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Nobody Likes RGIII And I Kind Of Feel Bad For Him At This Point

Today, Robert Griffin III spoke to the media for the first time since being sacrificed to the Lions behind Washington’s Maginot offensive line. Everyone wanted to know: Was he concussed? Why have the Skins waffled on the status of his brain? Griffin gave the answers of a man who is supremely sick of...

Brian Cushing Barfed So Much On <i>Hard Knocks</i>

This week’s episode of Hard Knocks captured linebacker Brian Cushing barfing during practice. He barfed four times in one sitting....

Johnny Manziel's Elbow Pain Is Not Going Away

Of all the things to worry about with Johnny Manziel, his health was never a particular concern until now. Manziel has been sitting out practice all week with elbow soreness, something he said he’d battled since high school and which the Browns believe is a function of his throwing motion: it’s a fu...

49ers LB Ahmad Brooks Charged With Sexual Battery, Ray McDonald Indicted For Rape

Santa Clara County prosecutors announced today that they had charged 49ers linebacker Ahmad Brooks with sexual battery, while a grand jury handed down a rape indictment against former 49ers defensive end Ray McDonald....

A Good Way To Troll Your Fantasy Opponents

Matthew Berry shares a delightful little piece of fantasy-league gamesmanship: a photoshopped fake ESPN.com/Rotowire update on Dez Bryant claiming the WR is out for the season with a torn ACL. (He’s not. Don’t panic.)...

Jonathan Martin Says He Attempted Suicide During His NFL Career 

Jonathan Martin, the former Dolphins and 49ers tackle best known for his role in the Richie Incognito scandal, wrote a Facebook post today detailing a life spent struggling with bullying and depression and his decision to walk away from football. In it, Martin—writing in the second person—says “your...

Doug Martin Is Still Not Really Down With That Whole "Muscle Hamster" Thing

Poor Doug Martin finds himself in the unenviable position of owning a very unique nickname that everyone else seems to enjoy, but that he himself despises. Martin started his Stop Calling Me “Muscle Hamster” campaign years ago, and God bless him, he’s still going strong....

Martellus Bennett: "We Just Sucked. Everybody Sucked. Coaches, Players, Everybody."

Bears tight end Martellus Bennett has never had any compunction about publicly speaking his mind, and today’s beneficiary is Chicago magazine, which dropped a very entertaining profile of Bennett. In a wide-ranging interview conducted in May—when Bennett was holding out from OTA workouts in an attem...

Which Backup QB Has Had It The Best?

When Matt Flynn signed with the Jets last week, it got some Deadspin staffers to wondering if Flynn hasn’t had the single best—read: cushiest—NFL career for a backup QB. A few years chilling behind Aaron Rodgers, big money from Seattle, then a few years drifting around the league, rarely seeing the ...

How Do We Fix The Preseason?

It’s official: Packers top receiver Jordy Nelson will miss the entire 2015 season with a torn ACL suffered on the sixth play in Sunday’s preseason game. Injuries, by and large, are freak things, and there’s no way to absolutely prevent them. But their volume could be reduced so simply: give them few...

Chip Kelly Thinks The NFL Is Wrong About Terrell Suggs's Hit On Sam Bradford

This morning, the NFL confirmed that Terrell Suggs’s semi-late hit on Sam Bradford was incorrectly called roughing the passer, despite the Eagles’ belief that Suggs was intentionally targeting Bradford’s surgically repaired knee. Now Chip Kelly says the NFL’s interpretation of the play was incorrect...

Patriots Sign Reggie Wayne

Per Adam Schefter, the Patriots and WR Reggie Wayne have agreed to a one-year deal. It’s a poke in the eye of the Colts, no doubt, but New England wouldn’t be doing this if they didn’t think Wayne could be productive....

Peyton Manning Still Can't Feel His Fingertips

The bad news is that Peyton Manning has no feeling in the fingertips on his throwing hand. The good(?) news is that he hasn’t had feeling in those fingertips for four years now....

Eagles Accuse Terrell Suggs Of Targeting Sam Bradford's Knee [Update]

So many of the Eagles’ grand plans this season are reliant on Sam Bradford being in there at QB, and on the first series of Philadelphia’s preseason win over Baltimore, you could see how it’s supposed to work—and how it could all come apart on one play....

Watch Cris Carter Tell NFL Rookies To “Get A Fall Guy” (UPDATE)

At the 2014 Rookie Symposium, Cris Carter and Warren Sapp instructed rookies to get a fall guy in case they got into any legal trouble. The above video was on NFL.com until this afternoon, when they deleted it....

Jason Pierre-Paul Makes A Funny

Report: Jordy Nelson Tears ACL

The Russian roulette injury machine known as the NFL preseason has claimed its latest victim. Green Bay Packers star wide receiver Jordy Nelson went down in today’s exhibition and the initial diagnosis is an ACL tear, per Ian Rapoport: ...

Obituary: Please Donate To Tom Brady's Ballghazi Defense

Barbara “Gigi” Shippee of Rhode Island passed away at age 74 on Wednesday. In her obituary provided to the Providence Journal, she asked that friends and family help Tom Brady defeat the Ginger Hammer in court....

Here, Watch Joe Philbin Get Down In A White Tuxedo

The Miami Dolphins are in South Carolina hanging out and doing some team bonding before they play Carolina tonight. A good way to get everyone on good terms before the season is to cancel practice and take the team to a movie instead. Another, apparently, is to put on a coaches talent show and, uh, ...