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Getty Images It’s easy to say that a player won’t be traded. It’s much harder to say “no” to a major trade offer. The Jaguars repeatedly said they won’t trade cornerback Jalen Ramsey, and they tried continuously to unruffle his feathers when it was clear that he wanted to be traded. The...

The Falcons have many problems at the moment, but they’re also going against the Rams short-handed at a position you can’t afford to be short-handed against the Rams. Falcons coach Dan Quinn said that cornerback Desmond Trufant was out again this week with a toe injury. The Falcons are 27th in...

Getty Images The Rams should have two key players on the field Sunday against the Falcons. Rams head coach Sean McVay said today that he is expecting running back Todd Gurley and cornerback Jalen Ramsey to play on Sunday. Gurley missed last week’s game with a quadriceps injury. His backup...

Getty Images Sean McVay’s Rams are taking on the 1-5 Falcons on Sunday, but he doesn’t expect an easy game. “I think the record is really misleading,” McVay said. “I think when you look at them [they are a] really really good football team that has had some unfortunate breaks towards the end...

Getty Images Julio Jones‘ hip injury kept him limited in Thursday’s practice, but it doesn’t appear it will keep the Falcons receiver out of the lineup Sunday. He played through it last week, catching eight passes for 108 yards against the Cardinals. Jones has played 74.4 percent of the snaps...

Getty Images The Steelers beat the Chargers on Sunday in Heinz Field West. In a few weeks, the Packers will play the Chargers at Lambeau Field West. Two weeks after that, the Chiefs return to Arrowhead West. You get the picture. And it’s an ugly one for the Chargers, who have no home-field...

Getty Images Rams cornerback Jalen Ramsey‘s back is still bothering him. Unless it isn’t. The Rams have conflicting injury reports regarding Thursday’s practice. In the emailed version, Ramsey fully participated despite a back injury. On the team’s official website, no back injury is...

Getty Images Former NFL defensive lineman Justin Bannan is sitting in a Colorado jail, on charges of suspicion of attempted first-degree murder. According to Mitchell Byars of the Boulder Daily Camera, Bannan was arrested on a number of charges, including first-degree assault and first-degree...

Getty Images After police arrested longtime NFL defensive lineman Justin Bannan for suspicion of attempted first-degree murder, he told them he was hiding from the Russian mafia. According to Mitchell Byars of the Boulder Daily Camera, police said the shooting of a woman appeared to be...

Getty Images Jalen Ramsey wanted out of Jacksonville. But it was too late to hold out. So he held in. Ramsey embellished at best and fabricated at worst a magically-disappearing back injury that kept him from playing for three weeks, digging in and reiterating his desire to be traded until...

Getty Images When Jaguars head coach Doug Marrone spoke to the media on Wednesday, he said that no Jaguars players had come to him to say that the Jalen Ramsey situation was a distraction before Ramsey was traded to the Rams on Tuesday. Marrone also wished Ramsey well with the Rams and...

Getty Images New Rams cornerback Jalen Ramsey has yet to speak to reporters in L.A. However, he did speak via his 17 Weeks podcast commitment, produced by Lebron James’ and Maverick Carter’s Uninterrupted (except when the topic of China comes up) and SiriusXM/Pandora. “I’m checking in after a...

Getty Images The Rams traded for cornerback Jalen Ramey without signing him to a new deal. So is there a timeline for extending a contract that runs through 2020? “No, no timeline on that,” Rams G.M. Les Snead told reporters on Wednesday, before softening his position. “We did put a timeline a...

Getty Images The Rams got running back Todd Gurley back to practice Wednesday, which was a good thing since they didn’t have backup Malcolm Brown. Brown missed practice with an ankle injury. Gurley, who missed Sunday’s game with a quadriceps injury, was limited. He was diagnosed with a thigh...

Getty Images It’s a miracle. Although Rams cornerback Jalen Ramsey appeard on the team’s injury report one day after he arrived via trade from the Jaguars, the stated reason for Ramsey not practicing was “not injury related.” Which means that the back injury that knocked him out of three...

Getty Images Jalen Ramsey got his wish to get out of Jacksonville. Tuesday’s trade to the Los Angeles Rams has left the Pro Bowl cornerback “overjoyed.” “I was overjoyed. I was super, super excited,” Ramsey said in meeting with reporters in Los Angeles on Wednesday night. “A fresh start and a...

Getty Images NFL teams value first-round draft picks, but an increasing number of teams are showing that they’re willing to trade away first-round picks in the future to get a player they want now. In fact, six future first-round draft picks (four in the 2020 NFL draft and two in the 2021 NFL...

Getty Images The Rams have never been bashful about making big deals, and yesterday’s traded for Jalen Ramsey is no exception. So even though they sent two first-rounders and a fourth for a guy without a contract agreement, and even though they’ll go six years between using a first-round pick...

Getty Images When the Rams traded cornerback Marcus Peters to the Ravens, the Rams didn’t have an agreement in principle to acquire cornerback Jalen Ramsey from the Jaguars. After the Peters deal was done, the Rams made their move. Per a league source, the Rams increased their pursuit of...

Getty Images On Tuesday, we pointed out some of the new favorites in the revised MVP odds generated by the folks at Westgate. Beyond the guys now among those considered most likely to win it are some interesting developments, and a few intriguing potential wagers. First, Ravens quarterback...