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The song was appropriate because one of Detroit's top defenders -- starting defensive tackle Alim McNeill -- had returned to the practice field for the first time since tearing the ACL in his right knee in December. "(The song) was very good. I didn't expect it to happen but that was a good little touch. I liked that," McNeill said.

The stud right guard has been sorely missed since tearing his ACL. Cosmi has some additional markers to hit, but all signs point to his return to the starting lineup sooner rather than later. That's going to shift the offensive line's dynamic entirely, and one player could suffer more than most. Nick Allegretti initially got the nod to replace Cosmi this season. It did not go well, and the coaching staff sent him to the bench in favor of Andrew Wylie after just two games. When the former Texas star gets the all-clear to participate on game days, he'll be pushed even further down the pecking order.

After an inconsistent start to the season for USC' s secondary, the defensive coordinator stood in front of a cadre of cameras and didn't mince words. There were too many coverage busts leading to too many big pass plays, he said. He planned to spend the bye week studying film with microscopic focus in hopes of understanding exactly what had gone wrong.

At the March 2025 NFL meetings, resolution proposal G-2 passed with very little publicity, no interest from fans or reporters, and hardly any discussion among the clubs voting on it. G-2. By Baltimore, Cleveland, Houston, Las Vegas, Minnesota, Philadelphia, and Washington; to permit clubs to prepare kicking footballs ("K-Balls") before game day, similar to the process permitted for game footballs.

The format of the hourlong program is for participants and celebrity guests to watch original telecasts of games from the past and comment on the action. Previous episodes have included the Jets' divisional round playoff victory over the Patriots after the 2010 season, one punctuated by Bart Scott saying he "can't wait" for the Steelers in the AFC Championship Game. (The Jets lost that one.)

When the New England Patriots officially hired Mike Vrabel as head coach back in January, the focus immediately shifted to the rest of his coaching staff. As expected, Vrabel brought in several key personnel from his previous tenure in Tennessee, including defensive coordinator Terrell Williams and game management coordinator John Streicher. His most questionable hire? That would be Josh McDaniels, a product of the Bill Belichick-Tom Brady era that the Patriots' new regime appears highly motivated to distance itself from.

We're four weeks into the 2025 NFL season, which can mean only one thing: It's time for my quarter-season NFL awards. (Well, technically my 23.5%-season awards in the 17-game era.) We're still trying to figure out whether most of the league's teams are actually any good, but with most starters having played 150 snaps of football or more, we can start making preliminary insights into who's playing at a really high level in 2025.

The Patriots' receiving corps was a hot topic throughout the offseason, as they had 12 players on the roster for much of training camp. It was the first time in many years that there was actual competition to make the team, with a few early risers looking like they would dominate on offense once the regular season began. Among the most talked about was DeMario Douglas, who had an impressive performance all summer long, leading many to believe he could be a secret weapon for Drake Maye during a very telling second season. The connection between them was clear last year, and it looked like they were well on their way to building upon that going into this season.

When the Washington Commanders paid Frankie Luvu handsomely in 2024 free agency, it was a risk that turned into a rapid reward. A fringe rotational player with the New York Jets before becoming a standout on the Carolina Panthers, the hybrid linebacker-edge rusher had spent much of 2024 playing like a fringe NFL Defensive Player of the Year candidate in Washington. His explosiveness, relentless energy, and versatility made him one of the most valuable pieces in Washington's front-seven.

Whatever happened on Sunday doesn't change how I feel. In my heart, I genuinely was trying to give a compliment and I own the fact that I probably used the wrong choice of words, but however you want to word it. I mean, they're really, really good at putting their players in position to be in a successful position. As coaches, we're always chasing leverage.

We're a month into the NFL season, and insiders Jeremy Fowler and Dan Graziano have been making calls to sources around the league for the latest news and buzz on key situations heading into October play. One of the biggest storylines of the week is what's going on with the Ravens and their 1-3 start. Jeremy and Dan have intel on the sentiments in Baltimore and how much panic the Ravens are feeling.

For the first time since he entered the league in 2019, Terry McLaurin is not the undisputed top dog amongst the Washington Commanders' receivers. That was true even before his injury in Week 3 against the Las Vegas Raiders. With his health still in question, it seems evident that Washington's offense is moving forward without him, at least in the short term.

EA Sports has announced its weekly update of football stars getting special items in Madden NFL 26's Ultimate Team mode in Team of the Week 4. As with prior Madden games, and other games in EA Sports' slate, TOTW sees weekly content releases that run concurrent to the NFL season, delivering limited edition cards of athletes who perform well in the prior week of NFL games.

The Patriots are in the middle of preparing for their toughest matchup of the 2025 season so far, when they head to Buffalo for a primetime game against the Bills on Sunday. It will be a big test to see how they fare against some of the best talent in the league, and the team that has reigned supreme in the AFC East over the last five years.

The head coaching turnover in the NFL over the last few years has been quite historic, with some teams deciding to let go of trusted leaders in hopes of getting back on track with a new staff for the following season. The Patriots are among those teams, as they moved on from Bill Belichick after two decades, which was certainly one of the more surprising decisions of the 2023 offseason.