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Getty Images There’s a “B” side to the mess into which Dan Orlovsky recently wandered by passing along anonymous negative opinions from teams about quarterback Justin Fields. Teams spread bad things about players they really like in the hopes those players will slide. Teams also spread good...

Getty Images Former NFL center LeCharles Bentley has landed a job in the league office. The NFL announced on Friday that Bentley has been named senior advisor of player performance and development. He will advise executive vice president of football operations Troy Vincent and work with youth...

Getty Images The Chiefs are signing free agent fullback Michael Burton to a one-year deal, Herbie Teope of the Kansas City Star reports. Burton will replace Anthony Sherman, who retired earlier this offseason. Burton, 29, spent last season with the Saints, playing 15 games with four starts...

Getty Images When the NFL last expanded the regular season in 1978, the bump from 14 to 16 games represented 14.28-percent growth. The move from 16 to 17 now equates to a 6.25-percent increase in the games that count. Relative to the last time, then, the current addition of one game won’t mean...

Getty Images NFL owners have approved a 17-game schedule for the 2021 season and that means each team now has a new opponent on their schedule. The 17th game will be an inter-conference game each season and teams the conferences will alternate hosting duties. The AFC will host the games in...

Getty Images A report came 10 days ago that Saints safety Marcus Williams was signing the franchise tag. It didn’t officially happen until Tuesday. The transaction wire also makes official the team’s signings of Nick Vannett and Tanoh Kpassagnon. The franchise tag guarantees Williams $10.612...

Getty Images The phrase “game manager” for a quarterback can be viewed as a derogatory term. It gives off a sense that a quarterback can’t make the big plays required to propel him team to be truly successful. However, when you’re Jameis Winston and the last time you were a full-time starter...

Getty Images New Orleans is close to bringing in a new defensive end. NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport reports the Saints are finalizing a two-year deal with Tanoh Kpassagnon. Kpassagnon was a second-round pick in 2017 and spent his first four seasons with the Chiefs. He played a limited rotational...

Getty Images Count Saints running back Alvin Kamara among those not in favor of 17 games. “Sh-t dumb . . . as hell,” Kamara said on Twitter in response to the non-news news that owners will expand the regular season by one game this week. The players voted last year on a labor deal that gave...

Getty Images Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore was arrested on Thursday in Cleveland, but his attorney says there’s an innocent explanation. “Mr. Lattimore, a proud Cleveland native with no prior criminal record or history, is fully cooperating with law enforcement’s investigation of this...

Getty Images Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore was arrested Thursday night in Cleveland on suspension of possessing a stolen handgun. On Friday, Lattimore was charged with a fourth-degree felony of receiving a stolen firearm, NFL Media reports. Lattimore waived his preliminary hearing, and...

Getty Images Quarterback Chase Daniel is signing a one-year deal with the Chargers, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports. Daniel’s deal has $1.5 million in guarantees remaining from his contract with the Lions. He played for the Bears in 2018 when new Chargers head coach Brandon Staley was an...

Getty Images Wide receiver T.Y. Hilton has played with three different starting quarterbacks over the last three seasons with the Colts. He’ll catch passes from a fourth in 2021. During an appearance on The Pat McAfee Show, Hilton told his former teammate that he’s been in contact with Carson...

Getty Images Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore was arrested late Thursday night in Cleveland. Adam Ferrise of Cleveland.com reports that Lattimore was booked into the Cuyahoga County Jail on a charge of receiving stolen property. Formal charges have not been filed at this time. Records from...

Getty Images Free agent cornerback T.J. Carrie spent some time in New Orleans on Thursday. According to multiple reports, Carrie visited the Saints. It’s the first reported visit for Carrie since free agency began last week. Carrie played 15 games and made two starts for the Colts last...

Getty Images Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore has been arrested for receiving stolen property. The stolen property was a loaded gun. Per multiple reports, Cleveland police say that Lattimore was found to have a loaded handgun in his possession, and that handgun was later determined to be...

Getty Images For five years, Jameis Winston was Tampa Bay’s quarterback. Selected at No. 1 overall in 2015, Winston became the Buccaneers’ all-time franchise leader in yards passing and in touchdowns. But Tampa Bay decided to move on after Winston’s rollercoaster 2019, in which he led the...

Getty Images The Broncos cut blocking tight end Nick Vannett on Tuesday. He agreed to terms on a three-year deal with the Saints on Wednesday, Mike Garafolo of NFL Media reports. Vannett, 28, appeared in 15 games last season but played only 34 percent of the offensive snaps. He made 14...

Getty Images Former Saints linebacker Alex Anzalone will start his 2021 on a new team with some familiar faces. Per NFL Media’s Mike Garafolo, the Lions are signing Anzalone to a one-year, $1.75 million deal. That means Anzalone will reunite with head coach Dan Campbell, who was New Orleans’...

Getty Images Not long ago, the NFL treated gambling like a used syringe overflowing with liquified bubonic plague. Now, the NFL is shooting anything and everything gambling related straight into its arteries. The latest example of the unlikely marriage between pro football and gambling comes...