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Getty Images Football fans like the idea of more football. But do they really want more football? The next experiment begins in only two days. The XFL is back, after a 19-year absence. Fueled by the reality that people who will be placing legal sports wagers will need more sports on which to...

Getty Images Former Panthers tight end Greg Olsen‘s kicking off his world tour, and the weather can probably only get better the longer it goes. Via Joe Person of TheAthletic.com, Olsen will visit the Bills today, the first of many visits. He’ll also go see the Seahawks and Washington, as is...

Getty Images In a few brief moments, Derrius Guice has proven he can be a productive back in the NFL. The problem has been those moments are far too brief. The Washington running back told Matthew Paras of the Washington Times he’s hoping to be more available, after knee injuries limited him...

Getty Images Tight end Greg Olsen‘s long run with the Panthers officially came to an end when he was released on Monday, but Carolina was not the only team he’s played for during his NFL career. Olsen was selected in the first round of the 2007 draft by the Bears and he called Chicago home...

Getty Images The list of teams interested in talking to Greg Olsen is getting longer. PFT has learned, via a league source, that Olsen is set to visit with the Seahawks. That news comes a day after we learned that he’s also lined up visits with Buffalo and Washington. Those teams feature...

Getty Images In recent years, football teams that move on from certain employees (usually coaches) couch the decision as mutual. The Panthers recently did it tight end Greg Olsen. Olsen said Tuesday that it wasn’t really mutual. “I told them all along that if they wanted me back . . ...

Getty Images Ron Rivera may not be sending a check the next time his alma mater asks him for a donation. A new UC Berkeley study has found that the nickname used by the Washington NFL franchise is much more offensive to Native Americans that prior surveys have suggested. “Contrary to polls...

Getty Images With the Super Bowl in the books, the NFL is back in offseason mode today, and open for business. And for the teams at the top, that means the big focus will be the 2020 NFL Draft. After last night’s game, the rest of the order of the first round was filled in. There are still...

Getty Images Tight end Greg Olsen is a free agent after being released by the Panthers on Monday and his search for a new job will start with a couple of visits with old friends from his time in Carolina. PFT has confirmed that Olsen is set to visit Buffalo and Washington this week. Bills...

Getty Images Trent Williams vowed “never to be a Redskin again” last season when he didn’t play a single snap for the team. But a lot has changed since then. Team president Bruce Allen is gone, and the new head coach, Ron Rivera, has overhauled Washington’s medical staff. So could Williams...

Getty Images The confetti is still in the air in Miami, and there are people anticipating the Chiefs to enjoy it again in Tampa next year. Via David Purdum of ESPN.com, the Chiefs have already been installed as next year’s favorite to win Super Bowl LV. The Chiefs were given 6-1 odds for next...

Getty Images Super Bowl LIV is in the books and that means that the teams trying to supplant the Chiefs as champions can resume shaping their roster. Teams can resume cutting players, signing free agents and claiming players off of waivers on Monday. Trades will have to wait for the start of...

Getty Images It looks like veteran tight end Vernon Davis has decided to call it a career. During a bit on FOX’s pregame show, Rob Gronkowski said he had found a retirement crew to hang out with in Miami ahead of Super Bowl LIV. He introduced former Steelers and Patriots linebacker James...

Getty Images Case Keenum has conceded his future is “probably not” in Washington, and Colt McCoy is scheduled to become a free agent in March. After Dwayne Haskins made seven starts as a rookie, he is the presumptive starter for 2020. “I want to see him start taking the leadership mantle,”...

Getty Images Greg Olsen will not return to Carolina, he and the team agreed last week, but he may return to playing for Ron Rivera. Olsen would consider signing with Washington to reunite with Rivera, the Washington Post reports. The Panthers hired Rivera as their head coach in 2011, and they...

Getty Images The Chiefs became perennial Super Bowl contenders once Patrick Mahomes became one of the best young quarterbacks the league has ever seen. His predecessor, Alex Smith, has had a much different ride in the two seasons since the trade that sent him to Washington. Smith, speaking...

Getty Images Patrick Mahomes said earlier this week he ended up in the perfect place. The Chiefs quarterback sat behind Alex Smith for a season before becoming the starter and an MVP. Chiefs coach Andy Reid said Mahomes learned how to be a pro’s pro by watching Smith. “How to study, diet, his...

Getty Images The Rooney Rule was established in 2003 with an intent to give minority candidates more opportunities for head coaching and football operations jobs. But the league has come under fire after the current hiring cycle ended with only one minority candidate hired as a head coach...

Getty Images Seantrel Henderson wasn’t able to finish last season, but he’s looking for a new home. According to Field Yates of ESPN.com, Washington worked out the former Texans tackle Wednesday. Henderson played four games last year, starting one, before the Texans put him on the...