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Longest Active NFL Playoff Droughts
Heading into the 2015 NFL season, there are eight teams without any postseason action in over half a decade: Buffalo Bills, Cleveland Browns, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Miami Dolphins, Jacksonville Jaguars, Oakland Raiders, St. Louis Rams and the Tennessee Titans. Five of them have been out of the picture for a decade or more.
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NFL Rumors – Houston Texans Interested in Signing Pierre Thomas
The Houston Texans are in a hurry to find a new running back, and they’re hoping that among all those they’ve brought in for visits, Pierre Thomas, formerly with the New Orleans Saints, will be the one that ends up playing for them.
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NFL Rumors – Jacksonville Jaguars Don’t Believe Justin Blackmon Will Ever Play Again
Believe it or not, but Justin Blackmon is still under contract for the Jacksonville Jaguars, but it doesn’t mean the suspended wide receiver is ever going to play for them, or anyone else in the NFL, again.
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NFL Rumors – Oakland Raiders Turning Khalil Mack Into a Defensive End
With a new head coach and defensive coordinator, the Oakland Raiders are making some changes in training camp, maybe the most significant of them being Khalil Mack shifting from strongside linebacker to defensive end.
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NFL Injuries – Houston Texans Losing Arian Foster for at Least Half a Season
The biggest news of training camp is always the loss of players to long-term, often season-ending injuries. The Houston Texans have just been removed of their most important player on offense, as Arian Foster picks up a groin injury that will keep him out for at least half the season.
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DeflateGate – Baltimore Ravens “Snitched” on Tom Brady & New England Patriots
Maybe, one day, we’ll be free of the nonsense that is Ballghazi or DeflateGate but for now, while the season is still about a month or so away from us, we’ll have to go through the transcripts of the Tom Brady appeal and try to make some sense and find significance in the Baltimore Ravens warning the Indianapolis Colts about the New England Patriots and their balls.
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NFL Rumors – San Francisco 49ers Should Focus on Their Running Game
Trying to become more of a passing team hurt both the San Francisco 49ers and Colin Kaepernick, resulting in a massive change from the sidelines to the field. This season, with Carlos Hyde, Reggie Bush and Kendall Hunter sharing the running back role, focusing the offense on the ground game seems advisable.
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NFL Rumors – Oakland Raiders Turning Out to be Good for Michael Crabtree
It took Michael Crabtree some time to find a team in the offseason through free agency, but it seems, at least after a few days of training camp, that signing with the Oakland Raiders was a good choice.
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NFL Rumors – Pittsburgh Steelers Expect Markus Wheaton to Have Breakout Season
The Pittsburgh Steelers haven’t been a power rushing team in quite some time, and there’s a bigger emphasis than before on wide receiver quality and depth. From that depth, Markus Wheaton is signaled out to step up this season.
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NFL Rumors: New York Giants Breaking Radio Silence With Jason Pierre-Paul
The only player among those with the franchise tagged used on them that didn’t sign a one-year or long term deal is Jason Pierre-Paul of the New York Giants, still recovering from his hand injury, including a finger amputation. Finally, some things between the sides are starting to clear up.