Author: Michael

The AP Offensive Rookie of the Year award has been dominated by quarterbacks, wide receivers and running backs.
But when will a tight end or an offensive lineman win the award that goes back to the 1967 season? Heck, even fullbacks have won it twice, but that was way back when fullbacks actually received carries. (Franco Harris won it in 1972 and John Brockington in ’71.)
For this MMQB roundtable, we discuss our dark-horse candidates to win Offensive Rookie of the Year. But rookie offensive tackles Paris Johnson Jr. and Darnell Wright shouldn’t get their hopes up about winning the award.

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Tony Pollard is taking the road less traveled when it comes to his current contract situation. While the new Cowboys RB1 will play the 2023 NFL season under the franchise tag worth $10.1 million, he appears to have little issue with that as training camp gets underway.
When asked about playing under the tag, Pollard gave a blunt and candid answer, while making it known he’s ready to focus on winning. And as The Athletic’s Jon Machota revealed, Pollard said making $10 million is fine with him.

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Ohio State Cade Stover is a big fan of farming, and would love to see his NIL payments come in the form of tractors.
College athletes cashing in has been the name of the game for a couple years now. Ever since the NIL era started, players have been making money, and there’s nothing wrong with that.
After all, this is America – not communist Cuba. In this country, we have the freedom to make money. However, when it comes to Cade Stover, he has a unique outlook on how he’d like to be paid.
Ohio State TE Cade Stover wants his NIL deals to be paid in tractors.

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Could the Oregon Ducks be on the move and follow Colorado to the Big 12?
After months of speculation, the Buffaloes have pulled the trigger on leaving the PAC-12 and returning to the Big 12, according to multiple reports.
An official announcement is expected at some point Thursday. The PAC-12’s inability to land a new media deal was finally hit with major consequences.
The Buffaloes are out, and that’s really bad news for the future of George Kliavkoff’s conference.

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