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29 May 2023

• Sean Payton explains decision to release Brandon McManus
  The Broncos surprisingly released kicker Brandon McManus earlier this week. It arguably shouldn’t have been a surprise. “Ultimately, you’re constantly looking at what’s in the best interest for your team,” head coach Sean Payton told reporters. “A lot of the time, money and what your ‘musts’ are come into it. You guys know this better [more]
• Lions agree to trade for Riley Patterson
  The Jaguars announced that they were waiving kicker Riley Patterson on Thursday morning, but his departure from Jacksonville will come under different terms. The Lions announced that they have agreed to a trade that will send Patterson back to one of his former teams. An undisclosed draft pick will be going back to the Jaguars [more]
• Jaguars sign kicker Brandon McManus, cut Riley Patterson
  Veteran kicker Brandon McManus wasn’t out of work for long. McManus, who was cut by the Broncos on Tuesday, signed with the Jaguars today. The 31-year-old McManus played for the Broncos from 2014 to 2022. He didn’t have one of his better seasons last year, but it was still a surprise when Denver cut him [more]
• Travis Etienne: Last year was about getting healthy, now I’m able to work on football
  Jaguars running back Travis Etienne spent last offseason recovering from the Lisfranc injury that cost him his rookie season, but the focus on his foot didn’t keep him from producing on the field. Etienne ran for 1,125 yards and caught 35 passes for 316 yards in the regular season before picking up 201 yards from [more]
• NFL expands Global Markets program to France, Ireland, Austria and Switzerland
  The NFL’s push to expand the reach of the league internationally led to teams being awarded marketing rights to foreign countries starting in January 2022 and the league announced an expansion of the effort on Tuesday. France is part of that expansion. The Saints asked for and received marketing rights in the country, which is [more]
• Jags OC Press Taylor: Calvin Ridley’s offseason work has been impressive
  Jaguars wide receiver Calvin Ridley last played in an NFL game in October 2021 and he hasn’t taken part in a full NFL practice the last couple of years either, so every progression in the team’s offseason program represents a big step back toward the field. Monday brought another of those steps. The team began [more]
• Parker Washington “just excited” to learn from veteran Jaguars receivers
  The Jaguars drew some puzzled reactions last year when they opened the pocketbook to sign wide receivers Christian Kirk and Zay Jones as free agents, but adding those players to their receiving corps led to positive results on the field. Jacksonville rebounded from their disastrous Urban Meyer dalliance to win the AFC South and both [more]
• 20 teams start OTAs today
  The offseason program is a three-phase process. And Phase Three is the most important of all of them. That’s when Organized Team Activities happen, a fancy, verbose phrase for “practice.” They’re now commonly known as OTAs, still one syllable more than just saying “practice.” Twenty teams start OTAs on Monday, based on the calendar the [more]
• Rep. Eric Swallwell accuses former NFL player Bruce Miller of threatening execution
  Threats of violence routinely are made on social media, the kind of threats that never would be made or tolerated in any other setting. A member of Congress believes a former NFL player recently threatened to execute him. Specifically, Rep. Eric Swallwell believes Bruce Miller made the threat on social media, via direct message on [more]
• Jaguars sign Willie Taylor III, place Jaylon Moore on injured reserve
  The Jaguars announced a couple of roster moves on Wednesday afternoon. They have signed linebacker Willie Taylor III and placed wide receiver Jaylon Moore on injured reserve. Moving Moore to injured reserve now means he will not be able to return to active duty for the team this season. Taylor had 11 tackles and four [more]