As 2020 NFL training camps continue, Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald shows age is just a number, while the Cleveland Browns and Lions Detroit have each recovered key offensive weapons.
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Browns WR Jarvis Landry passes physique and joins active roster
Browns wide receiver Jarvis Landry was taken off the list physically unable to perform after going beyond his physique and joined the active list. Landry, who hasn’t missed a game in his six years in the NFL, underwent hip surgery Feb.4 after injuring himself last season. On Saturday, the Browns also activated safety Karl Joseph (foot) and tight end Pharaoh Brown (foot) of the stop list physically unable to execute the list, and called for cornerback MJ Stewart for waivers.
TJ Hockenson of Lions among 3 removed from reserve list / COVID-19
The Lions activated tight end TJ Hockenson on the COVID-19 reserve roster on Saturday, more than a week after he entered the roster at the start of training camp. Hockenson, the team’s first-round pick last season, made 32 catches for 367 yards and two touchdowns in his rookie season before sustaining a right ankle injury at Thanksgiving against Chicago that ended his year. .
Source: Seahawks’ Quinton Dunbar to be removed from Commissioner’s exemption list
Seahawks cornerback Quinton Dunbar is being taken off the commissioner’s exemption list, a source told ESPN, confirming an NFL Network report. The move is expected to become official on Sunday. Dunbar’s removal from the bye list allows him to join the Seahawks at team headquarters, which he is expected to do as early as Sunday. Dunbar could still face an NFL suspension.
Washington releases RB Derrius Guice shortly after arrest
The Washington football team released Guice on Friday night, less than two hours after his arrest for domestic violence in Loudoun County, Virginia. Washington wasted little time in releasing Guice, saying in a statement it learned of an incident related to domestic violence on Thursday. The team alerted the NFL and met with Guice on Friday to let him know he was exempt from all team activities.
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– Arizona Cardinals (@AZCardinals) August 8, 2020
Solid work week ????@budlight | #SteelersCamp pic.twitter.com/WSl2WeOJuV
– Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) August 8, 2020
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– Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) August 8, 2020
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– Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) August 8, 2020
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– Houston Texans (@HoustonTexans) August 8, 2020
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– Tampa Bay Buccaneers (@Buccaneers) August 8, 2020
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Put this work in ✅A behind-the-scenes look at a day in the life at #BroncosCamp with @ Dalton_Risner66 ???? pic.twitter.com/oyE4b6MHGK
– Denver Broncos (@Broncos) August 8, 2020
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– Chicago Bear (@ChicagoBears) August 8, 2020
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– Tennessee Titans (@Titans) August 8, 2020
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– Giants of New York (@Giants) August 8, 2020
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Chapter IV. Let’s go. pic.twitter.com/iFqS07d0eU
– JuJu Smith-Schuster (@TeamJuJu) August 8, 2020
When it’s FINALLY the weekend ???? pic.twitter.com/8ByWeHfiRv
– Giants of New York (@Giants) August 8, 2020
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– Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) August 8, 2020
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– Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) August 8, 2020
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– Denver Broncos (@Broncos) August 8, 2020
Quarterback Scott Hunter will train in 1971 ????@amfam #DreamDrive Flashback ???? pic.twitter.com/tQgArcxGpd
– Green Bay Packers (@packers) August 8, 2020
Quotes of the day
“Duce has always been someone who can control the room. He demands respect and the guys respect him.”
Eagles TE Zach Ertz, on Duce Staley.
What our NFL Nation reporters saw today
On Sunday morning, Cory Undlin will walk past his defense for the first time at the Detroit Lions training center in Allen Park, Michigan. He’s been seeing them for months now, but until Sunday he couldn’t be face-to-face with any of them. At least in real life. The Lions’ new defensive coordinator was hired in January and has met his players at Zoom all spring so far. “To say excited would be an understatement, obviously,” Undlin said. “The respect I have for the virtual meeting right now and the way everything this spring was, and I talked about it a lot in June, if you have a conversation with someone and are able to watch them in the eyes, as we are right now, I don’t care whether you’re in person or not, this class, this media situation that we find ourselves in right now, we’ve been doing this all spring and I have a good idea of all these guys and I think they all have a great feeling to me whether we’re in the boardroom or virtual. But there’s obviously a different feeling after you can do it for six months and now you are physically in the same room. There is a difference. We know that. And I can’t wait. ” – Michael Rothstein
Doug Pederson’s transition to Duce Staley has been “seamless” according to tight end Zach Ertz. Staley manages day-to-day operations while Pederson goes into quarantine after testing positive for the coronavirus. “Duce has always been someone who can control the room,” Ertz said. “He demands respect and the guys respect him.” Pederson continues to conduct a large number of team meetings virtually, “giving us direction at the end of the day,” Ertz said. – Tim McManus
Panthers coach Matt Rhule is optimistic there will be football this season at Bank of America Stadium, even though the North Carolina governor this week extended phase 2 of COVID-19 by at least five weeks until September 11. Rhule says he can’t imagine a more secure environment than the one that has been created at FOB for coaches, players and staff. So far, the Panthers have not placed a player on the NFL Covid-19 roster. If all of this will lead some fans to attending games, Rhule can’t tell. He is preparing for all scenarios. “Obviously we want to play in front of the fans,” Rhule said. “We also want to be safe.” – David Newton
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The Rams put DT A’Shawn Robinson on the active / non-football injury list, the team announced on Saturday.
Following Jeremy Fowler’s report that Panthers LT Russell Okung considered removing COVID-19 from the NFL and did not rule out retirement. According to Okung’s agent, JI Halsell, retirement is only on the board if Okung “doesn’t feel comfortable in his work environment due to a COVID outbreak.” Right now we’re a long way from that scenario, which means that retirement consideration is nowhere. almost imminent. Okung missed 10 games last season for the Chargers with pulmonary embolism from blood clots. Halsell said Okung plans to play for Carolina this season unless the current COVID-19 situation worsens. – David Newton
The veterans of the Giants have had their first day off. This after completing their fifth day of the acclimatization period on Friday. The acclimatization period is a total of eight days before they enter a four-day acceleration period where they can actually do 7-on-7 and 11-on-11 exercises (without pads). – Jordan Raanan
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