NFL News

Your “Play To The Whistle” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

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NFL Notes: The Raiders are considering Joe Mixon as a draft pick. I thought they were going to go after the "guy who punches broads" crowd once they got to Vegas. Cam Newton + rotator cuff surgery = no OTAs Kiko Alonzo is staying in Miami. Three years, $28.8 million.

Your “Football Is the Madness’ Sorbet” Monday Evening Open Thread

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NFL News: today, the Competition Committee proposed: shortening overtime to 10-minutes; making all referees full-time employees by the end of the decade I get that itches need to be scratched, but what benefit does Marshawn Lynch to the Raiders hold? maybe it's to work with the sweet, sweet hands of

Your “Beware The Ides of March, and 15-Seeds too” Wednesday Evening Open Thread

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NFL News: Revis Island is no longer an Alcatraz offshoot, as the Pittsburgh assault charges against him have been dismissed. he then doubled-down on Pittsburgh, saying he'd love to play for the Steelers. he's still on Rog's radar, because the League will investigate under the personal conduct policy. Dont'a Hightower is

Your “Here Comes The Money!” Thursday Afternoon Free Agency Open Thread

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It's March 9 - the start of the League year! Today at 4:00PM ET marks the point at which teams can sign players & announce whom they've signed. For every Reggie White there's an Albert Haynesworth, so the thrill of signing day will be tempered by about Week-6. Still, there is

Your “YA BETTER SIGN SOMEBODDDYYY!!!” Wednesday Evening Open Thread

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(A billion thanks to Low Commander for the photoshop) Tomorrow afternoon is when things start to go nuts. So it's pretty quiet today. A little too quiet. Lots of rumours, but why waste time on speculation? CFL News: rumoured for weeks but expected tomorrow (& confirmed by my source at the BC

Your “Calm Before the Storm” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

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Kind of a quiet day publicly, as teams talk with players about mountains of green and all the gray they can slay. Tomorrow will be the same, as no deal can be publicly announced until after the start of the League year on March 9 at 4:00PM ET. Still, there are some

Your “Outrage!” Monday Evening Open Thread

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NFL News: Tuesday is the start of the official free agency "tampering window", where teams can contact available players ahead of the new League-year start of 4:00 PM ET Thursday. it sounds suspiciously closer to how Darren Sharper left his dates' apartments the League sent out it's annual do's &

Your “Dammit Lebron! You Had One Job!” Thursday Evening Open Thread

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Man - it seems nobody wants to hit the Patriots in 2017. NFL News: Colin Kaepernick has decided to change his stance about the national anthem for 2017. figuring that if he wants to get paid, he'd better stand up for himself Strange things are afoot in DC, or operating normally with

Your “Franchise-Tag Eve” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

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NFL News: players getting paid before the franchise tag / free agency deadline: Antonio Brown, Steelers: 4 years, $68 million technically, an extension of his rookie deal, which would have paid him $4.7 million in 2017 he got a signing bonus as well, to top-up this year Eric Berry, Chiefs: