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Getty Images The NFL and NFLPA gathered for their fourth set of talks about a new Collective Bargaining Agreement on Wednesday and the schedule called for the meetings to last for three days. There was a change in plans, however, and the two sides wrapped things up after several hours of...

Getty Images Much has been written and said in recent days about the devaluation of the running back position. So I invited long-time agent Peter Schaffer (who has represented the likes of Barry Sanders and Eddie George, and who currently represents Joe Mixon) to appear on the #PFTPM podcast...

Getty Images Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield was critical of his former coach, Hue Jackson, for going to the division rival Bengals after getting fired by the Browns. With some time to reflect on that this offseason, Mayfield says he hasn’t changed his opinion. Mayfield told ESPN that...

Getty Images We’ve spent plenty of time the past couple of days talking about players being upset with their ratings in the new Madden game, and the motivation they have drawn from it. One player who shouldn’t be upset (and in turn has no basis for extra motiviation) is Rams running back Todd...

Getty Images The Vikings’ starting quarterback may be lurking in the low 80s, but their top two receivers are among the best in the league, according to the exclusively-licensed NFL video game. The folks at Madden have made Adam Thielen a 94 and Stefon Diggs a 93 in the new version of the...

The Bengals knew they needed to rebuild their offensive line, so using their first-round pick on a left tackle was a clear sign of the emphasis. Then, they lost him for the season. When rookie Jonah Williams was lost for the season to a shoulder injury, the Bengals are moving incumbent Cordy...

Getty Images Bengals coach Zac Taylor said he still liked his team’s depth, even after the loss of first-rounder Jonah Williams. They’re a little less deep, and much less experienced today. Via a statement from the team, veteran guard Clint Boling announced his retirement. He had missed all...

Getty Images Jeremy Hill expects to play this season. He just doesn’t know where. The running back remains a free agent as he rehabs from a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. Hill sounds optimistic he will receive medical clearance soon. “I think for me coming off a big ACL...

Getty Images Paul Brown Stadium, where the Bengals play, is owned by Hamilton County, which means the Bengals and the county have a financial arrangement. But the county doesn’t want the taxpayers to know all the details of that arrangement. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that the county is...

Getty Images Hue Jackson doesn’t have a job, the first time in 32 years he has a fall with nothing to do. He hopes it’s a one-year hiatus. Despite going 8-8 in one season as the head coach of the Raiders and 3-36-1 in 2 1/2 seasons in Cleveland, Jackson wants another chance. “Oh, yeah, I mean...

Getty Images With the Pro Football Hall of Fame working on a proposal that would expand next year’s class to 20 — in part to clear a backlog with a 10-man seniors class — some of those who slipped through the cracks suddenly have a better chance. For former Bengals quarterback Ken Anderson...

Getty Images Tony Romo hasn’t made a PGA Tour cut, but the fact that he has played in two PGA Tour events this year makes him the favorite to repeat in the American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament at Lake Tahoe this week. Caesars Sportsbook lists Romo with 5-2 odds with former...

Getty Images Bengals defensive end Carl Lawson has 9.5 sacks in his two-year NFL career, of which 2.5 came in the third game of his career, against the Packers. He wishes every quarterback would be as easy to get to as Aaron Rodgers was that day. Lawson said Rodgers has so much confidence in...

Getty Images Bengals defensive end Carl Lawson said in June that he isn’t stressing being ready for full activity at the start of training camp this month and that he would not get back on the field until he feels 100 percent recovered from last season’s torn ACL. Lawson’s goal was to be ready...

Ryan Fitzpatrick has played 14 NFL seasons, starting 126 games. The quarterback also is on his eighth team, with every team he’s played for looking to replace him. The Dolphins traded for Josh Rosen after signing Fitzpatrick. “There’s been a lot of shade and disrespect thrown my way for a lot...

Getty Images The 2019 hiring cycle saw the pendulum swing sharply in the direction of Sean McVay. More specifically, anyone who has worked with him, worked for him, and/or shared an elevator with him. Three of eight head-coaching jobs went to coaches with McVay connections, sort of. Two were...

Getty Images The man suspected of shooting former NFL quarterback Anthony Wright has been arrested. According to WCNC in Charlotte, William Hooker Jr. has been charged with attempted first-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a felon. Police claim that Hooker and Wright, who is dating...

Getty Images Bengals wide receiver John Ross said this offseason that there’s a “completely different” energy around the Bengals and there will be another change from the last two seasons as well. Ross is changing from No. 15 to No. 11 in a move that he said represents his bid to “start...

Getty Images Quarterback Baker Mayfield was the Browns player most visibly upset with Hue Jackson after Jackson was fired as the team’s coach last season and went to work for the Bengals, but he wasn’t alone in harboring bad feelings about the former coach. Tight end David Njoku was a guest on...

Getty Images Bengals first-round pick Jonah Williams had surgery to repair a torn labrum in his shoulder and the expectation is that he will miss the entire season while recovering from the injury. Offensive line coach Jim Turner said that the injury is an obstacle for Williams, but believes...