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Getty Images The Bills swapped out a pair of players Wednesday. The team announced the addition of defensive tackle L.T. Walton and tight end Nate Becker. Walton has spent the last four years with the Steelers. The former sixth-round pick has appeared in 36 games, with four starts. Becker...

Getty Images First-round picks who don’t get their fifth-year options picked up respond in different ways. Washington wide receiver Josh Doctson said this week that he’s taking no extra motivation from the team’s decision to pass on the option. Bills defensive end Shaq Lawson is taking the...

Getty Images The St. Louis Blues secured the ability on Monday night to play Gloria for the first time ever following a victory in a Stanley Cup Final game. This ritual of the Blues, who also play Country Roads during most games, caught our attention for a Tuesday PFT Live draft. The topic...

Getty Images With Illinois legalized gambling (or, as Simms would say, gambilizing) and with in-stadium betting approved for Soldier Field, Chicago becomes an extra-attractive location for sports. Given that the Chicago already has a pair of baseball teams and more than 2.7 million in town...

Getty Images When the Bills drafted Josh Allen last year, he walked in the door carrying a symbolic weight. When a team hasn’t had a long-term answer at quarterback since Jim Kelly, seeing a new guy with a big arm and some degree of swagger naturally stirs some memories. And since Kelly’s...

Getty Images The Jaguars officially signed wide receiver Terrelle Pryor on Monday and he hit the practice field with his new team for the first time. That starts a learning process that began for the rest of the team a couple of months ago, but the team won’t be trying to speed Pryor’s...

If the Bills will be building a new stadium in Buffalo, Erie County executive Mark Poloncarz will have a direct role in crafting the agreement that would entail the public contribution toward the new venue. In response to Monday’s comments from Commissioner Roger Goodell (which clearly were...

Getty Images On many days, the #PFTPM podcast bounces through any and all news that has emerged throughout the course of the day. On Monday, I actually took a few minutes (OK, a few seconds) to come out with a handful of specific topics to address before turning to your questions. The topics...

Getty Images Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll said recently that it has been “really beneficial” for Josh Allen to work as the starting quarterback for the entire offseason this year. Daboll cited the ability to work with the same receivers all the time as one of the benefits, but...

Getty Images While at Jim Kelly’s annual golf tournament in 2016, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said that he felt the Bills need a new stadium in order to remain in Buffalo “on a successful basis.” Goodell is back at Kelly’s tournament this year and his feelings about the stadium situation...

Getty Images The odds of making it to the NFL are incredibly slim. But not for the kids who 13 years ago belonged to the Cali Rising Stars track team. As explained by Jay Skurski of the Buffalo News, six of those 11- and 12-year-olds have made it to the NFL. One of the former Rising Stars is...

Getty Images Long-time NFL linebacker and assistant coach Pepper Johnson has landed in the XFL. The league announced Friday that Johnson will serve as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach of the XFL’s L.A. franchise. Johnson will work for head coach Winston Moss, who was recently named...

Getty Images Vince Young may still be unemployed, but at least he got the most recent set of charges against him reduced. According to Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle, the former quarterback had his driving while intoxicated charges reduced to a misdemeanor obstruction of a highway...

Getty Images We capped a solid week of PFT Live drafts with an idea inspired by the ongoing championship series in the NBA and NHL. Every other sport uses a best-of-seven format. If the NFL did, which Super Bowl losers would have won a best-of-seven series? Simms and I picked three each, and...

Getty Images Bills rookie linebacker Tyrel Dodson was reportedly arrested on Sunday after a domestic violence accusation. TMZ.com reports that the arrest was the result of a fight between Dodson and his girlfriend on Saturday in Scottsdale, Arizona. According to the police report, Dodson...

Getty Images Former Buffalo Bills defensive tackle Kyle Williams and partner Greg Berthelot made it to the match play portion of the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship before bowing out in the Round of 16. The 2019 championship was contested over five days at Bandon Dunes Resort in Bandon...

The Raiders think they’re rolling the dice on Richie Incognito. In reality, they could be playing with fire. The folks at BuffaloRumblings.com spotted this passage from the AP story regarding Oakland’s decision to sign Incognito: “A person with direct knowledge of the situation told The...

Getty Images One of the many new additions to the Bills offensive line will be missing some time due to a thumb injury. Spain got hurt during one of last week’s practices and had surgery to address the issue. Per multiple reporters, Spain is out indefinitely and the limited time left in the...

Getty Images The Bills were holding a quarterback competition at this time last year and that meant there was little consistency in the wide receivers that Josh Allen was working with from one practice to the next. Allen is the unquestioned starter this time around and offensive coordinator...

Getty Images The Raiders are flirting with acquiring a shiner on their good eye. The team’s latest calculated risk comes from the decision to sign offensive lineman Richie Incognito, giving him at least his second second chance. Or maybe it’s his third second chance. Or maybe it’s his second...