The Bears open and close the 2023 NFL season with their NFC North nemesis, the Green Bay Packers.
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Four weeks into this hold-your-breath season it is clear that the NFL still offers the best product in sports and that the league, like so many 2020 operations, is in a really fragile state.
Football should be the easy part. It is a sport. It is entertainment. It's a game that's supposed to bring joy, and relief from life's stresses, right? Returning to some semblance of normalcy in this global pandemic caused by the continuous spread of the novel coronavirus, and doing it in the midst of a chaotic economy, and with a side order of race-relations issues and a social justice ...
In this weird coronavirus reality, the sport at center stage is the one that's not in season. The NFL provided a distraction last week by staying the course with free agency. Although initially the decision seemed tone deaf, it actually gave millions of fans something to fixate on and discuss that didn't have life-or-death gravitas. But the league's insistence to stick with the April 23-25 ...
Travis Frederick is one of the best players at his position. The Cowboys center was selected to his fifth Pro Bowl in 2019, returning from the effects of Guillain-Barre Syndrome. He knew it would take nearly two years to fully recover from the autoimmune disorder and play at an elite level. He was just grateful to play center for the Cowboys in 2019. His offensive line coach, Marc Colombo gave ...
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RENTON, Wash. - Preseason games are meaningless wastes of time that primarily serve to put extra money in the owners' pockets. Unless a former first-round pick plays poorly. Then in the eyes of the public, preseason games are borderline apocalyptic. This appears to be the case for Seahawks running back Rashaad Penny, the 27th overall selection in the 2018 draft who is rapidly eliciting the ...
CHICAGO - In sequestering his starters for nearly the entire preseason, Matt Nagy has accomplished perhaps one unspoken goal - keeping the revamped running game under wraps until the Sept. 5 opener against the Packers. While most projections for the Bears offense in Year 2 have rightfully centered on quarterback Mitch Trubisky and improvements he can make, the ground game could make the ...
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - The hits keep on coming in Foxborough, both good and bad. The good is well-known and deservedly well-celebrated. In two weeks the New England Patriots will raise a sixth banner commemorating another Super Bowl win. The NFL's greatest dynasty is alive and well with only a fool betting against Bill Belichick, Tom Brady and crew in 2019. It's also become apparent that only a ...
BEREA, Ohio - Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield insisted Wednesday that GQ Magazine took his comments about Daniel Jones "out of context," so Mayfield reached out to the New York Giants rookie quarterback to "clear the air." Mayfield became the target of public backlash for a story GQ published online Tuesday in which he was quoted as saying, "I cannot believe the Giants took Daniel Jones. ...
FRISCO, Texas - Make no mistake about it. While the signing of linebacker Jaylon Smith to a five-year, $64 million contract extension was a good deal for the team and the player, it was also used as a not-so-subtle message from the Dallas Cowboys to quarterback Dak Prescott, receiver Amari Cooper and holdout running back Ezekiel Elliott about being team-friendly. After giving a big chunk of it ...
CHICAGO - The Bears arrive at their third preseason game Saturday still wandering through the forest in search of a reliable kicker. Their map - questionable to begin with - is tattered. Their canteen is dry. All the thorny bushes, poison ivy and dead ends on this seven-month trek have taken a toll. But the Bears cling to hope because there is no alternative and because the Packers come to ...
The Jets will kick off this season without one of their pleasant surprises from a year ago. The NFL announced Wednesday that veteran linebacker Brandon Copeland will be suspended for the first four games of the regular season for violating the league's policy on performance-enhancing substances. Copeland, who had a career-high five sacks and 35 tackles last year, is eligible to play in the ...
BEREA, Ohio - Braxton Miller said he had a couple NFL choices when he was released by the Philadelphia Eagles last week, and then a chance to join the Browns fell in his lap. On Wednesday, the former Ohio State quarterback/wide receiver practically glowed as he spoke about his return to the Buckeye State. A Springfield, Ohio, native, he said the Browns are his father's favorite team. His ...
PHILADELPHIA - Alshon Jeffery doesn't like to go back there, to the Superdome in January, to the moment that people sometimes have brought up over these last seven months. It is clear that he would rather they not bring it up, no matter how gingerly they might approach the topic. He dropped a pass late in a playoff game, the ball caroming off his hands and into the belly of Saints cornerback ...
MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota sports history is filled with extreme highs, crushing lows, colorful personalities, amazing moments and haunting questions of "what if ..." But you would be hard pressed to find a bigger story - one that combines all those aforementioned elements - than the arrival of Brett Lorenzo Favre with the Vikings. The quarterback swoops into town on a gorgeous summer Tuesday, ...
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Will Thursday be the day we get a true look at the 2019 Patriots? Historically, the third preseason game is considered the dress rehearsal for the Patriots. It's in this game where we see starters on offense and defense, either for the first time or for the most snaps, until Week 1 of the regular season. While the fourth and final preseason game is typically reserved for ...
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SAN DIEGO - I'd buy stock in the football career of Daniel Jeremiah, who grew up in El Cajon and quarterbacked Christian High. Jeremiah scouted with several NFL teams before joining NFL Network as an analyst so he could spend more time with his wife and children in Temecula. His former broadcasting colleague Mike Mayock became general manager of the Oakland Raiders in December. If the family ...
DAVIE, Fla. - On Team Makeover, no one arrives more made over in April than tight end Mike Gesicki. He discarded his Dolphins rookie No. 86 for his college No. 88. "Got me here," he said. "Got to go with it." He's also weighs in at 253 pounds, more than 10 pounds above his rookie playing weight, without feeling any loss of speed. "That's the idea," he said. Here's the larger idea: The Dolphins ...
BALTIMORE - One of the biggest years of growth for an NFL player is from his rookie season to his second; he's had an extended period of rest and is acclimated to life in the league. That comfort zone creates production, which is why the offseason training camp started by the Ravens on Monday is so key to their success. The team had a good draft last April and this is an opportunity for ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - One of the most fun and subtle things about sports is how they become part of us. Not just the memories, or the excitement. That happens, too, but the point for now is something more gradual and easy to miss. The rhythms. The language. The lifestyle. Baseball fans get nostalgic, basketball writers sometimes wear nylon on off-days and football fans are serious. And paranoid. ...
BALTIMORE - The lack of leadership heading into the 2019 season is a topic of discussion for the Ravens, but it shouldn't be a major problem. They still will be missing what they haven't had since the end of 2012 season, when middle linebacker Ray Lewis retired: a great player with charisma and a dynamic personality. But a lot of teams don't have a Ray Lewis. Fortunately, the Ravens recently ...