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I'm actually surprised that 13 is the league-leading number of drug- related (performance enhancing or otherwise) suspensions on any one given team since 2010. That feels low to me. I guess when you put it in perspective that it's just one team, I could see that, but I'd imagine most teams aren't particularly low on that list, then, either.

 

Welp, that's a shame

 

Drew Brees can break Brett Favre?s career completions record in?2017

When Brett Favre retired after 20 NFL seasons, he owned the career record for completions, with 6,300, a total that looked out of reach for any active player. But the record is now within reach of Saints quarterback Drew Brees, who could break the record this season.

With 5,836 career completions, Brees is behind only Peyton Manning (6,125) and Favre. If Brees completes 465 passes this season, he?ll break Favre?s record. That?s definitely doable for Brees, who completed 471 passes last year.

The 38-year-old Brees also has a good chance of breaking Manning?s records for career yards and touchdowns, although he?ll need two more seasons to do that: He?s 5,829 yards behind Manning and 74 touchdowns behind Manning.

If he has two more good years, then by the time Brees turns 40 he will own all of the major NFL career passing records. For as good as fans know Brees is, he may actually be underrated as one of the all-time greats. (PFT)

 

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13 days left for franchise-tagged players

They say it?s a deadline-driven business, even if four of seven franchise-tagged players already have gotten long-term deals done well before the July 15 drop-dead date for doing so. As to the three remaining franchise-tagged players who haven?t signed long-term deals, the true deadline looms.

Within the next 13 days, Kirk Cousins, Le?Veon Bell, and Trumaine Johnson will, or won?t, sign long-term contracts with Washington, Pittsburgh, and the L.A. Rams, respectively. If they don?t, they can sign only one-year contracts through the end of the coming regular season.

Two of them, Cousins and Johnson, already have accepted their franchise tenders, putting them under contract for 2017. Bell hasn?t, which means that he could sign a one-year deal after July 17 that, for example, includes a promise not to use the tag again in 2018.

Of course, the Steelers may not be inclined to tag Bell again in 2018, given that his $12.1 million salary for 2017 jumps 20 percent to $14.52 million for 2018, which could be too much for a tailback, given the market at the position. Thus, the challenge when it comes to negotiating a long-term deal becomes properly valuing the contract beyond 2017.

As to Johnson, who has now been tagged twice, he?s a year away from the quarterback tender, which means he?s a year away from the open market. Which means it?s going to take way too much to sign him ?now, especially with two years of franchise-tag money in hand.

Cousins continues to hold the cards in D.C., with $19.95 million in the bank (minus taxes), $23.94 million due this year, and a no-lose proposition in 2018, with $34.47 million under the franchise tag, $28.7 million under the transition tag (along with a chance to sign an offer sheet elsewhere), a shot at the open market, or a long-term deal from Washington. As we?ve consistently has explained, anything less than this year?s franchise tag and next year?s transition tag fully guaranteed at signing ($52.64 million over the first two years) will represent a major concession by Cousins ? a major concession he?s not likely to make.

With most NFL contracts quickly becoming year-to-year propositions from the team?s perspective, Cousins has proven the value of a year-to-year approach from the player?s perspective. To trade in his chance to push this dance to the limit by forcing Washington to make a tough decision for a third straight year, it?s going to take a lot of money. It?s likely going to take a lot more money than Washington is willing to pay.

However it plays out, a final answer as to each player is coming within 13 days. (PFT)

 

If I'm a QB, I'm playing on one year deals each and every year. The way the pay rate for the position raises each year, and the pressure it puts on the team to make sure the most important position in the sport isn't vacated, it's well worth it. Cousins has been incredibly smart about all this, after his first contract came up, and has had the balls and talent to take the step and back it up.

Conversely, if I'm a CB, I want a long-term deal. Historically, that position is very up and down, and I don't want inconsistency to lose me money. It'll be interesting to see what kind of year Johnson has, and how that translates to a new deal.

 

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/n...-play-for-ezekiel-elliott-as-probe-nears-end/

NFL discipline for Ezekiel Elliott ?

 

Dak Prescott accused of fake?autographs

Dak Prescott has to sign a lot more autographs now than anyone anticipated a year ago.
And he?s being accused of getting some help with them.

According to?Darren Rovell of ESPN.com, the Cowboys quarterback has been accused of using a machine to sign autographs for a memorabilia company for resale.

A company which authenticates signatures has refused to verify the authenticity of the signatures.

?They had a very machine like feel. You could see the starts and stops,? said?Steve Grad, principal authenticator of Beckett Grading Services.?I immediately knew they were autopen.

?I?ve never heard of a modern athlete doing this.?

There?s been no comment so far from Prescott or his agents, but it makes him the second NFC East quarterback in the midst of a memorabilia scandal, along with Giants quarterback Eli Manning, who is accused of passing off gear as game-worn when it may not have been. (PFT)

 

Adds new meaning to "ravens_R_#1".

 

Cowboys LB Damien Wilson arrested on assault charges

Cowboys linebacker Damien Wilson was arrested Tuesday on two counts of felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to the Frisco (Texas) Police Department.

The incident occurred at Toyota Stadium in Frisco during a?Freedom Fest event Tuesday night. Wilson was released from Frisco Detention Center after posting $10,000 bond. The case remains under investigation, police said.

"We are aware of the situation and we are in the process of gathering information," a Cowboys spokesperson said in a statement. "We will not have a comment at this time."

Wilson, a 2015 fourth-round pick, logged 49 tackles and 0.5 sacks over 32 appearances in two seasons.

According to the Dallas Morning News, Wilson was working with the team's first-string unit during voluntary workouts. (NFL.com)

 

I see what you did there....

 

It's the first time he can say it and it's actually true.

 

Its really frustrating that the NFL is taking so long to come up with a decision... I also think it proves their inept to keep up on things when it comes to personal conduct cases.

This is not good and must be a distraction to Zeke and the Cowboys organization which is clearly unfair to them. The League dragging their feet just shows their ignorance.

 

It's called, "paralysis by analysis".

 

It's a Cleveland browns term.

 

well tell Zeke to stop pulling down woman's tops and stay the hell out of trouble. problem solved.

 

Those charges were dropped... what trouble is he in?

 

Tom Brady to release book in?September

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady will begin his push for a sixth Super Bowl ring in September while he also tries to head to the top of the best seller list.

Simon & Schuster announced in a press release on Thursday that they have acquired the rights to The TB12 Method: How to Achieve a Lifetime of Sustained Peak Performance, which will be released in hardcover, digital and audio formats in September.

The ?oversized, heavily illustrated, revealing yet deeply practical? book will focus on the approaches to training, nutrition and overall well-being that Brady has developed over the years. It will also include ?step-by-step action steps? designed for readers to use in order to increase their own productivity in a way similar to the Patriots quarterback.

?We expect this book to become an essential source for the way athletes of all ages live and train, whether they are in high school or in retirement,? said Jonathan Karp, president and publisher of Simon & Schuster. ?The fact that Tom Brady is the greatest quarterback of all time gives him the authority to write this book ? but the fact that the principles that he?s espousing go well beyond sports is one of the reasons readers are going to pay close attention to his message.? (PFT)
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Probably be an interesting book... Important to take care of ones self off the field in order to translate your game on the field.

 

domestic violence charges.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...n-to-nfl-amid-domestic-violence-investigation

 

Will Brady's book contain a section on, "Being put in a good system", or "Playing within the system", or "How to get more credit than you deserve"? Because those are subjects he truly has an authority on.