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28-35 minutes 8/29/2023C.J. Stroud is officially the Week 1 starter for the Texans. He began taking all the first-team reps in practice on Aug. 5. He started in all three preseason games. But what did the No. 2 overall pick out of Ohio State reveal? What can be expected from the franchise’s fourth opening-day starting quarterback in as many seasons?Here is a full breakdown of all 23 of Stroud’s preseason ...

FRISCO — Trey Lance is thankful for his time with San Francisco.He’s excited about his fresh start in Dallas.The third player taken in the 2021 draft doesn’t want to dwell on what didn’t happen with the 49ers. But it did lay the groundwork for what he’ll do with the Cowboys.“I learned a ton,’’ Lance said about San Francisco after going through a brief practice with his new team Tuesday afternoon. “Like ...

Could the Arizona Cardinals really decide to move on from Kyler Murray as their starting quarterback after this season should they end up with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 draft to select a new franchise QB in USC’s Caleb Williams?Oddsmakers project the Cardinals will finish with the worst record in the league and in addition owning their own first-round pick next year, they also have the Texans’ ...

7-9 minutes 8/29/2023NASHVILLE, Tenn. — It’s official, all you 53-man roster watchers: The Titans are keeping pass rusher Caleb Murphy, receiver Kearis Jackson and cornerback Anthony Kendall.Also official: Any extended discussion of those players, or guys such as Julius Chestnut and Dillon Radunz, probably means bad things for the Tennessee Titans in 2023. It’s fun to guess on rosters, watch guys battle ...

Nashville TennesseanThe Tennessee Titans have traded a 2025 seventh-round pick to the New England Patriots to acquire veteran kicker Nick Folk, pending a physical.The Titans have cycled through three kickers this training camp, waiving Trey Wolff, Caleb Shudak and Michael Badgley in the past two weeks. Folk will be the 16th kicker the Titans have had on roster since 2019.The Titans confirmed the trade ...

Nashville TennesseanOfficials say the North Carolina home owned by Tennessee Titans cornerback Caleb Farley that exploded last week — killing his father, Robert Farley, and injuring a second person — was caused by a natural gas leak.Kent Moore, the director of Iredell County Fire Services, said the point of origin for the explosion remains unknown.Further investigation into the explosion was stopped ...

5-6 minutes 8/29/2023By cutting their longest tenured tight end, trading a former starting center and keeping two punters, the Pittsburgh Steelers finalized their initial 53-man roster Tuesday.The Steelers cut 16 players, including fifth-year tight end Zach Gentry, and traded Kendrick Green, their 2021 starting center, to the Houston Texans to get to the roster limit. Among the players the Steelers ...

Defense wins championships, and when the defense might need some help, a future Hall of Fame quarterback can help push a franchise to the Lombardi Trophy.Tom Brady was the missing piece for the Buccaneers when they demolished Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs in Super Bowl LV, and the Jets have adopted that formula with Aaron Rodgers as their designated savior.The Jets have talked the No. 1 defense talk ...

3-3 minutes 8/30/2023Heartbreak became elation in a matter of moments.Xavier Gipson, an undrafted free-agent receiver and kick returner, was duped by Jets higher-ups.They thanked him for his contributions and made it seem like he wasn’t sticking around by starting the next sentence by saying “sorry,” before breaking the good news.“They kind of tricked me into thinking I was going to be released,” Gipson, ...

6-8 minutes 8/30/2023During the snap last Saturday before Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers capped his preseason cameo with a touchdown pass to Garrett Wilson, Giants outside linebacker Jihad Ward poked “the bear.”And Rodgers wasn’t thrilled.As Rodgers drifted back during the first quarter of that game and completed a pass to Mecole Hardman, Ward kept rushing toward the quarterback (and “Hard Knocks” ...