Новости за 22.06.2023

We may not yet know where Dalvin Cook is playing in 2023. But his younger brother, James, has big plans for the upcoming season. In a recent appearance on the Rich Eisen Show, Bills running back James Cook replied, “Obviously RB1” when asked what his role would be this year. “[J]ust come in and do [more]

The Rams continued making progress toward getting their entire draft class under contract on Thursday. Field Yates of ESPN reports that the team has signed fourth-round quarterback Stetson Bennett. He’s the fifth pick to sign in the last three days and the Rams are down to five unsigned picks in their 14-player group. Bennett was [more]

When free-agent running back Dalvin Cook last mentioned his aspirations in a new team, he said he wants to win a Super Bowl. On Thursday, he was asked to name the teams he has spoken to that could make his objective a reality, during an appearance on SiriusXM NFL Radio. He mentioned two teams. “You [more]

Patriots coach Bill Belichick has long embraced special teams, getting involved in coaching in the kicking game and prioritizing special teams players on his roster. He says it’s one of the areas of the game where a team can find the biggest edge. Belichick said in an interview with The 33rd Team that he sees [more]

After the Jets signed Allen Lazard, Randall Cobb, and Billy Turner as free agents, their head coach Robert Saleh said at a May press conference it was a “silly narrative” to say that the Jets were signing former Packers to fulfill a “wish list” given to them by quarterback Aaron Rodgers after he joined the [more]

The Chiefs and Bengals have gone back and forth on the field the past two seasons, quickly becoming one of the league’s best rivalries. They now are going back and forth off the field, adding fuel to their rivalry. It started innocently enough when Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow called Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes the best [more]

Colorado head coach Deion Sanders faces another serious medical issue. Six days after Sanders revealed he might lose his left foot to amputation, Pat McAfee reports that Sanders will require emergency surgery for a blood clot in his groin. Former NFL cornerback Adam Pacman Jones, who appeared on McAfee’s show, told McAfee that he spoke [more]

Former NFL head coach Don Coryell will get his long-awaited induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame this summer. His family has announced that Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Fouts will serve as Coryell’s presenter. The enshrinement will take place in Canton on Saturday, Aug. 5, at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. Coryell [more]

Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has been training jiu-jitsu this offseason to learn to fall more safely and avoid his head hitting the ground, which caused at least two concussions last season. And part of that training has entailed watching film not with a football coach, but with a jiu-jitsu coach. Tagovailoa said he and his [more]

The Patriots announced their plans for the start of training camp on Thursday. The team said they will host their first practice of the summer on July 26 on the grass fields behind Gillette Stadium. The time of that practice is unknown, but it will be open to the public. Fans will also be able [more]

Aaron Rodgers won his third and fourth MVP awards when he was 36 and 37 (finishing those seasons a year older with a December birthday). He did not play as well last season, but Nathaniel Hackett, now reunited with Rodgers, expects the quarterback to return being one of the league’s best again this season despite [more]

Dolphins fans will have nine opportunities to see the team practice during training camp this summer, including a pair of joint workouts with the Falcons. Those practices will be held at the Dolphins’ facility on August 8 and 9. The two teams will then open their preseason schedules with a game on August 11. A [more]

As the saying I learned from our friend Big Cat goes, “Dysfunctional teams do dysfunctional things.” The flip side is true as well; the non-dysfunctional teams do non-dysfunctional things. Per the Baltimore Sun, via Sports Business Journal, Ravens G.M. Eric DeCosta opened the team’s mandatory minicamp last week by “laying out the details of the [more]

With a new head coach in DeMeco Ryans and a slew of additions to the roster, the Texans are a team that hopes it is turning a page in 2023. The bid for that turnaround isn’t totally based on new faces, however. Improvement from holdover players is also part of the recipe and cornerback Derek [more]

Seeming poised and completely ready for what awaits him, Wembanyama's NBA chapter is now underway.

There will be plenty of opportunities for folks to see quarterback Lamar Jackson throw to Odell Beckham Jr. in Baltimore’s new offense this summer. The Ravens announced on Thursday that they’ll host 18 training camp practices open to fans from late July into mid-August. While 17 of those sessions will be held at the club’s [more]

The NFL and NFL Players Association are continuing to fund research into the use of CBD for managing pain. The league and the union announced today that their joint pain management committee has decided to tive two grants totaling $526,525 to medical researchers at Emory University and the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience that [more]

The Jets defense has taken a hit even before the start of training camp. Chuck Clark has torn his ACL and will be out for the 2023 season, according to multiple Thursday reports. Clark suffered the injury toward the end of the offseason program last week. It was reported at the time that the Jets [more]

St. Louis City SC acquired a spot in MLS and met the ceremony with substance, winning its first five (5?!?) games and sitting in first place out West.

The Bills made the playoffs the year before they drafted linebacker Tremaine Edmunds in the first round of the 2018 draft, but they were hardly regulars. That 2017 trip to the postseason was their first since 1999, but the arrival of Edmunds and others helped spur a big turnaround in Buffalo. They missed the playoffs [more]

Dr. Diandra examines data from 13 seasons to try to determine if the tight race in the points makes 2023 the most competitive season.

Aaron Rodgers is not sticking to sports. Instead, he’s continuing to stick his neck out when it comes to having needles stick vaccines into the arms of Americans. Rodgers, via SI.com, recently waded into the effort to cajole Dr. Peter Hotez to debate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. over the COVID vaccines. Rodgers shared on Instagram [more]

The Browns announced earlier this year that they will be practicing at The Greenbrier in West Virginia for the first chunk of training camp this summer and they announced the rest of their schedule on Thursday. After practicing in West Virginia from July 22-30, the team will hold their first practice at their facility in [more]

Also, it looks more and more like Hornets take Brandon Miller with No. 2 pick.

Nick Caserio has been the Texans’ General Manager since 2021 and is already on his third head coach in DeMeco Ryans. But there is plenty of optimism surrounding the franchise now with Ryans at the helm, particularly with potential franchise cornerstones in quarterback C.J. Stroud and edge rusher Will Anderson selected at No. 2 and [more]