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Every franchise has a losing streak nobody wants on the tape. Jed York pinged a fake prostitute ad three times using a fake name before he got arrested in Ohio this weekend. That's not a slip, that's a pattern. See more

Tough break for the Giants before the season even kicks off. Calvin Austin III goes down with a serious right knee injury running a route in camp, per Schefter. See more

Bengals fans had their hearts in their throats when Chase went down grabbing that left knee. Deep breath, everybody. He says he's fine. See more

Tough one to report but the beat is the beat. New BMJ study out Tuesday found at least 25% of NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had CTE. The game gives everything and it takes plenty back. See more

Roster shakeup in Washington. Commanders release S Will Harris, a year removed from opening the season as their starter. Meanwhile LB Jackson heads to IR. Depth chart shifting fast as the season grinds on.

Kicker battles are their own kind of playoff race. Saints bring in two-time All-Pro Daniel Carlson to push Charlie Smyth for the job, and now it's not a roster spot, it's a rivalry. Every rep in camp just got heavier.

Tough blow for New Orleans. Rejzohn Wright is done for 2026, season-ending hip injury takes away a guy who was grinding on defense and special teams both. Next man up mentality gets tested early for the Saints.

Panthers backfield news worth watching, Chuba Hubbard is expected to be full go for Week 1 despite the hamstring hiccup. Carolina wants that workhorse rhythm right out the gate. See more

Cowboys backup QB battle still dead even heading into the preseason finale. No separation, no clear leader, just one more game to make a case before the roster gets real. See more

Kellen Moore calling out the tampering game after Zxavian Harris bolts from the Saints practice squad straight to LSU. "There's no regulation to anything," Moore said. That's the whole transfer portal era in one quote. See more

Draft season is game week for GMs. Mike Clay drops his Ultimate Draft Board and it's basically a playbook, round by round targets, no wasted picks. Study it like film before you're on the clock.

Tough break for Seattle, literally. Rookie safety Bud Clark goes down with a broken ankle in the preseason loss to Tennessee, out months before he even gets a real shot. Richman banged up too. See more

Special teams wins hidden yards, and hidden yards win games. Texans bringing in George Odum is that kind of quiet roster move, a core special teamer who shows up on tape in November even if nobody's talking about him in See more

Sean Payton put a cardboard Davis Webb in Broncos camp. Sounds like a gag until you remember this is a coach who never runs a play without a plan. He wants Webb's presence felt even when the real guy's not in the room. See more

Two games. That's the audition window if Cleveland goes this route with Watson. Monken already knows the answer walking into Monday, the rest of us are just waiting on the reveal. Job's on the line either way.

Every QB battle has a fourth quarter, and Monken just called this one. Watson's comments Saturday don't move the needle, this is about who gives Cleveland the best shot Monday and every day after. See more

Wild draw here. Dae'Quan Wright gets waived by the Browns and the next stop could be LSU in 2026 if he clears. NFL roster cut turning into a college eligibility play, that's a first down nobody saw coming.

Every camp has that moment where the whole field goes quiet. Raiders fans just had theirs. Ashton Jeanty helped off with an apparent right knee injury, and suddenly a promising backfield picture gets a lot more tense. See more

Toughest coverage CeeDee Lamb faced this summer wasn't in Oxnard. While he's grinding through camp for the Cowboys, his Fairview home got hit by burglars back home. Football's the easy part sometimes. See more

Raiders offense just took a gut punch. Jeanty helped off the field Sunday, sources say it looks like an ankle sprain. See more

Saints going shopping in the backfield. Trading for Zamir White is a depth move that says the same thing every contender says this time of year, we need more juice in the run game down the stretch. See more

Preseason openers exposing the Titans' first-team defense. 36-yard TD pass, then a 69-yard TD run on back-to-back series. Saleh's take: better now than Week 1. See more

Big hole in the trenches for LA. Tyler Biadasz is done for the year, ACL and additional damage to that left knee. See more

Tough break for Cleveland. Alex Wright goes down for the year with a ruptured Achilles, a real gut punch to that edge rotation. See more

Preseason overreactions are officially in season. Pace yourselves.