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Giants’ defensive coordinator Perry Fewell confirmed today what many in the know suspected, that Chase Blackburn would open Training Camp as their starting middle linebacker. The Giants essentially signed Blackburn, a veteran career journeyman, off the streets late in the regular season, but he played very well for them down…

The Buccaneers traded back up into the end of the 1st round of the 2012 NFL Draft to select Doug Martin, but according to the Tampa Bay Times, there’s still “clearly going to be a role” for incumbent starter LeGarrette Blount. This makes a lot of sense and confirms what…

Mike Wallace has yet to sign his 2.757 million dollar restricted free agent tender in search of a long term deal and while the Steelers have agreed not to slash his tender down to 577 thousand, which they now have to right to do because Wallace skipped minicamp, it’s still…

Aqib Talib has to be breathing a lot easier today now that the assault with a deadly weapons charges against him have been dropped. They were reportedly dropped because the defense felt their primary witness would not be seen as credible. Talib was scheduled to stand trial in a week…

Bryant McKinnie is a talented left tackle, but he has had highly public struggles with his weight in his career, especially in the past couple years as he’s now in his 30s. He was cut for being out of shape out of the lockout by the Vikings last year and…

Logan Mankins tore his ACL in the Patriots’ Super Bowl loss to the New York Giants in February and needed surgery. However, since it wasn’t a full tear, most believed that he would be back in time for Training Camp or the start of the season at the very latest.…

Chris Clemons is one of only a few official holdouts right now, after missing the entirety of last week’s minicamp in protest of his contract. Clemons is owed 4.5 million in the final year of a 5 year deal in 2012, which makes him underpaid considering the 24 sacks, 18…

It’s no secret that Colt McCoy, the incumbent starter for the Cleveland Browns, can be had in a trade. The Browns drafted Brandon Weeden in the 1st round of the 2012 NFL Draft to replace the mediocre McCoy and immediately shopped him on draft day with no results. They have…

Amari Spievey was one of the worst starting safeties in the league last year, ranking 76th out of 86 on ProFootballFocus. The Lions didn’t bring in any competition for him this offseason, but according to DetroitLions.com, veteran Erik Coleman, who missed most of last season with a knee injury, will…

A 2nd round pick of the Patriots in 2011, Ras-I Dowling missed most of his rookie year with injuries after missing most of his senior season at Virginia with injuries. However, he is incredibly talented and Pro Football Weekly reports that they are hearing that Dowling will start opposite Devin…