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In a world where there are very few heartwarming stories left in sports, Philadelphia Eagles’ defensive end Chris Long has given us one. One of the true good guys in the NFL, Long made a major decision and donated some big money to a very good cause. According to a report from ESPN’s Tim McManus, […]

Adrian Peterson’s decision to join the New Orleans Saints last season didn’t work out too well for him. Perhaps he should have considered another team who were interested in bringing him on: the Pittsburgh Steelers. Peterson revealed in an interview with Kimberley A. Martin of Yahoo Sports that the Steelers reached out to him last […]

Chris Harris Jr. and the Denver Broncos have their work cut out for them in Week 4. That’s right, the red-hot Kansas City Chiefs and surging quarterback Patrick Mahomes are going to be a tough test. The Broncos know they are in for a tough game, especially on the defensive side of the football against […]

Cleveland Browns rookie quarterback Baker Mayfield made a great first impression on his NFL debut against the New York Jets. After coming in to replace the concussed Tyrod Taylor, he led the Browns to their first victory in 635 days and won the starting QB job in the process. However, Browns offensive coordinator Todd Haley […]

The New England Patriots have gotten off to a slow start this season on both sides of the ball. First and foremost, their defense has not been playing up to par throughout the first three weeks. Dont’a Hightower knows his unit needs to step up for the Patriots to get back on track. Hightower is […]

Green Bay Packers wide receiver Randall Cobb had a stinker of a game last week against the Washington Redskins. Even he readily took responsibility for his part in the team’s disappointing 31-17 defeat after his terrible performance. However, Packers head coach Mike McCarthy does not seem particularly worried about his veteran receiver moving forward. “I […]

Kevin McDermott isn’t a name many NFL fans will recognize, but some who watched Thursday Night Football this week might remember hearing he injured a finger. The Minnesota Vikings long snapper not only injured his finger, he actually lost the tip of his pinky finger when he got it caught in a player’s face mask, […]

Cole Beasley is not thought of as a star by most NFL people, but some view him as one of the top possession wide receivers in the game. Many others also believe he is a respectable veteran and the kind of player every team would like to have in their slot. That being said, the […]

Todd Gurley and the Los Angeles Rams have moved to 4-0 after their Thursday night victory over the Minnesota Vikings. And after finishing the first quarter of the season with a perfect record, it’s understandable for Gurley to be feeling great about the team. Gurley made that confidence pretty clear with his post-game comments about […]

Steve Young is one of the great quarterbacks to play in the NFL with well-respected opinions about the game. That is why one of his latest comments has fans buzzing. Those comments are about one of the current top quarterbacks in the game and a guy who just returned from a serious injury. If you […]

Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jared Goff played easily the best game of his young NFL career on Thursday night’s win over the Minnesota Vikings. Goff had a perfect passer rating as he went 26 of 33 with five touchdowns and 465 yards, which is a new Thursday Night Football record. .@JaredGoff16 sets a #TNF record […]

The Minnesota Vikings entered the 2018 NFL season as one of the favorites in the NFC, but they’ve stumbled out of the gate to a 1-2-1 start after their 38-31 loss to the mighty Los Angeles Rams on Thursday night. Nevertheless, Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins still has plenty of confidence that the wins will come, […]

Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer has been coaching NFL defenses for over two decades now. But his pass defense’s performance against the Los Angeles Rams on Thursday night stood out to him for the wrong reasons. The Vikings allowed the Rams offense to go off for 556 yards of offense Thursday night. Rams QB […]

Philadelphia Eagles running back Jay Ajayi says he has a small fracture in his back but plans to play Sunday against the Tennessee Titans. “You just have to roll with it until it heals on its own,” Ajayi said per Tim McManus of ESPN. “You just have to protect it.” Ajayi injured his back early in […]

Eric Reid has been the talk of the NFL today after signing a deal to play for the Carolina Panthers. Drama surrounded him all offseason and into the regular season due to no team signing him to a deal. Part of the issue surrounding him was the fact that he has shown such a strong […]

Sean McVay is one of the most successful, young coaches in the NFL and has led the Los Angeles Rams back to relevance in just a couple short years. Being a young head coach is never easy, but he has changed the game when it comes to his offense and the way that he runs […]

Jared Goff isn’t the only quarterback having a big game in the pocket this Thursday night, as Minnesota Vikings gunslinger Kirk Cousins has also been busy finding his receivers downfield. Cousins has three touchdowns thrown as of this writing, and that includes this huge bomb of a pass he delivered to wide receiver Adam Thielen […]

Baker Mayfield was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft, and it didn’t take him long to make an impact for the Cleveland Browns. Even after Hue Jackson made Tyrod Taylor his starting quarterback, Mayfield was able to get his first meaningful action in the third game of the season. Not only […]

Todd Gurley is the face of the Los Angeles Rams’ franchise and rightfully so. Not only is he one of the most dominant running backs in the NFL, he is also inching closer to reaching franchise records this early in his career. According to ESPN Stats & Info, Gurley took another step towards one of […]

The Cleveland Browns are probably still on cloud nine after notching their first victory since 2016 last week at the expense of the New York Jets. The Browns had to claw their way out of an 11-point lead to pull off a 21-17 come-from-behind victory, which likely would not have been possible without a perfectly […]

Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jared Goff is having a night this Thursday, as he’s currently authoring a huge performance at home against the Minnesota Vikings. As of this writing, Goff has already thrown for 251 passing yards and four touchdowns heading into the halftime break. Among his touchdown finds was this incredibly precise 47-yard touchdown […]

Clay Matthews of the Green Bay Packers is not a fan of the new rules that the NFL has put in place protecting quarterbacks. He isn’t the only one, but there has not been another player impacted as much by the new rules as Matthews. In the first three weeks of the season, Matthews has […]

Chris Conte, who is now famous for getting stiff-armed into another dimension by Pittsburgh Steelers’ tight end Vance McDonald, is now infamous once again for taking to his Twitter account during Thursday Night Football. In case you missed Conte being stiff-armed, we have you covered. Check it out here on ClutchPoints.com. As for the tweet, […]

Jameis Winston is officially back. That comes after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers cut wide receiver Freddie Martino on Thursday to create an open slot for Winston, who is set to return to active duty after serving a three-game suspension. Via Scott Smith of the Buccaneers’ official website. Winston returned to the Buccaneers on Tuesday following […]

Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots have a long history of acquiring troubled players from other teams midseason in the past. That happened once again this season when the Patriots pulled the trigger on a trade that brought wide receiver Josh Gordon in from the Cleveland Browns. Now, another player might be a perfect […]

Everson Griffen is one of the best pass rushers in the NFC, but has gotten into trouble off-the-field and has been away from the Minnesota Vikings due to those issues. Minnesota had him sit last week and he is sitting this evening too against the Los Angeles Rams and there has been no news about […]

Richard Sherman was one of the biggest offseason pickups for the San Francisco 49ers after years of being a star for their rivals. During his time with the Seattle Seahawks, Sherman became one of the most feared cornerbacks in the game. Now in his veteran years, he is giving the 49ers exactly the kind of […]

In the last few days, Atlanta Falcons star running back Devonta Freeman has been trending forward in his recovery from a knee injury that occurred late in the season opener against the Philadelphia Eagles. According to  D. Orlando Ledbetter of  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Freeman was able to do enough in Thursday’s practice to be labeled as […]

Dontae Johnson may not be a household name for Seattle Seahawks’ fans, but the team certainly thought he had a chance to be. Signed this offseason by the team, many thought that Johnson would end up being the replacement for Richard Sherman. Obviously, that has not been the case and he is already on his […]

Chicago Bears head coach Matt Nagy says rookie wide receiver Anthony Miller won’t require surgery on his dislocated shoulder. Miller suffered the injury in Week 3 against the Arizona Cardinals. The 23-year-old is unlikely to play in Week 4 when the Bears take on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Soldier Field. #Bears coach Matt Nagy […]

The Los Angeles Rams are putting their undefeated 3-0 record on the line Thursday night against the Minnesota Vikings, though, their defense isn’t at 100 percent strength. Rams cornerback Aqib Talib has been recently placed on the injured reserve, while another corner, Marcus Peters, is still uncertain whether he can give it a go hours […]

Jake Butt may not have been a rookie this season, but he was playing in his first NFL action with the Denver Broncos. After missing the entire 2017 season, Butt was expected to come back this year and earn a big role in the offense. Unfortunately, it appears Butt is going to miss the rest […]

The Minnesota Vikings have a primetime matchup against the Los Angeles Rams on tap Thursday night that could have plenty of playoff implications down the road. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, the Vikings are expecting to have second-year running back Dalvin Cook on the field for the game. The #Vikings expect RB Dalvin Cook […]

The 2018 NFL season is still young, but the past three weeks of football have given us loads of clues about where most teams are headed, even some Super Bowl favorites. Teams like the Oakland Raiders, the Houston Texans, and the Arizona Cardinals are in for a long season if they can’t turn things around […]

Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald was widely considered the league’s premier pass rusher going into the 2018 NFL season. Unfortunately, he still has yet to record his first sack this season after three games. Some may be concerned with his inability to bring down the quarterback thus far. However, Donald knows it is only […]

Through the first few weeks of the season, the Seattle Seahawks have had some notable struggles on offense that have played a sizable factor in their slow start. With that in mind, the Seahawks could be getting one of their primary offensive weapons back in the mix in the near future with Pro Bowl wide […]

It has been a struggle out of the gate through the first three weeks of the season for the Arizona Cardinals, falling short in each contest. Within this slow start, there has been a notable lack of production from star running back David Johnson, and former head coach Bruce Arians blames their usage of him. Johnson’s […]

Through the first three weeks of the season, there has been plenty of attention on the NFL’s officials calling an abnormal amount of roughing the passer penalties on defenders. It has created much chatter around the league about needing clarity on what type of actions would draw a flag. The NFL Competition Committee put forth […]

Arizona Cardinals rookie quarterback Josh Rossen is set to take the field for his first career start on Sunday afternoon against the Seattle Seahawks. Ahead of Week 4 action, Rosen said his game hasn’t been modeled after any other quarterback in the league. Rather, he believes he has his own unique skill set and tendencies, […]