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Former Arizona Cardinals coach Steve Wilks testified in California on Friday via videoconference that he was given a burner phone by a team executive to communicate with General Manager Steve Keim during the then-GM's suspension from the league, according to a transcript of the deposition obtained by ESPN."It was a directive from Keim as well as Bidwill," Wilks said in the deposition, according to ...

MIAMI GARDENS — There was a point in the middle of Miami Dolphins training camp ahead of the 2023 season when coach Mike McDaniel added a Sunday practice to the schedule. The idea: Veterans shouldn’t get too many consecutive days off following a preseason opener where starters were rested.This practice, added within a week’s notice, could’ve easily been an opportunity for established players on the ...

This isn’t about getting over one’s skis because of some impressive play by a rookie during the NFL preseason. It’s more than that.Aidan O’Connell should be the Raiders’ No. 2 quarterback over Brian Hoyer to begin the season.Yes. O’Connell looked much better than a fourth-round pick out of Purdue in three preseason games, completing 70 percent of his passes with nearly 500 yards and three touchdowns. ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Bernhard Raimann was straining through a pass block deep in the backfield when he spotted something he never wanted to see.Anthony Richardson was standing nonchalant in the pocket, assuming a play in the joint practice between the Colts and Eagles was dead. But Derek Barnett thought otherwise, and the Eagles edge rusher swiped the football loose from Richardson's arms, scooped it up ...

28-35 minutes 8/29/2023C.J. Stroud is officially the Week 1 starter for the Texans. He began taking all the first-team reps in practice on Aug. 5. He started in all three preseason games. But what did the No. 2 overall pick out of Ohio State reveal? What can be expected from the franchise’s fourth opening-day starting quarterback in as many seasons?Here is a full breakdown of all 23 of Stroud’s preseason ...

FRISCO — Trey Lance is thankful for his time with San Francisco.He’s excited about his fresh start in Dallas.The third player taken in the 2021 draft doesn’t want to dwell on what didn’t happen with the 49ers. But it did lay the groundwork for what he’ll do with the Cowboys.“I learned a ton,’’ Lance said about San Francisco after going through a brief practice with his new team Tuesday afternoon. “Like ...

Could the Arizona Cardinals really decide to move on from Kyler Murray as their starting quarterback after this season should they end up with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 draft to select a new franchise QB in USC’s Caleb Williams?Oddsmakers project the Cardinals will finish with the worst record in the league and in addition owning their own first-round pick next year, they also have the Texans’ ...

7-9 minutes 8/29/2023NASHVILLE, Tenn. — It’s official, all you 53-man roster watchers: The Titans are keeping pass rusher Caleb Murphy, receiver Kearis Jackson and cornerback Anthony Kendall.Also official: Any extended discussion of those players, or guys such as Julius Chestnut and Dillon Radunz, probably means bad things for the Tennessee Titans in 2023. It’s fun to guess on rosters, watch guys battle ...

Nashville TennesseanThe Tennessee Titans have traded a 2025 seventh-round pick to the New England Patriots to acquire veteran kicker Nick Folk, pending a physical.The Titans have cycled through three kickers this training camp, waiving Trey Wolff, Caleb Shudak and Michael Badgley in the past two weeks. Folk will be the 16th kicker the Titans have had on roster since 2019.The Titans confirmed the trade ...

Nashville TennesseanOfficials say the North Carolina home owned by Tennessee Titans cornerback Caleb Farley that exploded last week — killing his father, Robert Farley, and injuring a second person — was caused by a natural gas leak.Kent Moore, the director of Iredell County Fire Services, said the point of origin for the explosion remains unknown.Further investigation into the explosion was stopped ...