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Witten 'invigorated' by new opportunity with Raiders
After following Jon Gruden into the “Monday Night Football” booth didn’t work out as well as Jason Witten expected, the veteran tight end hopes playing for Gruden leads to more success. Witten made the move to Las Vegas this offseason to join the Raiders following 16 seasons with Dallas...
Chargers' Ekeler has new role but maintains same mindset
COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Austin Ekeler has a new role and different training camp this year. However, the Los Angeles Chargers running back is still trying to maintain the same approach. Ekeler is the Chargers lead back after a breakout 2019 season and Melvin Gordon's departure to Denver. Ekeler knows...
Vikings LB Cam Smith to miss season due to heart condition
EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Vikings second-year linebacker Cameron Smith will miss the 2020 season because of a heart condition that was discovered after he tested positive for COVID-19 upon reporting to training camp two weeks ago. The Vikings made the procedural move on Monday of waiving Smith with a...
Saints' Kamara focused on his health and team, not contract
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Saints running back Alvin Kamara asserts that he is focused on his health and his team — and is trying not to think about the fact that he has one season left under contract. “My main focus this offseason was getting back healthy. I had a rocky year last year dealing with...
Edelman confident in all of Tom Brady's potential successors
BOSTON (AP) — In some ways, the chemistry between Tom Brady and Julian Edelman was as key to the Patriots' success in recent years as the X’s and O’s. Brady’s departure this offseason certainly created a void, but not one that Edelman wants to dwell on. “We played a lot of...
New LT Trent Williams fitting in with 49ers
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — After years of playing in a dysfunctional organization in Washington, the difference in the vibe of a winning franchise hit Trent Williams as soon as he walked into the building for the San Francisco 49ers this training camp. Williams saw a culture instilled from management to...
Golden surprised by tender, frustrated by free agency
Free agency has not been good to linebacker Markus Golden. The 29-year-old pass rusher had to settle for a one-year deal from the New York Giants in 2019 because he was coming off a so-so season with the Arizona Cardinals following a major knee injury in 2017. This past offseason was no better. Teams didn't want...
End of the line? DeCastro, Steelers try to keep window open
PITTSBURGH (AP) — David DeCastro understands he's running out of time. So are most of the other members on what's been one of the NFL's most consistent offensive lines for the better part of a decade. The veteran Pittsburgh Steelers right guard turned 30 in January a couple of weeks before his fifth...
A star-studded list of NFL players looking for 2020 rebound
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Von Miller is determined to show 2019 was an oddity, not an omen. Miller’s performance last season was nothing to scoff at considering he had eight sacks and made his eighth Pro Bowl. But his five-year run as an All-Pro first- or second-team selection came to an end and the...
Panthers looking for more out of top receiver D.J. Moore
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Panthers want more out of third-year receiver D.J. Moore. Moore is coming off a solid season a year ago with 87 receptions for 1,175 receiving yards and four touchdowns, averaging 13.5 yards per catch despite missing the last seven quarters of the season with a concussion. He was...
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