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As first reported on May 26th, New Orleans Saints defensive end Noah Spence suffered a torn ACL while working out away from the team. The reason why he was working out away from the team is due to the coronavirus pandemic shutting down offseason workouts at team facilities. Since this was the case, the Saints had already elected to not even require any virtual workouts or activities for players during their allowed window. Any individual preparation was conducted by the player or players on their own and not run by the team or under the watchful eye of any team personnel.  Spence was not doing anything wrong, but now his 2020 season is likely over or at least in jeopardy, and the team has placed him on the non-football injury list. What this means is that Spence no longer counts against the team's 90 man roster and they can go ahead and sign another player to take his roster spot. It also means Spence cannot play for the Saints at all this year and the team would not be required to...

Tom Brady is perhaps the most intriguing free agent quarterback situation since Peyton Manning left the Indianapolis Colts. Although he has spent his entire 20 year career with the Patriots, it has been considered a realistic possibility that Brady is taking his first true free agent experience seriously. The thought of Brady finishing his career playing for someone other than New England once seemed preposterous, but now it feels like this potential reality may only be a matter of waiting for the opening of the new NFL league year. While making an appearance on Adam Schefter’s podcast, fellow ESPN reporter Jeff Darlington named the Titans as the leader to sign Brady for next season. The potential of Brady signing with the Titans does make some sense. Mike Vrabel is a former teammate and is a known Brady friend. This would give a level of comfort for Tom that he might not even have with the Patriots. Tennessee also provides a potentially strong market for Brady’s ever expanding ...

NFL Week 7 – Which Team Made the Biggest Statement? With week 7 in the NFL just about wrapped up, let’s take a look at some teams that had needle moving performances during this week’s set of games. It is easy to wonder, which team made the biggest statement with their win on Sunday. Green Bay Packers – the Packers blew out the Oakland Raiders at home on Sunday 42-24. Green Bay is now 6-1 and firmly in the driver’s seat in their division. The most important result from Sunday’s game was that both the offense and Aaron Rodgers came to life in this game. Rodgers threw for five touchdowns and ran for another touchdown. Rodgers did all of this without Davante Adams in the lineup and with his other two starting receivers injured and looking like they may not play until late last week. Rodgers looked like his old self and it may be a sign that he is now embracing the new offensive system that has been given to him. If he is truly comfortable and is now happy because of t...