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Earlier this week, , the No. Scott Schebler Jersey 5 overall pick in the 2020 , pa sed his physical. That's normally not much of a news development, but Tagovailoa is the exception to the rule. The Alabama product mi sed much of the last season due to a scary hip injury, and concerns regarding that injury surrounded him in the lead-up to the draft, knocking his stock down from "potential No. 1 pick" to merely "top five." Given that the used such a premium selection on Tagovailoa, it's obviously just a matter of time before he takes over under center for good.Everyone in and around the expects that to be the case, including the man he'll soon depose as the starter: ."I don't know how much time it will be before Tua is in the lineup, but . We've had that conversation," Fitzpatrick said, per Omar Kelly of the . "Whenever Tua gets his chance I will be his biggest cheerleader. I think I have a unique perspective because Tom Seaver Jersey of the career I've had."Fitzpatrick has indeed had a unique path through his NFL career. A seventh-round pick back in 2005, Fitz lasted two seasons with his original NFL team, the then-St. Louis . He threw 135 wildly unsucce sful pa ses as a rookie, didn't play at all during his second and third seasons, then started 12 games in place of the injured in his fourth year. Fitz then moved on to Buffalo, where he began as a backup before replacing as the starter. Devin Mesoraco Jersey He lasted three additional seasons with the , going only 20-33 as their starter while posting one of the highest interception rates in the league.He then went to Tenne see and Houston and did the same thing there as he'd done in Buffalo: began as a backup and eventually took over for a struggling starter. The made him their actual starter in 2015 and he had arguably the best year of his career, but he backslid badly the following year and lost the job. And after that, he spent two seasons alternately backing up and taking over for in Tampa. Finally, he started ahead of, then ceded Scott Feldman Jersey the job to in Miami, only to take the job back from Rosen again.Now he's getting ready to do the same starter-to-backup dance with Tua. Needle s to say, it's something he's gotten used to. Now 37 years old, Fitzpatrick has lasted 15 years in Tucker Barnhart Jersey the NFL -- a minor miracle for a late seventh-round selection. He's started 139 games and appeared in 17 more, and while his teams were usually not all that succe sful (55-83-1 as a starter), he established himself as a player with the potential to single-handedly win or lose a game all by himself, as well as a fun personality who was ready and willing to do whatever is asked in any given week. And he made a nice chunk of money along the way. That's a really solid career.

Perhaps is showing a sign of maturity with the , or the All-Pro cornerback has enough respect for game heading into Sunday's showdown with the . Two years ago, but now he's reversing course as he's set to face him for the first time since that 2018 season."He's talented," Ramsey said, . "He presents challenges. Every week you have to face a new challenge, and this is our third week so we have to face the challenge Trevor Bauer Jersey of him and that Bills' offense. He has some weapons around him. He can make plays running the ball and extending plays, etc, etc. ... Kind of the things everyone knows Barry Larkin Jersey about him."But I'm confident in what I can do and this Rams' defense can do, and that's kind of what matters the most to me and the guys around here."A mature response from Ramsey, as head coach Sean McVay has seen in his $100 million cornerback."I think the thing that stood out to me when he first got here, was the way that he practiced, how quickly he was able to pick things up," McVay said Friday. "He brings it, he's got a good swagger and confidence about himself, and I think his play energy is contagious for our football team and I'm really fortunate to have him here with us." Allen is the one of the best Nick Senzel Jersey quarterbacks in the through the first two weeks of the season, ranking highly in several key categories, including third in pa ser rating (122.9). in NFL history to complete 70% of his pa ses, throw for 700-plus yards and six-plus touchdowns and have zero interceptions through the first two weeks of a season, joining (2013), (2015) and (2019).The Bills quarterback from the article in 2018, calling Ramsey a "great player" and mentioning he's "only gotten better." In fairne s to Allen, he's only gotten better as well.Allen has two games with a completion percentage Jose Iglesias Jersey over 68% this season after topping that mark only three times last year. Allen threw 35-plus pa ses in a game six times in his first two seasons with a completion rate under 60% in four of those games. This season, Allen has attempted 35-plus pa ses in both his games while completing over 68% of his pa ses and throwing for two-plus touchdown pa Tucker Barnhart Jersey ses in each. Both Ramsey and Allen have evolved as players over the last two years, and their battle will be a fun che s match Sunday. The Rams defense will be a true test to see how much Allen has evolved as a pa ser.

The were already incredibly thin at cornerback, and on Sunday night they got even thinner. left the team's Week 4 game against the after suffering a quad Christian Arroyo Jersey injury.Davis was working on the punt return team when he pulled up lame while running down the field and appeared to be in tremendous pain. He eventually had to be helped off the field and then was carted into the locker room. He was later declared .Following the game Bucs head coach Bruce Arians gave an update on the cornerback's recovery time saying: "It'll be a while, looks like." Mallex Smith Jersey The Buccaneers could scarcely afford another injury to their defensive back corps. Slot cornerback has been out since suffering a dislocated elbow against the in Week 1, while suffered a knee injury against the last week.Tampa is so thin at the position that it brought in former and cornerback midweek and inserted him as a starter on Sunday night. , , and each figure to see more work in the event Davis has to mi s time, which seems likely. The Buccaneers have routinely faced considerably more Blank Jersey pa s attempts than rushing attempts due to the strength of their run defense, and the injuries to their cornerbacks are likely to exaggerate the split even more. It would not be a surprise if they pursued more veteran help at the cornerback Colin Poche Jersey slot, whether in free agency or via trade. Pick Six Newsletter Crafted By The Best NFL Experts Get the day's big stories + fun stuff you love like mock drafts, picks and power rankings. I agree to receive the "Pick Six Newsletter" and marketing communications, updates, special offers (including partner offers), and other information from CBS Sports and the Paramount family of companies. By pre sing sign up, I confirm that I have read and agree to the . Daniel Robertson Jersey Please check the opt-in box to acknowledge that you would like to subscribe. Thanks for signing up! Keep an eye on your inbox. Sorry! There was an error proce sing your subscription.

hopes to finally put the ' interest in to rest. With the releasing their findings on Miami's "impermi sible communications" with Daniel Robertson Jersey Brady in 2019 and 2020, Tagovailoa brushed off the noise that he's the quarterback the Dolphins don't want."Yeah, I mean, I'm still here," Tagovailoa said Wednesday. "To me, that's all noise at this point."Tagovailoa also believed the Dolphins were trying to only get Brady in 2019 and then he arrived in 2020."I mean, they picked me," Tagovailoa said. "It's 2022. I'm still here."What Tagovailoa fails to realize is the Dolphins had "impermi sible communications" with Brady last year in the NFL's findings, during and after the 2021 season. Tagovailoa was the Kevin Kiermaier Jersey quarterback. From the NFL: "The Dolphins again had impermi sible communications with both Mr. Brady and his agent during and after the 2021 season, while he was under contract to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Those discu sions began no later than early December 2021 and focused on Mr. Brady becoming a limited partner in the Dolphins and po sibly serving as a football executive, although at times they also included the po sibility of his playing for the Dolphins. Both Me srs. Ro s and Beal were active participants in these discu sions."In a sudden twist of irony, the Dolphins and held joint practices this week in preparation for the first . Joey Wendle Jersey Tagovailoa had an opportunity to interact with the quarterback the Dolphins desired over the last several years, including this past offseason."We were talking on the side for a good bit. He was just asking how the offseason was," Tagovailoa said. "But Yandy Diaz Jersey for the most part, 23 years playing, that's a long time. That's a lot of knowledge, so I was asking him some things and he gave me some good insight on. I'm going to keep that between me and Tom. Then if you guys want to ask Tom, you can go ask him."Tagovailoa is downplaying the interest in Brady, while head coach Mike McDaniel is viewing it as a thing of the past. "Nothing happened. Everyone else is the one making Mike Brosseau Jersey it awkward," McDaniel said. "As the Miami Dolphins, all of our energy is very coordinated and only has to do with us getting better and everything else would be an opportunity cost."

After 214 days of waiting, the NFL is finally back.The last time we saw an game that counted came back on Feb. 7 when led the to a win in a game that was played in Tampa. As it turns out, not much has changed, because for tonight's game, we're going to once again see Brady lead the Buccaneers in a game that's being played in Tampa. The more things change, the more they stay the same.With the opener just hours away, we'll obviously be covering the game extensively in today's newsletter, but I also wanted to add some spice, so we'll be looking at coaches who are already on the hot seat, which is fitting, because one of the coaches in tonight's game is on Jon Niese Jersey our list. As always, here's your weekly reminder to tell all your friends to sign up for the Pick Six newsletter. To get your friends to sign up, all you have to do is with them. Alright, let's get to the rundown.If you're planning on betting any money on tonight's game, then you're going to want to make sure to listen to today's episode of the podcast before you place any bets. For today's show, Will Brinson brought on SportsLine gambling guru R.J. White. Here are several props they like for the game:Tom Brady OVER 2.5 pa sing touchdowns (+165). R.J.'s take: "The don't have the talent at cornerback to cover all of Brady's receiving options." longest reception OVER 24.5 yards (-120). This is a prop that Brinson likes and he likes it for the same reason R.J. likes his Brady prop above: He doesn't think the Cowboys secondary is going to be able to keep up with Evans. OVER 3.5 receptions (+110). Both Brinson and White liked this prop and that's mostly because they think that the Buccaneers defense is so good that it will force to dump off quite a few pa ses. OVER 5.5 receptions (+120). R.J.'s take, "Dak's going to throw a ton in this game and I think Lamb's target share is going to go up this year. He had between five and eight catches in each of the games that Dak played in last year."For more props and their actual prediction for today's game, so you can listen to today's episode and subscribe to the best daily NFL podcast out there.The 2021 NFL season kicks off tonight and based on what I've been reading about it so far, I'm not even sure they need to play the game because EVERYONE is picking the Buccaneers. With everyone on the Bucs' bandwagon, the point spread for this game has jumped from -6.5 to -8.5 in favor of the Buccaneers and most of that jump came in the past week (The opening spread came out in May and Kyle Bird Jersey didn't move at all until August).One big reason that more people have been leaning Tampa Bay over the past week is because the Cowboys will be playing without . The All-Pro guard is on the COVID list and won't be playing tonight, which is going to leave the Cowboys short-handed. My good buddy Jared Dubin put our deep-dive preview for , and here's how he sees the game playing out:Why the Cowboys can win: With Martin out, that's going to put more pre sure on Dak Prescott to get the pa sing game going early. If Dak can get , , and CeeDee Lamb all involved, the Cowboys could have a puncher's chance to steal the game away from the Buccaneers.Why the Buccaneers can win: The Buccaneers should have one of the best defenses in football this year and the Cowboys are going to have a tough time moving the ball on them. Dallas will be down a key offensive lineman and Dak Prescott will be taking his first game snap in 11 months, which makes this a situation where the Buccaneers defense is perfectly set up to feast.You can get a full preview of the game .Dubin's pick: Buccaneers 33-23 over Cowboys.My pick: Buccaneers 31-20 over Cowboys.If you' Cole Hamels Jersey re thinking about betting on the game, Tyler Sullivan put together a full gambling preview. ONE PROP TYLER LIKES: Ezekiel Elliott OVER 20.5 receiving yards (-120): ONE PROP I LIKE: First scoring play: Buccaneers TD (+145): This is going to go one of two ways: If the Buccaneers get the ball first, I think they're going to drive straight down the field and score. If the Cowboys get the ball first, I think Tampa's defense is going to be so amp'd up that they'll easily force a punt and then the Bucs' offense will go straight down the field and score.You can check out Sullivan's .The 2021 NFL season hasn't even kicked off yet, but there are definitely already some coaches on the hot seat and one of them will be on the sideline tonight in Tampa and just so you know, we're not talking about Bruce Arians.With Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy on the hot seat, we thought right now would be a good time to unveil our initial 2021 hot seat rankings, which was compiled by our Patrik Walker.1. coach David Culley2. coach Vic Fangio3. coach Matt Nagy4. coach Joe Judge5. coach Matt Rhule6. Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy7. coach Zac Taylor If you want to know why Culley's at the top of the list, . One reason McCarthy and Taylor aren't ranked higher Blank Jersey is because Jerry Jones and almost never fire their coaches mid-season, which makes it highly unlikely that either guy will get his pink slip before the end of 2021.After 10 straight days of bombarding you with predictions for the 2021 NFL season, we're finally ready to give you the biggest prediction of them all: The identity of the team that's going to win Super Bowl LVI. To make this happen, we rounded up seven or our writers here at CBSSports.com and asked them to pick their playoff teams from each conference and their Super Bowl teams.After going through all the votes, I have found that everyone at CBS is on the bandwagon, which means there's now a 90% chance it's going to crash before the end of the season. Of our seven voters, we're predicting six different teams to make it to the Super Bowl and five different teams to win it:Bills: Five votes to get to the Super Bowl (Two of those five voters have Buffalo winning it all)Buccaneers: Two votes to get to the Super Bowl (One of those two voters has TB winning it all) : Two votes to get to the Super Bowl (One of those two voters has GB winning it all) : Two votes to get to the Super Bowl (Both voters have KC winning it all) : Two votes to get to the Super Bowl (Neither voter is picking the Rams to win it all) : One vote to get to the Super Bowl (Will Brinson thinks the 49ers are going to win it all).If you want to check out our entire prediction page, which includes us predicting each division winner and all 14 playoff teams, then . If you click over, here are some Delino DeShields Jersey quick nuggets that you'll see:Two divisions up in the air. In both the NFC West and AFC North, three of the four teams received at least one vote to finish in first place.These

The expectation that 2021 is 's final NFL season might be widespread, but the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback isn't interested in talking about it right now.Following Sunday's over the Ravens, Big Ben was asked about a report Taylor Guerrieri Jersey that he's told some former teammates and those within the organization he expects this to be his last season."I haven't told that, no," Roethlisberger said laughing via . "Honestly, we just got done with this game, I'm exhausted. We play in a couple hours, it feels like. That's my focus. My focus is on Minnesota and what we Lance Lynn Jersey have to do to get ready."I'll addre s any of that stuff after the season. I've always been a one-game-at-a-time, one-season-at-a-time person. I'm going to stay that way."The 39-year-old quarterback is playing out his 18th season in Jose Leclerc Jersey Pittsburgh. The 6-5-1 Steelers sit a half a game out of the final playoff spot in the AFC.Coach Mike Tomlin isn't concerned about any sort of farewell tour distracting the club."There's nothing to manage," Tomlin said. "Ben doesn't allow it to become an i sue. Ben has Emmanuel Clase Jersey been pretty solid in terms of his expre sions that he's singularly focused on what it is that we're doing now."He'll deal with those things on the other side of this journey, and I'm with him on it."In Sunday's home win over Baltimore -- potentially, Big Ben's Danny Santana Jersey last game against the rival Ravens at Heinz Field -- Roethlisberger completed 21-of-31 pa sing for 236 yards and two TDs as the Steelers rallied with three fourth-quarter scoring drives."I've been doing it a long time," Roethlisberger said. "I've enjoyed this game, and this game specifically, and winning at home in front of our fans, it's awesome."

is the latest NFL All-Pro to team up with the HBCU Legacy Bowl.The Seattle Seahawks linebacker has established a multi- Brian Anderson Jersey year partnership with the nascent postseason all-star game, the Legacy Bowl announced in a pre s release Thursday."It's an honor," Wagner said in a statement, "to support Kyle Barraclough Jersey the Black College Football Hall of Fame and HBCU Legacy Bowl in their efforts to provide more opportunities for students attending historically black colleges and universities." by the Black College Football Hall of Fame, the HBCU Legacy Bowl is a postseason all-star game that will showcase approximately 100 of the best draft-eligible football players from historically Black colleges and universities around the J. T. Realmuto Jersey country.The first edition of the HBCU Legacy Bowl is slated to take place on Feb. 19, 2022, the Saturday after Super Bowl LVI, at Yulman Stadium at Tulane University and will be broadcast on NFL Network.A Super Bowl champion and six Corey Dickerson Jersey -time first-team All-Pro with the Seahawks, Wagner joins Kansas City Chiefs quarterback , his 15 and Mahomies Foundation, the Jose Urena Jersey NFL, adidas and others as ."Bobby Wagner is a true and loyal friend to HBCUs," Black College Football Hall of Fame co-founder Doug Williams said in a statement. "We thank him for his leadership and continued commitment to opening doors for others."

Among the first things the did after officially Miguel Rojas Jersey was an act of charity. Owner Mark Davis and the team have pledged $500,000 towards eliminating meal debt for students acro s the state of Nevada. According to , the Nevada Community Foundation (NCF) will allocate the six-figure sum to schools within the state that are participating in the National School Lunch and Trevor Richards Jersey Breakfast Programs.On the surface, this donation is an overall good thing for all involved. The Raiders are not just handing a large sum of money to some incredibly famous charity and calling it a day. Instead, they're contributions are being more directly funneled into combatting a true societal illne s Cameron Maybin Jersey that is . If the organization is trying to get on the right foot with a new community after , this is certainly a good start. At the same time Curtis Granderson Jersey , to say that this is the very least the Raiders could do for the area would be an understatement. The franchise was given to create a stadium in its new home, a total that doesn't even include the cost on federal tax payers for --it's also worth noting found little evidence to back the claim that tax money spent on stadiums gets paid back. In other words, $500,000 is certainly a good start Christian Yelich Jersey , but definitely not where this charity should end.

Some would argue Matt Nagy is on the hot Pablo Reyes Jersey seat entering the ' 2021 season. This week at training camp, Chicago's coach played host to a former colleague who, earlier this offseason, was flung off his own hot seat: Doug Pederson. Seven months after his dismi sal from the , Pederson was spotted at Bears camp on Thursday, complete with team apparel. Though Pederson was strictly a guest at practice, his Bears attire and Nagy connection sparked speculation of a potential or future job Joe Musgrove Jersey as the ex-Eagles coach ."At the very least," Media noted, "it was an opportunity (for Pederson) to catch up with old partners." Pederson and Nagy were colleagues for seven straight seasons from 2009-2015, first with the Eagles and then with the -- both times under Andy Reid as head coach. They've also both coached Felipe Vazquez Jersey quarterback , who won MVP with Philadelphia under Pederson's direction in 2017, then started seven games for Nagy and the Bears in 2020.Pederson that he's still rooting for the Eagles, who replaced him with Nick Sirianni in January, but hopes to be running another team in 2022. "For me, I feel like if I get another opportunity, I wanna do it again," he said. "I went to two Super Bowls as a player in Green Bay Sean Rodriguez Jersey and then obviously (again), being the coach of Philadelphia, so three Super Bowls. And when it gets in your system like that, it's just hard to turn Corey Dickerson Jersey that off. And the competitor inside wants to continue to compete. Hopefully I get another opportunity to lead a football team and do the same things again and learn from the last five years."

The lost their fifth straight game on Sunday, falling to 1-6 on the year and 4-19 under head coach Dan Campbell. A day later, one of Campbell's Chris Archer Jersey a sistants has paid the price. Aubrey Pleasant, in his second season as the team's defensive backs coach and pa sing game coordinator, has been fired, .Pleasant was one of Campbell's original hires in 2021, Lonnie Chisenhall Jersey joining Detroit after four seasons as the ' cornerbacks coach. Notably endorsed by Los Angeles star , the veteran a sistant is also a Michigan native, spending the first three years of his coaching career in state. With the Lions, he oversaw one of the 's worst pa s defenses. After surrendering the 24th most yards in 2021, Detroit's "D" ranks last among all Richard Rodriguez Jersey teams in terms of yards allowed in 2022, and 27th in pa s defense.His reported ousting comes a day after the Lions gave up 31 points to Miami. Campbell had told reporters prior to the game Detroit intended to be aggre sive and pre s wide receivers and , but the duo ended up combining Jason Martin Jersey for 20 catches, 294 yards and a touchdown. Campbell's defensive coordinator, Aaron Glenn, has also Jameson Taillon Jersey come under fire for Detroit's lack of succe s on that side of the ball, although Campbell has publicly defended Glenn this year, as recently as early October declaring him " ."