Category: NFL

Running back Cam Akers (shown here against the Arizona Cardinals) has been traded from the Los Angeles Rams to the Minnesota Vikings. (Photo courtesy of USATODAY.COM)
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Rams trade Akers to Vikings

Well, well, well – that’s an awfully-deep subject. So’s this one: the Minnesota Vikings have traded for running back Cam Akers, late of the Los Angeles Rams. ESPN reported the trade early Wednesday evening (Vikings bolster run game, get RB

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Bears defensive coordinator Alan Williams resigns

Chicago Bears defensive coordinator Alan Williams has stepped down, according to a report on NFL.com. Williams released a statement, which the site released in part here (Bears defensive coordinator Alan Williams resigns from position with team (nfl.com). The Bears (0-2)

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Jacksonville quarterback Trevor Lawrence (above) and the Jaguars will host the Kansas City Chiefs today at noon on CBS (Photo courtesy of THE SAN DIEGO TRIBUE)
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Week 2 NFL schedule, and TFB picks

The young man pictured above – that’d be Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence – can do something huge today: he and his teammates, playing at home, can drop defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City into an 0-2 hole, if they

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Cincinnati receiver Ja'Marr Chase (right) had only five catches for 39 yards in a 24-3 loss at Cleveland last week. Chase and the Bengals host Baltimore this Sunday. (Photo courtesy of VNEXPLORER.NET)
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Chase, Bengals aim to get rolling vs. Ravens

Ja’Marr Chase seems to be ashamed of the Cincinnati Bengals’ performance in the team’s week one loss at Cleveland. Boy, he’d better be. It was definitely ugly. Chase, the Bengals’ receiver and prime target for quarterback Joe Burrow, was candid

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Jones, Kelce will play for KC vs. Jaguars

The Jacksonville Jaguars will definitely have to contend with tight end Travis Kelce and defensive tackle Chris Jones when the Kansas City Chiefs roll into town on Sunday. ESPN reported Friday that both Kelce, who suffered a hyperextended knee before

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Indianapolis Colts rookie quarterback Anthony Richardson reacts after scoring his first career NFL touchdown on Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Jaguars left Lucas Oil Stadium with a 31-21 win, however. (Photo courtesy of JENNA WATSON – THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR)
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Richardson has ups and downs, Jags take the win

Jacksonville “feels” like one of those franchises ready to take the next step, with a quarterback in Trevor Lawrence that’s improving each game, a head coach in Doug Pederson that has already won a Super Bowl, an addition of a

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