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Eddie Brown's fantasy football Week 7 start/sit
R-E-L-A-X.
So you lost Aaron Rodgers for the rest of the season? Relax.
(The man himself would advise this.)
I know you're feeling like the fantasy gods have spited you, but relax, because this is the season to stream quarterbacks.
Fantasy owners who drafted Andrew Luck have likely been doing it since Week 1, when they started Alex Smith or ...Read more
Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater: 'I definitely believe I'll play this year'
From the day he took that ambulance ride out of 9520 Viking Drive to Wednesday's practice, Teddy Bridgewater spent 59 weeks thinking, wondering and working toward this moment.
So it wasn't all about how much he did with the Vikings on his first day back, it was that he did anything.
"Just being able to get back on the football field 1/...Read more
Panthers QB Cam Newton declines to talk to media, could face fine from NFL
Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton declined to talk to the media Thursday for the second day in a row, leaving the face of the Panthers' franchise subject to a possible fine.
Players who fail to fulfill their media obligations are subject to discipline under the "conduct detrimental to the league" clause. Former Seattle running back ...Read more
Steelers' Mitchell fined more than $48,000 for hit on Chiefs' Smith
Steelers safety Mike Mitchell was fined $48,620 for his low hit Sunday on Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith. The hit occurred in the fourth quarter of the Steelers' 19-13 victory at Arrowhead Stadium.
Mitchell did not speak with reporters Thursday afternoon, but Ramon Foster, the Steelers' player rep for the NFL players' association, was not ...Read more
Greg Cote's Week 7 NFL picks
Finally! A positive week. Well, positive on a scale of maybe-this-damned-slump-has-ended-at-last. The 8-6 mark straight-up actually was solid in a brutal week. For example, it would have led the 11-person ESPN Experts Panel, where the records ranged from 7-7 to 4-10. Against the spread we rolled a thumbs-up 7-5-2, with a pair of games off the ...Read more
Rams are reaping returns from receiver Pharoh Cooper on special teams
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Almost every time her son prepares to field a kickoff, when nerves overcome Tanya Cooper and it gets to be too much, she defaults to a tried-and-true game plan.
She turns her head to look away and asks her husband, Glenn -- or anyone else nearby -- an urgent question.
"What did he do? What did he do?"
Last Sunday at ...Read more
NFL diversity report shows small gains for black coaches, GMs
From the owner's box to the sideline, white men occupy most positions of authority in the National Football League, according to the latest report from The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) at the University of Central Florida. Twenty-six of the league's 32 teams have a white general manager. Twenty-four have a white head coach...Read more
NFL doesn't change policy on national anthem; next draft will be held in Dallas
NEW YORK -- Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones always has been a maverick.
Jones did deals with Nike and Pepsi when the rest of the NFL went with Reebok and Coke. He wasn't a contrarian but a trendsetter, because where he went the rest of the league would typically follow.
That is not the case with his position on making it mandatory for players...Read more
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Sam Farmer's Thursday night NFL pick
KANSAS CITY (5-1) AT OAKLAND (2-4)
When: 8:15 p.m. EDT, CBS, NFL Network.
Line: Chiefs by 3.
Over/under: 47.
Sam Farmer's pick: Amazing that the Raiders, once a vogue Super Bowl pick, have lost four in a row. But that's not a fluke. Chiefs should bounce back after a sobering loss to Pittsburgh. Still, close. Chiefs 21, Raiders 17
(c)2017 ...Read more
Greg Cote's Thursday night NFL pick
CHIEFS (5-1) at RAIDERS (2-4)
Line: KC by 3.
Cote's pick: KC 27-17.
TV: 8:25 p.m. EDT, CBS/NFLN.
Kansas City, the NFL's final unbeaten team, fell last week, and have the '72 Dolphins ever celebrated earlier in a season or with less fanfare? Oakland comes in more desperate to this Thursday nighter that kicks off NFL Week 7, but this is a ...Read more
49ers' Eric Reid will kneel, but perhaps not for much longer
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Eric Reid said Wednesday he will continue to kneel during the national anthem but that he was optimistic the NFL soon will provide alternative platforms that will allay his and other players' need to protest.
Reid spoke one day after he and other players met with Commissioner Roger Goodell and a handful of owners, ...Read more
Ravens have disputed hit that led to Breshad Perriman's concussion
The Ravens might not have Breshad Perriman for Sunday's road game against the Minnesota Vikings because of a concussion, and they are unhappy about how the starting receiver suffered the injury.
Coach John Harbaugh said before Wednesday afternoon's practice that the team has turned film in to the NFL of Chicago Bears rookie safety Eddie Jackson...Read more
Panthers' Kuechly edges forward in concussion protocol; Benjamin leaves practice
The Carolina Panthers received a good bit of news Wednesday concerning one of their injured defensive players, while another one edged forward in the concussion protocol.
Safety Kurt Coleman, who's missed two games with a sprained knee ligament, returned to practice and could be on track to play Sunday at Chicago. When Coleman was injured ...Read more
Mike Zimmer on Teddy Bridgewater's return: 'We still don't know where it's going to go'
Before quarterback Teddy Bridgewater suited up for his first practice in nearly 14 months on Wednesday, Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer wanted to temper expectations.
For a coach often preaching not getting "too high or too low," it makes sense, even more so considering how far Bridgewater has come and how far he has yet to go.
"I think ...Read more
NaVorro Bowman expected to debut for Raiders Thursday night
ALAMEDA, Calif. -- NaVorro Bowman will "probably" play Thursday night against the Chiefs, Raiders' coach Jack Del Rio said with a smirk on Wednesday, not wanting to officially declare the inevitable that Bowman plays.
Bowman signed with Oakland on Monday after the 49ers released him last Friday. Del Rio said previously that it wasn't out of the...Read more
Rams' Donald wants pay to catch up to his play
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Just down the road from the resort where the Los Angeles Rams are staying this week, there is a white two-story building that features a large logo for CAA Sports, the company that represents linebacker Alec Ogletree and defensive lineman Aaron Donald.
It's almost like the Rams can't escape the fact that an impasse exists ...Read more
NFL players, owners begin discussing anthem protests, other issues knowing they won't 'change overnight'
NEW YORK -- Russell Okung wasn't required to take a red-eye flight from the West Coast so he could attend Tuesday's unprecedented meeting between NFL players, owners and executives, but he felt it was his duty.
"I feel very fortunate to have the seat at the table," said the Chargers offensive tackle, who flew from the West Coast, less than 48 ...Read more
Brad Biggs' Week 7 NFL power rankings
Last week's ranking in parentheses.
1. Eagles 5-1 (8). Modest free-agent additions like running back LeGarrette Blount, cornerback Patrick Robinson and defensive end Chris Long have paid big dividends.
2. Chiefs 5-1 (1). The NFL's last unbeaten fell but they can get back to winning ways Thursday night at Oakland.
3. Patriots 4-2 (6). Shook ...Read more
Ezekiel Elliott gets temporary restraining order, will play Sunday against 49ers
Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott is eligible to play again as a New York judge granted his motion for a temporary restraining order blocking the six-game suspension for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy.
It means that Elliott will be back at practice Wednesday and be on the field when the team resumes play Sunday against ...Read more
Days later, Chiefs QB Alex Smith still hot about hit
Two days after it occurred, Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith still isn't happy about the hit he took to the back of his knees from Steelers safety Mike Mitchell.
"I felt like it was extremely late," Smith said. "I felt there was nothing done there (by Mitchell) to avoid contact. It was really low from the back side. I thought it was about as ...Read more
