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Antonio Brown is officially a New England Patriot, and on Tuesday, the Patriots welcomed him to the family on Twitter. Welcome to New England, @AB84. pic.twitter.com/04zPKpqGfQ — New England Patriots (@Patriots) September 10, 2019 Brown’s journey to New England was certainly a strange one. It all started at the conclusion of the 2018 campaign when […]

For the second year in a row, the Oakland Raiders lost a key member of their roster just before the season began. In 2018, it was pass rusher Khalil Mack, whom the Raiders suddenly traded to the Chicago Bears. This time around, it was wide receiver Antonio Brown, who requested his release from Oakland late […]

Life went on for the Oakland Raiders without Antonio Brown on Monday night, as they defeated the Denver Broncos by a score of 24-16 in their season opener. Whether or not it’s a sign of things to come remains to be seen, as the Broncos aren’t exactly a stellar opponent, but, at the very least, […]

New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley carried the ball just 11 times and caught four passes in the team’s season-opening loss to the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, which had many scratching their heads afterward. Barkley racked up 120 yards on his 11 rushes, so why not give your Pro Bowl running back the ball […]

The addition of left tackle Laremy Tunsil has not done much to improve the Houston Texans’ offensive line. At least not yet. Deshaun Watson was sacked six times in the Texans’ season-opening loss to the New Orleans Saints on Monday night, which likely conjured up bad memories of last season, when Watson was sacked 62 […]

Antonio Brown is now a member of the New England Patriots, which has certainly thrown a wrench into a lot of Fantasy Football teams across the country who were expecting the wide receiver to begin the season with the Oakland Raiders. Obviously, Brown’s value has already changed, as he was not eligible to play in […]

Bad officiating just seems to follow the New Orleans Saints. After a horrendous no-call played a role in costing the Saints a trip to the Super Bowl last year, the officials nearly cost New Orleans again in its season opener on Monday night. At the end of the first half, the referees cost the Saints […]

Vic Fangio’s head-coaching tenure with the Denver Broncos did not get off to a shining start on Monday night, as the Broncos fell to the Oakland Raiders by a score of 24-16 in their season opener. While Fangio obviously was not happy about the loss, he took a positive approach after the game. “That I […]

The Oakland Raiders are officially done with Antonio Brown, as they released the wide receiver last week before he went on to sign with the New England Patriots. The Raiders then played their season opener on Monday night, beating the Denver Broncos by a score of 24-16. After the game, quarterback Derek Carr addressed the […]

Antonio Brown is now a member of the New England Patriots, but expecting him to produce right away after having virtually no time to learn the playbook is probably asking a bit too much. Tom Brady understands that it will be a learning process for Brown, and it doesn’t seem like he is anticipating that […]

The Oakland Raiders started their 2019 regular season off on a good note on Monday night, as they defeated the Denver Broncos by a score of 24-16 in their season opener. The win comes after a tumultuous week in which the Raiders released prized offseason acquisition Antonio Brown, who would go on to sign with […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have vaulted themselves back into relevancy this summer, swinging a trade for Anthony Davis to give them an incredibly fearsome duo of Davis and LeBron James to go along with a solid group of role players. But are the Lakers on their way to a championship or disappointment? Los Angeles is […]

The Milwaukee Bucks are coming off of a 2018-19 NBA campaign in which they won a league-best 60 games and made it to the Eastern Conference Finals before losing to the Toronto Raptors. With Kawhi Leonard heading West, you would think the Bucks would immediately become East favorites, but it’s not that sample. Milwaukee lost […]

The Miami Heat are coming off of a 2018-19 NBA campaign in which they won just 39 games and missed the playoffs, but thanks to an offseason in which they added Jimmy Butler, there is hope in South Beach again. The Heat entered the summer without any cap room, but they were able to finagle […]

San Francisco 49ers running back Tevin Coleman suffered a high-ankle sprain during his team’s Week 1 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday afternoon and is expected to miss some time, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. Coleman carried the ball six times for 23 yards and caught two passes for 33 yards […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder experienced a whole lot of change this summer, as they traded away Paul George after two seasons and then had to make the painful decision of parting with franchise face Russell Westbrook. For the first time since Westbrook and Kevin Durant were neophytes on the Thunder over a decade ago, Oklahoma […]

Was Antonio Brown’s implosion as a member of the Oakland Raiders this offseason all an act so he could indirectly force his way to the New England Patriots? Hall of Fame wide receiver Jerry Rice seems to think so. Speaking on 95.7 The Game on Monday, Rice said he thinks Brown’s blowup in the Bay […]

Washington Redskins running back Derrius Guice is expected to miss some time as a result of a knee injury, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. Guice underwent an MRI on Monday morning. The good news is that this is not the knee in which Guice torn an ACL last year. The bad news is […]

Count ESPN analyst and former NFL head coach Rex Ryan among those who would not touch controversial New England Patriots wide receiver Antonio Brown with a 10-foot pole. Speaking on ESPN’s Get Up on Monday morning, Ryan said that he would not sign the wide receiver if he had the chance: Even with coaching big […]

ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith has been highly critical of Antonio Brown all offseason, and his stance has not changed after Brown requested a release from the Oakland Raiders and signed with the New England Patriots late last week. Speaking on ESPN’s Get Up on Monday morning, Smith said that Brown should be ashamed of […]

We are just one week into the 2019 NFL campaign, but Fox Sports analyst and Hall of Fame wide receiver already thinks the race in the AFC is over. Following the New England Patriots’ blowout win over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday night, Carter thinks the conference is already a wrap, saying that the Patriots […]

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen did not have a great stat line in his team’s season opener on Sunday afternoon, completing 24 of his 37 passes for 254 yards, a touchdown and a couple of interceptions. But when it mattered most, Allen got the job done in a 17-16 comeback win over the New York […]

Washington Redskins defensive lineman Jonathan Allen is believed to have suffered an MCL sprain during the team’s Week 1 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. He is considered week to week. Allen is one of the top players on the Redskins’ defense, so if he is out […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars may have lost quarterback Nick Foles for the season on Sunday, so they on Monday, they made a move to shore up their depth at the position, swinging a trade with the Pittsburgh Steelers for signal-caller Josh Dobbs, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN. The Jaguars sent a fifth-round draft pick to […]

The New England Patriots have added a 2020 option to Antonio Brown’s contract that will pay him $20 million in guaranteed money if executed, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN. The Patriots signed Brown to a one-year, $15 million deal ($9 million guaranteed) late last week after the Oakland Raiders released him. What an offseason […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers’ redemption tour did not exactly get off to a great start in Week 1, as they were hammered by the New England Patriots by a score of 33-3 on Sunday night. Afterward, Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger took full responsibility for the loss. “I wasn’t good enough,” said Roethlisberger, according to Jeremy Fowler […]

The Los Angeles Rams started their 2019 NFL campaign out with a win on Sunday, defeating the Carolina Panthers by a score of 30-27. The Rams are considered by most to be one of the favorites to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl, as they did not lose any talent on offense and actually […]

Los Angeles Rams safety Eric Weddle has been placed in concussion protocol after colliding with Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey on Sunday, according to Gary Klein of The Los Angeles Times. The incident occurred when McCaffrey was trying to hurdler over Weddle in the second quarter. Weddle was then carted off of the field. […]

The New York Giants opened up their season with a 35-17 loss to the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday afternoon, a defeat that was not all too surprising given where the two teams are right now. While the Cowboys are a darkhorse Super Bowl contender, the Giants are in a rebuilding stage, and it showed from […]

The Cleveland Browns may have gotten hammered by the Tennessee Titans in their season opener on Sunday, but at least they did it in style. Typically, players don’t wear jewelry during games, but Browns wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. took it to another level in Week 1, sporting a $350,000 Richard Mille watch. Odell is […]

Patience is already running thin in Boston. According to Jeff Passan of ESPN, the Red Sox have fired Dave Dombrowski as president of baseball operations, one year after winning the World Series. The Red Sox will elevate senior vice president Raquel Ferreira and assistant general managers Eddie Romero, Brian O’Halloran and Zack Scott to run […]

The Detroit Pistons are coming off of what has become a typical NBA season for them, as they won 41 games and were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs. Now, the Pistons are heading into the 2019-20 campaign with a very similar roster and with very similar expectations. This team just isn’t very […]

Ryan Fitzpatrick will be starting under center for the Miami Dolphins in their season opener against the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday afternoon, and in the process, he is looking to become the first player in NFL history to throw a touchdown pass for eight different teams, according to NFL Network. Fitzpatrick has already thrown touchdown […]

Oakland Raiders players may have been happy that the team parted ways with Antonio Brown on Saturday, but that doesn’t mean some of them aren’t worried about his welfare. According to Josina Anderson of ESPN, Raiders players have exhibited some concern for Brown through text messages. Anderson adds that the texts “aren’t tweetable” at the […]

The Oakland Raiders released Antonio Brown on Saturday, and apparently, Raiders players are happy about it. Raiders offensive player in text to me: “Everyone is happy he’s gone. We’re tired of the drama. Time for us to be a team again.” — mike freeman (@mikefreemanNFL) September 7, 2019 Go ahead and take your guesses on […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars have a couple of key defensive players that they need to pay in cornerback Jalen Ramsey and defensive lineman Yannick Ngakoue, and linebacker Myles Jack, who just received a contract extension himself, hopes the Jaguars can get it done: “I definitely want to keep those guys, man,” Jack said, according to James […]

Tampa Bay Buccaneers rookie linebacker Devin White is questionable for his team’s Week 1 matchup against the San Francisco 49ers due to an illness, according to Jenna Laine of ESPN.com. White is the third Buccaneers player to come down with what the team has described as a “bug,” with wide receiver Mike Evans missing practice […]

Washington Redskins tight end Jordan Reed is not expected to play in his team’s Week 1 matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday due to a concussion, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. This will mark the third time of Reed’s career that he has missed games because of a concussion, as he was […]

Antonio Brown took to Instagram to ask for his release from the Oakland Raiders on Saturday morning, and quarterback Derek Carr is having difficulty understanding the whole situation. Carr’s, brother, former NFL quarterback David Carr, says that Derek told him “they have no choice but to move on and get ready to play the Broncos […]