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NFL Rumors – Seattle Seahawks Could Start Rookie Cassius Marsh
The Seattle Seahawks are a perfect example of a team that doesn’t look at the experience and numbers that come with a player: They give the best and most suitable ones the bigger roles. Rookie Cassius Marsh out of UCLA might be a fourth round pick and a defensive end, position the Seahawks are loaded in, but it doesn’t mean there’s no chance for him to start next season.
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NFL Rumors – Chicago Bears Might Make Eben Britton a Starter
Preseason and training camp is a time for surprises when it comes to players taking over starting roles no one expected them to occupy. The Chicago Bears intend to keep Jordan Mills as their starting right tackle, but his injury and the ability of Eben Britton might change all of that.
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NFL Rumors – Cleveland Browns Believe Jordan Cameron Will be Even Better This Season
It’s hard to be optimistic each and ever year about the Cleveland Browns and keep ending up being disappointed. There is less excitement about change this year. It’s more about beginning a positive process, with Jordan Cameron, their standout tight end who had a breakout season last year, relied upon to get even better.
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NFL Rumors – Dallas Cowboys Have Big Plans for Lance Dunbar
The Dallas Cowboys haven’t done much with Lance Dunbar as a running back over the last couple of years, but the 2014 season might bring a change to that approach, utilizing his speed and pass catching abilities to finally make him a more meaningful part of their offense.
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College Football Realignment – Big 12 Adding BYU Doesn’t Make Sense
The world of college football keeps changing, and further conference realignment remains an option. However, adding BYU to the Big 12 which is still a ten-team conference doesn’t seem to be something we’re going to see in the near future.
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NFL Rumors – Indianapolis Colts Will Start Ahmad Bradshaw Over Trent Richardson at Running Back
Acquiring Trent Richardson via trade last season was a huge move for the Indianapolis Colts, but one that so far they’ve been disappointed with. Ahmad Bradshaw might not be the running back he was a few years ago, but going by their production last season, he’s going to be the preferred choice to start and carry most of the load in the 2014 NFL season.
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Seattle Seahawks – Richard Sherman Making the Preseason Interesting
There’s nothing wrong with NFL players blowing some steam on each other during practice, but when nothing actually happens during preseason, scuffles and fights make the top news, especially when it’s the Super Bowl champions Seattle Seahawks and especially Richard Sherman, one of the most vocal players in the league, getting involved.
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NFL Rumors – Tampa Bay Buccaneers Giving Josh McCown a Short Leash
One of the more interesting situations in the NFL preseason has to do with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback scenario: Josh McCown looks like the favorite to win the starting position, but for a team that wants to win now, using the older, veteran quarterback over second-year Mike Glennon might not actually put them in the best spot for immediate success.
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NFL Rumors – Houston Texans Going With Ryan Fitzpatrick as Their Starting Quarterback
A year after crashing in a miserable way mostly due to their quarterback problems, the Houston Texans are going with Ryan Fitzpatrick, at least for now, as their starting quarterback. The nine year veteran who has never been on a team that has made the playoffs, beat out Case Keenum and T.J. Yates for the job, although everything is open to change if things go badly.
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Soccer Bigger Than the NFL for Just One Day
No, soccer isn’t bigger than the NFL and probably will never be, not in the United States. But the World Cup opening win over Ghana set quite a few records in terms of viewership and ratings, including getting a higher viewing share in New York City compared to last season’s average for both the New York Giants and the New York Jets.