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The wide receiver position in the NFL has never been deeper or more prolific.Three Pro Football Hall of Famers put up their own impressive numbers.The first major rule changes when it came to the NFL and its desire to open up the passing game came back in 1978.Receivers were allowed to roam a lot more freely than they did in the league's earlier years.

Miami Dolphins defensive end Emmanuel Ogbah never got going in 2022.And right when you thought maybe he could have a productive second half of the season, a triceps tear sidelined him for the remainder of the year.But Ogbah, who was last heard saying he was going to attempt a playoff comeback had the Dolphins advanced further than the AFC wild-card playoff loss to the Buffalo Bills, has now received full clearance as the team is bound for the final phase of the offseason workout program with organized team activities beginning next week.

The NFL Draft is in the books, we have a whole new slew of rookies to welcome to the team, and as always around this time of year, plenty of reason for optimism for what the 2023 rookie class will bring to the upcoming season.In the aftermath and calm before the mini-camp storm, let's keep on keeping on with our countdown of the Top 20 Most Memorable Patriots Moments of 2022.

After signing quarterback Lamar Jackson to a record-breaking contract extension on Thursday, it appears the Baltimore Ravens have another big move in mind.The Baltimore Ravens are officially out of quarterback limbo, as they and Lamar Jackson have agreed to terms on a record-breaking contract extension.

It was a rebuilding year for the 3-14 Chicago Bears, who received the first overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft.After completing a blockbuster trade with the Carolina Panthers to trade back to 9th overall, the Bears traded again with the Philadelphia Eagles to select OT Darnell Wright from Tennessee.

Coming off an up-and-down season, returning to the New England Patriots in free agency was not a given for Mack Wilson.The veteran linebacker, after all, was seemingly demoted down the stretch and did not play a single defensive snaps from Week 14 on.The Patriots not showing much interest in retaining Wilson would therefore have not come as much of a surprise.

Homer Jones, one of the greatest receivers the New York Giants have ever had and one of the fastest in the history of pro football, died on Wednesday in Pittsburg, Texas.He was 82.His daughter Lacarroll Jones Nickleberry said the cause of his death, at a hospital, was lung cancer.Largely because of a troublesome knee, Jones's career was brief: seven seasons, including his final one, mostly as a kick returner, with the Cleveland Browns.

We can probably cross off two teams from the DeAndre Hopkins sweepstakes at this time.With former Arizona Cardinals wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins still a free agent, don't expect for contending teams like the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Giants to drop whatever they are doing and sign the former All-Pro.

Former Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott still hasn't found a team yet.Here's where one slightly sketchy source thinks he'll end up this offseason.The Dallas Cowboys parting ways with Ezekiel Elliott was one of the most obvious outcomes this offseason.People would have placed big bets to see Zeke get released, regardless of what notorious madman Jerry Jones was saying at the time.

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Santa Fe Bolts?New York Rangers?Nope, it's the Los Angeles Chargers.Those were two of the wrong guesses - Bolts and Rangers - that wound up on the cutting-room floor in the hilarious person-on-the-street video the Tennessee Titans created for their schedule release.

A good logo design for a sports team needs to accomplish a lot.It has to be simple enough to work across an array of merchandise, it needs to convey a team's history and, ideally it should please fans.Somehow the new Cleveland Browns logo has achieved that while packing in a whole kennel full of hidden references.

DeAndre Hopkins is on the move again, this time up north to visit a former colleague: Current Patriots offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien.A familiar face keeps cropping up in the DeAndre Hopkins offseason sweepstakes: the New England Patriots.Hopkins has been rumored to join a wide breadth of teams since being released from the Cardinals, with most recent speculation directed toward him signing with the Cleveland Browns and Tennessee Titans.

For all his athletic prowess, all the heft he brought to his social activism, Jim Brown's power sprang from his unyielding resistance to the narrow definitions imposed by American society on its Black citizens and, in his case, Black male athletes.The resounding power of no.That is what Jim Brown embodied.

College football stars will take their first steps toward becoming professional football stars (or flops) at the 2023 N.F.L. draft.Expect to hear Alabama, Georgia and Ohio State a lot, as well as acceleration, physicality and football I.Q.The draft begins Thursday evening and continues Friday evening and Saturday afternoon, from Union Station in Kansas City, Mo.

Washington Commanders defensive end Chase Young leaves the field after losing to the Cleveland Browns at FedEx Field on Jan. 1.(Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post)The Washington Commanders declined the fifth-year contract option for defensive end Chase Young, their first-round pick in 2020, according to two people with the knowledge of the situation.

Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Antonio Callaway was arrested for driving on a suspended license.University of Florida's own Antonio Callaway was arrested in the sunshine state on Saturday due to an outstanding warrant for driving with a suspended license.If that sounds familiar, it's because Callaway was arrested for the same offense and then some back in 2018.

Keep an eye on DeAndre Hopkins possibly reuniting with Deshaun Watson on the Cleveland Browns.It wouldn't be the strangest thing in the world to see DeAndre Hopkins catching passes from Deshaun Watson again.Not that long ago, Hopkins was Watson's go-to receiving target with the Houston Texans.So much has happened since 2019, for better or worse.

I usually don't try to "do sports," as some of my newsroom colleagues might say.But I beg your indulgence as I try to pay proper homage to football great Jim Brown, even as I still try to figure out what proper homage looks like.Brown, who died last week at age 87, may well have been the greatest athlete to put on a football helmet, although in too many unfortunate instances, he was one of the most flawed.

Jim Brown, the former Syracuse University standout and Cleveland Browns star running back, gave NFL fans nine incredible seasons and a lifetime of memories.Before it became fashionable to anoint a GOAT (Greatest Of All Time), either at a particular sport or in some cases, a particular position, there was an NFL running back who many feel earned that distinction after less than 10 seasons in the league.

With the NFL free agency and draft both in the rear-view mirror, and the second phase of voluntary offseason workouts underway, the New England Patriots are officially "on to 2023."At the moment, the Patriots have a full 90-man roster.Only 53 of those players will be able to survive roster cutdowns and ultimately make the active team, with others competing for practice squad spots.

The Minnesota Vikings traded one of their key players...on defense to the Cleveland Browns on Friday.The Minnesota Vikings are in the midst of a retooling of their roster following their Wild Card Round loss to the New York Giants.The team already moved on from wide receiver Adam Thielen and linebacker Eric Kendricks, but there was the potential of another big move looming.

Former Tennessee Titans star Taylor Lewan is suing the doctor who performed his ACL surgery.There may be a reason why the Taylor Lewan we used to know has not been the same on the football field since COVID.COVID brought out the worst in all of us.Stop lying to yourself, you know it's true.It didn't help me enjoy reading books, so I guess nothing ever will.

The only thing better than Joey Porter Jr. going to the Pittsburgh Steelers is for him to talk an absurd amount of on-field trash like his father did before him in The Steel City for years.Joey Porter Jr. promises he will talk as much trash as his father did for the Pittsburgh Steelers.Porter was the first pick of the second round of the 2023 NFL Draft.

We have made it to the final day of the 2023 NFL Draft.It should be quite the busy one for the New England Patriots who enter Saturday with nine picks remaining.After going all-defense with their first three selections, New England will likely look to add on the offensive side of the ball on Day 3 - perhaps moving up with all their ammunition in order to do so.

With uncertainty surrounding quarterback Lamar Jackson, the Baltimore Ravens reportedly made offered a contract to a free agent, but were denied.The Baltimore Ravens are currently facing uncertainty at the quarterback position.Prior to the start of the 2023 league year, the Ravens placed the non-exclusive franchise tag on Lamar Jackson, which would allow him to speak with other teams to negotiate a contract.

It isn't a secret that the Kansas City Chiefs are looking to add another wide receiver, but Odell Beckham Jr. may not be the right answer for them.After losing JuJu Smith-Schuster to the New England Patriots and Mecole Hardman to the New York Jets this offseason, the Kansas City Chiefs have notable holes at the wide receiver position.

A day after New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft dropped the nugget of rapper Meek Mill texting him that Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson would like to be a Patriot, it seems that a few former Patriots would like the team to get involved with the Jackson sweepstakes.Appearing on ESPN's " Get Up ", the recently retired Devin McCourty implored the Patriots to make the call on Jackson.