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Getty Images Jaguars coach Doug Marrone said on Monday morning that no one made the team an offer to trade for running back Leonard Fournette before they decided to cut him and that didn’t change after word of their plan was revealed. The team had until 4 p.m. to pivot from waiving Fournette...

Getty Images In three years with the Jaguars, Leonard Fournette didn’t exactly develop a sterling reputation for his presence in the locker room. But he says that his next team will have exactly the kind of player any coach would want. “I am excited about what will come next for myself...

Getty Images After more than a month on the COVID-19 reserve list, Jaguars offensive tackle Ryan Pope has finally been cleared. Pope was placed on the list at the start of training camp and spent more than a month on it, but he was activated today. There has been no word about his condition...

Getty Images After the NFL’s reserve/COVID-19 list dropped to a single player last week, two more joined him Sunday. Via the league’s official transaction wire, Saints running back Dwayne Washington and Panthers defensive back Derrek Thomas were placed on the list yesterday. They were the...

Getty Images The Jaguars declined Leonard Fournette‘s fifth-year option this offseason, and they decided they didn’t want the fourth year either. According to Michael DiRocco of ESPN.com, the Jaguars are releasing the former first-round running back. Not only was Fournette the fourth overall...

Getty Images Danielle Hunter led the Vikings with 14.5 sacks last season, but Everson Griffen was second with eight. Griffen now is in Dallas. Hunter has not practiced since Aug. 14. The Vikings hope to get Hunter back and ready for the Sept. 13 opener against Green Bay. “Well, it’s more...

Getty Images Yes, Yannick Ngakoue really, truly, badly wanted out of Jacksonville. Per multiple reports, the final number of the salary Ngakoue will earn from the Vikings in 2020 comes in at $12 million. That’s a $5.788 million reduction, nearly a third of what he would have made this year if...

Getty Images Yannick Ngakoue is on the move. Ngakoue, the defensive end who has insisted he will no longer play for the Jaguars, is apparently getting his wish, as Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the Jaguars and Vikings have agreed to a trade. The deal will see the Vikings send a 2021...

Getty Images Some have wondered aloud whether Vikings defensive end Danielle Hunter‘s extended absence from practice represents, at its core, an effort by Hunter to get more money from the team. If there’s anything to it, the team’s stunning decision to trade for defensive end Yannick Ngakoue...

Getty Images Yannick Ngakoue really wanted out of Jacksonville. Per multiple sources, Ngakoue agreed to take less money under his one-year franchise tender of $17.788 million to facilitate the trade from the Jaguars to the Vikings. A one source pegged it, the new salary will be in the range...

Getty Images On the surface, it’s not a good look for the Jaguars that defensive end Yannick Ngakoue took a lot less than the $17.788 million he was due to make this year in oder to get out of town. At a deeper level, the Jaguars have emerged from the Ngakoue impasse with plenty of stuff for a...

Getty Images Two and a half years ago, the Jaguars had a fourth-quarter lead over the Patriots in the AFC Championship Game. The Jaguars would go on to lose, but their future looked bright, thanks to a dominant defense that had six Pro Bowlers. Today’s trade of Yannick Ngakoue to the Vikings...

Getty Images The NFL now has two players on the reserve/COVID-19 list. The Falcons announced today that they have added defensive lineman Steven Means to the list. Players go on the list if they either test positive, or if they’ve been in contact with someone who tested positive and need to go...

Getty Images The NFL has gotten through a month of training camp without the kind of widespread outbreaks some anticipated, and now only one player remains on the league’s reserve/COVID-19 list. The Dolphins just announced that cornerback Xavien Howard had been activated from the list. He’s...

Getty Images Jaguars head coach Doug Marrone was scheduled for a video conference with reporters on Thursday morning, but the team announced it was postponed shortly before it began. That postponement was due to the same conversations about social justice and racial inequality that have been...

Getty Images Rams cornerback Jalen Ramsey hasn’t received a contract extension yet, but that didn’t stop him from making a sizable donation to a Nashville school. Ramsey pledged $1 million to Purpose Preparatory Academy, allowing the school to purchase necessary resources and expand its...

Getty Images Jaguars defensive line coach Jason Rebrovich is going to hunt with the dogs he has. But his pack is a lot smaller than it was heading into camp. The Jaguars are down six defensive linemen to injuries or opt-outs, have two others who will be suspended to start the season, and...

Getty Images Malik Jackson‘s first year with the Eagles ended on the same day it began, with a season-ending injury in Week One. The defensive lineman who parlayed a solid 2015 with the Broncos into a major contract with the Jaguars is now healthy, and Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz...

Getty Images The Jaguars signed first-year tight end Matt Flanagan, the team announced Saturday. In a corresponding move, they waived tight end Charles Jones with an injury designation. Jones has quadriceps and foot injuries. He will revert to the team’s injured reserve list if he is not...

Getty Images With 2,560 current roster spots, the third overall pick in the 2014 draft currently doesn’t have one of them. Quarterback Blake Bortles remains a free agent after his one-year contract with the Rams expired. His coach in 2019 is surprised by that result. “I am surprised, just...