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4:36 PM ET PITTSBURGH — With the disappointment of a first-round playoff loss to the Cleveland Browns still fresh, Ben Roethlisberger made the immediate decision to return as the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback for at least another season. To do that, though, he recognized that his $41.25 million cap hit was untenable, and he asked the
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1:10 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians said Tuesday he’s unsure how much quarterback Tom Brady will do in next week’s mandatory minicamp because of his recovery from offseason knee surgery. Brady has been throwing in private workouts with teammates instead of OTAs, but Arians said he might err on
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1:39 PM ET Sarah Barshop HOUSTON — The Texans have signed running back Rex Burkhead, adding another veteran running back to a crowded backfield, a source confirmed to ESPN. Burkhead, 30, is the seventh running back on the Texans’ roster, joining veteran running backs Phillip Lindsay, David Johnson and Mark Ingram. Houston added Lindsay and
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2:23 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Jaguars have hired Nick Sorensen as special-teams coordinator to replace Brian Schneider, who stepped away from the team for personal reasons. Sorensen spent the past eight seasons with Seattle, joining the Seahawks in 2013 as a special-teams assistant before moving to coach the secondary beginning in 2017.
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2:36 PM ET Associated Press EDMONTON, Alberta — The Edmonton CFL franchise has changed its team name to Elks. The club made the announcement Tuesday. Edmonton dropped its longtime name, Eskimos, last year after a similar decision by the NFL’s Washington team amid pressure on franchises to eliminate racist or stereotypical names. Alright lets breakdown
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11:19 AM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Bills converted more than $11.7 million of wide receiver Stefon Diggs‘ base salary into a signing bonus, a source tells ESPN’s Field Yates, saving the team roughly $8 million of salary-cap space. Diggs was slated to make roughly $12.7 million in base salary in 2021;
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