Report: Vikings OT Phil Loadholt out for season with Achilles injury MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Vikings right tackle Phil Loadholt, one of the team's more consistent run blockers, was carted off during Saturday night's preseason game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with what NFL Network's Ian Rapoport is reporting is a season-ending Achilles injury. The injury occured on the second play of the … [Read more...]

Marcus Mariota stumbles, fumbles, ends with TD drive in NFL debut ATLANTA - As NFL debuts go, Marcus Mariota's first performance in a Tennessee Titans uniform wasn't the worst thing ever. Look, he didn't pull a John Elway and line up under the guard. He didn't emulate Matthew Stafford and throw three interceptions. And he didn't get punched in the face by a teammate. Plus, he eventually led … [Read more...]

NFLPA goes goes on attack in filing to judge on Tom Brady, deflate-gate The NFLPA smells blood in the water. With the line of Judge Richard Berman's questioning from the Tom Brady hearings, many people believe that the legal pendulum is swinging back away from the league and towards Brady. The union clearly agrees. It has filed its final brief to Judge Berman, and the language is forceful … [Read more...]

Niles Paul had a heartbreaking reaction to his season-ending injury The NFL moves on too fast to spend much time feeling sorry about those who are injured, so Niles Paul's injury for the Washington Redskins will be forgotten soon, if it hasn't been already. What's often forgotten in the flurry of transactions that come with NFL injuries is that the person just suffered a pretty traumatic … [Read more...]

Jimmy Garoppolo up and down as Tom Brady's preseason replacement Jimmy Garoppolo still has work to do. So do the New England Patriots. That was the takeaway, especially with the news that he has been fair to middling in training-camp practices to this point, following the Patriots' 22-11 loss to the Green Bay Packers in both teams' preseason opener. Tom Brady was the story early on, as his … [Read more...]

'Free Brady!' Tom Brady given hero's welcome in Patriots preseason opener There were no league commissioners, independent investigators or courtroom sketch artists to sully Tom Brady on Thursday night. Just a legion of adoring New England Patriots fans who greeted their hero with a rousing ovation in his first game since winning the Super Bowl after an incredible offseason marred by the … [Read more...]

Rookie watch: Jameis Winston, Marcus Mariota, Ameer Abdullah could flash The preseason kicks off in earnest, with the Hall of Fame Game a simple appetite whetter. The first-round picks in that game, the Pittsburgh Steelers' Bud Dupree and the Minnesota Vikings' Trae Waynes, didn't put their best feet forward. Dupree led the Steelers in defensive snaps but was in on only two tackles, one 18 … [Read more...]