During this NFL offseason, many players have decided to take a break from the game, and either skip out on the 2020 season, or just straight up retire. Most NFL teams have two or three big players that will not be with them this season, but the Jacksonville Jaguars defensive line has been destroyed by players who have either gotten injured, are sitting out this season, or have decided to retire.
Over the past couple of years, the NFL has seen the importance of tight ends grow enormously. Super Bowl LIV featured two of the best tight ends in the NFL in Travis Kelce and George Kittle who each received contracts last week valued at over $14 million. With the talent of a team’s tight end being more integral to that team’s success than ever before, let’s take a look at the top ten tight ends in the NFL.
“Yesterday was the first REAL day of camp.”
On August 17, 2020, former NFL running back, Jason Wright, became the first-ever African American president of a National Football League organization. The team that signed him was none other than the Washington Football Team, who just a few months earlier, was forced to change its name from the Washington Redskins after public outrage.
“Put the team at risk, suffer the consequences.”
“Over the past several months, I have opened my ears, mind, and heart and it has opened my eyes to see how wrong I was, and for that I am sorry.”
Courtesy of a licensing agreement reached by the NFL Players Association and 2K Sports, upcoming football games produced by 2K will be able to feature real NFL players and teams. The game will be the first football title produced by 2K sports since the unlicensed All-Pro Football 2K8.
Patriots wide receiver, Julian Edelman, talked about Newton after they worked out together in July, “When you first meet him, just his stature. He’s — put together well. He has a great energy about himself. I was really impressed with his work ethic and mindset.” Newton stands at 6-foot-5 and weighs 245 pounds.
“Everybody works hard, but everybody knows what their weakness is.”
On Friday, the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office received arrest warrants for The Washington Football Team’s running back, Derrius Guice. Derrius Guice was charged with one count of strangulation, three counts of assault and battery, and one count of destruction of property stemming from three separate domestic violence incidents, taking place on February 14, March 13, and April 17 of 2020.