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Getty Images We learned earlier this year that Kurt Warner’s storybook rise from stocking grocery shelves to winning a Super Bowl and being named NFL MVP is being made into a movie and that movie now has its leading man. Actor Zachary Levi has agreed to portray Warner in what he called an...

Getty Images Construction work on SoFi Stadium has continued through the COVID-19 pandemic and is nearing completion, but the number of infected workers has continued to rise. In emails obtained by the Los Angeles Times, Turner-AECOM Hunt, the group overseeing the construction of the new home...

TheRams.com SoFi Stadium announced on Wednesday that the largest videoboard in all of sports has been completed. It consists of 70,000 square feet and it stretches for more than 120 yards. It weighs 2.2 million pounds, and it has more than 260 speakers embedded in it. The wattage can power...

Getty Images California has experienced a resurgence of the coronavirus, and so the state that houses three NFL teams is taking more aggressive measures to slow the spread. Governor Gavin Newsom has ordered a shutdown in 19 counties of indoor operations at theaters, restaurants, wineries...

Getty Images As the NFL continues to monitor developments in other sports, the NFL may soon need to sit down. The NBA hopes to finish its 2019-20 season with a bubble approach in Orlando. One of the 22 teams that made the cut has had to temporarily slam the doors on their facilities. Adrian...

Getty Images The dance continues. Even if the footwork and the music rarely if ever match. NFL Media, owned and operated by the NFL, reported last week that multiple teams are interested in quarterback Colin Kaepernick. PFT reported in response that such interest has not resulted in any team...

Getty Images At a time when plenty of NFL quarterbacks are defying the medical advice of the league and the union to not participate in on-field workouts together before training camp, the guys who get paid to chase them around are heeding the recommendations. Broncos linebacker Von Miller...

Getty Images The NFL strongly believes that it’s much harder to transmit the coronavirus in an outdoor setting than in a confined indoor space. So what about domed stadiums, which technically are indoors? As a source with knowledge of the league’s thinking explains it to PFT, open-air stadiums...

Getty Images The league approved a measure to tarp off seats in the first several rows of each stadium to sell as advertisements, and more and more teams are coming to grips with the reality those might not be the only empty seats. According to Jourdan Rodrigue of TheAthletic.com, the Rams...

Getty Images Quarterback Jared Goff‘s play slipped in 2019, but that isn’t stopping the Rams from moving forward with him as the centerpiece of their offense. Running back Todd Gurley and wide receiver Brandin Cooks are playing elsewhere this season, which will make for a different look than...

Getty Images The NFLPA has advised players to stop working out together to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The reason? Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports that “around 10 NFL teams have reported positive coronavirus tests for at least one of their players.” Reports have indicated the Cowboys...

Getty Images Jets safety Jamal Adams wants out of New York. Obviously, he believes he’d benefit from a change of scenery. Which inspired Friday’s PFT Live draft: Which players currently in the NFL would benefit from being traded to a new team? Big Cat and yours truly drafted four players...

Getty Images Multiple NFL figures recently have been talking about Colin Kaepernick. The question now becomes whether the talk will lead to action. There’s still no reason to believe it will. Indeed, there’s no indication that anyone has actually reached out to Kaepernick or his...

Getty Images The NFL’s plan continues to be to hold the 2020 season as scheduled and that means training camp is set to start late next month. Assuming it does, NFL Films cameras will be at two camps to gather footage for this year’s edition of Hard Knocks. We learned some time ago that the...

Getty Images HBO announced the premiere date for this summer’s edition of Hard Knocks on Thursday and the show will be following the Rams and Chargers as they go through training camp. The head coaches of those teams joined a conference call after the announcement and the conversation veered...

Getty Images If the Chargers or Rams or 49ers play a game in front of any fans, those fans will apparently be wearing masks. California Governor Gavin Newsom just issued an executive order that required the use of face coverings “in common and public indoor spaces and outdoors when distancing...

Getty Images Free agent safety Marqui Christian got some bad news in March when a deal with the Jets fell apart and there’s more bad news for him on Thursday. Field Yates of ESPN reports that Christian has been suspended for the first two games of the regular season. The reason for the...

Getty Images The NFL has been thrown a curveball in 2020, and it’s unclear whether and to what extent the annual training-camp reality show will delve into the realities of the coronavirus. Via Ben Fischer of Sports Business Daily, whether Hard Knocks will include players being tested or the...

Getty Images President Trump revisited the Colin Kaepernick situation on Wednesday afternoon. On Wednesday evening, the issue came up again during an appearance on FOX News. “If he has the ability,” Trump reiterated regarding Kaepernick’s prospects for a return to the NFL. “Look, you know, he...

Getty Images The NFL’s offensive rookie of the year had enough of an impact to land at No. 12 in the Chris Simms top 40 quarterback countdown. Kyler Murray of the Cardinals earned that spot with a stellar first season that largely went unnoticed, primarily because the Cardinals were the...