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Oakland Raiders wide receiver Antonio Brown has been training hard all off-season and the latest place he has been showing off his skills is in Hawaii. In a video tweeted out by Bleacher Report, Brown is getting in some work on a jugs machine, using only one hand, while another player pulls on his other […]

The Seattle Seahawks may not be the same team they were several years back, but they are still coming off of a season in which they won 10 games and made the playoffs as a Wild Card. That being said, there are a lot of question marks on this Seahawks club heading into 2019, and […]

The Minnesota Vikings struggled last year during prime-time games, and tight end Kyle Rudolph thinks the reason is because of the way that everything is magnified. Last season the Vikings won only seven games, and a big reason is that they lost against  The Los Angeles Rams, New Orleans Saints, Chicago Bears, and Seattle Seahawks […]

The Tennessee Titans missed the playoffs by the skin of their teeth this past season, losing a winner-take-all game to the Indianapolis Colts in Week 17 and finishing with a record of 9-7. Entering 2019, it still seems pretty clear that the Titans are the third-best team in the AFC South behind the Colts and […]

Houston Texans wide receiver Vyncint Smith isn’t a household name yet, but judging by Deshaun Watson’s comments it might only be a matter of time before he is. Smith only played in seven games last year catching five passes for 91 yards and a touchdown, but he has spent time this off-season with his quarterback […]

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a long-suffering NFL franchise. They are coming off of a season in which they won just five games, and they have not made the playoffs since the 2007-08 campaign, representing the longest active drought in the NFC. Most likely, the Buccaneers will miss the postseason yet again in 2019, but […]

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is the only player on the team with a Super Bowl ring, but according to James Conner, he is trying to help everyone else envision what it will feel like when they lift the Lombardi Trophy. Earlier this offseason, Roethlisberger invited the skill position players to his lake house in […]

The San Francisco 49ers are one of the NFL’s more intriguing teams entering 2019. No, they are not a playoff contender, but they are an improving young ballclub that could be in the process of starting something special in the Bay. The 49ers won just four games in 2018 and have not made the playoffs […]

Dallas Cowboys defensive end Randy Gregory is going to petition the NFL for reinstatement in the next seven to ten days according to David Moore of the Dallas News.  There has been no paperwork officially submitted yet, but that should be coming soon. Gregory was suspended back in February for violating the terms of his […]

Jabrill Peppers was a do it all with the Michigan Wolverines, and now with the New York Giants, he is expected to be a kick return option. Peppers was traded this offseason from the Cleveland Browns in a move that saw Odell Beckham Jr. sent out of the Big Apple. The coaches for the Giants […]

The most important position for any team in the NFL is the quarterback position. As it stands now, we have some of the best play from under center than we’ve ever seen. Troll accounts on Twitter would probably dispute that, but the numbers don’t lie. Teams are incapable of winning with sub-par play from their […]

Bill Belichick got the best of Kyle Van Noy earlier this offseason, and now the linebacker wants to get even. The team took part in a paintball match, and Belichick landed a headshot on his star defender. During an appearance on NFL Network on Wednesday, Van Noy leaned into the incident and joked that he […]

Could the Oakland Raiders actually make the playoffs in 2019? After a busy spending spree this offseason, that is obviously what the Raiders are hoping for. Still, in an AFC West where they look like the third-best team and in a loaded conference overall, it’s going to be difficult for Oakland to go from winning […]

Andre Roberts may be a wide receiver by nominal position, but at this point of his career, he is almost exclusively a kick returner, and a pretty darn good one at that. Roberts was terrific in that role this past season, in fact, that he made the Pro Bowl and earned a First-Team All-Pro selection […]

The New York Jets won just four games this past season and have not made the playoffs since the 2010-11 campaign, so they are not generally used to any sort of expectations. However, going into 2019, there are some who feel the Jets could be a good team, and some even think New York could […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers are coming off of a disappointing 2018 campaign in which they went 9-6-1 and missed the playoffs for the first time since the 2013-14 season. What made things so tough for the Steelers is that they got off to a 7-2-1 start, but locker room issues caused a second-half collapse and also […]

Johnathan Joseph and his Texans play the Jacksonville Jaguars in London this season. Four months ahead of that game, Joseph has already started spreading his love for the game across the pond. Joseph was part of an eight-player group of ambassadors which spent this week promoting their sport in the country. Each representative will have […]

The Tennessee Titans took a chance when they drafted former Mississippi State defensive lineman Jeffery Simmons. Not only did Simmons have some questionable character concerns – which were later dismissed by most – but he is also still very much in the recovery process of a torn ACL sustained in February. Based on one of […]

Ka’imi Fairbairn took hold of the starting kicker job before the 2017 season for the Texans, and he hopes to fill that role for the considerable future as well. Fairbairn was a restricted free agent this offseason and signed the $3.095 million tender proffered by the team early in the offseason. The former undrafted rookie […]

Davante Adams has quickly become one of the most feared wide receivers in the NFL over the last couple of seasons. After starting his career with the Green Bay Packers slowly, Adams has been coming on strong and is now viewed by many as a top-five wide receiver. Looking ahead to the 2019 NFL season, […]

The Vikings have a pretty strong roster from top to bottom. With talent throughout the defensive side of the ball, as well as the skill positions, it could be easy for a young player to get lost. But that hasn’t been the case for one newcomer. Appearing on #PFTPM Wednesday, tight end Kyle Rudolph said […]

The New York Jets have had a very busy offseason, and one of their top acquisitions was bringing in wide receiver Jamison Crowder to join a receiving corps that already includes Robby Anderson and Quincy Enunwa. Crowder is expected to play in the slot, much like he did during his tenure with the Washington Redskins. […]

Miami Dolphins defensive tackle Kendrick Norton was forced to have his arm amputated after a car crash early Thursday, his agent announced. He remains hospitalized in the Miami area. Florida Highway Patrol Lt. Alex Camacho says the Ford F250 Norton was driving crashed into a concrete barrier and overturned early Thursday on State Road 836 […]

The New Orleans Saints have thrown together back-to-back great seasons. In 2017, the team went 11-5, but they lost to the Minnesota Vikings on a miracle play. In 2018, the team improved and finished atop the NFC South with a 13-3 record. They ended up losing to the Los Angeles Rams in the conference championship […]

The Los Angeles Chargers know their Super Bowl window with Philip Rivers under center is closing. Nonetheless, the 2019 season is another year where the Chargers are a team who absolutely has a chance to make some noise in the AFC. In 2019, third-year head coach Anthony Lynn believes he has a roster that can […]

The Minnesota Vikings were supposed to be one of the most dangerous teams in the NFL last season. They went 13-3 in 2017 – tied for the best record in the NFL. Then they advanced to the NFC Championship game before losing to the eventual Super Bowl Champions – the Philadelphia Eagles. In the offseason, […]

With training camp around the corner, many players are looking to impress coaches. Some fighting for more prominent roles on their team and others are fighting for their careers. And this can be said about many players on this San Francisco 49ers squad. With the 49ers looking to finish their rebuild in the 2019 season, […]

New Orleans Saints defensive tackle David Onyemata has avoided a mark on his record after charges for a marijuana citation were dropped. According to Ramon Antonio Vargas of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Onyemata won’t be prosecuted for a misdemeanor marijuana citation because he completed a pretrial diversion program. According to District attorney spokesman Paul Purpura, […]

New York Jets running back Trenton Cannon is entering his second year with the team, but as Connor Hughes of The Athletic points out, he has a hard road to make the team. According to Hughes the biggest reason the Jets drafted Cannon was that coach Brant Boyer saw a lot of Tarik Cohen in […]

The Oakland Raiders drafted safety Johnathan Abram with the 27th overall pick in the first-round of the 2019 NFL Draft. Now that he has his rookie contract, Abram’s ready to spend some of that money. The rookie went with a classic move that will always guarantee to shed a tear or two. Abram bought a […]

Are the Detroit Lions ever going to get over the hump and make it deep into the playoffs? That’s something that Matt Patricia and the other coaches are trying to figure out. In Patricia’s first season as the head coach in 2018, the team went 6-10 and were last place in the NFC North. The […]

The New York Jets are going to be a brand new team in 2019, and Chris Herndon is excited. Herndon is a second-year tight end who had a promising rookie season. There’s been a lot of change since his first campaign, including the addition of new head coach Adam Gase as well as Le’Veon Bell. […]

The Los Angeles Rams took yet another step forward in 2018 under Sean McVay. After making the playoffs in 2017, the Rams found themselves in the Super Bowl last season. Although, the result didn’t go as expected with Los Angeles falling at the hands of the New England Patriots by the score of 13-3. The […]

There are some questions about Chicago Bears linebacker Danny Trevathan’s future with the team, but he feels good and is ready to be a significant contributor on the team this year. Over his first two seasons, Trevathan missed 11 games, and the team drafted two linebackers in the 2018 draft, and there were questions if […]

Chicago Bears head coach Matt Nagy threw out the ceremonial first pitch before Wednesday’s Chicago White Sox-Detroit Tigers game, and he meant business. Nagy gave his first hint about how the first pitch would go when he started rubbing the ball up before he went out to the mound like a true pro. He then […]

Washington Redskins outside linebacker Ryan Kerrigan has 84.5 sacks in his eight-year NFL career, and he’s closing in on a franchise record quickly. Kerrigan needs seven sacks this season to break the record, and given that he’s had more than that total in all eight of his NFL seasons, smart money says he will do it […]

Vic Fangio left to coach the Denver Broncos and took cornerback Bryce Callahan and assistant coach Ed Donatell with him. Adrian Amos joined the Packers in free agency. There are a lot of reasons to expect some amount of regression from the Bears’ defense this season. It almost seems like a certainty. Quarterback Mitch Trubisky […]

Antonio Brown finally got his wish to be traded this offseason, going to the Oakland Raiders. The elite wideout saw his time with the Pittsburgh Steelers come to an end, but he can still produce at a high level. Can Brown continue his run of dominance in Oakland? Or will he take a step back […]

Washington Redskins wide receiver Josh Doctson didn’t get his fifth-year option picked up by the team, but that isn’t something that is bothering him heading into the season. Doctson is going into this season with an open mind and knows he is working on his next contract, whether that is with the Redskins or with […]