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Getty Images July is generally quiet around the NFL until training camps open at the end of the month, but there is a notable date on the horizon for a few players and teams. The deadline for franchise-tagged players to sign multi-year deals with their teams is on July 15. Six players received...

Getty Images Pro Football Hall of Fame president and CEO David Baker announced earlier this week that plans are in the works for a special Centennial Class of 20 inductees for 2020. Pending approval from the Hall’s board of directors Aug. 2, seniors candidates will take 10 spots on the ballot...

Getty Images During last year’s 8-7-1 season, the Vikings lost prime-time games against the Rams, the Saints, the Bears, and the Seahawks. This year, the Vikings have five more night games on the schedule. So why do they suddenly struggle under the lights? “I think it’s just because when you...

If health-related reasons weren’t already keeping former Seattle Seahawks defensive tackle Malik McDowell from playing football, his growing list of legal problems would probably be enough to keep him off an NFL roster. According to Mike Martindale of the Detroit News, McDowell is facing...

Getty Images Tom Brady and Peyton Manning recently reunited, more than three years after Manning won the last installment of their rivalry. Since then, we’ve been waiting for another rivalry of that type to emerge. It hasn’t. And perhaps it never will. The planets lined up perfectly for Brady...

Getty Images Former Seattle Seahawks owner Ken Behring died on Tuesday at the age of 91. “We are saddened by the loss of former Seahawks owner Ken Behring,” the Seahawks said in a statement. “We send our heartfelt condolences to Mr. Behring’s family and friends.” Behring bought the Seahawks...

Getty Images The XFL has been holding combine-style workouts in the eight cities that will host teams when the league launches next year and they were in Tampa over the weekend for the seventh round. Former NFL players turned out for the first six tryouts and there were more recognizable names...

Getty Images The Seahawks currently have some familiar names on their depth chart behind quarterback Russell Wilson. Assuming they don’t want to keep both Geno Smith and Paxton Lynch, the XFL may offer the odd man out a soft place to land. Commissioner Oliver Luck told Greg Auman of...

Getty Images As NFL teams make their preparations for training camps, we’re keeping tabs on which teams have the most practices open to the public — and which teams are restricting access. Here’s a look at how many open practices are being held by each of the teams that have announced their...

Getty Images Emory University Goizueta School of Business professor Mike Lewis sought to use statistical analysis to determine the NFL’s “best” fans. The study used the hard-core, religiously devoted fan as well as the casual fan, so those at the top of the list have more of the latter and...

Getty Images Inspired by the rookie of the year wager between Baker Mayfield and Saquon Barkley, Monday’s PFT Live looked at the 2018 rookies who will become second-year players in 2019. Which of them will make the biggest leap this year? Simms and I drafted three each, with Simms once again...

Getty Images Caesars Entertainment, the official casino partner of the NFL, has issued updated odds for the various teams to make it to the 2019 playoffs. The overwhelming favorites, to little surprise, are the Patriots. Installed as minus-850 propositions to qualify for the 12-team...

Seahawks rookie wide receiver DK Metcalf got a lot of attention before the draft for his impressive physique and his athletic ability, but what quarterback Russell Wilson likes best about him is the mental, not the physical, part of his game. Wilson was a quick study during offseason work, and...

Getty Images Former Seahawks quarterback Trevone Boykin has been arrested, stemming from charges from 2018. According to NBCDFW.com, Boykin has been charged with aggravated assault for an incident in which he allegedly broke his girlfriend’s jaw. He was booked in the Tarrant County Jail...

The Seahawks have had a revolving door of backup quarterbacks behind Russell Wilson for the last several seasons. Once Tarvaris Jackson’s three-year run as Wilson’s backup came to an end following the 2015 season, the Seahawks have had a different backup every year since. That run will continue...

Safety Earl Thomas finished up offseason workouts feeling like he’s in the “right spot” physically after breaking his leg last year and enjoying the company of “my type of guys” in the Ravens locker room. According to Thomas, learning the Ravens defense hasn’t been quite as fun. Thomas said...

Getty Images With Doug Baldwin’s release/probable retirement, Tyler Lockett has become the top option at wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks. Lockett is coming off the best season of his career for Seattle. With Baldwin hampered with numerous injuries, Lockett caught 57 passes for 965 yards...

Getty Images While Eagles fans are lamenting the fact that their favorite team plans to open only one training-camp practice to the public, Seahawks fans will be attending training-camp practices. The Seahawks will hold 12 open practices, via Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times. (That may or may...

Getty Images Due to their similar stature, comparisons between No. 1 overall pick Kyler Murray and Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson were inevitable. Both quarterbacks are comfortably under six feet tall and meld their combination of athleticism and passing prowess to lead their...

Getty Images Browns safety J.T. Hassell is a long shot to make the Browns’ roster, as an undrafted safety out of Florida Tech. But he’s used to people doubting him. Hassell was born with only two fingers on his left hand, and until last season many people would have assumed a person with that...