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Getty Images The Rams made an expensive mistake when they gave running back Todd Gurley a big second contract rather than simply letting him play out his rookie deal, and it’s a mistake that General Manager Les Snead indicated he won’t make again. Snead said the Rams’ focus at the running back...

Getty Images The NFL has big plans to promote its two Los Angeles teams moving into their new digs this year, coronavirus willing. The Rams and Chargers are both slated to be featured on HBO’s Hard Knocks this summer, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports. It would be the first time two teams are on...

Getty Images It may look like free agency went off without a hitch, but there are lingering hitches galore, in the form of deals not done because physicals can’t be conducted during the ongoing pandemic. With the draft only 16 days away and with multiple players who have yet to finalize...

Getty Images The Falcons have finally said their deal with Todd Gurley is done. Even though it isn’t really done. The team announced this afternoon that they had agreed to terms with the former Rams running back. Deals aren’t official until a player passes a physical, and Gurley can’t do...

Getty Images The Falcons announced the addition of running back Todd Gurley on Monday, even though a physical is pending. The certainty is Gurley’s time with the Rams is done. Rams coach Sean McVay wouldn’t go into detail Monday about why the team decided to move on from Gurley, saying only...

Getty Images The NFL told teams last week that they were deciding between allowing small gatherings of club personnel to work together during the draft or requiring everyone to work from their homes by themselves. The league announced its ruling on Monday. In a memo delivered to all teams and...

Getty Images The Pro Football Hall of Fame’s selection committee voted on which players would be named to the NFL’s All-Decade team for the 2010s and the results of that vote were announced on Monday. Eight players were unanimous choices, including Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady. Brady, who...

Getty Images California Governor Gavin Newsom thinks his state is more than five months away from being ready to pack tens of thousands of people into a stadium. Newsom said today that California’s battle against the coronavirus pandemic is unlikely to have made sufficient progress for the...

Getty Images There’s a silver lining to the widely panned new Rams logo: It helped raise money for some good causes. After fans almost universally ripped the Rams’ new logo as ugly and amateurish, the Rams decided to have some fun with it, with Rams Chief Operating Officer Kevin Demoff...

Getty Images We’ve had several reminders in recent weeks that agreeing to a deal with a team doesn’t mean you actually sign a contract with a team. One of those reminders came when a three-year, $30 million deal between the Ravens and defensive lineman Michael Brockers fell apart due to...

Getty Images Construction continues at SoFi Stadium, even as positive coronavirus cases have popped up at the site. And Rams COO Kevin Demoff continues to be optimistic that the stadium will be completed in time, even as he acknowledges the possibility that may not happen. “This is not the...

Getty Images Left tackle Andrew Whitworth will return for a 15th season. His offseason options were retirement or a return to the Rams. Whitworth re-signed on a three-year, $30 million deal with $12.5 million guaranteed. “I mean, amazing [to be back],” Whitworth said on a video conference...

Getty Images A year ago, the idea of a sky judge received “no support” from the Competition Committee. Apparently all it took to convince them was the one-year failed experiment that expanded instant replay to include pass interference. John Kryk of the Toronto Sun reports that the Competition...

Getty Images Defensive lineman Michael Brockers is back with the Rams on a new three-year deal, but it looked like he was going to be joining the Ravens early in free agency. Brockers said on former Rams teammate Chris Long’s podcast that there was “definitely a bidding war” for his services...

Getty Images COVID-19 is not stopping construction at SoFi Stadium. Although most of California is shut down under a stay-at-home order issued by Gov. Gavin Newsom on March 19, construction projects are exempt. The inevitable has happened, however. One worker tested positive for COVID-19 over...

Getty Images The NFL is falling behind the NBA in one key area. L.A. Clippers owner Steve Ballmer has, through his foundation, pledged more than $25 million to coronavirus relief efforts, according to the L.A. Times. The Ballmer Group’s latest contribution will be used to accelerate testing...

Getty Images The Rams re-signed defensive back Donte Deayon to a one-year deal, Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports. The team did not tender the restricted free agent. The Rams declined the 2020 option on Nickell Robey-Coleman’s contract, allowing their nickel cornerback to leave. Deayon could...

Getty Images Brandin Cooks was drafted with a first-round pick by the Saints in 2014, traded for a first-round pick to the Patriots in 2017 and traded to the Rams for a first-round pick in 2018. Now Cooks could get traded again — if the Rams can find a team willing to pay the right price...

Getty Images A construction worker at SoFi Stadium has tested positive for COVID-19, Turner/AECOM Hunt confirmed in a statement. The worker is recovering, and those who were in contact with him were notified. It has not stopped construction on the new home of the Rams and Chargers...

Getty Images The Rams spent the last couple years making win-now moves, trading first-round draft picks and paying players expensive contracts. This is the year the bill comes due. Rams Chief Operating Officer Kevin Demoff says the team understood all along that the 2020 offseason would be a...