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The NFL trade deadline is 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday, and though impactful, last-minute trades are rare in the league, rumors are inevitably swirling. MORE: Notable midseason NFL trades | Time for Lions to clean house? Here’s what we know about which teams are dealing, which are buying and which players might be involved. — Vernon Davis traded to Broncos: San Francisco, one of three teams believed to be “open for business” before the deadline (see below), sent the tight end to Denver on Monday in exchange for draft picks....

Also in this week’s NFL draft spotlight, Virginia Tech’s Isaiah Ford might be the next Will Fuller. MOCK DRAFT 2017: Browns, 49ers take calculated QB risks Plus, a look at the best non-Power 5 conference seniors in the country, and finally, a receiver who is rewriting the reception record books. Is historically-great Donnel Pumphrey good enough for the NFL? After posting a 200-yard rushing performance against Utah State, Pumphrey’s fourth 200-plus game of the season, the San Diego State running back continues to inch closer to the all-time rushing record....

The NFL estimates the salary cap in 2017 will be between $166 million and $170 million, which means there will be plenty of teams with big cap space in 2017. Using a $168 million salary cap limit, we look at the teams who project to have over $60 million in cap space. Here are those teams and how much cap space they project to have. MORE: Teams with least cap space for 2017...

Former Packers guard T.J. Lang, according to ESPN, has signed a three-year deal with the Lions. Further details have not yet been released. MORE: NFL free agent tracker Lang, a fourth-round pick in the 2009 NFL Draft out of Eastern Michigan, was one of the anchors of Green Bay’s offensive line, helping the team to a Super Bowl victory in 2011 and earning Pro Bowl honors in 2016. He gave up 2....

General manager Jon Robinson is still calling the shots to build on a wild-card team, but now he’s doing it for the staff under new head coach Mike Vrabel, offensive coordinator Matt LaFleur and defensive coordinator Dean Pees. Mariota has proved to be a great centerpiece, but he needs more pop around him as the team moves away from the run-heavy style of Mike Mularkey and Terry Robiskie. The defense stopped the run and rushed the passer well under Dick LeBeau, but the Titans lacked in playmaking quotient and secondary stability....

Robinson, 24, missed most of last season after suffering an ACL tear in Week 1 vs. the Texans. Robinson had one reception for 17 yards. RUMORS TRACKER: Keep up with the biggest moves For his career, Robinson has 202 catches, 2,848 yards (a 14.1-yard average) and 22 touchdowns in 43 games. He was a second-round draft pick of the Jags out of Penn State in 2012. Jacksonville allowed him to become a free agent after it declined to use the franchise tag on him....

So maybe the games do not officially count yet, but the sounds of quarterback cadences and pads crashing into one another return in the form of 65 preseason games for fans to generate hope that a 2019 will finally be the year their team wins the Super Bowl. Each franchise plays four preseason games over the course of August — with the exception of Denver and Atlanta, which played a fifth game in the Hall of Fame Game ....

The Raiders squandered a 17-point lead over the Chicago Bears and needed a touchdown from Rookie of the Year candidate Josh Jacobs with 1:57 to play to secure a win in London at the third time of asking. Oakland improved to 3-2 with a second consecutive win and are now second in the AFC West behind the 4-1 Kansas City Chiefs, while the Bears slipped to 3-2 and are third in the NFC North, behind the 4-1 Green Bay Packers and the 2-1-1 Detroit Lions....

That makes it another good week o expand our latest Sporting News first-round 2021 NFL mock draft. Now we know picks No. 1 through No. 30, with the Packers and Bills joining those eliminated from Super Bowl 55 contention over the weekend’s championship games. Here’s breaking down all the projected selections, based on the updated draft order according to Tankathon: NFL mock draft 2021 Jacksonville Jaguars (1-15) Trevor Lawrence, QB, Clemson (6-6, 220 pounds)...

But that’s not the real reason it will be interesting. Monday’s mock draft will go in the order of Thursday’s actual draft, except the 2020 draft prospects won’t be the players chosen. Teams will choose legends and hall of fame players, and teams can make trades for the all-time greats. That’s what needs to be shown in a Monday Night Football slot next week instead of two, 30-minute episodes of Peyton’s Places (which is actually entertaining), followed by the replay of a 2005 regular-season game between Peyton Manning’s Indianapolis Colts and Tom Brady’s New England Patriots....

But will former Oakland Raiders and New England Patriots wide receiver Antonio Brown find a way to slither his way back into the league? We take a look at the latest news around the league in this edition of NFL news and notes. Three things that matter Rudolph back at practice after knockout hit Three days after being knocked unconscious by Baltimore Ravens safety Earl Thomas, the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback resumed workouts in pads and a helmet....

The 49ers, Bills, Seahawks and Cowboys based on those lines were considered safe picks over the Cardinals, Redskins, Buccaneers and Giants, respectively. And we might as well add the Jets, who despite being a terrible team this season opened as 5 1/2-point favorites over the winless and hopeless Dolphins. Those are the closest things we get to painless predictions in Week 9, and even they are not exactly easy....

Having trouble with your picks and predictions? We’ve got all of the latest odds, lines and analysis for Week 3 from our experts. Here are some of the key games we’re watching. MORE: Week 3 picks against spread | Expert NFL picks | Week 3 lines, odds Falcons at Cowboys pick against the spread Vinnie Iyer’s pick: It didn’t take long for Atlanta to emerge as favorites in the weak NFC South under Dan Quinn, and his defense gets a huge break as Dallas won’t have Dez Bryant and Tony Romo, and maybe Jason Witten, too....

Having trouble with your picks and predictions? We’ve got all of the latest odds, lines and analysis for Week 4 from our experts. Here are some of the key games we’re watching. MORE: Week 4 picks against spread | Expert NFL picks | Week 4 lines, odds Eagles at Redskins pick against the spread Vinnie Iyer’s pick: Philadelphia isn’t all the way there with Chip Kelly’s offense yet, but grinding out a big rushing game to pound the Jets without DeMarco Murray was a great sign....

We’ve got the latest odds, lines and analysis for Week 5 from our experts. Here are some of the key games for this week. MORE: Week 5 picks against the spread | Expert picks | Week 5 odds, lines Patriots at Cowboys against the spread Vinnie Iyer’s pick: Remember when this game was going to be Tony Romo vs. Jimmy Garoppolo and big advantage Dallas? It’s now flipped to Tom Brady vs....

The 29-year-old tight end confirmed the news on Instagram, stating it was “time to move forward” after nine years with the Patriots. Gronkowski, who struggled with injuries throughout his career, won three Super Bowls and made five Pro Bowls during his time with New England. The tight end finished his career with 521 regular-season catches for 7,861 yards and 79 touchdowns. Following the news, Gronkowski’s former team-mates and rivals paid tribute to him, here – in our Twitter moment – is how the American football world reacted....

The Super Bowl is already known to attract a number of fans and NFL players from across the country, but the NFL’s Pro-Bowl was also played in Florida, leading to even more players attending the game, as well as different media events beforehand. The game is sure to be a spectacle for fans with the Chiefs high-octane offense led by quarterback Patrick Mahomes, while the 49ers will try to stop Mahomes with their No....

In the divisional round of the playoffs the Rams, Saints, Chiefs and Patriots were all victorious and are one game closer to securing a spot in Super Bowl 53. The Rams beat out the Cowboys 30-22, behind a big performance from both C.J. Anderson and Todd Gurley. The duo combined for 238 yards rushing yards and the three Rams touchdowns of the game. The Saints held off the reining Super Bowl champions, the Eagles, to win 20-14....