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24 minutes ago
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Harrison Phillips: J.J. McCarthy reminds me of Josh Allen understanding power he has to lead
Defensive tackle Harrison Phillips had a front-row seat for quarterback Josh Allen's first few years in the league, as the two were in the same 2018 Bills draft class. Now with the Vikings, Phillips is watching the ascendance of another young quarterback in J.J. McCarthy. Phillips noted that he can see some parallels, which he talked about in a press conference earlier this week. 'I've commented before about [how] he came to me the week after his injury to try to learn more about the defense,' Phillips said, via Will Ragatz of 'Asking those great questions. He's really stepped up in the personal power role [this year]. In the locker room, I'm constantly seeing him go up to new guys, to new players, dapping each other up, sitting on the couches, and just having conversation. Where last year it was off to rehab, off to meetings. He understands that we have to build a family here and that you can't have unique results without unique relationships. 'And then man, he's got some confidence. And he reminds me of Josh Allen when I was with him in Buffalo, coming into his own and understanding the power that he has to lead this organization, and he's doing a fantastic job doing that.' McCarthy has a long way to go to get to a similar level of performance as the 2024 AP MVP. But that kind of name drop from Phillips illustrates that McCarthy is going about things the right way this offseason.
NBC Sports
3 days ago
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- NBC Sports
Malcolm Koonce is practicing at Raiders OTAs after missing all of 2024 with knee injury
Raiders defensive end Malcolm Koonce is back at work after missing all of last season with a knee injury. Koonce has been on the practice field at the Raiders' Organized Team Activities, a welcome sign for a player whose torn ACL ended his 2024 season before it started. Koonce appears to be in good shape after spending several months rehabbing his knee, according to A 2021 third-round draft pick of the Raiders, Koonce was beginning to make a name for himself in his third season in 2023, recording eight sacks that season including three against Patrick Mahomes in the Raiders' Christmas Day upset of the Chiefs. The 2024 season was then lost, but the Raiders re-signed Koonce to a one-year contract this offseason, and they're hoping he can stay healthy and pick up where he left off in 2023.
NBC Sports
4 days ago
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Deion Sanders: Pre-draft attacks on Shedeur and Shilo "hurt"
Colorado coach Deion Sanders witnessed both of his sons plummet through the draft order. Shedeur lasted until found five. Shilo wasn't drafted at all. Appearing recently on Asante Samuel's Say What Needs To Be Said podcast, Deion explained the impact of witnessing what his sons endured. 'It hurt,' Deion said, via Jack Carlough of 'But the bible says God uses the foolish things to confound the wise. There was some foolish stuff that went on, but that gave them something that they needed. . . . That edge that Tom (Brady) had, it gave them the edge that you had, it gave them the edge that I have. Folks said we weren't gonna be nothing. But we had to prove that. It gave them the edge that they needed. Both of them.' Deion took issue with reports that Shedeur was not properly prepared for pre-draft meetings, with teams like the Giants. 'When you sit up there and say something like he went into a meeting unprepared, like, dude,' Deion said. 'Shedeur Sanders? Who has had six different [offensive] coordinators, who has still functioned and leveled-up every time we brought somebody new in, and you're gonna tell me he was unprepared? You're gonna tell me he had on headphones? Anybody who knows my son understands he's a professional. He's gonna go into a meeting with headphones on? Y'all, come on now.' Still, credible sources have explained the perception that Shedeur was behaving as if he was being recruited, not interviewed. With other quarterbacks creating a much different impression, Shedeur's draft stock suffered relative to his competition. Deion nevertheless regards the incessant chatter about Shedeur to be 'lying.' And he believes both Shedeur and Shilo (who wasn't invited to the Combine and wasn't expected to be drafted) will be better for the experience. 'You got to understand my kids are built for everything,' Deion said. 'We had two TV shows, we had shows in high school with playing football junior and senior years. We've always been in front of the camera, so they know how to navigate, they know how to handle themselves. You're not going to catch them in no foolery or no mess. You're not going to do that whatsoever.' Both Shedeur and Shilo are getting an opportunity. Both will have a fair chance to earn a Week 1 roster spot. And if they can turn draft-day disappointment into motivation, they'll be better for it in the long run.
NBC Sports
27-05-2025
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- NBC Sports
Ja'Marr Chase on Olympics: It's pretty cool, but I'm not 100 percent on it yet
After NFL owners voted to allow active players to participate in the 2028 Olympics, Justin Jefferson called it 'a dream' to potentially win a gold medal in flag football. But one of his LSU college teammates isn't so sure. On Tuesday, Ja'Marr Chase told reporters that he needs more information to know whether or not he'd like to be a part of the Olympics in a few years. 'I don't know,' Chase said, via Russ Heltman of 'I want to know the timing for us, offseason, in season. I want to know if we're getting paid. I want to know where we traveling every other week or every day, like all that plays a part, because we have an offseason, we have a life. How long would that be? I don't know. There's a lot of questions to it. 'I think it's pretty cool, but I'm not really 100 percent on it yet.' Chase is also thinking about the current flag football players, like Darrell 'House' Doucette, who has noted that he and his peers shouldn't just be kicked to the side. 'We taking they love of the game, and bashing it with our love of the game,' Chase said. 'Now we taking away their love of the game and we killing them. It's a lot, bro, I think it's cool, but I just don't know if I'm 100 percent in on it.' Flag football in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics is set to take place from July 14-21, which is before most training camps open.
NBC Sports
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- NBC Sports
Peyton Manning changed Joe Burrow's mind about appearing on the Quarterback series
Joe Burrow declined to appear on Season 1 of the Netflix series Quarterback. He is featured in Season 2, which debuts in July. So what changed? 'They caught me on a good day,' Burrow joked Tuesday, via Jay Morrison of It actually was Peyton Manning, the show's executive producer, who changed Burrow's mind about being a part of it along with Jared Goff and Kirk Cousins. 'A big part was Peyton being involved in it,' Burrow said. 'I have a lot of respect for him, obviously. What he did, does, as a person, when that guy reaches out to you and asks you to do something . . . most of the time I'm going to say 'yes.'' Burrow said, because he trusts Manning, he sees the opportunity as a high-reward, no-risk scenario. 'Only positive things could come out of it,' Burrow said. 'He's going to protect me, protect our team, protect our organization. I have trust in him for saying that and trust that he's going to do that. I probably wouldn't have done it if he wasn't involved, but I have a lot of trust and faith in him to not do anything that would hurt me or the team.' Hard Knocks cameras already were filming the Bengals in 2024 anyway, so it made it easier for Burrow to accept Manning's invitation. But Quarterback will address the burglary of Burrow's home in December, something not mentioned in Hard Knocks after the Bengals nixed it. 'That was definitely a curveball I didn't quite expect throughout the whole process, but the people involved in it, working on it day to day, were great and weren't too intrusive,' Burrow said. 'I worked with some good people with that.' Burrow had his final interview with the show last week and has watched screenings of the first few episodes. But he said he will leave it to viewers whether it's any good or not.
