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10:39 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are picking up the fifth-year option on cornerback Vernon Hargreaves, the team announced Wednesday night. It will keep him with the club through 2020 and earn him $9 million. The deadline to pick up fifth-year options for 2016 NFL draft picks is May 3. Hargreaves
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4:20 PM ET The Johnson County (Kansas) District Attorney office has declined to file charges against Kansas City Chiefs star wide receiver Tyreek Hill or his fiancée, it was announced Wednesday. District Attorney Stephen M. Howe said he believed a crime did occur, but the evidence in the case doesn’t clearly establish who committed the
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3:08 PM ET Defensive end Brian Robison announced his retirement from the NFL on Wednesday after signing a one-day contract with the Minnesota Vikings, the only team he played in during his 11 seasons. 😭 the Robison Family Loves you Minnesota https://t.co/5hJAc8HFYy — Brian Robison (@Brian_Robison) April 24, 2019 The 35-year-old Robison didn’t play last
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2:53 PM ET Kelly Stafford, the wife of Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford, returned to the hospital for overnight observation after struggling to taper off steroids following her brain tumor surgery last week. She posted on Instagram Wednesday that she tried to deal with the headaches and other issues but finally decided to get help.
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1:06 PM ET The NFL has sent a warning letter to Tom Coughlin, the Jacksonville Jaguars‘ executive vice president of football operations, about his criticism of players not attending voluntary offseason workouts, a source told ESPN’s Dan Graziano on Wednesday. Coughlin was not fined, but another source told Graziano that the letter warned Coughlin and
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2:28 PM ET Quarterback Matthew Stafford was at the Detroit Lions‘ training facility Monday morning, a day after his wife announced she had returned home following brain surgery last week. Kelly Stafford underwent a 12-hour surgery to remove a brain tumor. On Sunday, she posted on Instagram that she had left the hospital. The Lions
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10:53 AM ET The Baltimore Ravens and kicker Justin Tucker have agreed to a four-year, $23.05 million extension that includes $12.5 million fully guaranteed in the first two years and an $8 million signing bonus, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Wednesday. The extension for Tucker, who is tied to the Ravens through the
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1:35 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The most accurate kicker in NFL history is now the highest-paid one. Justin Tucker signed a four-year extension Wednesday that will keep him with the Baltimore Ravens through the 2023 season, the team announced. The extension is worth $20.45 million, bringing the total of the five-year deal to
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