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    Ravens will be in Pittsburgh on Thanksgiving

    Getty Images The AFC North’s premiere rivalry is set to be a featured attraction on Thanksgiving night. The Ravens released their schedule for the 2020 season on Thursday and it shows that they’re slated to be in Pittsburgh to face the Steelers. The Ravens beat the Steelers twice on their way...
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    Joe Burrow and Baker Mayfield headline Thursday night in Week Two

    Getty Images First overall pick Joe Burrow will be making his first Thursday night appearance in Week Two of the regular season if all goes according to plan. The Bengals are set to be in Cleveland as the Thursday Night Football slate gets underway. Baker Mayfield got his first NFL win on a...
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    Bengals add Joe Burrow to short list of NFL’s untradable players

    Getty Images The Bengals regard Joe Burrow as untouchable, months before he ever officially touches an NFL football. That’s the ultimate meaning of Duke Tobin’s remarks about the team’s unwillingness to give up the top spot in the 2020 draft to any team that may have wanted to select the 2019...
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    Vegas odds have Joe Burrow passing for more yards than any of last year’s rookies

    Getty Images Bengals rookie quarterback Joe Burrow is poised for a big season, if the Vegas odds are to be believed. The over-under for Burrow’s passing yards this season is 3,764.5 at Caesars Sportsbook. If Burrow hits the over he’ll top any rookie from last year. In 2019, Cardinals...
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    Bengals “weren’t moving off that first pick” with Joe Burrow available

    Getty Images We don’t know if anyone made a serious offer to the Bengals for the No. 1 overall choice. Or what the best offer was that Cincinnati received. The Bengals aren’t telling, either. “We don’t talk publicly about offers. We really weren’t interested in trading it anyway,” Duke Tobin...
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    Andy Dalton: I understand my role, backing up Dak Prescott

    Getty Images Andy Dalton’s only interaction with Dak Prescott came after a regular-season game in 2016 and a preseason game in 2018. But one of the first things Dalton did after signing with the Cowboys earlier this week was to text Prescott. Dalton told Prescott he was available to help in...
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    Seventeen players will have fifth-year options exercised

    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...
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    Andy Dalton says Dallas is “best opportunity for this year” to set up his future

    Getty Images Andy Dalton started for most of the past nine seasons in Cincinnati, taking the first snap in 133 of a possible 144 games after the Bengals drafted him out of TCU. Now, Dalton will serve as Dak Prescott‘s backup. In an appearance on The Adam Schefter Podcast, Dalton said signing...
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    Andy Dalton protects Cowboys against a Dak Prescott training-camp holdout

    Getty Images Andy Dalton may never be the starting quarterback in Dallas, but to the extent that the Cowboys need a starting quarterback before the season starts, Dalton could be it. Dalton’s arrival gives the Cowboys a QB1 during Dak’s decision not to participate in the virtual offseason...
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    Andy Dalton gets a shot at the open market in 2021

    Getty Images With plenty of interest in his services, quarterback Andy Dalton has opted for a spot on the Cowboys’ depth chart for a season. Given that starter Dak Prescott has never missed a game, Dalton’s best-case scenario will be to serve as an understudy and get himself ready for a crack...
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    Half of the 2017 draft Top 10 picks had their fifth-year options declined

    Getty Images The Top 10 of the 2017 NFL draft had some notable misses. That’s why half of the Top 10 picks had their fifth-year options declined. Generally speaking, a player who has performed up to expectations will have his fifth-year option picked up, while a player who has fallen short...
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    Andy Dalton signing before Cam Newton isn’t a surprise

    Getty Images Some have asked how and why a quarterback like Andy Dalton could find another job before a quarterback like Cam Newton. On the surface, it definitely seems odd; Newton is a former MVP and, when healthy, he’s one of the best quarterbacks in the league. But “when healthy” is one of...
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    Yet another Sunday PFT mailbag

    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...
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    Andy Dalton thanks Cincinnati in goodbye post

    Getty Images Andy Dalton spent nine seasons in Cincinnati. Dalton replaced Carson Palmer upon arrival as a second-round draft choice. Palmer held out and retired before the Bengals traded him to the Raiders during the 2011 season. His first five seasons, Dalton went 50-26-1 and led the...
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    Report: Bengals decline John Ross’ fifth-year option

    Getty Images The Bengals made John Ross the ninth overall choice in the 2017 draft, the final selection before the Chiefs took Patrick Mahomes and three choices before Deshaun Watson went to Houston. Ross hasn’t lived up to it, and thus, it comes as no surprise that, according to Adam Schefter...
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    Cowboys sign Andy Dalton

    Getty Images Andy Dalton is heading back home to Texas. Dalton, who grew up in Texas and played his college football at TCU, is signing a one-year deal with the Cowboys, PFT has confirmed. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the deal guarantees Dalton $3 million and gives him the opportunity to...
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    Andy Dalton: No trade because teams knew Bengals would release me

    Getty Images The Bengals released quarterback Andy Dalton on Thursday in a move that came after the team made an effort to trade their longtime starter. The Bears were thought to be a potential landing spot, but they dealt for Nick Foles instead and Dalton was left with no other trade options...
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    Marvin Lewis on Andy Dalton: “Wherever he ends up, he’ll be an asset”

    Getty Images In each of the first five years of Andy Dalton‘s career, the Bengals made the playoffs. His coach for those five seasons, and three after that, was Marvin Lewis. Lewis spoke to PFT by phone on Friday regarding Dalton, who was cut by the Bengals on Thursday. “Wherever he ends up,”...
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    Bengals re-sign Josh Tupou

    Getty Images Defensive lineman Josh Tupou is back with the Bengals. The Bengals announced that they have re-signed Tupou on Friday afternoon. It’s a one-year, $2.133 million contract for Tupou, who was tendered as a restricted free agent at the original round level. Tupou initially joined the...
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    Will the Patriots make a play for Andy Dalton?

    Getty Images Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton is available. Few starting jobs are. For one team, however, questions have lingered regarding the guy at the top of the depth chart. In New England, Jarrett Stidham is the guy. And reports from March indicated that the Patriots weren’t interested in...
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