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Cardinals’ coach Steve Wilks on Josh Rosen: ‘I think the guy is progressing’
Arizona Cardinals coach Steve Wilks isn’t saying when rookie quarterback Josh Rosen will be a starter. But what Wilks will say is that Rosen is showing...
Ex-Steelers backup QB Bruce Gradkowski on Antonio Brown: ‘The guy works harder than anyone I’ve been around’
Not only does Bruce Gradkowski recognize Antonio Brown’s considerable talent, he also sees his ability to mean so much more to the team than just putti...
Ron Rivera: Panthers ‘can’t fall asleep’ on Bengals’ Andy Dalton
The Carolina Panthers expect an enormous challenge Sunday when they face the Cincinnati Bengals. Not only do the Bengals bring a 2-0 record into the game aga...
Falcons’ Dan Quinn: Players, officials face ‘learning curve’ when it comes to roughing-the-passer penalty
What’s the reaction when a play like the one for which Green Bay Packers linebacker Clay Matthews was penalized shows up on the screen? “There...
Taylor Gabriel: Bears show they’re ‘changing the culture’
Beating the Seattle Seahawks, 24-17, at Soldier Field Monday night for their first victory of the season carried a larger impact beyond the won-loss column f...
Dante Fowler: ‘Definitely a confidence boost’ for Jaguars to beat Patriots
Dante Fowler is realistic about the Jacksonville Jaguars’ 31-20 victory against the New England Patriots Sunday. Although it was a rematch of the teams...
Dion Lewis on Titans’ task vs. Texans: ‘We’ve just got to hit our keys this week and we’ll be successful’
Dion Lewis knows that after the Tennessee Titans’ season-opening loss at Miami, the path to improvement only gets more difficult. That’s because ...
Chris Thompson: Adrian Peterson keeps Redskins’ running backs ‘positive all the time’
Chris Thompson can’t deny being awestruck when he suddenly found himself a teammate of a childhood hero after Adrian Peterson joined the Washington Redskins....
Chris Godwin: Ryan Fitzpatrick ‘does a great job’ allowing Bucs’ playmakers a chance to make a play
It isn’t only 13-plus years of experience that Ryan Fitzpatrick has going for him in his role as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ starting quarterback. ...
Randall Cobb on winning TD for Packers: ‘You better not get caught’
Aaron Rodgers is touted as the hero for the Green Bay Packers’ remarkable comeback victory against the Chicago Bears Sunday night, and no one would dis...
Vance Joseph on Broncos’ close win: ‘Our standard has to be higher’
Don’t get Vance Joseph wrong. He’s thrilled that his Denver Broncos opened the season with a victory. It’s just that the Broncos’ coa...
Joe Schobert: Browns’ tie ‘leaves a pretty disappointing taste in our mouths’
On some level, the Cleveland Browns had to view Sunday’s 21-21 season-opening tie with the Pittsburgh Steelers as a plus. After all, the Browns were 0-...
DeSean Jackson on Buccaneers’ game plan: ‘I don’t want to spill the beans, but we’re going to be taking some shots’
The biggest disappointment for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last season was their 5-11 finish. On top of that, however, there was the frustration players such as...
Chris Long on Eagles’ opening win: ‘If not for our red-zone defense, that game’s a lot different’
The Philadelphia Eagles successfully began the defense of their Super Bowl championship in large measure because their defense came up big in Thursday night&...
Christian Kirksey on reason for Browns’ excitement: ‘You can see the competitive attitude’
Christian Kirksey has started 32 consecutive games at linebacker for the Cleveland Browns. The team only won one of them. So why is Kirksey so enthusiastic a...
Quandre Diggs: New Lions deal ‘doesn’t matter … I’m always going to have that chip on my shoulder’
After signing a contract extension with the Detroit Lions that makes him one of the highest-paid safeties in the NFL, Quandre Diggs wanted to make one thing ...
Rob Ninkovich on Tom Brady: ‘He’s still got a lot left in the tank’
Now that he’s 41 years old, Tom Brady is seen as entering overtime of a career in which he has established himself as one of the greatest quarterbacks ...
Wesley Woodyard: ‘When your coach is a linebacker, you’ve got to come to work prepared to work’
Wesley Woodyard is entering his 11th season as an NFL linebacker, his fifth with the Tennessee Titans. For Woodyard, however, the preparation has felt notice...
Mark Dominik: Aaron Donald deal with Rams ‘where I thought it would be’
Former NFL General Manager Mark Dominik wasn’t the least bit surprised by the monster, six-year, $135-million contract the Los Angeles Rams gave defens...
Tyler Lockett: Seahawks show ‘trust and faith’ in him with contract extension
Tyler Lockett and Paul Richardson are still friends even if they’re no longer teammates. But when they were teammates for the Seattle Seahawks, the rec...
Mark Tauscher: Aaron Rodgers’ record deal doesn’t guarantee he’ll be with Packers beyond four years
Former offensive tackle Mark Tauscher, who was Aaron Rodgers’ teammate for the last six of his 11 seasons with the Packers (2000-2010), has seen this movie b...
Jonathan Hankins: ‘I believe I’ll be with a team pretty soon’
Free-agent defensive tackle Jonathan Hankins isn’t sweating the fact he remains unemployed with the start of the NFL regular season just around the cor...
Rich McKay on enforcement of lowering-helmet rule: ‘No question there’s going to be a little bit of growing pains’
It won’t happen overnight. The NFL knew that from the very beginning when it put in its new rule banning the lowering of helmet before contact. Everyon...
T.J. Houshmandzadeh on Bengals’ John Ross: ‘I look for him to have a pretty good year’
Among those who had to have been pleased to see Cincinnati receiver John Ross on the other end of a 57-yard touchdown bomb in Sunday’s preseason game against...
Gil Brandt on learning of HOF contributor candidacy: ‘I almost drove off the highway’
If Gil Brandt isn’t talking about football on SiriusXM NFL Radio or writing about it for NFL.com, he’s busy researching it one way or another. An...
Bills’ quarterbacks have ‘all worked well together’ in competition
Josh Allen’s start in Sunday’s preseason game against the Cincinnati Bengals — the third and typically the tune-up for the regular season &...
Junior Galette: ‘I got tape of me beating the best of the best’
This week, the Los Angeles Rams and Seattle Seahawks kicked the tires on free-agent defensive end Junior Galette. The Oakland Raiders did so last March. Gale...
Clinton Portis: Signing of Adrian Peterson ‘perfect for the Washington Redskins’
Clinton Portis isn’t troubled by the fact Adrian Peterson is 33 years old. Portis, a former standout running back for the Washington Redskins, believes...
Mike Pereira doesn’t see helmet rule being ‘that much of an issue once the regular season starts’
Coaches, players, fans and media are weighing in largely with a dim view of both the all-encompassing nature of the NFL’s new rule that prohibits all p...
Blake Bortles ‘just tweaking things’ as Jaguars’ QB prepares for the season
Before last season, the Jacksonville Jaguars’ quarterback had to do a major overhaul of his mechanics. The repairs paid off in helping Bortles lead the...
Jon Gruden: ‘Raiders will get the title of the most reps in training camp this year’
As Jon Gruden wrapped up the first training camp since his return to head-coaching after nine years away from the sidelines, he’s certain of one thing....
LeGarrette Blount: Matt Patricia will make sure Lions are ‘one of the best-conditioned teams in the NFL’
Although LeGarrette Blount worked on the offensive side of the ball, he managed to form a bond with then-defensive coordinator Matt Patricia on the New Engla...
Tyreek Hill on Patrick Mahomes as Chiefs’ QB: ‘There’s going to be a whole lot of big plays this year’
Tyreek Hill has more than one reason to be excited about entering his third season with the Kansas City Chiefs.
Ryan Tannehill: ‘Different feeling coming into this camp’ with Dolphins
This is no ordinary training camp for Miami Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill.
Vance Joseph: Broncos look to unleash ‘defense full of pass-rushers’
A year ago, the Denver Broncos’ defense improved an area of weakness, but it wasn’t strong in the place that is supposed to be its greatest stren...
Matt Ryan: Falcons’ offense ‘way ahead of where we were last year’
With an eventual offseason behind him, Matt Ryan has been focused on a training camp that has allowed him and the rest of the Atlanta Falcons’ offense ...
A.J. Green on Bengals: ‘We know that what we’ve got here is something great’
Most prognosticators aren’t expecting a whole lot from the Cincinnati Bengals this season. You don’t hear them mentioned as a popular pick to win...
Luke Kuechly: Panthers’ D won’t ‘miss a beat’ with Dontari Poe replacing Star Lotulelei
The Carolina Panthers’ defense appeared to take two major hits in the offseason with the free-agent departure of defensive tackle Star Lotulelei to the...
Alex Smith on facing Josh Norman in Redskins practice: ‘If you slip up at all, he’s going to make you pay’
Day after day, practice after practice, they make each other better. Alex Smith, the new Washington Redskins’ quarterback who is known for his precisio...
Mike Zimmer says ‘accuracy’ part of what attracted Vikings to Kirk Cousins
So what was it? What part of Kirk Cousins’ game was the most attractive to the Minnesota Vikings when they decided to sign him to a three-year, $84-mil...
Josh Allen on QB education with Bills: ‘Ultimately, it’s through trial and tribulation’
For Josh Allen, virtually every moment at the Buffalo Bills’ training camp has felt like being in a classroom. Whether he’s on the field or sitti...
Philip Rivers on Chargers’ second year in L.A.: ‘There’s a lot more comfort’
There were so many unknowns and a great deal of trepidation throughout the Chargers’ organization before the team’s move from San Diego to Los An...
Todd Bowles on Jets’ QB battle: ‘We’ll go by practice every day’
Todd Bowles has a matter-of-fact perspective on the New York Jets’ quarterback situation. He sees himself and the Jets’ other coaches evaluating ...
Akiem Hicks: Bears aim to meet ‘super-high expectation’ for defense
After ranking 10th in the NFL last season, the Chicago Bears’ defense has established a fairly lofty standard for itself. Akiem Hicks, a defensive end ...
Jason Garrett: Cowboys QB Dak Prescott ‘continues to get better in all aspects of the game’
Dak Prescott performed better as a rookie in 2016 than he did last year. But that doesn’t have Dallas Cowboys coach Jason Garrett worried about his qua...
49ers FB Kyle Juszczyk can see NFL moving towards non-contact practices
Kyle Juszczyk had embarked on his NFL career a few years before the Ivy League, in which he played while at Harvard, decided to ban contact in practices. The...
Tom Coughlin on Jaguars QB Blake Bortles: ‘I like the way he responds to adversity’
Tom Coughlin has no doubt the Jacksonville Jaguars have the right man at quarterback in Blake Bortles. Bortles proved plenty of his doubters wrong with his s...
Ben Watson on Saints teammate Drew Brees: ‘I would call him almost a visionary’
Ben Watson is beginning his second stint with the New Orleans Saints, so he is more than familiar with his iconic teammate, Drew Brees. But Brees, who is ent...
Former Dolphins RB Ronnie Brown on Tony Sparano: ‘You knew that he had your back’
Sunday’s passing of Tony Sparano brought tributes for the long-time NFL coach from all over the league. Former running back Ronnie Brown, who played fo...
Adam Thielen: Kirk Cousins ‘a great addition’ to Vikings’ locker room
Adam Thielen remembers being on the wrong side of Kirk Cousins’ surgical-like dismantling of a defense. Cousins was playing for the Washington Redskins...
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