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Getty Images Buccaneers receiver Mike Evans practiced on Friday. It’s still unclear whether he’ll play on Sunday at New Orleans. Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians told reporters on Friday that Events likely will be a game-time decision, due to a hamstring injury. This suggests that Evans will...

Getty Images It’s a season of new things for Tom Brady. He’s playing for the Buccaneers after two decades with the Patriots, so he’s getting used to a new coach, new teammates and new conference as the regular season gets underway. He’ll also get the rare chance to play the role of regular...

Getty Images The Saints added defensive back P.J. Williams to their practice report Thursday. Williams was limited with a hamstring injury. Williams is listed as Marcus Williams’ backup at free safety on the team’s depth chart. He started eight of the 14 games he played last season. The rest...

Getty Images As the Saints and Titans closed in on signing defensive end Jadeveon Clowney, other teams became motivated to try to get him, if only to avoid competing with the team that ultimately acquired one of the top disruptors in the game. Per a source with knowledge of the situation, one...

Getty Images The Saints keep winning games, only to lose in gut-punch fashion in the playoffs. And while that’s a testament to the longevity of quarterback Drew Brees and the talent around him, he knows they can only go to that well so many times. And even though he hasn’t declared this his...

Getty Images Wednesday’s PFT Live included a draft with a slight twist: Offensive player of the year candidates, but with quarterbacks omitted. Not that the quarterbacks historically have dominated the award. Over the last 48 years, quarterbacks have won it 20 times and running backs have won...

Getty Images Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians said on Tuesday that running back Leonard Fournette will have a “solid role” on offense for the first week of the regular season, but he couldn’t say the same of wide receiver Mike Evans on Wednesday. Evans was the only player on the Bucs who did...

Getty Images The Saints attempted to land Jadeveon Clowney. They didn’t get him. They might have a need for him Sunday. The Saints released their first injury report of the season and Marcus Davenport is on it. The pass rusher did not practice with an elbow injury. They list Trey Hendrickson...

Getty Images The Saints kept two punters on their initial 53-player roster. They now are back to veteran Thomas Morstead as the lone punter on their 53-player roster. Rookie punter Blake Gillikin was placed on injured reserve Wednesday after missing practice with a back injury. The move was...

Getty Images It’s hard to argue with Tom Brady‘s training methods. He is 43 and entering his 21st season, his first with Tampa Bay. Brady co-founded TB12, which advocates a holistic approach to health and wellness. Saints coach Sean Payton is sold on TB12’s water. He’s just tired of Brady...

Getty Images The Saints and running back Alvin Kamara continue to negotiate a new contract. Which means that they continue to not get a new contract done. Which means that the clock continues to tick toward Week One. Wednesday becomes an important day in the tick-ticking to Tampa Bay’s visit...

Getty Images With Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey at $16 million per year and Bengals running back Joe Mixon at $12 million per year, where will Saints running back Alvin Kamara land if/when he works out a new contract? Here’s the range to watch: Five years, $70 million. That would...

Getty Images Two players were removed from the COVID-19 list Tuesday. The Falcons announced earlier in the day they activated defensive end Steven Means back to the roster. The Panthers now have announced defensive back Derrek Thomas is off the reserve list. Carolina also announced, though...

Getty Images Panthers owner David Tepper remains the NFL’s richest single owner, according to the list of the 400 wealthiest Americans compiled by Forbes magazine. Tepper’s 41st on the overall list, with an estimated net worth of $13 billion. That’s the kind of wealth that allows you to pay...

Getty Images The Saints and running back Alvin Kamara are getting close to a contract extension. The two sides are “extremely close” to a “lucrative” extension, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN. There’s been talk in recent days that Kamara, who is heading into the final year of his rookie...

Getty Images Yes, the Saints inquired with the league about the possibility of a sign-and-trade that would have allowed them to get defensive end Jadeveon Clowney by purchasing via draft-pick compensation the extra cash and cap space needed to get the deal done. The league said that it would...

Getty Images Saints running back Alvin Kamara didn’t want to say too much about his contract — or the lack thereof — but he did have something to get off his chest. Via Mike Triplett of ESPN.com, Kamara insisted that his recent absences from practices had nothing to do with any feelings about...

Getty Images Last year, Teddy Bridgewater served as the primary backup to Saints starting quarterback Drew Brees. This year, Taysom Hill has been installed as No. 2 on the team’s depth chart. Hill has leapfrogged Jameis Winston, the first overall pick in the 2015 draft. Winston signed with the...

Getty Images Last week, there has been hope that the Saints and running back Alvin Kamara would have a new deal in place by Monday. Monday is almost over, and there’s no deal yet. Per a source with knowledge of the situation, the Saints and Kamara are still working on a getting a deal done...

Getty Images The Seahawks offered defensive end Jadeveon Clowney earlier this year. Clowney didn’t accept it. The Seahawks nevertheless remained in the conversations up until the very end. “He’s a good player and it was a long, long offseason in terms of trying to figure out how that was gonna...