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Saturday night’s pay-per-view event (which we doubt many are going to pay to view) that will feature a smattering of current and former NFL players running forty yards in a straight line has nothing on a showdown that may be happening on Sunday. Via Heavy.com, Eagles receiver DeSean Jackson...

Getty Images Bengals head coach Zac Taylor opted to install the team’s offense to the entire group of offensive players rather than doing it in position groups and that was probably a good approach for Giovani Bernard. Bernard is still listed as a running back, but he spent the spring doing...

Getty Images Former NFL quarterback Anthony Wright was shot multiple times Monday, and is in the hospital. According to the Concord (N.C.) Independent Tribune, Wright was shot following an argument with his girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend. Wright was rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery, and...

Getty Images Ryan Shazier‘s goal is still a return to playing in the NFL, but the linebacker’s current role around the Steelers is limited to continuing his rehab and serving as an advisor to other members of the team. One of the players who is benefitting from Shazier’s mentorship is the guy...

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 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...

Domata Peko might prefer Los Angeles, but he might have to settle for Detroit. Since the Lions have, you know, shown interest in him and the Chargers and the Rams have not so far. Via Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press, Peko said in a TMZ.com video that he “had a nice visit” with the...

Getty Images The Broncos informed veteran defensive lineman Domata Peko in February that they would not try to re-sign him. No one else has tried to sign him, either. Still a free agent in mid-June, Peko tells TMZ that he hopes to keep playing. “I think I have a couple more years in the...

Getty Images A report on Tuesday indicated that the Saints and wide receiver Michael Thomas are “progressing” toward a new contract, but word on Wednesday is that there’s still a way to go. Jeff Duncan of NOLA.com reports that the two sides are “far apart” in negotiations for a new contract...

The Bengals will open this summer’s training camp with a practice in Dayton that will commemorate the first game in NFL history and attendance at that session will be open to the public. Fans in Cincinnati will also get chances to see head coach Zac Taylor’s first Bengals team on the practice...

Getty Images NFL Media has hired former receiver Andrew Hawkins, who will have a multi-platform role with the network. Hawkins, who begins in July, will host a variety of content on NFL Media’s digital and social channels, including new show formats and other engaging video-on-demand content...

Getty Images Marvin Lewis coached the Bengals for 16 years. He worked as an assistant in the NFL for 11 years before that. With nearly three full decades in the NFL, has it been a difficult transition for Lewis to leave pro football? “No, it has not,” Lewis recently told Zach Gelb of CBS...

The NFL will be celebrating its 100th season in a variety of ways this year, including a summer visit to the city that hosted the first game in league history. The Bengals announced on Monday that they will hold their first training camp practice at Welcome Stadium in Dayton, Ohio on July 27...

Getty Images Bengals running back Joe Mixon said recently that the team’s success is going to shock a lot of people this season. One person who won’t be shocked is his teammate A.J. Green. Green has talked often this offseason about the new feel and new energy around the team since Zac Taylor...

Through two NFL seasons, Bengals wide receiver John Ross has been a big disappointment, catching a total of just 21 passes in the two years since he was the ninth overall pick in the draft. But this year, Ross says, things feel different. Ross credited new Bengals head coach Zac Taylor with...

Getty Images Rookie contracts are easier to negotiate than in the past, so most teams aren’t waiting around to do them. With most of the league finishing up minicamps this week and packing away the gear until training camp, there are only 25 unsigned picks left across the league. The bulk of...

Zac Taylor didn’t invent the idea of keeping score in practice. The Bengals rookie coach is happy to admit bringing the idea with him from his days with the Rams, though he’s putting some of his own spins on it. Yesterday as they wrapped up minicamp, it was the first- and second-teamers...

Wide receiver A.J. Green returned to the practice field for the Bengals on Tuesday for his first work of an offseason that’s been spent rehabbing a toe injury, but his attention isn’t only on this week’s minicamp. Green said “it felt good just to get out there” and do individual drills after...

Getty Images The Bengals were hoping A.J. Green would be ready for training camp, and they’re actually getting a sneak preview this week. According to Geoff Hobson of the team’s official website, Green is planning to do individual drills with the other receivers and quarterbacks this week...

Getty Images The Bengals rebuilt their offensive line this offseason, and the cornerstone was first-rounder Jonah Williams. Williams may or may not be able to help at the moment, though. Via Katherine Terrell of ESPN.com, Bengals coach Zac Taylor said Williams was “dinged up” during last...