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If you hate preseason football, then I have some fantastic news for you today: The preseason is about to be over. The final weekend is here, and after Sunday, there will be no more games and we’ll be going full steam ahead into the regular season.
The only downside to the preseason being over is that we’re going to have roughly two weeks to burn until the start of the regular season. My guess is that we’ll be spending those entire two weeks talking about Brandon Aiyuk trade rumors.
Speaking of Aiyuk, we’ll actually be covering the latest on him today, plus, we’ll be taking a look at some players who could be in line to have a breakout season.
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1. Today’s show: Predicting players who could have a breakout season
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Our new NFL podcast here at CBS Sports, “Pushing the Pile,” is finishing up its first week ever and it’s going out with a bang. For today’s show, Mike Renner and Kyle Long tried to pinpoint a few players who could have a breakout season in 2024.
Here is one player that each guy likes to break out this year:
Kyle Long: Sam Darnold. Long thinks that Minnesota might actually be the perfect situation for Darnold to thrive. “I think they’ve got a lot of the pieces here for Sam Darnold to step in. He’s a guy who’s been thrown to the fire in a lot of bad situations, he’s been to hell and back as a quarterback,” Long said. “But now, you’re throwing the ball to Justin Jefferson, you got that great protection. … I’m looking to see the Purple People Eaters get some ‘W’s with [Darnold].” Mike Renner: Anthony Richardson. Renner…
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Author : John Breech
Publish date : 2024-08-23 16:59:53
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