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Getty Images A year ago, Ted Ginn boasted he still was the fastest man in the league and challenged all comers in a “pole-to-pole race” for $10,000. The receiver, though, didn’t show up for the “40 Yards of Gold” to prove it. Ginn ran a 4.37-second 40-yard dash at the 2007 Combine while...

Getty Images The defending champion Chiefs don’t have much competition in their division and are overwhelming favorites to return to the playoffs this season. The odds at Caesars have the Chiefs at -1800 favorites to make the playoffs, by far the heaviest favorites to make the postseason of...

Getty Images Maybe it’s good that players and coaches currently aren’t in the same place. The news that future Hall of Fame running back Frank Gore has signed with the Jets brings together Gore with a defensive coach who once instructed his players to deliberately target Gore’s cranium...

Getty Images Teams have until 11:59:59 p.m. ET to decide on fifth-year options for the first-round picks from 2017. Some teams already publicly have committed. Based on media reports, others have made their decisions, too. Running back Christian McCaffrey, the eighth overall choice in 2017, is...

Getty Images The Saturday decision of quarterback Andy Dalton to sign with the Cowboys gave Dallas a veteran backup for the first time since Mark Sanchez in 2016. And while there are plenty of very good starting quarterbacks in the NFL, there aren’t a full complement of 32 capable understudies...

Getty Images Jameis Winston signed with the Saints last week, but he hasn’t forgotten his first NFL home. The quarterback continues to shower Tampa Bay with love. Winston donated $30,000 to eight Tampa Bay-area restaurants during the COVID-19 pandemic, WFTS reports. The donation will provide...

Getty Images The Saints have outed the Panthers as having a deal in place to sign Mississippi State quarterback Tommy Stevens, if Stevens went undrafted. The disclosure could land both teams in hot water. The Panthers are doing their best to escape the boiling pot. “We didn’t have a deal in...

Getty Images It’s a new tradition in these parts, one that keeps me a little less bored than I’d otherwise be on the slowest news day of the week. Hopefully, it keeps you a little less bored, too. Plenty of questions were submitted via Twitter. The best 10 are answered below. And we’ll do it...

Getty Images On April 21, the NFL reminded all coaches, General Managers, and player personnel directors of the bright-line rules regarding communications with prospects before and during the draft. On April 25, those rules once again were blatantly violated, probably by every single team. The...

Getty Images Jameis Winston signed a one-year deal with the Saints, who appear to have committed to Taysom Hill as the heir apparent whenever Drew Brees is ready to enter the TV booth. Signing with the Saints to backup Brees worked out for Teddy Bridgewater, though it took two years. Winston...

Getty Images The New Orleans Saints are signing former Indianapolis Colts defensive lineman Margus Hunt, according to Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle. It’s a one-year deal, per Mike Triplett of ESPN.com. Margus was released by the Colts in March after spending the last three seasons...

Getty Images The Bears added someone to catch passes who isn’t a tight end, even though he has hands like a guard. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, the Bears have agreed to a one-year deal with veteran receiver Ted Ginn Jr. They were looking for someone with speed, and the...

Getty Images The Saints have already invested heavily in the first Taysom Hill this offseason. But they also spent a 2021 draft pick on a guy who they think could become the next one, and managed to jam a division rival in the process. Via Jeff Duncan of TheAthletic.com, the Saints made the...

Getty Images Jameis Winston wanted a starting job when he hit free agency this offseason, but that didn’t materialize and he wound up signing a one-year deal with the Saints to back up Drew Brees instead. Winston told his Instagram followers on Monday that he was looking forward to getting a...

Twitter.com/CharlieSheen Having LASIK surgery this offseason should help Jameis Winston on the field. After he threw 30 interceptions last year, it can’t hurt. But it might also make New Orleans-area drivers and pedestrians safer. During his introductory video conference since signing with...

Getty Images Saints punter Thomas Morstead, an NFLPA executive committee member, is surprised only two active NFL players are known to have tested positive for COVID-19. Rams center Brian Allen and Broncos edge rusher Von Miller have talked about their positive diagnoses. Morstead’s coach...

Getty Images Jameis Winston once played with a Harvard-educated quarterback in Ryan Fitzpatrick. He now expects to get a Harvard-football education from Sean Payton and Drew Brees in New Orleans. That was a reason the quarterback decided to sign with the Saints. “Being a part of the New...

Getty Images Not only is Jameis Winston not going to get paid like a starting quarterback this year in New Orleans, he’s not even going to make as much as most second-string quarterbacks. Winston’s contract carries a base value of just $1.1 million, according to Field Yates of ESPN. That comes...

Getty Images Saints coach Sean Payton said over the weekend that the NFL has only 10 or 11 relevant teams at any given time. If he’s right (and he is), the challenge becomes identifying the 10 or 11 relevant teams. It’s easy to peg six or seven of them. It’s harder to identify the last few, at...

Getty Images It was close. It was closer. Now, it’s official. The Saints announced agreement on a one-year deal with Jameis Winston. He will backup Drew Brees and Taysom Hill. Saints coach Sean Payton has said the team will have all three quarterbacks active on game day, with Hill playing a...