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Another week, another round of NFL preseason action. And you can tell things are heating up around the league, whether in battles for roster spots and starting jobs or in anticipation of the real games around the corner. Which players and teams stood out during the Week 2 slate of exhibition matchups? Here are some of the top highlights: Bo …

The Jets signed defensive tackle Jaylen Twyman on Sunday, the team announced. Twyman played for the UFL’s San Antonio Brahmas this spring. He entered the NFL as a sixth-round pick of the Vikings in 2021. Twyman spent his first two seasons on Minnesota’s roster before joining Miami’s practice squad in October 2022. He has not played a regular-season game. The …

Football coaches are typically pretty consistent when commenting on players who don’t show up for training camp. They’re concerned with the guys who are there working and practicing. That was the view Tampa Bay Buccaneers Todd Bowles took with edge rusher Randy Gregory, who reached an agreement with the team to be released this week. Gregory never reported to training …

It’s unclear when Matthew Stafford will rejoin the Los Angeles Rams in practice, but head coach Sean McVay says he isn’t worried about his quarterback’s health at this point in the preseason. Stafford left the Rams’ joint practice with the Dallas Cowboys last week due to hamstring tightness, and he didn’t practice the next day as a result. He also …

Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterAug 18, 2024, 07:59 PM ET CloseRyan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. With the collective futures of Philip Broberg and Dylan Holloway in question, it appears the Edmonton Oilers may have found at least one solution Sunday when they acquired forward Vasily Podkolzin in a trade with the Vancouver Canucks. The Oilers received …

Getty Images The Pittsburgh Steelers figure to lean heavily on the ground game under new offensive coordinator Arthur Smith in 2024. They might be shorthanded in the remaining lead-up to the regular season, however, after veteran Jaylen Warren left Saturday’s preseason game with a hamstring injury. The injury is expected to sideline Warren for several weeks, putting his status for …

Getty Images The Pittsburgh Steelers have suffered a hit to their offensive line. Veteran interior offensive lineman Nate Herbig has suffered a torn rotator and could miss the entire regular season, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Herbig suffered the injury during Pittsburgh’s final training camp practice.  Herbig, 26, was in line to be the Steelers’ starting center. That job will …

USATSI PHILADELPHIA — A physical day of practice for the Philadelphia Eagles led to their starting right guard leaving early in the team drills. Mekhi Becton left practice with a right leg injury, as the Eagles starting right guard appeared to be favoring that side when he headed into the locker room. While that did cause a bit of a …

Deebo adorably reveals which family member is next NFL star originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Give it a decade or two and you might see another versatile player with the last name Samuel playing for the 49ers. Speaking to Kay Adams on the “Up & Adams” show, Deebo Samuel was asked if he was helping scout the next …

USATSI Peyton Manning is a Hall of Fame quarterback, and he’s also pretty good when it comes to ranking the best current players at his old position.  Speaking at Fanatics Fest, Manning was asked to name his top five quarterbacks currently in the NFL. In order, here’s a rundown of Manning’s picks and what he said about each quarterback.  Manning’s …

It’s a new era in New England. Now, when the top personnel in the football department speak to reporters, the answers consist of actual words and not monosyllabic non-answers and/or grunting. Most recently, executive V.P. of player personnel Eliot Wolf broke from the longstanding Belichickian refusal to talk about anyone under contract elsewhere by answering two questions about 49ers receiver …

The Vikings played a preseason game on Saturday without quarterback J.J. McCarthy, who will miss all of 2024 with a knee injury. After the win at Cleveland, coach Kevin O’Connell was asked about whether the news will have a “galvanizing effect” on the team. “I think guys are pretty confident in Sam Darnold,” O’Connell told reporters. “I do. When Nick …

Williams misses another 49ers preseason game amid contract holdout originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SANTA CLARA — All-Pro left tackle Trent Williams remains on the reserve/did not report list for the 49ers’ second preseason game of the summer. And his fine money continues to pile up. Williams’ total fines have reached more than $3 million due to his …

Safety Justin Simmons is officially a member of the Falcons and wide receiver James Washington is officially off the team’s 90-man roster. The Falcons announced Simmons’s agreement on a one-year deal with the team on Sunday. They also announced that they have released Washington. Washington signed with the Falcons in late July and did not catch a pass in either …

It remains unclear if Matthew Stafford will return to practice this week as he continues to deal with a hamstring injury. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) That tightness in quarterback Matthew Stafford’s hamstring? The twinge Rams coach Sean McVay described as a “little something” initially? It’s looming as a larger issue. Stafford was sidelined for most of the …