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The Washington Commanders are moving on from one of their recent first-round picks. Washington will send wide receiver Jahan Dotson and a fifth-round pick to the Philadelphia Eagles in exchange for a third-round pick and two seventh-round picks. The Eagles confirmed the deal on Thursday morning. The move comes a week after head coach Dan Quinn said publicly that several …

The unfortunate season-ending injury to J.J. McCarthy temporarily puts the Minnesota Vikings’ young franchise quarterback on the shelf until 2025, but the development plan should not change for the No. 10 overall pick in the 2024 draft.  Despite facing an arduous recovery from a torn meniscus will limit the rookie quarterback’s experience to film room sessions and chalk talks conducted …

Bears head coach Matt Eberflus gave a short update on defensive back Douglas Coleman III’s condition after Thursday night’s game in Kansas City. Coleman was loaded on a stretcher and carted off the field after being injured on the first play of the second half. Coleman was then taken from Arrowhead Stadium in an ambulance and Eberflus did not disclose …

Jets linebacker Quincy Williams is coming off a breakout season. Williams was voted a first-team All-Pro after recording 139 tackles, 15 tackles for loss, two sacks, an interception, 10 passes defensed, two forced fumbles, and a fumble recovery in his third season with the team. That performance lifted Williams’s profile to a new high and he made it clear on …

If the choice was up to Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, he would have played in Thursday night’s game against the Colts. That was the word from head coach Zac Taylor after the Bengals’ preseason finale was in the books. Taylor said that playing Burrow was “on the table at times,” but that the team ultimately opted to keep Burrow and …

Since acquiring Justin Fields, which came after they acquired Russell Wilson, the Steelers have placed Wilson in the “pole position” to win the starting job. Head coach Mike Tomlin has said it. Offensive coordinator Arthur Smith has said it. Do they believe it? The team still lists Wilson as QB1 on its depth chart. In two preseason games, Fields is …

Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford left practice last week with hamstring tightness, but he returned to the field this week and has not had any issues ramping back up to full participation. Stafford did team drills during Tuesday’s practice and head coach Sean McVay said that the quarterback was a full participant in Thursday’s joint practice session with the Texans as …

Coach Jim Harbaugh will have many roster decisions to make after leading his Chargers onto the field for their final preseason game. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) Heading into the preseason finale Saturday in Dallas against the Cowboys, the Chargers have determined most of their starters but a few key positions remain unsettled before the roster cuts to …

Belichick to the NFC East? Predicting the ex-Pats coach’s next move originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The upcoming NFL season won’t be the same without Bill Belichick pacing the sideline. Belichick spent the last 24 years as head coach of the New England Patriots, leading them to six Super Bowl titles and nine appearances. The 72-year-old’s illustrious tenure came …

Anthony Richardson started just 13 games in college before the Colts made him the fourth overall pick in the 2023 NFL draft, and then he started just four games as a rookie before he suffered a season-ending injury. So he needs all the live game experience he can get, and he got some more in Thursday’s preseason finale against the …

Every time you wrap up a draft with Yahoo Fantasy, a little birdy swoops into your email inboxes with a note critiquing your performance. Behold, your draft has been graded by the powers that be! But wait — somehow, inexplicably, despite totally dominating the draft and snagging all of your favorite players, you’ve earned a disappointing grade … maybe a …

The Panthers traded away one linebacker on Thursday and then they added a different one later in the day. Aaron Beasley has been signed to the 90-man roster in Carolina. The team traded seventh-round pick Michael Barrett to the Seahawks for cornerback Michael Jackson and they also announced that they have waived offensive lineman Badara Traore with an injury designation. …

After the Giants’ lackluster offensive performance last season – no doubt impacted by instability at the quarterback position – a theme emerged throughout the offseason for Big Blue: Create more explosive plays. “We’re trying to improve (and) create explosive plays and get the ball down the field,” quarterback Daniel Jones said in June. “Hitting the chances that we get… we’ve …

The Seahawks will play their healthy starters Saturday against the Browns, coach Mike Macdonald said Thursday. “Yes, so the plan is you’ll see a lot of starters to start the game,” Macdonald said, via video from Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times. “How many reps and all that, it’s kind of on a per-person type basis, but plan is to …

Ravens safety Kyle Hamilton appears to have avoided a serious injury in practice for the second time this summer. Hamilton spent time with the team’s trainers after going down during a drill at the team’s joint practice with the Packers. Hamiltion was matched up with Packers wideout Christian Watson on the play that ended with him holding his left hip. …