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Saints Extend Tyrann Mathieu

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The New Orlean Saints have extended Tyrann Mathieu, giving Honey Badger two more years in the Big Easy. The contract, as mentioned, is for two years and totals $13M. In 2023, Mathieu had 75 tackles (50 solo) and four interceptions. This put him joint-fifth in tackles and joint-first in interceptions on a team that finished 9-8 on the season but missed out on the playoffs due to tiebreakers. The Saints are facing the daunting task of navigating an offseason that sees them nearly $69M over the salary cap despite the historic increase of $30.6M.

Mathieu enters his third season with the Saints. He began his career in 2013 as a third-round pick for the Cardinals. He left Arizona for Houston in 2018 before joining Kansas City a year later. He was a major contributor to the start of the Patrick Mahomes dynasty before leaving for New Orleans in 2022. Mathieu has 775 tackles and 33 interceptions for 501 yards and 4 touchdowns across his decade-plus in the league.

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Damar Hamlin Surviving First Round Of Bills Roster Cuts Garners Mixed Reactions From Fans

Meanwhile, in Buffalo, Damar Hamlin is one of the few players left at the secondary positions for the Bills as the team began to cut players ahead of the new NFL year. The cuts included CB Tre’Davious White, and safeties Jordan Poyer and Siran Neal. That means that barring some major free agent signings or trades, Hamlin will likely be a starting safety next season. Most draft analysts have the Bills drafting a wide receiver in the first round.

Fans were less than happy with the news. Not only was Poyer loved by the team, but Hamlin is far from an equivalent replacement for him. Additionally, such drastic cuts appears to indicate that the Bills have closed their championship window for the time and are looking to rebuild a cheaper roster for the 2024 season. How do you feel about the Bills’ roster moves? Let us know in the comments below.

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Travis Kelce Speaks On Sydney Zoo Trip With Taylor Swift, Claims They Were “Chased” By Helicopters

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Travis Kelce has opened up about the good and bad aspects of his recent trip to Sydney Zoo with Taylor Swift. Kelce claimed they were hounded by airborne paparazzi hanging out of helicopters to grab photos of the couple. “There were full-on helicopters just flying around. They helicoptered us. Well, not us — Taylor. This is all because Taylor is the biggest and the best thing possible,” Kelce told his brother on their podcast.

However, it wasn’t all bad. “Saw a tiger sitting up in a tree house — that sh-t was f-cking sweet. Saw a lion close up. When you hear [them roar], cause Taylor took the picture … you’re just like, ‘Oh my gosh.’ Let alone one, you see three of them run down from their rock, their perch, knowing they’re about to get fed. You see how fast and agile that thing is — dude it’s over,” Kelce continued.

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Travis Kelce & Taylor Swift Face Backlash For Sydney Zoo Date

However, not everyone thought that Kelce and Swift’s trip was “f-cking sweet”. The couple is continuing to face a wave of backlash from PETA and other animal rights activists for their trip. However, the couple has been given a “pass” by noted PETA supporter Jennifer Coolidge. While Coolidge said she “understood” why PETA was mad, she didn’t think that Kelce and Swift’s date was malicious. Instead, she saw it as just a public couple going on what they considered a romantic date.

The couple were spotted enjoying the popular tourist attraction last week between shows on Swift’s ongoing Eras Tour. Earlier in the week, Swifties had been gushing over Swift’s reactions to the various exhibits during a solo trip to the zoo. Kelce, who was spotted in Las Vegas earlier in the week, reportedly flew from LA to Hawaii. He then stayed the night in the island state earlier in the week. He then reportedly transferred to a private jet that departed for Sydney the day before he was spotted at the zoo.

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Caleb Williams Compares Himself To Aaron Rodgers, Haters Tear Him Apart

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Caleb Williams, the frontrunner for the No. 1 pick in next month’s NFL Draft, has faced a wave of hate after comparing himself to Aaron Rodgers. Williams had made the comparison, namely about his height and weight, at the NFL Combine. However, haters online quickly jumped on him to manipulate his comments. “I compare myself to Aaron Rodgers off the field. I’m a selfish, cocky pr-ck just like him. On the field, I’m like Zach Wilson. I play really well vs poor competition but struggle vs good defenses like Notre Dame,” one wrote X account labeled as a Justin Fields fan account.

Chicago currently holds the first overall pick. However, pundits are split on what the team will do with it. Some believe Chicago will draft Williams, others believe they will keep the aforementioned Fields and build around him. However, there are also those who still see Chicago as going the Philly route and trading back to acquire draft capital. However, the potential to move on from Fields has already soured many fans against Williams.

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Jets Grant Zach Wilson Permission To Seek Trade

Furthermore, speaking of Aaron Rodgers, it is expected that he will have a new backup in New York next season. The Jets have granted embattled QB Zach Wilson permission to seek a trade. It’s a move that has been expected since the team owner said that the team “didn’t have a backup quarterback” last season. The team will work closely with Wilson’s agent to try and move the former second-overall pick. It is widely expected that Wilson, who has never settled in the NFL, will garner a late-round pick at most.

However, the Jets are eager to find a quality backup for Aaron Rodgers. “We’re still really early in the offseason, especially when it comes to the veteran backup landscape and market. We’ve had good meetings and good evaluations with the guys that are available, and I think we’re ready to take the next step and see where the market is exactly with these backup quarterbacks,” GM Joe Douglas said this week.

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Tyreek Hill Responds To Model’s Leg Break Lawsuit

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Tyreek Hill has disputed the account of model Sophie Hall, who claims that Hill broke her leg while running drills at the NFL player’s home. Hill’s lawyer has claimed that Hall instead tripped over a puppy, causing her to break her leg. Hall’s original lawsuit does note that a dog interrupted the activity but did not state that Hall tripped over the animal. Furthermore, Hill’s representation noted that there was a pending insurance claim on his home and that the wide receiver already intended to cover Hall’s medical bills.

Hall’s original lawsuit, filed earlier this week, alleges that Hill “charged into her violently and with great force, resulting in significant and serious injuries.” This, according to the lawsuit, was because she “knocked him back” during the drills, causing him to become “angry” and “embarrassed”. Hall is seeking between $50,000 and $75,000 and has demanded a jury trial to resolve the matter. This remains a developing story.

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Tyreek Hill Fires Employee Responsible For Divorce Filing

Furthermore, it’s not been a peaceful start to 2024 for Hill. Hill fired a “f-cking bonehead” who filed a divorce for the wide receiver without his consent. “I just gotta say that it sucks that A, yeah, a lot of our stuff is public record. But behind closed doors, a lot of people got fired, too, for just doing things without a ‘yes.’ It sucks that me and my wife gotta go through that. Like yeah, public records says it and right now we’re in a spot of fixing it — I fired the f-cking bonehead that did that mistake. Now it sucks,” Hill said on a livestream in January.

Hill married Keeta Vaccaro during the Dolphins’ bye week and gifted her a game ball after scoring a touchdown a few games later. However, the young marriage has faced serious strain as three women filed paternity suits against Hill. All three children were reportedly born in 2023 and conceived in 2022. If all cases are legitimate, this would mean Hill fathered all three children while engaged to Vaccaro.

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Tom Brady Runs Faster 40-Yard Dash Than His Combine Time

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Who says you don’t get better with age? Certainly not Tom Brady. In a recent shoot with his NoBull company, a 46-year-old Brady ran the 40-yard dash. However, when overlaid with footage from his 2000 NFL Combine outing, it turns out Brady was faster at 46 than he was at 22. Brady’s time was clocked at 5.12 and 5.18, both faster than his 5.28 time in 2000. Brady’s business partner joked that if he had ran that time in 2000, he would have gone much earlier than the sixth round.

However, Brady isn’t the only person running exceptional 40-yard times. Footage emerged appearing to back up Katt Williams’ claim on Club Shay Shay suggesting that he can run a sub-4.50 40-yard dash. In the video, Williams is seen running the 40-yard dash in 4.47. That’s the same time that first-round pick Sauce Gardner ran in 2022. It appears that Williams wasn’t kidding about keeping himself in good shape. This was later used by Williams’ fans, who mocked Kevin Hart for injuring himself running the 40-yard dash.

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Tom Brady’s Camp Calls Cap On Gisele Bundchen’s Joaquim Valente Dating Timeline

Meanwhile, sources within Tom Brady’s camp have disputed claims that his ex-wife has only been seeing her rumored new beau since June 2023. “They should add 2021 after June. Then the headline would be accurate,” the sources told TMZ. The move came in response to news that Bundchen, per her own team, said that she had been dating martial arts instructor Joaquim Valente since June 2023.

Valente has been close with the Bradys for around two years. Both Brady’s children as well as Bundchen herself have trained with him. However, things between Bundchen and Valente appeared to get a lot less platonic after she officially split from Brady. “When they announced divorce in October 2022, Gisele fled to Costa Rica for 2 months. Joaquim flew there with her for 2 months. She takes her jiu-jitsu training seriously. LOL,” one source wrote in a message to TMZ.

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Jets Grant Zach Wilson Permission To Seek Trade

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The Zach Wilson era appears to be over in New York. The Jets have granted the embattled QB permission to seek a trade. It’s a move that has been expected since the team owner said that the team “didn’t have a backup quarterback” last season. The team will work closely with Wilson’s agent to try and move the former second-overall pick. It is widely expected that Wilson, who has never settled in the NFL, will garner a late-round pick at most.

However, the Jets are eager to find a quality backup for Aaron Rodgers. “We’re still really early in the offseason, especially when it comes to the veteran backup landscape and market. We’ve had good meetings and good evaluations with the guys that are available, and I think we’re ready to take the next step and see where the market is exactly with these backup quarterbacks,” GM Joe Douglas said this week.

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Aaron Rodgers Blasts Jets For “Chicken Sh*t” Locker Room Leaks

All this comes at the end of a tense year for the Jets. In December, Aaron Rodgers publicly criticized the New York Jets for a number of locker room leaks that appeared to villainize benched quarterback Zach Wilson. “That’s a problem with the organization. We need to get to the bottom of whatever this is coming from and put a stop to it privately, because there’s no place in a winning culture where — and this isn’t the only time. There’s been a bunch of other leaks,” Rodgers told The Pat McAfee Show.

The leaks in question stemmed from an article published by The Athletic. Anonymous locker room sources had told the outlet that Wilson appeared “reluctant” to resume QB1 duties with the Jets all but eliminated from playoff contention. These sources speculated that, much like a college player sitting out a bowl game, Wilson is wary of getting injured before he likely joins a new team next season. Rodgers questioned why someone within the Jets organization would want to “assassinate someone’s character like that report does for Zach”. Furthermore, Rodgers called the rumors “chicken sh-t at its core”.

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Washington Commanders Searching For New Stadium Sponsor

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FedEx has canceled its naming rights deal with the Washington Commanders two years before the deal expired. Not only does that mean the Commanders miss out on $15 million of expected revenue, but it comes a day after the Commanders announced a $75-million stadium renovation plan. The move caught the team by surprise, according to sources who spoke with ESPN. However, these sources noted that the team had begun the process of finding a new sponsor in the past months.

Furthermore, the new ownership group of the Commanders has also been considering a brand-new stadium for the team. While they can extend their agreement with Prince George’s County past 2027, the team is also considering opening a new stadium in 2030. Sites in Virginia, DC, and Maryland are all being considered. “We have already started the process of identifying our next stadium naming rights partner – a partner who will play a crucial role in ushering in the next era of not only Commanders football, but also a robust slate of top live events and concerts,” a statement from the team read.

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Washington Commanders Sale Could Trigger Another Name Change

However, is the stadium name the only thing going to change? The Commanders could not be the Commanders for much longer. “I would not be surprised at all if we see a name change and a complete rebranding,” ESPN‘s Don Van Natta Jr. said on The Rich Eisen Show. While it would be the team’s fourth name since 2019, a complete rebrand to really mark the start of a new era for the team. This may already be more than a rumor, as sharp-eyed social media users noted that an alumni gifting included swag that appeared to omit the Commanders moniker. Online, fans appeared split over the possibility of a new name. While some embraced the idea of removing the overly-generic “Commanders” name, others were more focused on achieving on-field results instead.

If the team were to change their name, it would need to be something bold and memorable. For example, George Washington University recently announced they would be changing their athletic nickname from the Colonials to the Revolutionaries. While thematically appropriate, it was chosen in place of the much cooler “Blue Fog”. Personally, the team should forgo the tradition of choosing something fierce or militaristic and instead choose something that embodies the city, like Harris’ other teams. If they wanted to go really out there with the name, how about the Washington/DC Half-Smokes? What do you think? Should Washington change their name? And if so, what should they change it to? Let us know in the comments.

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Taylor Swift “Won Over” The Chiefs Homemade Pop-Tarts, Andy Reid Claims

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Taylor Swift “won over” the Chiefs’ O-Line with homemade Pop-Tarts, head coach Andy Reid has claimed at the NFL Combine. “She likes to cook, so she made the offensive linemen these homemade pop tarts. She didn’t give me one, and the offensive linemen definitely didn’t give me one,” Reid told Mike Florio and Chris Simms. Swift is an avid baker, dating as far back as a viral Tumblr cookie recipe a decade ago. “”We’re having pregame meal and Taylor is so nice, she comes in by herself and she’s so cool. She made her homemade cinnamon rolls for Travis for pregame meal. I’m a juicer right now trying to be vegan and gluten-free, but I absolutely had to sample some of that cinnamon roll on game day,” former NFL QB Bernie Kosar told a radio show in December 2023.

Back at the Combine, Reid also spoke on his relationship with Swift, whom he first met during his tenure with the Eagles. “I knew her dad and her mom — good, solid people. I met her when she was young. And she’s so grounded for who she is. I mentioned somewhere that since the queen passed away, she might be the most famous woman in the world, but she handles it,” Reid said.

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Travis Kelce “F*ck Marry Kill” Featuring Taylor Swift & Katy Perry Resurfaces Online

Meanwhile, An old interview in which Travis Kelce plays F-ck, Marry, Kill has gone viral online. In the 2016 clip from Afterbuzz TV, Kelce is asked to categorize Katy Perry, Swift, and Ariana Grande. Kelce says “Kill” for Grande, but does note that he thinks she’s great. However, he chooses “F-ck” (or “kiss” as the interviewer puts it) for Swift and “Marry” for Perry. What do you think of Kelce’s choices? Let us know in the comments.

The clip resurfaced after Perry made a surprise appearance at Swift’s Eras Tour concert in Sydney this week. The pair performed “Bad Blood” together, suggesting that they had squashed any of the rumored beef that allegedly had formed between them. Hopefully, Swifties will not hold it against Kelce that he wasn’t head over heels for his now-girlfriend eight years ago.

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Mike McCarthy To Skip NFL Combine For Second Consectutive Year

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Mike McCarthy has confirmed that he will not be attending next week’s NFL combine. The embattled Cowboys coach said he would be staying Dallas to finish filling out his coaching staff and changing the Cowboys’ scheme. This marks the second year in a row that McCarthy won’t be on the ground at Lucas Oil Stadium to get an in-person look at the new wave of incoming NFL talent.

Last year, McCarthy traveled to Indianapolis for media availability before returning to Dallas to focus on scheme changes. The Cowboys, as a result, had the league’s highest-scoring offense. However, they also crashed out in the Wild Card round of the playoffs. The Cowboys’ 2023 first-round pick, Mazi Smith, had 13 total tackles on the season.

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Is Mike McCarthy Gone After 2024?

However, questions still remain about McCarthy’s future in Dallas. While the Cowboys retained McCarthy for the 2024 season, reports indicate that McCarthy will coach on an expiring contract. This is a common tactic used by Jerry Jones, making his coaches earn an extension from a do-or-die year. McCarthy has coached the Cowboys to a trio of 12-5 seasons but just one playoff win in that same span. In his announcement stating his intent to keep McCarthy on through the end of his contract, Jones cited the former Packers coach’s history of success. However, could Jones’ latest comments mean that he is already looking toward the future?

In a recent interview with Yahoo, Jones hinted that the future of the Cowboys might be Bill Belichick. “I know him personally and I like him. There’s no doubt in my mind we could work together. None,” Jones told Yahoo of his relationship with Belichick.However, Jones also noted that Belichick does not guarantee a championship. “It’s ridiculous to assume that one person automatically assures you a Super Bowl. That’s too high [an] expectation for him. But is he maybe the greatest pro football coach of all time? Could very well be. He is a friend and I like him, and I want to make real clear: I wouldn’t have any problem working with him,” Jones added to Yahoo.

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Johnny Manziel Apologizes To Drake

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Johnny Manziel has apologized to Drake for “letting down” the rapper. “Who believes in curses like that [The Drake Curse]? That guy’s the most positive energy, great aura. Maybe he picks wrong sometimes in the people, teams or whatever it is or his bets, but that’s life, right? There is no curse. That’s to each his own, you know? If I handle my business in the proper way, I make him proud, right? Our relationship changes; so like there’s a lot of people that I let down and I truly feel like him and LeBron [James] at a point in time were people that I really really let down, you know? At that point in time [2016], I was so selfish that I was dragging everybody that was tied to me through the mud,” Manziel told Shannon Sharpe on Club Shay Shay.

Drake was one of Manziel’s biggest supporters as the Texas A&M QB looked toward the NFL. In fact, Drizzy went as far as to pen the track “Draft Day” in honor of Manziel. However, as we all know, Manziel simply wasn’t cut out for the NFL. After being drafted 22nd overall by the Browns, Manziel was out of the league two seasons later, being cut after the 2015 season.

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Johnny Manziel Reveals He Nearly Took His Own Life After NFL Exit

Meanwhile, Manziel bared it all in an episode of Netflix’s Untold series that aired last year. “I think I was just running from problems. It was probably a $5 million bender. Direct self-sabotage, trying to burn this thing down. I had planned to do everything that I wanted to do at that point in my life. Spend as much money as I possibly could and then my plan was to take my life. Months prior, I went and bought a gun I knew I was going to use. I wanted to get as bad as humanly possible to where it made sense and it made it seem like an excuse and an out for me,” Manziel revealed.

Manziel is in a much better place now. Prior to the release of Untold: Johnny Football, he announced that he was going to return to Texas A&M. His plan was to establish “Johnny Manziel’s Money Bar”, a new sports bar on campus. He was able to get the project up and running before the start of A&M’s football season. The season of Untold also included episodes about the infamous Urban Meyer Florida Gators as well as Jake Paul.

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