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Indianapolis StarINDIANAPOLIS — From the moment Anthony Richardson’s name was called on draft day, the rookie quarterback has been like a double shot of espresso for everybody around the Colts.For the fans, the mere selection of Richardson was a shot of life, the chance at developing a true franchise quarterback they’ve coveted since Andrew Luck’s retirement. For the front office, Richardson was a ...

Updated 19 hours agoCINCINNATI — If not for the horde of reporters documenting Joe Burrow’s every move in his return to practice Wednesday, it might have seemed just like any other day for the team’s fourth-year quarterback.Burrow has been out since suffering a right calf strain July 27 on the second day of training camp, but he’s returning just in time for the Bengals, who are a week-and-a-half out ...

Cincinnati EnquirerKeyshawn JohnsonKeyshawn Johnson rushed to Cincinnati Bengals receiver Tee Higgins' defense on FS1's "Undisputed" when Skip Bayless said Higgins is not great, but just very good.Then Johnson, a co-host of the weekday morning debate show along with Bayless, Richard Sherman and Michael Irvin, aroused the ire of many Bengals fans by saying starting quarterback Joe Burrow, who has led ...

To borrow a famous quote from Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman,” “attention must be paid” to Buffalo Bills players Stefon Diggs and Damar Hamlin entering the regular season for very different reasons.Diggs is supposedly unhappy while Hamlin is happy to be alive.This column gives both attention, starting with Diggs.Stephen A. Smith just knows Diggs is unhappy. Bills basher Nick Wright, Chris Broussard ...

7-9 minutes 8/31/2023Ozzie Newsome is always on the lookout.In his 27 years with the Ravens, Newsome has missed only a few practices and even fewer games, always observing either from a press box, suite or his usual perch on the patio at the team’s practice facility in Owings Mills.No one within the Ravens organization knows coach John Harbaugh better. Through Newsome’s eyes, first as a general manager ...

7-8 minutes 8/31/2023The sale of the Washington Commanders turned out to be quite a boost for the rest of the NFL.The average NFL value went up 14% last year in large part as a result of the Commanders selling for a record $6.05 billion, according to Forbes. The business publication released its annual list of NFL valuations on Thursday, with the average NFL team now worth $5.1 billion.In addition ...

10-12 minutes 8/31/2023During the NFL’s league meetings in March, Ron Rivera claimed that, in his fourth offseason as head coach of the Commanders, the team was “roster building for the first time” because it had a quarterback it felt confident could develop into a centerpiece.The Commanders have pinned their future (for now) on Sam Howell, a 22-year-old fifth-round pick in last year’s draft who started ...

6-7 minutes 9/1/2023TAMPA — It appears Mike Evans will leave the Bucs much the same way he’s played for them: a bit undervalued but without much fuss.With talks about a contract extension at an impasse, the greatest offensive weapon in club history is playing what likely will be his final season in Tampa Bay.Evans is in the last season of a five-year, $82 million deal he signed in 2018.Having turned ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Let’s credit Jimmy Garoppolo one last time for injecting a zap or two of kinetic energy to the peppy proceedings around 49ers HQ on Wednesday.This time, Garoppolo did it from afar, since, of course, he’s actually a member of the Raiders now, not the 49ers. But he still can rev up his old team when it’s needed.And it definitely felt like the 49ers’ leaders were a little droopy ...

Kyle Shanahan’s results should speak for themselves.With near-constant instability at the most important position, his teams have reached three NFC title games over the past four years.But here’s another way to think about it: That instability was caused in part by his own erratic decision-making. Shanahan the personnel boss has done Shanahan the coach no favors at quarterback, even as he’s built a ...