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Cowboys-Texans Game Will Now Air Live on NFL Network

Cowboys-Texans Game Will Now Air Live on NFL Network

No doubt due to the ongoing crisis in Houston, this Thursday night’s preseason finale between the Texans and the Dallas Cowboys has been picked up for live coverage by the NFL Network.

https://twitter.com/NFLMedia/status/902617315124027392

The game, which was moved from Houston to Arlington due to the flooding, is the next in an almost annual series as the interstate rivals compete for the…

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Charley Casserly: Feedback on Kyler Murray was ‘worst comments’ ever

NFL Draft season is in full swing, with rumors, reports and negative information freely flowing. This time it’s Kyler Murray at the center of the scrutiny.

Murray is in contention to potentially be the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL Draft. But if you ask NFL Media analyst Charley Casserly, Murray’s interviews with teams at the combine did not go well. In fact, Casserly said Tuesday that the feedback he received “were the worst comments” he ever received on a highly-rated quarterback.

Full comments from @CharleyCasserly on Kyler Murray here: pic.twitter.com/tcUIckfGRU

— NFL Media (@NFLMedia) March 5, 2019

Casserly, the former Houston Texans GM, said Murray rated badly in the categories of leadership, study habits and board work.

Casserly is not alone in his comments. Phoenix radio host Kenny Sargent said he heard Murray did not do well in the interview room.

Our @kennysargent is hearing from his people in Texas that @TheKylerMurray did not do a great job in the interview room,

His ability to read defenses was a huge question mark

— Kenny and Crash (@KennyAndCrash) March 4, 2019

Is this all just your typical smokescreen type of feedback or real? Those are the questions we are left asking.

Regardless, the negative comments don’t seem to be a deterrent for the Arizona Cardinals, who may have plans to draft Murray with the top selection.

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5 reasons the 1st week of the NFL preseason is worth watching

Roster battles and brief glimpses of greatness — plus, hey, it’s football!

The 2018 NFL preseason kicked off last Thursday when the Baltimore Ravens fended off the Chicago Bears at the Hall of Fame Game. It was, uh, not especially good football. Neither the Ravens nor Bears gave their regular-season starting quarterbacks a single snap, and as New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick put it: “17-16. It must have been pretty exciting.”

Right.

The good news is this week’s preseason action will supplement last week’s vacuum of quality with a rising tide of quantity. Each of the league’s 32 teams will take the field as the preseason begins in earnest, with 24 showing out on Thursday night. While that will make it difficult to watch reruns of Jersey Shore that evening, there are several promising storylines that threaten to make this preseason watchable or, even better, entertaining.

For better or worse, there are plenty of reasons to tune in Thursday night and throughout the weekend. Here are five that stand out to us:

1. The Bills will take the first step toward untangling the league’s worst QB situation

Buffalo’s current quarterback depth chart looks like this:

1A: Nathan Peterman, the player who threw five interceptions over the course of 14 passes in his first NFL star.t 1B: AJ McCarron, a career backup so underwhelming the Browns once tried to trade for him. 3: Josh Allen, a rookie who completed 56.2 percent of his passes while leading Wyoming to a 16-11 record the past two years.

That’s bad! This offseason, the Bills decided last year’s surprise playoff berth was enough goodwill to satiate their desperate fan base and tore down a nine-win team in favor of starting over from scratch. And while that could pay dividends — getting stuck with the 14th pick each season is a tough way to rebuild — it’s set the stage for a grim 2018.

All three have potential, but it’s unclear if Buffalo has a single long-term solution in its three-headed passing attack. Peterman is a lottery ticket, fifth-round pick project with solid mechanics, but he’s also a University of Pittsburgh QB grad not named Dan Marino, so the deck is stacked against him. Allen has an arm strong enough to throw a football over them mountains, but he lacks control and accuracy. In three career college games against Power 5 competition, he threw for 427 total yards and eight interceptions.

McCarron’s claim to fame is not imploding in a wild card game against the Steelers; he signed for just two years and $10 million during a year where teams leapt at the opportunity to throw money at QBs

One of them will have to start in Week 1, and that journey begins Thursday night against the Panthers. The winner of the QB race gets the opportunity to have Kelvin Benjamin throw him under the bus in two years.

2. By God, Andrew Luck is back (and other stars are returning from injury too)

Starters don’t play much in the preseason: It’s too big of an injury risk, and August is mostly for figuring out final rosters anyway. No one has to worry about Tom Brady making the cut, but not even a magical potion from his health guru can protect the 41-year-old from unnecessary hits in games that don’t matter (we think, anyway).

But most players, even the stars, get at least a series during the preseason. That’s especially notable considering how many prominent players are returning from injury after 2017 laid waste to, seemingly, half the league.

Arguably the most triumphant return this entire preseason will be Andrew Luck. Despite Luck’s, and the Colts’, continued insistence that Luck would bounce back from his shoulder injury and would play football again, there was serious doubt about it. It’s been 19 months (or 585 days) since he’s been on the field and the details of his recovery were always vague at best.

For anyone who fell into the “I’ll believe it when I see it” category with Luck, that time has finally arrived Thursday night. Luck will get some playing time — the entire first quarter — against the Seahawks. How will he look (besides unexpectedly jacked)? Will there be any notable difference in his arm strength? Accuracy?

Even if Luck is a little rusty, it’s a huge win to get him back on the football field again, something that even Luck himself wasn’t sure would happen.

Luck might be the headliner, but he’s not the only big name coming back from injury. Deshaun Watson will likely play Thursday night against the Chiefs, 10 months after the Texans quarterback tore his ACL in practice. Ryan Tannehill is also returning from an ACL tear and will see his first action for the Dolphins since December 2016 when they host an intra-state battle against the Bucs.

Vikings running back Dalvin Cook could also be back for this week after — yup, you guessed it — his ACL injury last season.

Even if he doesn’t play Thursday, J.J. Watt is expected to make an appearance this preseason. It’s less likely we see Aaron Rodgers, Odell Beckham Jr., David Johnson, or Carson Wentz until the start of the season, though. That’s OK too: As excited as we are to watch these guys play again, we can wait a little longer if need be.

3. The Browns have to piece together their receiver depth chart

After the draft, the Browns looked to have one of the top receiver groups in the league. Josh Gordon, Jarvis Landry, Corey Coleman, and Antonio Callaway seemed to be a strong quartet and for once, the Browns looked to have a steady supporting cast.

Well.

That all changed. Gordon is currently away from the team trying to get himself prepared for the rigors of another NFL season, Coleman was recently traded to the Bills for a future seventh-round pick, and Callaway was cited for marijuana possession over the weekend.

There might not be anything to worry about with Gordon, but until he actually reports with the team, the Browns are going to have to find another receiver to potentially get playing time with the first team (hello Dez Bryant?).

Rashard Higgins might be an in-house solution to their suddenly questionable receiver depth, but he has yet to show he’s a starting-caliber receiver in the league. Landry has a starting spot locked in; the Browns need to see some stability at the other receiver slots.

4. The Packers debut their revamped secondary

Green Bay’s biggest flaw last season, aside from the fragile nature of Aaron Rodgers’ collarbone, was a depleted secondary that struggled to meet the tone set by safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix. The Packers ranked 23rd in passing yards allowed and 31st in opponent passer rating (102.0) last fall, meaning the average quarterback left a matchup against the green and gold a shade less efficient than 2017 MVP Tom Brady (102.9).

New general manager Brian Gutekunst took steps to rectify that. He shipped starter Damarious Randall (10 interceptions in three seasons with Green Bay) to Cleveland in exchange for a backup quarterback and spent the team’s top two draft picks on cornerbacks Jaire Alexander and Josh Jackson — just one year after former GM Ted Thompson spent the team’s top two draft picks on defensive backs Kevin King and Josh Jones. Gutekunst also brought 11-year veteran Tramon Williams back into the fold to help mentor these young charges.

We’ll get to see what that group can do against Marcus Mariota on Thursday, albeit briefly. Depending on Williams’ role, the Packers could wind up starting up to four first- or second-year players in their defensive backfield in 2018. While there’s a deluge of raw talent there — everyone but Williams was either a first- or second-round draft pick — that will be a volatile group with a large variance between great plays and rookie mistakes. This week’s preseason performances will help set the learning curve for a vital part of Green Bay’s revival.

5. Who’s the odd man out on the Jets’ quarterback depth chart?

Quarterback competitions are always the top story of preseason, and the Jets have one of the most interesting battles. The biggest difference, though, is that New York’s depth chart may affect another team.

For now, the Jets enter their preseason opener with their incumbent starter, Josh McCown, at the top of the depth chart ahead of free agent acquisition, Teddy Bridgewater. Then at the bottom is first-round pick Sam Darnold.

“We’re going to let them play,” Jets coach Todd Bowles said at a press conference this week. “And after the fourth preseason (game), sometime that week, I’ll make my decision and go from there.”

The best guess is that the depth chart will finish where it is now, but each has made a strong case to start Week 1:

"I’m told that some people at the Jets are so impressed with Bridgewater thus far that they are quote ‘obsessed’…They feel like they have three guys for once that they can go into battle with and succeed with." -- @MikeSilver on the Jets

— NFL Media (@NFLMedia) July 24, 2018

Sam Darnold “has a very fair shot” of winning Jets’ starting QB job for regular-season opener, per sources. He has to keep progressing, preseason will be critical, and he probably is a year away, when he turns 22. But Jets love what they see and he has a legit chance to win job.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) August 6, 2018

Maybe it’s just training camp fodder, but the Jets seem to really think they have three starters. That sounds pretty great, but what it really could mean is that New York is in business if another team suddenly needs a starting quarterback before the regular season starts.

If any player gets traded, Bridgewater is the likeliest candidate. But the Jets’ preseason debut against the Falcons is our first chance to see if that trade scenario has legs. If it does, buckle up.

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Antonio Gates hints at playing another season

Los Angeles Chargers tight end Antonio Gates managed to revive his career with his team in 2018, and as far as he’s concerned, he sounds like he’d prefer it continue in 2019.

Gates told Steve Wyche of NFL Network that he feels good, loves his teammates, and appears to be leaning toward playing another season in 2019, if possible.

I spoke to Chargers TE Antonio Gates today. The likely future Hall of Famer indicated that his 16th season, might not be his last – at least in his mind. He's loving how he feels, his teammates and coaches, how this season has played out and more. Story coming soon. @NFLMedia

— Steve Wyche (@wyche89) December 28, 2018

Gates has 28 catches and two touchdowns this season, and the Chargers would obviously have to want him back if he were to remain with the organization. That’s no sure thing, but if Gates wants to play, he’ll find work somewhere, even though he’ll be 39 next year. Plus, one more year might enable to him to get to know some more people around the league.

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Badlands75RT @NFLMedia: Due to the passing of film maker George A. Romero, we will air The Timeline: Night of the Living Steelers this Friday, July 21 at 9 p.m. ET.

Due to the passing of film maker George A. Romero, we will air The Timeline: Night of the Living Steelers this Friday, July 21 at 9 p.m. ET.

— NFL Media (@NFLMedia) July 18, 2017

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