It's not often that you're able to see a team lose a franchise star in real time, but the latest episode of "Hard Knocks: Offseason with the " depicted just that.Moments ahead of the start of free agency, Giants general manager Joe Schoen circled back with agent, Ed Berry, to see if they would still allow New York to match any offer the star running back got. Berry told Schoen that the offer the Giants would need to put out was a three-year deal worth $12.5 million per year and $25 million guaranteed.However, Schoen got the sense that Barkley's side wasn't going to honor
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NHL Colorado Avalanche Men Jersey wasn't the only key free agent the Giants lost that day. Safety agreed to a four-year, $67 million contract with the that made him the second-highest-paid safety, ending his time in New York after four seasons."Oh my God," Schoen blurted when he learned of McKinney's deal and where it ranked compared to other safeties.After losing two franchise cornerstones on the first day of free agency, the Giants were able to add one, but not without some haggling. The Giants checked back in on acquiring standout edge rusher , who was franchise-tagged by the , so they'd have to trade for him.New York was granted permi sion to negotiate a deal with Burns, and the two sides came to terms, agreeing to a five-year, $141 million deal with $87.5 million guaranteed. So, all that was left to do was work out a trade with Carolina.That proce s was more laborious than the Giants anticipated it would be. Schoen initially offered Panthers general manager Dan Morgan the 39th overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft for Burns. Carolina declined, so Schoen countered with the 47th overall pick and a selection in the 2025 draft.Morgan was interested in that offer, but kept the Giants waiting throughout the first day of free agency before Schoen called him. The two sides agreed to the major parameters of a
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Calle Rosen Women Jersey a free-agency sweepstakes with the Jets, though. Standout guard was set to sign with the Jets on a two-year, $18 million deal with $17 million guaranteed to reunite with and Nathaniel Hackett. New York opted to give him a three-year, $30 million deal with $17 million guaranteed, which Runyan accepted shortly after it was offered.Earlier in the episode, Schoen listed Runyan as one of his top three offensive lineman targets in free agency. They signed him and their top target, . Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? Create or log in to your FOX Sports account, follow leagues, teams and players to receive a personalized newsletter daily.
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The Week 11 picks are coming, but a few things real quick ...You may have noticed the 2014 NFC has the same i sue as the NBA's Western Conference: It's got so many playoff-worthy teams, some playoff-worthy teams aren't going to make the playoffs. I've perused the remaining schedules of those teams I consider on the bubble (, , , , Niners, and ) and on who's gonna mi s out: LIONSREMAINING OPPONENTS: at (8-1), at (7-2), vs. (3-6), vs. (1-8), vs. (4-5), at (3-6), at (6-3)2-3 more lo ses predicted result: 11-5After the two road tests in Arizona and New England, the path is pretty easy 'til Week 17 in Lambeau.SEAHAWKSREMAINING
Jahlil Okafor Jersey OPPONENTS: at (6-3), vs. (8-1), at (5-4), at (7-2), vs. (5-4), at (8-1), vs. (3-6)2-4 more lo ses Predicted Result: 10-6Seattle re-established itself as a dominant running offense, but their upcoming slate is loaded with other teams who run the ball effectively. That's especially bad news given the lo s of Mebane.EAGLESREMAINING OPPONENTS: at (6-3), vs. (2-7), at (7-3), vs. (6-3), vs. (7-3), at (3-6), at (3-6)2-3more lo sesPredicted Result:12-4As long as they can split the head-to-heads with Dallas, Philly oughta hold on to win the division crown.COWBOYSREMAINING OPPONENTS: at (3-6), vs. (7-2), at (3-6), at (7-2), vs. (6-3), at (3-6)1-2 more lo sesPredicted Result:11-5Dallas has the easiest path of our sextet. Besides Indy and those two games, there's not much to fear.PACKERSREMAINING OPPONENTS: vs. (7-2), at (4-5), vs. (7-2), vs. (3-6), at (5-4), at (1-8), vs. (7-2)1-3 more lo sesPredicted Result:12-4Green Bay will be favored to win every game it plays from here on out. They may actually win 'em all, too.NINERSREMAINING OPPONENTS: at (3-6), vs. (3-6), vs. (6-3), at (0-9), at (6-3), vs. (5-4), vs. (8-1)1-3 more
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The Houston Texans are on the rise as much as any team in the NFL heading into the 2024 season. A year and a half ago they were considered a bottom feeder, if not the actual worst team in the league. Fast-forward 18 months and they're one of the dark horse contenders in the AFC, representing a genuine threat to the Kansas City Chiefs, the Baltimore Ravens and
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coach said at last month's NFL Annual Meeting that he was still awaiting clarity from the league before he could with star running back . He will be getting his wish soon.Peterson's reinstatement meeting with the league has concluded
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George Blanda Jersey is back in the mix for the .The team's leading receiver on Tuesday after mi sing Sunday's ugly to the with a hamstring injury, according to Kevin Bowen of the team's official website.With the , it's unclear how much of a workload Hilton will earn against the . coach did emphasize this week that he'll play his starters in the finale.Hilton's absence against Dallas exposed Indy
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100 years ago, on the 1st of September, over 20 000 people watched Tottenham Hotspur defeat Wolves 3-0 in Tottenhams first ever league game.It took Tottenham just 6 minutes to score their first ever league goal, Vivian
Jason Williams Jersey Woodwards goal going straight into the record books. Woodward then struck again, 2-0 and the first brace ever scored by a Tottenham player. Tom Morris then brought the game to a conclusion by scoring a 30 yard screamer, not a bad day at the office for the new football league club.This got me thinking and I thought about the 10 best league games in our 100 year history. Only league games count, so no European cup finals or Carling cup wins.Only 1 thing remains to be said, happy 100th league birthday Tottenham Hotspur!Westward: first brace10. Tottenham Hotspur-4 vs. Chelsea-4 (2008)Scorers: Jonathan Woodgate (12), Dimitar Berbatov (60), Tom Huddlestone (74) and Robbie Keane (87)What a game! Tottenham went one-nil down to Didier Drogbas second minute opener. Woody got us back on level terms before E sien scored a second Chelsea goal in the 19th minute. Berba equalised after half-time but Joe Cole once again put Chelsea in front. Tom Huddlestone got us back in it again in the 74th minute; alas, Joe Coles second just 5 minutes later looked to have won it for Chelsea. But Robbie Keane was on hand to save the day with an 87th minute goal. Phew!9. TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR-2 vs.
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Mike Bibby Jersey , Brazil, Falco (2)Its always nice to beat the old enemy so imagine the delight of Tottenham fans up and down the country when we stuffed them 5-0 at home. Fans favourite Hughton got a brace along with Falco. Brazil also found the net to ensure that the tottenham celebrations went on long into the night2. TOTTENHAM 7 vs.
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Very much of the ' financial future depends on what happens with .Paired with running back as Dallas' two
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More often than not, Jerry Jones sees the roses and not the thorns. That's the case in 2020 when it comes to linebacker , the former second-round pick being the centerpiece of criticism heaped upon what's been a historically bad defense for much of the season. Although the unit has increased markedly over the past three games -- allowing roughly 10 points fewer per game than in the first six contests -- Smith has still been uneven with his play, leading to a more increased role at WILL (weakside) for a now-healthy in Week 8 against the .With both and Lee back on the field, the expectation is an overthinking Smith will eventually find the form that made him a Pro Bowler in 2018, but it's not yet happened. His
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Andrew Whitworth Jersey has value for the Cowboys, and a trade isn't expected just yet, but the latter can't be so easily dismi sed out of hand.Things will all become more clear in the next 2-3 months as talks reignite with Prescott after the season concludes, but Jones is clear in his belief Smith will be in Dallas for a long time to come. That's very po sible, but it doesn't change the obvious, in that his play has been and can be much better than what's been put on film in 2020.Otherwise, one day Nolan might actually find out just how lucky another team might be to have the Pro Bowler.
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After staying up until 2 a.m. to podcast last night, I stumbled out of bed this morning and fell on my face, which I'm only mentioning because I think I now know exactly how felt last night.In what will surely go down as the worst 80-yard run any quarterback ever, Jones lost a chance to score the easiest touchdown of his life after his legs completely gave out on him roughly 71 yards into the play (If you have not seen the Daniel Jones play yet, please ). At the beginning of the play, it looked like Jones had been shot out of a cannon, but by the end of the play, he was stumbling around more than someone who had just spent nine straight hours drinking tequila on the Vegas strip. On a related note, don't ever drink tequila for nine straight hours on the Vegas strip. This is speaking from personal experience.Including Jones' run, I was pleasantly surprised by how thrilling the game was on Thursday. Since two NFC East teams were playing, I thought the final score would be 3-0 and that I'd fall asleep at halftime. Instead, I watched every second, which I think marks the first time this year that I've watched every second of an NFC East game without feeling like I had just gotten tortured.Alright, we've got a lot of ground to cover in today's newsletter, so let's get to the rundown. Oh, don't forget, if you want to share this newsletter with your friends (or enemies, I don't judge), just . 1. Today's Show: trip up in thrillerI don't think I realized it until this week, but it appears that roughly half the people I work with are Eagles fans and because Eagles fans are pushy, two of them made their way on to our podcast for Thursday night's recap episode. Besides me, Will Brinson and Ryan Wilson, we were also joined by Cody Benjamin and Eric DeBerardinis. Eric is actually the producer of the show, but
Corey Ballentine Jersey he becomes a full-fledged co-host anytime we start talking about the Eagles.This was a wild recap that you're definitely going to want to listen to. We talked about everything from Daniel Jones' 80-yard run to key drop in the fourth quarter to the Giants totally collapsing in the fourth quarter. And because the Eagles guys were on, we also spent an ungodly amount of time debating who's going to win the NFC East, where falls on the list of best quarterbacks in the NFL and whether Eagles fans should be worried about their kicking situation.Somehow, we also made time to talk about the Yannick Ngakoue trade while also spending several minutes chatting about how bad the are.To listen to today's episode -- and subscribe to the podcast --. 2. Today's show Part II: Picking Week 7 gamesThe best part about Friday -- besides the fact that it's Friday -- is that you get two episodes of the podcast in your feed. After the recap of the Thursday game, Brinson got tired of talking with me, Wilson and Cody so he kicked us to the curb and brought in Pete Prisco, R.J. White and Kenny White for a discu sion about their best bets and picks for Week 7.The guys spent nearly 60
Richard Lane Jersey minutes going over the best bets for every single game being played this week. Because I'm in a good mood, here's one best bet from each of them.Will Brinson: (+2.5) to cover in Atlanta against the on Sunday. Pete Prisco: (+1) to cover in Tenne see against the . Kenny White: (+6) to cover on the road in L.A. against the . R.J. White: (+7) to cover on the road against the .If you're wondering how they did last week, the guys actually went 4-0 with the picks we featured in the newsletter. I'm not sure if they're just good at picks or if the newsletter has magic powers, but I'm not going to sit here and rule out that second one. The group also has a three-team parlay that involves betting the Under (45) in the Bears-Rams game along with the Over (50.5) in the Steelers-Titans game and for the (-3.5) to cover against the . To hear what the rest of the best bets are for Week 7, be sure to click here so you . 3. NFL makes late changes to Week 7 scheduleEvery week, it seems like there's at least one new team dealing with a COVID-related i sue and this week, that team is the Las Vegas Raiders. The problem for the Raiders is that their ENTIRE offensive line is currently on the reserve/COVID-19 list. Although tackle was the only player who tested positive, he wasn't wearing his tracing device, so any player in close proximity to Brown over the past few days also had to go on the list and that includes center , guards and , tackle and Jonathan Abram.Basically, the NFL has no idea if the Raiders are going to be able to play on Sunday and since they're scheduled to play on Sunday night, the league wanted to move them out of the primetime slot. Here's with only two game times changing:Buccaneers-Raiders: Game was originally scheduled for 8:20 p.m. ET on NBC and will now kick off at 4:05 p.m. ET on Fox.Seahawks-Cardinals: Game was originally scheduled for 4:05 p.m. ET on Fox and will now kick off at 8:20 p.m. ET on NBC.You know the NFL is worried if its bumping out of "Sunday Night Football."As I wrote on Twitter the other day, the biggest loser in this schedule change is definitely because there's no way he can stay out all night on Saturday and party on the strip in Vegas if he has a game at 1:05 p.m. PT the next day. The NFL clearly hates Gronk. 4. NFL Week 7 picksIn case you haven't noticed, we love to make picks here at CBS Sports, and since this is the final newsletter you'll be reading before all the action kicks off on Sunday, we've decided to load it up with even more picks.Today, you'll be getting a best bet from CBS Sports NFL Insider Jason La Canfora, along with picks from Will Brinson, Tom Fornelli and Jordan Dajani. Here's how things are going to work: I'm going to give you one pick from each guy and then direct you to the rest of their picks. That way, if you like their pick, you'll be able to read the rest of them, but if they pick against your favorite team, you can ignore the rest of their picks and move on.Will Brinson: Washington 24-17 over Dallas. I
NFL Detroit Lions Jersey 'm not sure if this pick is based on what Brinson saw on Monday night or the fact that he hates , but he currently has the Washington winning this game, which is a pick'em in Vegas. For the rest of .Jordan Dajani: 24-20 over . It looks like Jordan has decided to jump on the Bengals bandwagon with me as he has
AJ Parker Jersey Cincinnati pulling off the upset in this game, even though they're a three-point underdog. I will gladly welcome Jordan to the bandwagon, especially since he's 53-33-2 picking games against the spread this year. For the rest of .Tom Fornelli: Steelers 27-23 over Titans. Fornelli only makes three bets per week and so far, he's 10-7-1 on the season. I will personally be rooting for him to fall to 10-8-1, not because I hate Tom, but because I picked the Titans in this game. For the rest of .Jason La Canfora: (-13) cover against the . This is the biggest point spread of Week 7 and although that might scare some people away, the fact of the matter is that the Jets are horrible. La Canfora knows it. I know it. I think the Jets even know it. They haven't covered the spread in a single game this year. For the rest of . 5. NFL Insider notebook: Bengals' deadline dilemma Every Friday, CBS Sports NFL Insider empties out his notebook for a column that I generally read while I'm enjoying my sixth cup of coffee (I drink a lot of coffee). This week, Jones has a lot of news and notes so let's take a look at at a couple of those.Don't expect the Bengals to be sellers at the trade deadline: Last year, everyone was expecting the Bengals to trade Andy Dalton or A.J. Green at the deadline, but for some reason, that didn't happen. This year, the Bengals will be facing the same questions with big name players like Green and . According to Jones, the Bengals aren't interested in holding a fire sale. The team would be willing to trade someone for the right price, but apparently, its "asking prices have been unreasonable" according to one NFC executive. need to sign : When you've given up more points than the Jets, you know your defense is bad, and that's where the Cowboys are right now. The defense somehow manages to get worse every week and things have gotten so bad that Jones thinks it might be time for the Cowboys to reach out to Earl Thomas. The Cowboys are now at the point where beggars can't be choosers, so reaching out definitely makes some sense, even if Thomas isn't a great locker room guy, and by all accounts, he's not. For the rest of Jones' notebook, plus . 6. Sneak peek at Week 8: favored by 21.5 points over JetsGuys, I don't want to get ahead of myself here, but I was just peeking at the Week 8 schedule and apparently, the Jets are being sacrificed to the Chiefs. The only reason I'm bringing that up now is because oddsmakers have released their lookahead line for the game and, um, it's not pretty: The Chiefs are currently favored by 21.5 points (This could change based on whether any player from either team gets injured in Week 7).If you're thinking about betting this game, here's a quick nugget from Jordan Dajani on why the Chiefs might not be the automatic play here even though they're going up against a Jets team that has yet to cover the spread this season (0-6).Since 1978, there have been 13 NFL matchups that have closed with teams as at least 20-point favorites.and only one of six teams covered a spread of 22 points or more. The last time an NFL team was favored by more than 20 came last year when the Cowboys in a 31-6 win over the .For more on the the Week 8 lookahead lines, . 7. The Kicker! Did I ever tell you guys about the time that an NFL kicker cost someone $240,000 due to a mi sed kick? No? Well, it . Someone who is far richer than me bet $250,000 on the Eagles (-3) to cover the first half point spread against the Giants. An Eagles cover would mean our gambling friend would walk away with a profit of $238,095.25.With the Eagles leading 10-7 and just 17 seconds left in the half, all the bettor needed to get the cover was for to make a 29-YARD FIELD GOAL. Going into Thursday, NFL kickers were hitting a combined 94.8% of field goals (74 of 78) on the season between 20 and 29 yards, and because I just told you that, I'm sure
Steven Montez Jersey you can gue s what happened. ELLIOTT MISSED and our bettor didn't win his money.Guys, that's why I never bet $250,000 on anything. I hope none of you lose that kind of money over the weekend and I'll see you on Monday.
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