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NFL Rumors – New York Giants Might Make Andre Williams Their Starting Running Back
It seems that the New York Giants are considering a switch in the running back hierarchy as Rashad Jennings is hardly getting any touches with the first team, while Andre Williams and Shane Vereen seem to be closer to that “Feature back” designation.
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NFL Rumors – Tennessee Titans Like What They’re Seeing From Marcus Mariota
Contract disputes and offset language issues behind them, the Tennessee Titans are very pleased with what they’re seeing from Marcus Mariota, who seem to be further ahead than what anyone on the team expected.
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NFL Rumors – Seattle Seahawks Can’t Stop Russell Wilson From Playing Baseball
As part of a negotiation tactic while trying to get the big contract from the Seattle Seahawks, Russell Wilson talked about his love for baseball and possibly in the future playing in the majors. Well, the saga has ended; he and the Seahawks have a deal. But there’s no clause preventing him from playing baseball, if he actually wants to do it.
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NFL Rumors – San Francisco 49ers Hardly Retained Anyone From Last Season
Part of building a successful NFL team is continuity. That might be a sign that the San Francisco 49ers aren’t just going in a very different direction in something of a new era for them, but they’re also going to take some time before they’re good again.
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NFL Rumors – Washington Redskins & Houston Texans Brawled Because They Wanted to End Practice
Besides the Washington Redskins and Houston Texans players getting together for a massive brawl to end a join-practice session, there was also some nice fan-service from rookie Kendall Lamm, who didn’t let the rain or the sour atmosphere stop him from interacting with fans.
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NFL Rumors – New York Jets Fans Unhappy that Geno Smith is Still Their Quarterback
If interceptions (or lack of them) is an indication, Geno Smith is having a good training camp. But some New York Jets fans don’t really care about what might an improvement from the quarterback, and booed him at every opportunity they had.
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English Premier League – Newly Promoted Clubs Don’t Receive a Warm Welcome
Between the three new clubs to the Premier League this season (Bournemouth, Norwich and Watford), only one point from the possible nine was earned.
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Manchester United – Wayne Rooney Looks a Little Bit Lonely
If there are two things that can’t be ignored from Manchester United opening the season with a narrow win, is that Wayne Rooney seems a bit lonely up front without too much scoring ability around him, and Louis van Gaal has a better defense than last season.
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Chelsea FC – Jose Mourinho is Lucky not to Start Season With a Loss
Considering how poorly Chelsea played; how ill prepared the defense seemed to be; how lucky the goals from Oscar and William (or was it an own goal) were; and Thibaut Courtois making a foolish mistake that resulted in a goal and red card; Jose Mourinho has nothing to complain about, and actually feel lucky that his team didn’t lose in the season’s opening match.
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English Premier League – Week 1 Results, Table, Goals & Highlights
A boring but successful start for Manchester United with a 1-0 win over Tottenham to open the season, while Chelsea stuttered with 10 men at home to get a 2-2 draw against Swansea. Newly promoted sides got a total of one point out of a possible nine with Bournemouth losing to Aston Villa, Norwich to Crystal Palace and Watford drawing with Everton.