Category: NFC

New San Francisco 49ers defensive assistant Brandon Staley (right), a former L.A. Chargers head coach, listens as Niners coach Kyle Shanahan talks during a practice on Thursday. Staley has rebooted his career after being dismissed by the Chargers last season before its completion. (Photo by JEFF CHIU, courtesy of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Staley hits reset as a Niners’ assistant

Did you hear the one about Brandon Staley shopping for orange juice, but he couldn’t get past the first aisle? That’s because it said “concentrate.” That’s just one of a dozen Staley jokes floating around the NFL about the young,

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Rookie Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams (center) struggled to complete passes in learning a new offense on Thursday in Bears' OTAs, several reports coming out of the session said. (Photo courtesy of ATHLONSPORTS.COM)
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Reports: Williams struggles in Bears’ OTAs

Well, here’s proof that even the No. 1 overall draft pick can have a bad day at the office. Apparently, new Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams did just that Thursday at an OTA practice, enough that he had to get

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Caleb Williams, the No. 1 overall pick of the 2024 NFL Draft, poses with his Chicago Bears jersey, held up by Commissioner Roger Goodell. Chicago coach Matt Eberflus announced Friday, in a complete shocker (sarcasm), that Williams will be the Bears' starter from the get-go this season. (Photo courtesy of BROBIBLE.COM)
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SHOCKER: Bears to start Caleb Williams

In the worst-kept secret in the history of the world, Chicago bears head coach Matt Eberflus announced Friday that No. 1 overall draft pick Caleb Williams will be the Bears’ starting quarterback in week one of the 2024 season (Bears

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Roger Goodell, the commissioner of The National Football League, will welcome everyone to the 2024 NFL Draft in Detroit, Michigan, at 8 p.m. Eastern, 7 p.m. Central. (Photo courtesy of YAHOO! SPORTS)
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2024 NFL Draft (formerly NFL DRAFT LIVE!)

EDITOR’S NOTE: This was a real-time update on the 2024 NFL Draft. Read back through it to see TFB editor/publisher Mitch Lucas’s thoughts as they happened on the first round. OK, we’re officially live. The 2024 NFL Draft begins at

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The set at Detroit, Michigan for the 2024 National Football League Draft, to be held over three days, beginning Thursday, and televised live on several different networks. The Football Beat will be on live, with real-time updates, beginning shortly before round one of the draft Thursday night. The draft officially begins at 8 p.m. ET, 7 p.m. Central. (Photo courtesy of MYLIFEINSIGHT.COM)
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The Football Beat’s ONLY 2024 Mock Draft

Everybody and their brother does a mock draft these days. We decided to chime in. Last year, our editor / publisher – well, that’d be me – got 11 of the 32 picks exactly right. So I decided to throw

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The Dallas Cowboys will pick up the fifth-year option for edge rusher Micah Parsons (above), although Parsons and the team are still working on a long-term extension, as well as a contract extension with receiver Cee Dee Lamb. (Photo courtesy of TRENDRADARS.COM)
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Cowboys to pick up Parsons’ fifth-year option

The Dallas Cowboys have picked up the fifth-year option for a fairly-popular member of their roster, you might say. The Cowboys have picked up the 2025 fifth-year option on edge rusher Micah Parsons, the franchise said Wednesday afternoon. But the

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Retired NFL quarterback Tom Brady, on track to become a part of FOX NFL coverage this fall, a seven-time Super Bowl-winner, has said he'd be open to resuming his playing career if a team called him late in the upcoming season. (Photo courtesy of YAHOO! SPORTS)
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Brady open to late-season comeback

Do the kids still say, “OMG?” We may ALL be saying “OMG” if this deal goes down. In the latest from the world of the GOAT (that would be the “greatest of all time” definition of the GOAT, not the

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LSU quarterback and Heisman Trophy-winner Jayden Daniels (above) was one of 13 players confirmed by the NFL on Thursday that will be on hand for the first round of the NFL Draft in Detroit on April 25. (Photo courtesy of GETTY IMAGES)
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13 prospects confirmed to be on hand for draft

The potential perils of sitting in the “green room” and dropping like a rock in front of the entire world on television (or streaming online) for all to see have driven NFL prospects away from the NFL Draft. And who

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