Author: Michael

It’s ranking season! With few other things to talk about in regard to the NFL, it’s the time of year when people put out rankings and others argue about them. Hell, ESPN is going to dedicate an entire week to arguing about Madden ratings. But a list of the NFL’s best cornerbacks angered former NFL CB Asante Samuel and his shots at Sauce Gardner did not go unnoticed by the young New York Jets star.
According to a ranking from Jeremy Fowler of ESPN, who spoke to NFL executives, players, scouts and coaches, Denver Broncos corner Pat Surtain is the best in the league.

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With the 69th overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft, the Texans selected Nathaniel ‘Tank’ Dell out of their backyard. The 23-year-old wide receiver spent the last three years at the University of Houston and will join a Houston franchise that is looking to rebuild around No. 2 overall pick C.J. Stroud.
Dell could be a big part of the future in southeast Texas. By all accounts, although he has only been with the team, he is already impressing coaches and players within the organization.

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Northwestern University president Michael Schill may be reading The Daily Northwestern more often now, if he was not already.
It’s just a student newspaper on the campus in Evanston, Illinois, near Chicago. Most of the reporters, writers and editors are undergraduates. Teenagers. But it’s a damn good paper – one of the best college student newspapers in the nation.
The Daily Northwestern Is No Novice Newspaper
Since 2000, The Daily Northwestern has won 11 Pacemaker Awards, which is the Pulitzer Prize for college papers and has been around since 1927.

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Gabe Davis has his immediate sights set on the looming start of training camp and the season ahead for the Buffalo Bills.
And, of course, the vision for the fourth-year receiver is characteristic of his team. Because the Bills, champions of the AFC East the last three seasons, long ago moved on from winning a division title as their goal.
“It’s a Super Bowl mindset every year,” Davis says without hesitation after a morning training session in Orlando. “We have the pieces. We have to put them together. But it’s really hard to win the Super Bowl.

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Despite firing head coach Pat Fitzgerald on Monday, Northwestern is expected to retain the rest of its football coaching and support staff, ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg reports. According to Rittenberg, athletic director Derrick Gragg, who had been away from campus, returned Tuesday to meet with players and coaches about the decisions.
Last week, Northwestern initially suspended Fitzgerald for two weeks following an investigation into hazing within the football program.

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