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The trip down memory lane by Jon Gruden and the Raiders was enticing, but the less they stay in the 2000s, the better they'll make their final years in Oakland.

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The talk of Marcus Mariota regressing in his third season grew in the first half against the Chiefs, then were silenced as he led an epic rally.

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The time and market are right for the Chiefs to move Alex Smith and promote Patrick Mahomes, as planned. Kansas City just didn't expect the time to arrive so fast.

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Drew Brees spread the wealth around for the Saints, while Cam Newton was almost all the wealth the Panthers had. That's why the Panthers are done.

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The Bills and Jaguars are set for an AFC wild-card showdown. Here are our picks and predictions for Sunday's playoff game.

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The Falcons and Rams play Saturday for a chance to advance in the playoffs. Here are our picks and predictions for the NFC wild-card game in Los Angeles.

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Finding a new quarterback will be harder for the Cardinals than replacing Bruce Arians, because they never had anyone to take the reins from Carson Palmer.

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The Colts have had lots of time to ponder who will replace Chuck Pagano as head coach. Don't be shocked if team owner Jim Irsay shoots for the moon, also known as Alabama's Nick Saban.

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Now that Jim Caldwell is out after four years, here's who the Lions could be looking for to be their next head coach. Hint: Think inside the state, and in the college ranks. And khaki.

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What do the Ravens, with John Harbaugh and Joe Flacco in place for 10 years, do next? Sunday's crushing loss left them out of the playoffs for a third straight year.

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All year, the Bills looked like they couldn't get out of their own way. After the Nathan Peterman debacle, they came on strong and ended 17 years of futility.

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Our NFL picks and predictions for Week 17 feature the exact scenarios Seattle and Los Angeles need to make the playoffs.

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Those who have watched Mitchell Trubisky develop as a rookie are impressed by how quickly he has taken command. The Bears might just have themselves a special quarterback.

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The Eagles needed to prove they could stay afloat with Nick Foles on Monday night, and they failed. Four possible playoff foes and their QBs surely noticed.

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All the fun the Jaguars had beating up Seattle and Houston was washed away by the 10-loss 49ers. It didn't convince anyone they were ready for the playoffs.

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The Rams, Todd Gurley and Sean McVay have gotten better as the season has evolved, and with the NFC West clinched, more rewards should be coming.

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Our Week 16 NFL picks and predictions feature a happy holiday for Cleveland, except for those planning an 0-16 parade. Atlanta will be festive, too, after the Falcons beat their arch-rivals in New Orleans.

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The scoreboard the last two weeks doesn't tell the story of how the Seahawks have mentally melted down. That's now who they've been, so they need to fix it.

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What Jerry Richardson reportedly did as owner of the Panthers makes him at least as foul as Donald Sterling. The NBA finally threw Sterling out. How brave is the NFL?

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Our Week 15 NFL picks and predictions feature lead changes in both West divisions, as both the Los Angeles Chargers and Seattle get massive wins over division rivals.

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There have been few examples of running QBs who have come back from blown ACLs, and with mixed results. But the history is mostly good news for Carson Wentz and the Eagles.

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Antonio Brown and the Steelers' offense rained points on the Ravens on Sunday night. Would you bet against them in a shootout, in Week 15 or in the playoffs?

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NFL watchers should not still be asking, "Do they even have a concussion protocol?" The Texans' handling of Tom Savage raised too many questions and provided too few answers.

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The Browns' first game after John Dorsey's hiring was a heartbreaker. It also was a reminder that Cleveland's new general manager is in position to reap his predecessor's harvest.

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Our Week 14 NFL picks and predictions feature more embarrassment for New York. Plus, Jacksonville establishes itself as a legit playoff contender with a big win.

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These teams have gone overboard every time they've met since 2015, to the tune of nearly $300,000 in fines, multiple suspensions and catastrophic injuries.

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No matter which path the Giants take to fix the mess they created, New York could struggle to fill the coach and GM jobs with its preferred people.

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A Ravens defense that has caught lots of breaks had a big one go against it with Jimmy Smith's injury. Joe Flacco and the offense, time to join the party.

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The gap between the Eagles and the rest of the NFC seemed so big at times this season, but not any more. One play in Seattle epitomized the gap closing.

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In our Week 13 NFL picks and predictions, the schedule gives us a post-Thanksgiving feast. The main dish will be the Panthers-Saints rematch in the NFC South.

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Bench your quarterback when you're still a wild-card team? Onside kick in the season opener? The difference between being in and out of the playoffs is that thin.

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The Cowboys' offense was better in the second half against Washington, than in all three games Ezekiel Elliott had missed. Hello, Dak Prescott and Alfred Morris.

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It started falling apart for the Giants when they shoved out Tom Coughlin. His replacement, Ben McAdoo, is adept at finding human shields, even a franchise icon like Eli Manning.

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As late as Sunday afternoon, the Packers loomed as a good bet to be the Browns' first victim. Then Brett Hundley went crazy and altered the schedule.

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Alex Smith might be Andy Reid's guy in KC even in tough times, but Donovan McNabb was once his guy, and Reid benched him. Stay loose, Patrick Mahomes.

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It was a matter of time before the Jaguars' No. 1 defense couldn't hold up Blake Bortles any longer. But he's all Jacksonville has, and so it will sink or swim with him.

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Here are our Week 12 NFL picks and predictions.

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Starting 0-4 did not doom the Chargers; with the thorough beating they handed the Cowboys on Thursday, they've crept back into the AFC West race.

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Nathan Peterman's flop in Buffalo is just the latest example: The Patriots' AFC East rivals continue to embarrass themselves while chasing an answer to Tom Brady.

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Fake field goals. Real kickers who miss field-goal kicks. Pete Carroll is on the hook for both. He also should get credit for having the Seahawks in contention despite so many injuries.

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The Raiders are too talented and have too much motivation to have come out so flat in their blowout loss to the Patriots. Oakland is wasting its slim playoff hopes.

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The Saints' upcoming schedule will test them, but they've passed every one over the last eight weeks, and none were tougher than Sunday's against Washington.

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Our NFL picks and predictions for Week 11 feature a shootout in Minnesota, plus a key NFC tilt in Seattle.

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Honk if you'd take Tyrod Taylor over your team's quarterback right now. Too bad the Bills are, once again, unsatisfied with him.

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The Giants might tear things up and start all over again, but how (or if) they do it depends on whether they commit to Odell Beckham Jr. They have to decide soon.

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Sunday was the first of several weeks Dallas would be without Ezekiel Elliott. But Washington couldn't capitalize, and that's par for the course.

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It's an unfamiliar formula the Saints are using, but it worked perfectly Sunday in Buffalo, and now the Saints are breathing down the Eagles' necks in the NFC.

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Our picks and predictions for Week 10 of the NFL season feature a blowout in Denver, plus more demise for San Francisco and Cleveland.

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The Buccaneers have raised a lot of questions as they have gone from 9-7 last year to 2-6 halfway through this season. Tampa Bay can no longer hide from its issues.

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Was the state of the Bengals the reason A.J. Green went after Jalen Ramsey Sunday? You can't blame him if it was. They're falling and dragging him down with them.

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The Seahawks need to play perfect to win, and they're far from perfect. Their home loss to Washington highlighted every shortcoming they have.

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Our NFL picks and predictions for Week 9 feature a close win for Kansas City in Dallas, plus a blowout win for Philadelphia over Denver.

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Brock Osweiler is back where he began in the NFL: starting for the Broncos. Three teams have had a piece of him since March, but did any of them benefit?

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The Patriots keep running a quarterback development program and flipping the prospects. Tom Brady still excels while his backups become assets.

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One more time: Do the Panthers even like Cam Newton? They took away yet another offensive weapon, in the middle of a season that could go either way.

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Kirk Cousins and the 49ers seemed like the perfect match ... until they weren't. He could still stay where he is next year, but lots of teams should now look.

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It's a miracle (better known as Russell Wilson) that the Seahawks are in the hunt with their terrible offensive line. The Duane Brown trade improves Seattle instantly.

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NFL player protests took on a new dimension Sunday when the Texans hit back at team owner Bob McNair. There's no more delusion about the gulf between the two sides.

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Tom Brady admits the Patriots are leaving points on the field, as they did against the Chargers. But New England is still near the top of the AFC entering its bye.

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Our picks and predictions for Week 8 of the NFL season feature a major upset in New England, plus more woes for San Francisco and Cleveland.

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Does the NFL want to get rid of hits like Kiko Alonso's to the head of Joe Flacco on Thursday night, or doesn't it? It's hard to tell after officials let Alonso stay in the game.

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Thursday night was a quarterback emergency, but both the Dolphins and Ravens passed on Colin Kaepernick as a solution months ago. Their decisions could still haunt them.

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The way Carson Wentz played Monday night, the sky might be the limit for the Eagles. Before and after star left tackle Jason Peters went down, Wentz kept them up.

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The Bears' two years of ineptitude made many forget about John Fox's resume. Two straight wins and a 3-4 record are reminders that the Chicago coach knows his stuff.

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The Cardinals tried to wring one more year out of Carson Palmer, and with him, one more run at a Super Bowl. They can stop running now that Palmer is injured again.

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Our Week 7 NFL picks straight up feature some déjà vu for Atlanta in New England, plus a game of survival for Dallas against San Francisco.

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The NFL should have followed Jed York's lead on kneeling and raising awareness long ago. The owners can still do right by everybody if they listen to him now.

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The NFLPA has taken a beating at the negotiating table, but when it comes to judges the union has the edge on the NFL. The latest delay in Ezekiel Elliott's suspension proves it.

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Peel away all the drama around player protests, and Colin Kaepernick still needs hard evidence of collusion. But chances are he hasn't shown all his cards yet.

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Were the Raiders' first two games an illusion? They have been a mess in the four games since, and cleaning it up before Thursday's game against the Chiefs won't be easy.

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The 49ers are still expected to chase Kirk Cousins next offseason, but C.J. Beathard's debut against Cousins' current team threw a surprise wrench into those plans.

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Our picks and predictions for Week 6 of the NFL season feature a battle of NFC powers in Carolina on Thursday night, as well as Green Bay taking a commanding lead in the NFC North.

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The surprising 4-1 Eagles have a chance to separate from the rest of the division in the next two weeks.

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After going to the playoffs last year, the Giants thought the only thing holding them back was Odell Beckham Jr.'s immaturity. They thought very wrong.

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The return of Andrew Luck is a positive for the Colts, who have not had many. But even their guest of honor this weekend, Peyton Manning, is an object lesson for Luck and Indianapolis.

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Our Week 5 NFL picks and predictions feature a big AFC matchup between Kansas City and Houston, plus a damning loss for Baltimore in Oakland.

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Reacting to Terrelle Pryor's claim by punishing the offensive fans in Kansas City is good. Grasping the big picture of player protests would be much better.

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Against Washington, Alex Smith looked almost as good as he did in the opener against the Patriots. He and the Chiefs still look like the real thing.

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Everything that looked bad for the Raiders for two weeks, suddenly looked far worse when Derek Carr went down against the Broncos. They know what happened the last time Carr was forced out.

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Bill O'Brien swung and missed a lot while trying to find his Texans quarterback. With Deshaun Watson, the coach has one to mold instead of one to fix.

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Featured in our Week 4 NFL picks and predictions is a stunner in Dallas, plus the end of hope for another NFC East team.

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Sage Rosenfels' Twitter offer — to buy tickets from fans who were burning them in protest — ended up exposing them. It's not really about the troops, it seems.

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The catalyst for Colin Kaepernick's protest was — and is — abuse of police power. In sending messages of "unity" over the weekend, the NFL and its teams noticeably left that out.

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Unlike past generations, the faces of protest in the NFL and baseball are players beneath the radar. The marquee names are now the followers.

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Yes, that was Ray Lewis kneeling with the Ravens on Sunday. Given where he has stood on Colin Kaepernick and anthem protests, how did he get there?

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Featured in our straight-up picks and predictions for Week 3 of the 2017 NFL season is an upset in the AFC West.

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The Rams looked more impressive losing in Week 2 than they did winning in Week 1. And Los Angeles won by 37 points in Week 1.

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The only touchdown the Seahawks have scored through two games came courtesy of Russell Wilson's creativity, which might be the only way they score all season.

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Bears QB Mike Glennon's terrible play Sunday against the Buccaneers confirmed an error that could cost everybody in Chicago their jobs.

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At least one prominent NFL voice, ex-Raiders CEO Amy Trask, says to cool it on the jokes about the L.A. Chargers' small temporary home.

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New stadium, same result for Green Bay on the road in Atlanta. Here are all of our Week 2 NFL picks and predictions.

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It's one thing for other NFL players to stand up for Michael Bennett, but a statement Wednesday included big-name supporters from all walks of life. And Bennett badly needed to see it.

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All things considered (like how bad their franchise quarterback played), the Bengals looked like the worst team in the league in Week 1.

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The Chargers' loss to the Broncos looked too much like so many others before. Anthony Lynn and Philip Rivers believe things are different now, though.

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A sluggish game broke open when Sam Bradford found Stefon Diggs and ignited the Vikings offense against the Saints on Monday night. The rest of the NFL should take notice.

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From Andrew Luck to Scott Tolzien to Chuck Pagano to Colin Kaepernick, everything about the mess that is the Indianapolis Colts falls on team owner Jim Irsay.

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The Eagles gave Carson Wentz help on the offensive side this offseason, but against Washington he helped himself with his elusiveness. That's part of the Philly coaches' second-year plan for him.

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History says the NFL will end up getting its way with Ezekiel Elliott, but its credibility can't afford the beatings it takes when muscling the players.

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The Eric Berry Achilles tear crushes the Chiefs as thoroughly as the Chiefs crushed the Patriots Thursday night. It will take too much for them to replace him.

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One huge letdown by an upgraded defense could snowball into two with Drew Brees and the Saints coming up. Don't assume things will work out for coordinator Matt Patricia and New England the way it has in the past.

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Colin Kaepernick, still out of a job as the 2017 NFL season begins, keeps giving team execs chances to show you who they really are, and they keep showing it. So believe them.

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Ezekiel Elliott's suspension being upheld resolved things for just one game. But there's no end in sight, and the hasty Deflategate comparisons now make more sense.

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By joining Tommie Smith and John Carlos in protest in 1968, Peter Norman diversified the narrative. Chris Long took up the same challenge in the NFL.

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For those who are not ready or willing to follow the Colin Kaepernick blueprint, ways to make change are abundant, as a trio of NFL players are proving.

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The NFL just could not approach the Ezekiel Elliott appeal with a cool head and solid evidence. It had to pick a fight with the players union, just because it could.

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Colin Kaepernick might be getting frozen out by the NFL, but this weekend proved players still embrace his activism, and at the most relevant time.

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Washington has Kirk Cousins and a Thanksgiving home game against the Giants, but will teams feast on its defense and ruin their appetites?

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The NFL still hasn't earned the benefit of the doubt on how it handles domestic violence cases, not after Greg Hardy, Josh Brown and now Ezekiel Elliott.

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The standards for legal collusion are high, says SN contributor Cari Grieb. As of now, it's hard for Colin Kaepernick to prove the NFL is doing it.

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So retired quarterbacks are ahead of Colin Kaepernick for NFL gigs now? As if there wasn't enough proof teams will go to any lengths to avoid him.

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The NFL won't reduce the preseason without wanting something back from players. So take Roger Goodell's support with a grain of salt.

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Too much happened in the NFL between the Super Bowl and the return of actual games, even preseason ones. This could barely be called an "off" season.

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Holding off on an Ezekiel Elliott decision during Hall of Fame week is wise considering how Roger Goodell fumbled on topics like CTE and Colin Kaepernick

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The Ravens' explanation of their homework on Colin Kaepernick could not have been clumsier, but at least they busted the myth that he can't play.

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The Eagles cut Marcus Smith on Wednesday, meaning the purge of Chip Kelly era acquisitions continues. And, really, it never stopped.

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Cowboys supporters think they knew what Lucky Whitehead's fate would have been before he was wrongly released. Keep in mind this is the NFL.

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Do the Lions have enough around Matthew Stafford to win the division, and do the Packers have enough around Aaron Rodgers to hold them off? Here are our NFC North picks and predictions for 2017.

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The disturbing CTE report on the day Andrew Hawkins retired injects cruel reality into his generous donation of his brain for future study.

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In a new report about CTE, the worst numbers belong to the NFL. But the damage begins long before that. Willfully ignoring this is a dangerous game.

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The Cowboys were wrong on Lucky Whitehead, and the NFL allowed it to happen. Sadly, this is no surprise.

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The Falcons will need every bit of Super Bowl collapse fuel to stay ahead of the Panthers, Saints and Buccaneers in the NFC South this season. Here are our predictions for the division in 2017.

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Even while being paroled from prison, O.J. Simpson came off like someone who expects to get a pass. It's too late to expect him to stop.

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O.J. Simpson's parole hearing Thursday is the next chapter of his surreal story, or the continuation of a current one. Here is what to expect and how to watch.

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O.J. Simpson's parole hearing Thursday is the next chapter of his surreal story, or the continuation of a current one. Here is what to expect and how to watch.

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Michael Vick added "presentable" hair to the list of excuses why Colin Kaepernick is still out of the NFL. Vick's reasoning is what's really sloppy.

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Kirk Cousins has seen quarterbacks dragged in Washington. Now he sees management's recent history, and he is just fine watching what they do now.

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Feel pretty sure that NFL owners will not lock out players in 2021, or that players will not go on strike? Don't be. The conditions now are not encouraging.

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Do NFL teams have to put their "Suck for Sam" strategy on hold? One report about Sam Darnold could be changing everything for teams like the Jets in 2017.

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A year ago Thursday, America saw Alton Sterling and Philando Castile killed on camera. Colin Kaepernick and other athletes chose not to ignore it.

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Year-long suspensions from the NFL better be for good reasons. Bounties? Yes. Marijuana? No. ... Yet four players this offseason have suffered that fate.

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Teams can, and do, mishandle franchise quarterbacks with chaos and conflict on the staff. The Titans and Vince Young are a retroactive example.

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There has never been pressure to win in New Orleans during the Sean Payton-Drew Brees era like there is now. With Adrian Peterson and some defensive upgrades, the Saints appear back on track in 2017.

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The Vikings have Sam Bradford back, but new faces up front, at running back and receiver and on the staff means their offense will look different.

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Where did those six years go? So much was packed into Chris Paul's Clippers career, everything except playoff success. But we won't forget the lobs.

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Shopping for permission to play with his spinal condition is risky for everybody, Zach Orr most of all. Team doctors need to stop his comeback attempt right now.

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The Supreme Court will hear the suit by all the major sports, including the NFL, against New Jersey's bid to legalize sports gambling.

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Cam Newton taking the blame for playing with an injured shoulder doesn't take the Panthers off the hook for not overruling their franchise superstar.

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Derek Carr's contract might be the crown jewel in Reggie McKenzie's rebuild of the Raiders. As good as they are now, they have room to get better.

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Whacking front-office executives so late is the trend of the NFL offseason. John Dorsey joins several others who are out of work for puzzling reasons.

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Add ex-Jet David Harris to the offseason fleecing the Patriots are pulling off on the rest of the NFL. Is there a point to even playing the regular season now?

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No one should be less surprised that Cavs owner Dan Gilbert is doing what he's doing, than LeBron James, who shrugged off "that" letter when he came back.

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"Redskins" is still derogatory, but that's no longer enough to stop Washington from trademarking it. The team found a loophole and jumped right through.

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Now that they're over, can any conclusions be drawn from NFL offseason workouts? No, not even about Myles Garrett's ailing foot.

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Big names are still on the NFL free agency market as offseason workouts wrap up.

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There should not be mixed emotions when a Doug Williams gets a major front-office job. The way the job opened up in Washington, though, complicates things.

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All that concern over players not showing up at voluntary workouts could have been stored up for the dilemma facing Le'Veon Bell and the Steelers.

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The NFL season never stops, and neither do the effects of playing, as Michael Oher's medications prove. Pain doesn't have an offseason, either.

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Jets coach Todd Bowles is in the next-to-last year of his contract, and he is now being handed a stripped-down team. He deserves much more job security than he has now.

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Anger over players missing voluntary workouts rolls on. Amidst that, the Chiefs dumped Jeremy Maclin at a convenient time for them, not for him.

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Player by player and team by team, justifying every quarterback signed over Colin Kaepernick in 2017 might be rationalized. Collectively, though, it is impossible.

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The Seahawks are full of strong-minded individuals (like Richard Sherman and Michael Bennett), and that's made for a winning team. Let them be.

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By telling the much-needed truth about Colin Kaepernick, 49ers GM John Lynch did right by both his team and its former QB. On several fronts, it was overdue.

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Dear NFL players: You can't win. Don't show up at OTAs, get a lecture. Show up like Kelvin Benjamin did ... and still get a lecture.

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Preseason games benefit no one, certainly not the players or fans. So of course the NFL found a way to turn the last game into even more of a train wreck.

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Can you still shoot a fake bow and arrow? Jump into a big charity pot? Ask if fries go with that shake? Here's what now is and isn't considered excessive celebrations in the NFL.

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NFL teams are sending a message that they will put anybody on a roster, no matter who they are or what they've done, before they sign Colin Kaepernick.

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Handling NFL officiating, and the new replay system, is such a massive task it will take three people to do what Dean Blandino faced on his own.

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Marques Ogden, brother of Jonathan, saw his business go bankrupt and lived to tell about it, with a major assist from the players' union.

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There may be a method to LaVar Ball's madness. His crusade to have Lonzo sidestep the shoe moguls could shake up the industry ... or blow up in their faces.

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A wave of great young running backs has arrived. They will test the NFL's habit of devaluing the position, as it has again this offseason.

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Fast forward from 2014, when the NFL fumbled the Ray Rice-Greg Hardy situations. Did the league learn anything? Nope. Not from the looks of the 2017 NFL Draft.

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Tom Coughlin's in charge. Blake Bortles is locked in. Another wave of picks and signings is on board. When will the Jaguars actually start winning?

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Nobody saw Mitchell Trubisky coming. Everybody was sure they saw Brad Kaaya coming. The draft guesses from a year ago went predictably astray.

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Mike Glennon's reaction to the Bears' draft reach for Mitchell Trubisky is a reminder of how Chicago GM Ryan Pace has given us must-see TV.

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It's supposed to be a bad year for quarterbacks, and the Jets had holes everywhere. Give them credit for not reaching and making things worse.

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The NFL didn't exactly make Joe Mixon pay heavily for what he did at Oklahoma. The Bengals stopped his slide only halfway through the second round.

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49ers GM John Lynch wants to stir up interest in his high pick and use a quarterback as bait. Woe is him if his moves blow up in his face.

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Based on the latest Teddy Bridgewater contract news, related to his injury, teams that are second-guessing QBs in the draft should consider him.

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The Broncos have it tough. The Patriots? Not so much. Here are the five hardest schedules and the five easiest schedules for the 2017 NFL season.

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Now that he's gone, Aaron Hernandez will be remembered most for the many lives he destroyed in a short time, not for the chances he wasted.

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The history of champions visiting the White House has always included political stands, but the activism has increased since the last election.

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The NFL has a new replay system to put in place and a small window to do it. And now the league must replace the most important cog in it.

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Dan Rooney carried on the legacy created by NFL patriarch Art: He stayed the course with his coaches, opened doors and kept the Steelers great.

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The best sign so far that the 49ers' John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan are an upgrade is how fast they acted with ex-cornerback Tramaine Brock.

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As the NFL keeps contradicting itself about gambling and Las Vegas, a state senator looks forward to taking them to the Supreme Court.

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The Richard Sherman trade rumors are real ... not that anybody needed another lesson that the NFL is a cold, bottom-line business.

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The questions isn't whether Tony Romo belongs in Canton. It's why aren't these equally-accomplished, more-successful quarterbacks already there?

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Tony Romo quarterbacked the Cowboys, so he will always be compared to their legends. But his career in Dallas was so unique, it cannot be compared.

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Phil Simms took plenty of abuse in the analyst chair. Now he and CBS have a chance to show what he can do, if they're smart enough to try it.

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The NCAA and NBA hardly came rushing back to North Carolina after the faux-repeal of the bathroom bill. The state gave them no reason to do so.

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Jerry Jones is still toying with Tony Romo's future and doesn't intend to stop. Romo can stop it, although that would mean an end to his playing career.

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If a player is too good for his sport, it's OK to change the rules to stop him? The NFL ban on leaping has some bad precedent.

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Oakland shouldn't support a lame-duck Raiders team. A pitstop in Mexico City temporarily solves that, and tests the water for a new NFL site.

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On the NFL's agenda for this week's meeting is shifting the last word on replays from the refs to Dean Blandino in New York. It should speed up the game ... and the complaints.

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Once was bad enough, but twice is too much, says one Oakland native leading a fan drive to keep Mark Davis and the NFL from taking their team.

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Martellus Bennett said what he'd rather do than watch an NFL-produced primer on appropriate celebrations. On Thursday, Troy Vincent defended himself.

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Carolina needs to learn to take care of its franchise quarterback better than it has lately. It's as if Cam Newton is on his own.

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John Elway is never going to pay a price for an explicitly political act. He shouldn't. But neither should the quarterback the NFL is shunning.

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Who was the last quarterback the Jets added that gave their supporters reason for hope? It's not this one, Josh McCown. Maybe the next one ...

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It now feels as if it is no longer a matter of whether the biggest names in NFL history will be struck down by brain-related disease, but when, and who.

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Teams can either come clean about barring Colin Kaepernick or explain what they love so much about the mediocrities they've signed.

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He played for the Jets twice, so why not two stints in New England? Here are five places Darrelle Revis could land as free agency moves on.

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Facing assault charges might not have led Darrelle Revis to get cut, but dropping the case can't hurt him as he looks for a new team.

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The Patriots re-signing Dont'a Hightower is the icing on the cake. You can't laugh at the winner of the offseason Super Bowl this year.

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According to one report, Joe Mixon is shooting up the draft boards. If so, all but a few teams remain willing to look the other way on domestic violence.

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The running back market is not strong so far, and Adrian Peterson wasn't even the first to go. It could be a while before he finds a new home.

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Terrelle Pryor is giving himself a year to prove his worth, but he's also giving his new team the same. With all the Kirk Cousins drama, good luck.

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The downside is huge, and the upside is to be determined. The Browns' bosses put themselves way out on a limb with this deal.

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In 2012, they took Robert Griffin III and Kirk Cousins in the same draft. Today, Washington doesn't exactly have nothing to show for it, but it's close.

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The race for Tony Romo will be intriguing, but as you go through the neediest teams, there are smarter options for each.

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