it],” Rivera said, [more]

When 24 votes are necessary to pass a proposed rule change and 25 teams proposing a given rule change, it’s safe to say it’s going to pass. And 25 teams did indeed propose the shift in preseason roster cuts, with the multi-step process now going back to one fell swoop, 90-man rosters dropping to 53 [more]

There was no proposed rule to vote for at the annual league meeting on the quarterback push play the Eagles made infamous in 2022. But there has been discussion about it, as competition committee chair Rich McKay detailed during his Tuesday press conference. “Yes, it’s in the report, we’ve got a position on it,” McKay [more]

Commanders owner Daniel Snyder now has two different $6 billion bids from which to choose. ESPN reports that Canadian billionaire Steve Apostolopoulos has tendered a Steve Austin Times 1,000 offer to Snyder. It matches the amount of the bid made by the group led by Josh Harris. Under normal circumstances, Snyder would don an auctioneer [more]

The 49ers lost both of their active quarterbacks to injuries in the NFC Championship Game, essentially turning them into a run-only offense and ending any chance they had of upsetting the Eagles. That prompted a call for a return of the emergency quarterback. The Lions formally proposed a rule that would allow for a third [more]

Jets owner Woody Johnson expects his team to win, and win this year. Johnson said today at the league meeting that the Jets need to be in win-now mode. “I’m not the patient sort. We’re in the win business. We have to win now,” Johnson said, via Zack Rosenblatt of TheAthletic.com. Johnson said the Jets [more]

Get ready to see more Guardian Caps. After their use was successful last year, the NFL is mandating that teams use the Guardian Caps for all preseason practices when wearing helmets and in the regular season for contact practices. Running backs and fullbacks will also now wear the Guardian Caps. “As many of you know, [more]

Owners tabled a proposal to spot the ball at the 25-yard line on a fair catch on a kickoff inside the 25-yard line. That currently is the college rule. Competition Committee chairman Rich McKay, though, expects a tweak to the language to get the rule passed in May when owners reconvene. “We tabled the kickoff [more]

Just minutes after the NFL voted to allow players to wear No. 0 jerseys this season, Jaguars wide receiver Calvin Ridley became the first player to announce that he will wear 0. “Excited to be the first Jaguars player to wear zero,” Ridley wrote on Twitter. Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence replied with a tweet addressing [more]

Roughing the passer will not be reviewable in 2023. The Rams’ proposal to make the penalty subject to review was voted down by NFL owners at the annual league meeting in Arizona on Tuesday, according to multiple reports. It seemed like a long shot that 24 owners would approve making roughing the passer reviewable. Last [more]

NFL owners tabled the Eagles’ rules proposal to provide an alternative to onside kicks. Per the proposal, teams would have a fourth-and-20 from their own 20-yard-line and would need to convert it to keep the ball. A defensive stop would give the other team the ball at the point the play ends and teams would [more]

The 49ers are expecting to host another Super Bowl at Levi’s Stadium soon. 49ers owner Jed York said today that the team is in the process of getting a $120 million loan from the NFL’s stadium fund for improvements on Levi’s Stadium that would make the stadium fit to host another Super Bowl. “My optimism [more]

NFL owners voted down a proposal to change the starting yard line of the offense after a touchback on a punt, Albert Breer of SI.com reports. The Competition Committee had proposed the ball be put in play at the receiving team’s 25-yard line when a touchback occurs on a punt. The committee cited competitive equity, [more]

A new number is coming soon for each team in the league. NFL owners approved the proposal to allow any player but offensive and defensive linemen to wear the No. 0, according to Tom Pelissero of NFL Media. Kickers and punters may also now wear any numeral between 0-49 and 90-99. The proposal was submitted [more]

Packers coach Matt LaFleur didn’t say much about Aaron Rodgers. He said a lot about Jordan Love. After one start in three seasons of backing up Rodgers, Love will become the team’s QB1 this season. “It’s going to be a different role for him certainly, and I think we all kind of have to temper [more]

Here is the process NASCAR and those appealing penalties go through before and during a hearing with the National Motorsports Appeals Panel.

Trey Lance began last year as the 49ers starting quarterback. But his time as QB1 didn’t last long, as he suffered a fractured ankle in just the second game of the season. Because Brock Purdy‘s elbow injury will keep him from participating in the offseason program, Lance will have a chance to take major reps [more]

The Cardinals ranked near the bottom of the NFL Players Association’s team report card. Arizona’s players gave the team failing marks in several categories of the survey, the results of which were released earlier this month. New coach Jonathan Gannon claims he hasn’t read the report card but said the Cardinals have made “some big-time [more]

The fan reportedly blamed Beal for a gambling loss after a Wizards defeat.

In the fifth week of its third iteration, the XFL smacked into the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. It didn’t go well. In Week Six, with less basketball and a higher profile, the XFL’s ratings rebounded. Per the league, the Week Six games averaged 741,412 across FX and ABC for three games televised on Saturday and [more]

The Premier League top four odds are moving all over the place as a host of clubs scramble to secure Champions League qualification, while the top six scrap is crazy too.

Lamar Jackson can sign with any team at any time. He is not employed by the Ravens at the moment, with the non-exclusive franchise tag unsigned. The quarterback has requested a trade, he wrote on social media Tuesday not coincidentally as John Harbaugh was speaking to reporters at the league meetings. So, more than half [more]

Lillard will not get traded unless he asks to be moved. He has never done so. That doesn't stop the speculation.

After winning Super Bowl LVI to cap the 2021 season, Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford had a right elbow procedure that kept him from fully participating in the offseason program and training camp. Then Stafford suffered through an injury-plagued 2022, as concussions and a spinal cord contusion limited him to just nine games. But Los Angeles [more]