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Vikings agree to terms with Carson Wentz, adding depth to QB room
The Minnesota Vikings on Thursday agreed to terms with quarterback Carson Wentz on a one-year contract, keeping him for the second season in a row.,Financial terms were not disclosed.,The Vikings' quarterback room consists of three former top-10 draft picks in Kyler Murray, J.J. McCarthy and Wentz. ...
Vikings QB Carson Wentz (shoulder) placed on IR
Minnesota Vikings quarterback Carson Wentz has been placed on injured reserve due to a shoulder injury, the team announced Monday.,Wentz, who replaced J.J. McCarthy after he sustained a high-ankle sprain in Week 2, started the last five games for Minnesota. He appeared to be in obvious pain during T...
Vikings QB Carson Wentz named Week 7 starter, returns to Philly as opponent
Carson Wentz will start at quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings when they visit the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, coach Kevin O'Connell said, setting up a reunion between Wentz and the team that drafted him No. 2 overall in 2016.,Wentz, who began the season as a backup, will make his fourth straig...
Vikings' Carson Wentz ailing, J.J. McCarthy set to practice next week
One day after Carson Wentz led the Minnesota Vikings to a comeback victory in London, coach Kevin O'Connell told reporters Monday that the veteran quarterback is being evaluated for a sore left shoulder.,Meanwhile, injured quarterback J.J. McCarthy is expected to resume practicing following the team...
Who Will Replace Derek Carr? Saints’ Top Quarterback Options for 2025
Derek Carr's injury puts the Saints' 2025 plans in question. Here are 5 quarterback options New Orleans could pursue....
Chiefs' Andy Reid: Patrick Mahomes likely to start vs. Texans
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes "most likely" will start Saturday's game against the visiting Houston Texans, coach Andy Reid said on Thursday.,Mahomes was a full participant in practice on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday despite nursing an ankle sprain he suffered during the fourth q...
Reports: Chiefs sign ex-Patriots QB Bailey Zappe to practice squad
Quarterback Bailey Zappe apparently wasn't unemployed long.,Multiple outlets reported Wednesday that Zappe, who was released Tuesday by the New England Patriots, will be signing the Kansas City Chiefs practice squad.,Contract terms were not reported.,Also Wednesday, NFL Network said the Chiefs were ...
Sean McDermott, Josh Allen need to finally finish off Patrick Mahomes while they have the chance
The Buffalo Bills are the greatest what-if franchise in NFL history. They’ve repeatedly brushed up against greatness without it rubbing off on them. Next month, Buffalo is approaching the 30th anniversary of Marv Levy’s K-Gun Bills’ fourth Super Bowl loss. ...
IDIOT OF THE YEAR 2023: The complete rankings
Welcome to the grand finale of Deadspin’s IDIOT OF THE YEAR festivities. Here’s hoping 2024 will be better. It probably won’t....
Reminder: Joe Flacco was Nick Foles before Nick Foles
The Cleveland Browns have officially hit “Riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma” status. As long as they have a quarterback with some name recognition — be it Deshaun Watson or Joe Flacco — the team plays with the confidence of a much more dangerous organization. Kevin Stefanski’s club could ...
IDIOT OF THE YEAR: The countdown begins as we look back on 2023 (Nos. 50-41)
Dearest reader! We meet again. It is that time of the year again… uh, namely, the end of the year, when we at Deadspin are proud to present our globally acclaimed celebration of stupidity, IDIOT OF THE YEAR! We’ll be with you as we count down the haughtiest, most hypocritical, and just plain dumbest...
Easton Stick might want to get used to losing
In the second consecutive season of many NFL teams having a revolving door at quarterback, Easton Stick is one of the latest unproven backups thrust into a starting gig....
Here's every NFL quarterback to start a game so far this season
Update: It’s the final week of the NFL regular season and even more backups will get starts as teams who’ve locked up playoff spots rest their normal QB1s....
Tate Rodemaker was robbed of an opportunity to join the pantheon of iconic backup quarterbacks
If anyone should be feeling the price of inflation today, it should be backup quarterbacks, whose stock just skyrocketed. Last week, Matt Rhule made headlines in his press conference by announcing that the (NIL) cost for “a good quarterback in the portal costs $1 million to $1.5 million to $2 millio...
Cameron Ward is the stealthiest quarterback in the country
Cam Ward should be studied by science. Right now researchers are perfecting the usage of metamaterials to manipulate the path of light through material to create in essence, the illusion of invisibility. It’s the technology you don’t see coming. Likewise, Washington State quarterback Cam Ward’s care...
Josh Allen has to stop playing like Carson Wentz if the Bills are going to have a chance
Josh Allen’s trio of picks thrown to New York Jets safety Jordan Whitehead and his two fumbles on one play, were the kiss of death for the Buffalo Bills in their loss to a New York Jets team whose Super Bowl aspirations disappeared after Aaron Rodgers went down with a torn Achilles. However, being h...
Aaron Rodgers is done, so here's who the New York Jets could turn to at QB
In the wake of Aaron Rodgers’ New York Jets career coming to a screeching halt after just four plays, Gang Green’s front office has some quick decisions to make. We now know Rodgers suffered an Achilles injury on Monday Night Football, so his season in NYC is over. Now, the Jets must scramble to dec...
Unfortunately for Colts' Jonathan Taylor, his trade request leverage is not that of an NBA player
Jonathan Taylor is back at Indianapolis Colts training camp. He is still on the physically unable to perform (PUP) list and also his stance on remaining with the team has not changed. According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, Taylor still wants out of Indianapolis....
The Commanders haven’t had an 11-win season since 1991. Will the longest streak in the NFL end?
It’s been so damn long since the now-Washington Commanders have won 11 games in a regular season. The year was 1991, the same campaign that represents the franchise’s last trip beyond the divisional playoffs and the then-Redskins’ most recent Super Bowl victory. As the Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bul...
Mel Kiper Jr. whiffed on Will Levis
Overreaching on quarterbacks has become a yearly tradition. Mitch Trubisky is going to work out! Carson Wentz will be healthy! Peyton Manning and Ryan Leaf? Same thing! And this year, the projection for former Kentucky quarterback Will Levis was way off, with no one being more wrong about the mayonn...