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Getty Images A couple of proposed rules changes to the way the game is officiated were announced on Tuesday, including the creation of a senior technology advisor to the referee that would be located in the replay booth. The addition to the crew, which was proposed by the Ravens and Chargers...

Getty Images It was unlikely Melvin Gordon was returning to the Chargers anyway, but Austin Ekeler‘s new deal last week made that crystal clear. Gordon, who becomes a free agent next week, will find a new home. Ekeler now is the Chargers’ starting running back. “For me as a player in the NFL...

Getty Images No teams other than the Patriots can officially make a pitch to Tom Brady until the legal tampering window opens next Monday, but players from outside New England can share their thoughts on why Brady would make a good addition to the team. Chargers running back Austin Ekeler did...

Getty Images The NFL helped fill an otherwise slow Tuesday afternoon news cycle by announcing the various rule proposals originating from the various teams. But there’s one very important thing to remember when assessing the seven suggested rules from the Eagles (four), the Dolphins (one), and...

Getty Images When free agency starts in a week, Tom Brady will have an aggressive contract offer from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. That’s the word from Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times, who reports that the Bucs “are going all in” on Brady, with head coach Bruce Arians leading the charge...

Getty Images We don’t know where Tom Brady will play this season, but we do know that he’s heading to Hollywood, at least for some of his off-field business interests. Brady announced today that he’s launching a production company, which he named 199 Productions in a nod to his status as the...

Getty Images The annual meetings of the NFL Players Association can be attended by any players. And players who are there are wondering why their higher-profile colleagues aren’t. Per a source with knowledge of the dynamics of the meetings, some players are asking, “Where are the stars?” More...

Getty Images The NFL announced seven proposed rules changes by teams on Tuesday and two of them have to do with the makeup of the officiating crew. Both proposals were made by the Ravens and Chargers and the first calls for a “booth umpire” to be an eighth member of the officiating crew. The...

Getty Images The National Football League Players Association announced earlier Tuesday that its board of player representatives had elected Browns center JC Tretter as its new president. It now has announced the new executive committee. Conspicuous by his absence is soon-to-be Panthers...

@CharlesRobinson The L.A. Rams have been waiting for their new stadium to open to alter their outdated uniforms. This year, the Rams will finally do something more than: (1) swap out their gold horns for white ones; (2) wear their yellow and blue throwbacks as often as they can; and (3) never...

Getty Images By any metric, Chargers running back Austin Ekeler has made it. Actually Ekeler made it when he made the team as an undrafted rookie from some place called Western State, but last week’s contract confirmed his status. But he told Peter King of NBC’s Football Morning in America...

Getty Images As we enter another week of the soap opera that has eaten the NFL offseason, the guy who’s writing the script says he’s not finished with it yet. Via Mike Reiss of ESPN.com, SiriusXM NFL Radio co-host Charlie Weis said last week that Brady texted him with the following important...

Getty Images Ryan Leaf’s connection to the Manning family goes far beyond his status as the No. 2 overall pick in the 1998 NFL draft after Peyton Manning was chosen first overall: Leaf says that when Eli Manning was drafted by the Chargers but refused to play for them, forcing a trade to the...

Getty Images In Week One of the 2019 season, more than a third of the league had a different starting quarterback than it had a year earlier. But if one-third turnover among starting quarterbacks sounds high, it’s likely to be eclipsed in 2020. This year, it’s possible that more than half of...

Getty Images Austin Ekeler was scheduled to become a restricted free agent March 18. Ekeler, though, became the first player on PFT’s list of top-100 free agents to sign a new deal. The running back, who made $645,000 last season, agreed to a four-year, $24.5 million contract extension with...

Getty Images Running back Austin Ekeler won’t be leaving the Chargers this offseason and he won’t be back under the terms of a restricted free agent tender. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that Ekeler has agreed to a four-year contract extension with the Chargers. The deal is worth $24.5 million...

Getty Images There were reports that the Panthers were shopping veteran right guard Trai Turner in a trade early this week, but Turner still said it was “somewhat of a surprise” that the team agreed to send him to the Chargers in exchange for left tackle Russell Okung. Turner said he hadn’t...

Getty Images We don’t know where soon-to-be free agent quarterback Philip Rivers will land in 2020, but it’s possible that it could be in the booth, rather than on the field. The same New York Post report that says ESPN would like to pair Al Michaels with Peyton Manning also says that ESPN has...

Getty Images Running back LeSean McCoy was a healthy scratch for the Super Bowl and it doesn’t look like he’ll be playing any games with the Chiefs in the future either. McCoy said during Super Bowl week that he plans to continue playing in 2020, but Mike Garafolo of NFL Media reports that he...

Getty Images Drew Brees has made it quite clear that he’s not going to be playing for anyone other than the Saints, which makes his impending free agency a lot less intriguing than Tom Brady‘s potential trip to the open market. Brees discussed Brady’s status during an appearance on Boston...