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AC joint sprain with 18 days to go before kickoff Rueben Bain Jr. is dealing with a sprained acromioclavicular joint in his shoulder. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers rookie linebacker picked up the injury on Tuesday during the joint practice with the Jacksonville Jaguars. ESPN reported the diagnosis on Wednesday. The outlook is still positive. Bain…

A rule drafted in a matter of days Can a player cut by an NFL team go back to being a student-athlete? The Big Ten has an answer, and it took about a week to write. ESPN reports the conference will approve a rule Tuesday shutting out anyone with NFL roster history from NCAA competition.…

The Big Ten is about to slam the door on players coming back from NFL rosters. The SEC wants the same thing. Lane Kiffin, meanwhile, keeps signing them.

Allen Robinson turned 33 on Monday and used the day to close the file. Eleven seasons, five clubs, 7,058 receiving yards and one Pro Bowl.

Mike McCarthy used one word about Joey Porter Jr. on Monday: impasse. The cornerback is on PUP, in the last year of his rookie deal, and nobody in Pittsburgh is pretending it is only about a back.

Three weeks out from the opener, a corner walks back in Pittsburgh pulled Jalen Ramsey off the physically unable to perform list on Monday. The 31-year-old is practicing again. The knee he hurt back at minicamp never required surgery, which is why nobody in the building ever sounded especially worried. Max Iheanachor got cleared the…

Nobody shops for a punter in late August Yet that is where New England found themselves on Monday. Matt Haack is signing with the Patriots, per ESPN. Blame one play. Bryce Baringer went down during Saturday’s preseason win over Philadelphia, and Mike Vrabel said out loud afterward that the team needed a punter. Two days…

A kicker ranked 10th all-time New Orleans has its man. Daniel Carlson is joining the Saints, with the move confirmed on Monday by the player’s agents to NFL Network. The numbers make the case in no uncertain terms. Carlson has hit 86.9% of his field goals in his career, making 225 of 259 attempts across…

230 million dollars and a losing record Todd Monken has not changed course. The Browns’ new head coach will start Deshaun Watson in Week 1 of the regular season, according to multiple US outlets. The team was told on Monday, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported. One stat sums up the last four years. Watson is…