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    Chargers will have 17 open practices at training camp

    Getty Images The Chargers again will hold training camp at Jack Hammett Sports Complex in Costa Mesa, California. After not hosting fans last summer because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the team will have 17 practices open to the public. That includes a season-ticket member FanFest and open...
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    Austin Ekeler likes Chargers putting pressure on him to perform

    Getty Images Chargers running back Austin Ekeler took some time this offseason to research new offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi and he liked what he saw. Lombardi used to work for the Saints and Ekeler liked what he saw when it came to the team’s usage of running back Alvin Kamara. Ekeler...
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    Could the Dolphins be the Tom Brady “motherf–ker” mystery team? (I doubt it)

    Getty Images Before Tom Brady made his first foray into free agency, the Patriots feared one potential destination about all others. The Dolphins. Imagine Brady, staying in the division, reuniting with former New England assistant Brian Flores, and tormenting the Pats for the next two or...
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    Some in league circles believe the Raiders are the Tom Brady mystery team

    Getty Images The first slow week of the NFL offseason also featured Tom Brady dusting off his 2020 free-agency tour by pointing out that an unnamed team that wasn’t interested “at the very end” of the process was instead “sticking with that motherf–ker.” Whether Brady meant to do it or not, it...
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    Source: Bears weren’t the team Tom Brady was referring to

    Getty Images Colin Cowherd insists that Tom Brady was talking about the Bears when explaining that a team was interested in him late in the 2020 free-agency process before deciding against signing him and (as Brady put it) “sticking with that motherf–ker.” Per multiple sources with direct...
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    Report: Steelers in talks with Trai Turner

    Getty Images The Steelers released right guard David DeCastro on Thursday, and DeCastro reportedly is evaluating his future. It explains why the Steelers had veteran guard Trai Turner in for a visit last week. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports the Steelers are in talks with Turner’s...
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    NFL to accept bids for Scouting Combine as of 2023

    Getty Images The clock continues to tick on the Indianapolis hammerlock on the Scouting Combine. Anthony Calhoun of WISH-TV reports that the NFL will open bidding for hosting the annual underwear Olympics as of 2023. Indianapolis has been the home of the event since 1987. It will host the...
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    Who was Tom Brady referring to with his “motherf–ker” remark?

    Getty Images The question has swirled throughout the NFL for the past 24 hours. Who is the “motherf–ker” to whom Tom Brady is referring in his comments regarding a team that lost interest in signing Brady last year because they were “sticking with” the other guy? Speculation has centered on...
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    Justin Herbert: Chargers’ new offense puts more on the quarterback, that’s what I like

    Getty Images Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert thinks he’ll be asked to do more this year, and he’s happy about that. Herbert said that under new head coach Brandon Staley and offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi, he’ll be asked to do more at the line of scrimmage and understand more...
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    Chargers want Justin Herbert to be a coach on the field

    Getty Images Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert had a fantastic rookie season and Drew Brees made it clear recently that he has all the physical tools necessary to be a star in the NFL for a long time. As Brees knows, however, physical tools are not the entire story. Quarterbacks have to...
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    Jared Cook: “We probably got better talent here than we had in New Orleans”

    Getty Images Tight end Jared Cook has been around for a while. A third-round pick back in 2009, he recently signed with the Chargers — his sixth team for his 13th pro season. He spent the last two years playing with New Orleans, long one of the league’s top offenses led by head coach Sean...
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    Chargers signing Matt Seybert

    Getty Images The Chargers are adding a tight end. Per Tom Pelissero of NFL Media, Los Angeles is signing Matt Seybert, who was a recent participant in the Spring League. Seybert played his college ball at Michigan State after transferring from Buffalo. He caught 26 passes for 284 yards with...
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    Chargers sign Michael Bandy, Damon Lloyd

    Getty Images When word broke that the Chargers would sign former Spring League defensive lineman Willie Yarbary on Thursday, the report noted that the team was likely to make other moves to the back end of their roster this week. The Chargers announced all of those moves on Friday. In addition...
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    Joey Bosa: Brandon Staley’s defense is an adjustment

    Getty Images Brandon Staley landed the Chargers head coaching job based on his work as a defensive coordinator with the Rams and his move to the other Los Angeles team means some changes are coming for the Chargers Defense. The extent of those changes will become clearer later this year...
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    Nasir Adderley looking for breakout season

    Getty Images Chargers defensive back Nasir Adderley injured his hamstring four games into his rookie season and missed the final 12 games. In 2020, Derwin James‘ season-ending knee injury in training camp forced Adderley to try to play catch up. Adderley now is healthy and hoping the third...
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    Report: Chargers are expected to sign Spring Leaguer Willie Yarbary

    Getty Images The Spring League is wrapping up its season this weekend and one of the league’s players is reportedly set to move into the NFL ahead of training camp. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that the Chargers are expected to sign defensive lineman Willie Yarbary. Yarbary was on the...
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    Drew Brees: Justin Herbert’s physical tools are as good as anybody I’ve ever seen

    Getty Images It’s been a long time, but Drew Brees was back in the building. Technically, it’s a different set of four walls, since the franchise has relocated up the California coast since he last played for it. But Brees was on hand at the Chargers facility Wednesday for Los Angeles’...
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    Justin Herbert has been vaccinated, uses his biology background to advise teammates

    Getty Images At a time when some NFL quarterbacks are choosing not to talk about whether they’ve been vaccinated, Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert had no qualms about getting the shot — and no qualms about saying so. Via Joe Reedy of the Associated Press, Herbert told reporters on Wednesday...
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    Travis Kelce: AFC has good teams all over the place

    Getty Images Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce said recently that he thinks they and the Browns are “definitely neck and neck” when it comes to teams who can contend in the AFC, but that doesn’t end the list of teams that are on his radar heading into the 2021 season. Kelce was asked about that...
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    Report: More than half of NFL players are vaccinated, but four teams lag behind

    Getty Images The NFL’s 32 teams have done their best to educate players about the benefits of the COVID-19 vaccine. The league isn’t requiring vaccines for players but is encouraging them by relaxing its COVID-19 protocols for players who are vaccinated and for teams with 85 percent of all...
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