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Last week, The Athletic draft guru Dane Brugler teed up his preseason 2024 NFL Draft rankings. This week, Austin Mock released his projected win totals for every NFL team.The natural next step? Our first mock draft of the season.And, no surprise here, the quarterback prospects look like they will again drive the conversation between now and April. There are several other very talented prospects who ...

The Washington Commanders released 20 players and placed four others on injured reserve Tuesday to get to the NFL’s 53-man limit, but Coach Ron Rivera stressed the roster is “very fluid” and expected to change in the coming days.Washington’s initial roster included a few deviations from previous incarnations — it is down from five linebackers to four and up from nine defensive linemen to 11 — and a ...

TAMPA — Given how the Tom Brady era ended, the Bucs set out to find some diamonds in the very rough offseason.The directive was to get younger to control player costs that left them more than $55 million over the salary cap.Teams had to reach the 53-man roster limit by 4 p.m. Tuesday. There are bound to be a few changes between now and when the Bucs take the field against the Vikings Sept. 10 in Minneapolis.But ...

RENTON — Maybe the biggest surprise for the Seahawks on roster cutdown day occurred on the practice field after all the moves had been made.In the first real drizzle the Seahawks have had to practice in since camp began, there was rookie receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba out on the field, running around and making catches during a no-pads, non-contact practice, less than a week after having surgery to repair ...

RENTON — Following Seattle’s final preseason game Saturday at Green Bay, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said the team hoped to keep as much of its roster together as possible.Tuesday, when cutdown day arrived, Seattle mostly did just that.There were few real surprises in what is the initial 53-man roster for the 2023 season.Not that it won’t change during the season, and it could as early as Wednesday ...

It was, relative to all other immensely expensive acquisitions and long-term quarterback plans, a stunningly quick fall for Trey Lance’s 28-month 49ers career — all ebb, very little flow.He outlasted Jimmy Garoppolo, the incumbent Lance was drafted to replace, but only by five months and zero regular-season weeks. He started four games. He lost a position battle in two of his three 49ers training camps. ...

The 49ers' plan to find a suitable replacement for veteran kicker Robbie Gould is falling apart at the seams, and the fallout could linger right up until the start of the regular season.San Francisco moved quickly in this year’s draft to fill the gap the 40-year-old player left behind, selecting Michigan’s Jake Moody in the third round in a surprising move. “Money Moody” was the first kicker the Niners ...

Jimmy Garoppolo has seen a stunning move for Trey Lance before.This time, as the Niners have sent Lance to the Cowboys in exchange for a fourth-round pick, Garoppolo is in Las Vegas as the Raiders’ presumed starting quarterback. In San Francisco, the 31-year-old kept most of his thoughts to himself. Now that he’s out of the Bay Area, Garoppolo is a bit freer to speak his mind.Article continues below ...

SANTA CLARA — The 49ers ended last season without any healthy quarterbacks. This season, three made the initial 53-man roster, led by Brock Purdy but not including Trey Lance, who got dealt Friday night to Dallas.Not making Tuesday’s cut and instead cast onto the season-ending Injured Reserve list were four players, including third-round draft pick Cameron Latu, who sustained a meniscus tear to his ...

Howie Roseman made a few surprise moves on cutdown day.Eagles Executive Vice President Howie Roseman left and head coach Nick Sirianni hold a press conference to address cutdown day, NovaCare Complex, Tuesday, August 29, 2023Eagles Executive Vice President Howie Roseman left and head coach Nick Sirianni hold a press conference to address cutdown day, NovaCare Complex, Tuesday, August 29, 2023Read ...