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Getty Images Wednesday’s PFT Live included a draft that focused on players who are most likely to take a leap in 2021. We left out quarterbacks to make it more interesting. The attached video includes the picks made by Simms and me. Feel free to watch it and then chime in with your own...

Getty Images Bud Dupree still isn’t able to do much on the field with the Tennessee Titans as he works his way back from an ACL tear late last season. However, Dupree is confident the trajectory of his recovery has him right where he needs to be. “I’m recovering well. I’m on schedule. As far...

USA TODAY Sports Defensive end Jadeveon Clowney practiced with his new teammates for the first time, which was his first practice since surgery to repair a torn meniscus that kept him out of eight games in 2020. Clowney looked 100 percent, Mary Kay Cabot of cleveland.com reports. “Jadeveon...

With the 220-pound Julio Jones joining the 226-pound A.J. Brown as the Titans’ top two wide receivers, their position coach thinks opposing defenses won’t know what hit them. Titans receivers coach Rob Moore said today that they may have the most physically impressive pair of starting receivers...

Getty Images Jonnu Smith didn’t attend the voluntary portion of the Patriots’ offseason workouts. The tight end, who signed a four-year deal worth $50 million with the Patriots in March, was on hand Monday for his new team’s minicamp. Smith, though, didn’t make it to the completion of...

Getty Images The Pro Football Writers of America has selected the Buccaneers public relations staff as the 2021 winner of the Pete Rozelle Award. The Bucs were lauded for dealings with the media during a Super Bowl season that included the addition of high-profile free agent Tom Brady. The...

USA TODAY Sports Julio Jones has played with only one starting quarterback in his 10 pro seasons. Now he’ll have another one in 2021. After being traded from Atlanta to Tennessee, Jones will have to get used to catching passes from Ryan Tannehill instead of Matt Ryan. Developing chemistry is a...

USA TODAY Sports Julio Jones picked No. 2, unwilling to take No. 11 from A.J. Brown. The seven-time Pro Bowl receiver said in his first news conference as a Titan that his jersey number serves as a reminder opponents have to deal with Tennessee’s entire offense. Jones, the Falcons’ star...

Getty Images New Titans wide receiver Julio Jones says that if he doesn’t get as many passes thrown his way in Tennessee as he was accustomed to in Atlanta, he’s fine with that. Jones said that he knows that on a team with A.J. Brown and Derrick Henry, the offense won’t always go through him...

USA TODAY Sports The Titans have agreed to terms with outside linebacker Rashad Weaver, the team announced Thursday afternoon. Weaver, a fourth-round pick out of Pitt, is the sixth of eight 2021 draftees that Tennessee has gotten under contract. Weaver started nine games for Pitt in 2020...

Getty Images Wide receiver Julio Jones took part in his first practice with the Titans on Thursday and then met the media for the first time since being traded to the team by the Falcons. Jones came to Tennessee with a 2023 sixth-round pick in exchange for 2022 second- and 2023 fourth-round...

Getty Images Cornerback Johnathan Joseph spent some time talking to J.J. Watt about life with the Cardinals before Watt signed with Arizona, but he won’t be joining Watt with the team or playing anywhere else in the NFL this year. Joseph announced his retirement from the NFL in a Twitter post...

Getty Images Julio Jones‘ new start with the Titans includes a new uniform number and he got to wear No. 2 for the first time at Thursday’s practice. At a press conference after the session, Jones was asked if there was any significance to the choice. He said there was no special meaning to...

Getty Images It wasn’t that long ago — less than two years — that Falcons owner Arthur Blank last publicly proclaimed that he expected Julio Jones “to be a Falcon for life.” The star receiver became a Titan earlier this week. The Falcons, who have a new General Manager and a new head coach...

Getty Images 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan said last week that he’s happy that Julio Jones landed in the AFC after being traded by the Falcons and he took some time on Wednesday to discuss why the 49ers didn’t push harder to keep him in the NFC. The team was among the early betting favorites...

Getty Images The Titans had one of the best offenses in the league last season and looked set for another good season despite losing a few significant pieces from the unit this offseason, but that didn’t stop General Manager Jon Robinson from making a big trade last weekend. Wide receiver...

Getty Images Wide receiver Julio Jones got on a plane to Nashville Tuesday to formally join the Titans and he took some time to say farewell to his former team as well. In a post to his Instagram account captioned “Forever I’ll love Atlanta,” Jones shared appreciation for his time with the...

Getty Images Julio Jones has a new team, and now he has a new number. The star receiver will wear No. 2 with the Titans, the team announced Tuesday night. Jones wore No.11 during his 10 seasons with the Falcons, but he turned down new teammate A.J. Brown‘s offer to take that number with the...

Getty Images Falcons head coach Arthur Smith got his chance to weigh in on the Julio Jones trade on Tuesday. The Falcons dealt Jones to the Titans on Sunday, which means that Smith won’t get a chance to build an offense featuring Jones alongside quarterback Matt Ryan, wide receiver Calvin...

Getty Images During his recruitment of receiver Julio Jones, Titans receiver A.J. Brown joked that he wouldn’t be giving up No. 11. Now that Jones is on the team, Brown won’t be giving up No. 11. Tweeted Brown: “#11 until I retire. I tried to give it up and he wouldn’t take it.” Most assume...