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Getty Images Longtime cornerback Aqib Talib announced his retirement Wednesday morning, despite what he said was an attractive job offer. The 34-year-old Talib went on IR for the Rams last October, and was then traded to the Dolphins to not play there. But he said that he got a call from “my...

Getty Images If Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady starts all 16 games this season, he’ll break a little-discussed but quite impressive NFL record. Brady has started 283 games in his career, putting him 15 games from tying and 16 games from breaking Brett Favre’s all-time NFL record of 298 games...

Getty Images The folks who create the video game that enjoys the exclusive license from the NFL not only has welcomed quarterback Colin Kaepernick back to the game but also has given him an 81 overall rating. That number is higher than the initial rating for more than half of the league’s...

Getty Images Panthers owner David Tepper remains the NFL’s richest single owner, according to the list of the 400 wealthiest Americans compiled by Forbes magazine. Tepper’s 41st on the overall list, with an estimated net worth of $13 billion. That’s the kind of wealth that allows you to pay...

Getty Images It’s believed that former Patriots quarterback Tom Brady wanted out of New England due in part to the failure of coach Bill Belichick to sufficiently praise the quarterback for his efforts. If that was the case with Brady, Belichick is definitely taking a different approach with...

Getty Images The Patriots used a third-round choice on running back Damien Harris in 2019. He saw action in two games, playing five offensive snaps and five on special teams and getting four touches for 12 yards. He will begin this season on injured reserve with a hand injury. Harris can...

Getty Images As the saying goes, when you have two quarterbacks you have none. So what do you have when you have no kickers? Obviously, you have two on your practice squad. That’s where the Patriots currently are, with neither veteran Nick Folk (pictured) nor rookie Justin Rohrwasser making...

Getty Images The Bills have clearly made progress since General Manager Brandon Beane and coach Sean McDermott took over in 2017. But they still haven’t won their own division since 1995, and that remains the goal as they enter the season. Via Marcel Louis-Jacques of ESPN.com, Beane said...

Getty Images The Patriots currently don’t have a kicker on their 53-player roster. They will at some point this week after some more roster shuffling. The Patriots cut both veteran Nick Folk and rookie Justin Rohrwasser this weekend. They re-signed both to the practice squad Sunday, the team...

Getty Images Patriots running back Sony Michel had to ease into practices at training camp after a spell on the physically unable to perform list, but he isn’t feeling like the lost time is going to keep him from contributing early in the regular season. Michel had foot surgery in the...

Getty Images Cam Newton‘s first game with the Patriots is less than a week away and there will be plenty of people watching to see how he fares in his new offense. Questions about Newton’s fit have been bouncing around since he signed with the team in July and Newton said on WEEI Monday that...

Getty Images Ryan Fitzpatrick is still the Dolphins’ starting quarterback. Dolphins head coach Brian Flores announced today that Fitzpatrick will start on Sunday at New England. That has been expected throughout training camp. The Dolphins made Tua Tagovailoa their first-round pick and future...

Getty Images It’s Labor Day, the unofficial end of a summer that began unofficially on Memorial Day. On Memorial Day, George Floyd was murdered. In the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder, a sense emerged that Colin Kaepernick was right all along, and that the process of moving forward would...

Getty Images Lamar Miller is the odd man out in the Patriots’ crowded backfield. Miller has been released as the Patriots make their way down to 53 players. New England also has Sony Michel, James White, Damien Harris and Rex Burkhead in the backfield, so Miller had a lot of competition for a...

Getty Images The Patriots are parting ways with two of this year’s draft picks as they make the cut to 53 players. Mark Daniels of the Providence Journal reports that the team has waived kicker Justin Rohrwasser. Rohrwasser was a fifth-round pick this year, but his departure from the roster...

Getty Images When word surfaced that the Patriots waived fifth-round pick Justin Rohrwasser on Saturday, the initial response was that veteran Nick Folk had won the team’s kicking job. Folk may well handle the kicking duties for the Patriots, but it’s not quite that simple. Jeff Howe of...

Getty Images And then there were nine. The Patriots have fewer than 10 wide receivers on the roster following the decision to drop Jeff Thomas, an undrafted rookie who signed with the team earlier this year. The move comes two days after the Patriots released veteran receiver Mohamed Sanu...

Getty Images The Patriots gave up a second-round pick during the 2019 season to get receiver Mohamed Sanu from the Falcons. Earlier this week, the Patriots cut Sanu. “Just one of those things that didn’t work out,” coach Bill Belichick told reporters on Friday. “I have a lot of respect for Mo...

Getty Images Patriots head coach Bill Belichick didn’t confirm that Cam Newton will start at quarterback in the season opener against the Dolphins when he spoke to reporters on Friday, but Newton certainly sounded like the starting quarterback when he held his own video conference. Newton was...

Getty Images Thursday brought a report that Patriots head coach Bill Belichick told the team that Cam Newton will start at quarterback against the Dolphins in Week One, but the team isn’t making their intentions public. Belichick said on a Friday video conference that “any conversations” at...