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• Giants' Darnay Holmes shares full story on viral sideline massage video from 2022 game vs. Packers in London

  07-07-2023 23:29 via cbssports.com
  
  The New York corner had his whole backside out while getting treatment for a thigh bruise late in the game
  
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• Anthony Blevins leaves Giants staff to join XFL

  07-07-2023 23:27
  
  Giants assistant special teams coach Anthony Blevins is leaving Brian Daboll's coaching staff. The XFL announced Friday that Blevins has accepted the job to become the Vegas Vipers head coach.Blevins was entering his sixth season with the Giants, and his fifth as assistant special teams coach.In 2021, Blevins also was the assistant linebackers coach, and in 2020, he was the team's assistant defensive backs coach. Blevins, 46, coached at four college programs before joining the Cardinals as assi
  
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• Bears' Justin Fields receives praise from team's new Pro Bowl LB: 'He makes guys around him better'

  07-07-2023 22:36 via cbssports.com
  
  Tremaine Edmunds is excited for what the offense has in store this year
  
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• Tom Brady lost almost $30 million in FTX stock, made urgent call to company during fallout, per report

  07-07-2023 22:12 via cbssports.com
  
  The FTX stock Brady reportedly received to endorse the company is now worthless
  
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• Joe Staley pushed 49ers to hire Kyle Shanahan in 2017, calling him "the next big thing"

  07-07-2023 21:51
  
  After going 2-14 in Chip Kelly's only season as coach, the 49ers were looking for stability. They had gone through three coaches in three years as they began their search in 2017.Offensive tackle Joe Staley, one of the team leaders that season, went to 49ers CEO Jed York to advocate for Kyle Shanahan as the 49ers' next head coach. "I was like, 'You have to make this happen,' " Staley said during an appearance on the Mojobreak Media podcast
  last week, via NBC Sports Bay Area. " 'Everything I&rsq
  
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• Alec Ingold wants Dalvin Cook to join Dolphins: "Competition breeds excellence"

  07-07-2023 21:34
  
  Even before the Vikings officially released Dalvin Cook, the Dolphins were a rumored suitor for the running back's services in 2023. Cook is still on the open market as a free agent. But one of the players who could block for him wants him to join the squad in Miami. "Man, we’ve got a plethora of backs right now,” fullback Alec Ingold said in an appearance on SiriusXM NFL Radio. “Especially with our [third]-round pick Devon [Achane], Raheem Mostert, Jeff Wilson, Myles Gaskin,
  
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• Laremy Tunsil: DeMeco Ryans has brought a whole new vibe to Texans

  07-07-2023 21:16
  
  The Texans were 11-38 the past three seasons with four head coaches, including interim coach Romeo Crennel. They have another new head coach this season in DeMeco Ryans.They also have a new quarterback, having finally put the Deshaun Watson era/scandal behind them.The additions of Ryan and No. 2 overall pick C.J. Stroud give the Texans hope for the future."It's a whole new vibe, man," left tackle Laremy Tunsil said Friday during an appearance
  on The Pat McAfee Show. "DeMeco came in with that en
  
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• Daytona International Speedway serious about hosting Jaguars home games

  07-07-2023 20:37
  
  Daytona International Speedway is serious about being the Jaguars home-away-from-home while the team's home stadium in Jacksonville is undergoing renovations.Speedway president Frank Kelleher said Daytona has studied the framework and structure of what a potential football setup would look like.“Myself personally and our team, we’ve spent some time in Jacksonville meeting with their leadership and a variety of follow-up phone calls with architects and engineers and design firms, you
  
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• For the Quarterback series, Andy Reid said his meetings with Patrick Mahomes could not be recorded

  07-07-2023 20:33
  
  Quarterback, the new show that debuts next week on Netflix, will provide an all-access look at the 2022 seasons of Patrick Mahomes, Kirk Cousins, and Marcus Mariota. With one big caveat. There won't be as much Big Red as there could have been.Chiefs coach Andy Reid insisted on no recordings of his meetings with Mahomes. It was his one condition, and the producers agreed.Peyton Manning, whose Omaha Productions partnered with NFL Films to create the series, shared Reid’s request/demand
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• During November 2022 collapse, Tom Brady made "urgent phone call" to FTX — and was snubbed

  07-07-2023 19:10
  
  Tom Brady had well-documented distractions during his final year with the Buccaneers (and, presumably, his final year in football). More details are emerging about one of them — the collapse of crypto trading platform FTX.Per the New York Times, Brady made an "urgent phone call
  " during last November's collapse to FTX executive Sina Nader, the head of the company's partnerships. Nader, who was in the middle of a crisis meeting with FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, didn't take the call."I ne
  
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• Ranking top 10 tight ends heading into 2023 NFL season, plus one underappreciated player on each AFC team

  07-07-2023 19:00 via cbssports.com
  
  Here's everything you need to know about the NFL for July 7
  
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• 2024 Super Bowl odds: Chiefs favored to win consecutive NFL titles; Eagles sit behind champs; Ravens get boost

  07-07-2023 18:10 via cbssports.com
  
  A look at the 2024 Super Bowl odds before the start of training camp
  
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• Former Pro Bowl punter Kevin Huber decides to retire just months after setting a Bengals franchise record

  07-07-2023 18:04 via cbssports.com
  
  The Bengals long-time punter has decided to call it a career
  
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• Northwestern suspends Pat Fitzgerald for next two weeks

  07-07-2023 17:57
  
  Northwestern has suspended head coach Pat Fitzgerald for the next two weeks after an investigation into hazing on the football team.The suspension is more symbolic than anything else, as there's not a lot of work for a college football coach to do at this time of year anyway. Northwestern's preseason practices don't start up until August.Still, it's a potentially relevant story to the NFL because Fitzgerald has been mentioned as a possible candidate to leave for a pro job, and the suspension co
  
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• Drue Tranquill explains how Andy Reid recruited him to Chiefs: 'Think red. Think red. Think Super Bowls'

  07-07-2023 17:24 via cbssports.com
  
  The former Chargers linebacker couldn't pass up the opportunity to join the AFC West rival
  
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• Andy Reid recruited Drue Tranquill with "think red" and "think Super Bowl" text messages

  07-07-2023 16:44
  
  Linebacker Drue Tranquill, a fourth-round pick of the Chargers in 2019, became a free agent in March, and he made the jump to a division rival.Appearing Thursday on NFL Network's Total Access, Tranquill explained the extent to which Chiefs coach Andy Reid got directly involved in recruiting Tranquill."I was really honored by the way the Chiefs pursued me, all the way from the front office down to the coaching staff," Tranquill said, via NFL.com. "Andy Reid literally texted me the morning of [wh
  
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• One underappreciated player on every AFC team for 2023 NFL season: Jets, Steelers safeties crack the list

  07-07-2023 16:17 via cbssports.com
  
  A look at some of the most underrated talent going into the year
  
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• Former Saints star Mark Ingram II joins Fox Sports as college football analyst after 12 seasons in NFL

  07-07-2023 15:55 via cbssports.com
  
  One former Saints player is replacing another in the broadcast booth
  
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• Johnie Cooks, former Super Bowl champion and Mississippi State star, dies at 64

  07-07-2023 15:51 via cbssports.com
  
  The linebacker went No. 2 overall to the Colts in the 1982 NFL Draft
  
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• Jalen Hurts finds thrill in never being satisfied

  07-07-2023 15:46
  
  For quarterbacks who have won a Super Bowl (like Aaron Rodgers), there's a real question that emerges regarding what comes next. For those who are still chasing that first one, there's no ambiguity. They won't be satisfied until they climb the mountain.Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts, who nearly got there in 2022, remains driven to make it happen. And he enjoys the torment that comes with it.“Everybody aspires to be the best and works to be the best, but ultimately you have to find some se
  
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• Ranking the NFL's top 10 punters entering 2023 season: Chiefs and Seahawks punters take the top two spots

  07-07-2023 14:49 via cbssports.com
  
  Wondering who the best punters are in the NFL? You've come to the right place to find out
  
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• DeAndre Hopkins rumors: Chiefs, Patriots and Titans all still in contact with free agent WR, per reports

  07-07-2023 14:34 via cbssports.com
  
  The former Pro Bowler, meanwhile, is trying to drum up his market
  
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• Ten NFL defensive players who could have biggest impact on 2023 season, including three AFC East stars

  07-07-2023 14:25 via cbssports.com
  
  Forecasting some of the top defensive difference-makers
  
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• Mark Ingram leaves the playing field for the TV studio

  07-07-2023 10:53
  
  Veteran running back Mark Ingram has announced that this season he'll be in the TV studio, not on the field.Ingram and Fox Sports released a statement saying that he'll be part of Fox's college football studio show for the 2023 season. Although the 33-year-old Ingram didn't specifically say he's retired from the NFL, it appears that his playing days are over."I can't wait to feel the energy and excitement every Saturday, alongside some of the most talented and entertaining names in our sport, a
  
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• Brett Favre claims he won't invoke Fifth Amendment in civil case regarding Mississippi welfare funds

  07-07-2023 06:02
  
  Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre continues to face a civil lawsuit arising from a Mississippi welfare scandal. He has not been accused of criminal misconduct.He apparently is very confident he won't be.Via A.J.. Perez of FrontOfficeSports.com, Favre's lawyers have indicated he will not invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination
  when testifying in the civil lawsuit. The comment was made in connection with an effort by Favre's lawyers to oppose a an effort by three other defe
  
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• Report: DeAndre Hopkins remains in contact with Titans, Patriots but signing not imminent

  07-07-2023 04:05
  
  The Cardinals released receiver DeAndre Hopkins on May 26, and he has remained a free agent since.Hopkins visited the Patriots and Titans, and Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports both teams remain interested. Pelissero added that the sides have had communication this week, but no signing is imminent.Hopkins wrote on social media
  Thursday that he will retire when he’s not a 1,000-yard receiver.“I’ll retire from football when I’m not a 1k-yard receiver,” Hopkins said
  
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• Looming federal legislation could allow D.C. to develop site of RFK Stadium for Commanders

  07-07-2023 03:28
  
  The looming departure of Commanders owner Daniel Snyder could open plenty of doors for the team. Specifically, it could open the door for a return to the site of RFK Stadium.According to the Washington Post, House Oversight Committee chair James Comer (R-Ky.) is planning to introduce legislation that "could ultimately allow D.C." to build a stadium for the Commanders or another mixed-use development project on the site of RFK Stadium. This would go a long way toward getting the team back in D.C
  
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• Report: Undisputed struggles to find a replacement for Shannon Sharpe

  07-07-2023 03:01
  
  Shannon Sharpe is out as the co-host of FS1's Undisputed. So who's in?No one knows.According to Michael McCarthy of FrontOfficeSports.com, Undisputed will be on hiatus on August 28, due to the struggles to find a replacement for Sharpe
  .Part of the problem is that Sharpe, a Hall of Fame tight end, left quickly. Part of the problem, reportedly, is that not many want to work with Skip Bayless, who calls the shots for the debate show.As one unnamed source explained it to McCarthy, the shutdown of
  
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• Former NFL linebacker Johnie Cooks dies at 64

  07-07-2023 01:24
  
  Former NFL linebacker Johnie Cooks died Thursday, Colts owner Jim Irsay confirmed on social media. Cooks was 64.Cooks became a star at Mississippi State, manning the middle of the defense and earning a spot in the Davis Wade Stadium Ring of Honor. Cooks and D.D. Lewis are considered the best Bulldog linebackers ever.The Baltimore Colts made Cooks the second overall pick in 1982, and he earned all-rookie honors his first season.He played 83 games with 74 starts over seven seasons with the Colts,
  
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• DeAndre Hopkins says he will retire once he's not a 1,000-yard receiver

  07-07-2023 00:54
  
  DeAndre Hopkins doesn't have a new home yet.The receiver remains a free agent and continues to wait for the right offer after visits to the Titans and Patriots.Hopkins, 31, has not had a 1,000-yard season since 2020, having played only 19 games the past two seasons, while missing 15 to a suspension and injuries. He made 106 receptions for 1,289 yards and 11 touchdowns the past two seasons combined.Hopkins, though, said Thursday on social media that he will retire when he's not a 1,000-yard rece
  
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