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What should we make of Ja’Marr Chase’s drops, according to Dehner Jr.?

Nobody is trying to make a big deal out of training camp.
Nobody wants to make a big deal out of two preseason games.
Every statement about a rookie’s play or a specific issue, especially one who took 2020 off, should be tempered with the patience of an eight-year-old. This is especially true of JaMarr Chase and the drops.
Three of them, as they were in the Washington Redskins’ 17-13 preseason loss on Friday.
Getting into a camp where the idea of Chase doing pushups after a play is all too frequent. First and foremost, be patient.
There’s no need to overthink his four career preseason targets as defining characteristics of his career.Second, and most importantly, let’s call Friday’s performance what it was: “That was disappointing,” head coach Zac Taylor said of his struggles with “throw and catch.”
It’s not that the problems won’t be rectified or that Chase won’t have time to continue to learn this playbook and the NFL game and gain confidence; it’s just that he didn’t take a step in the right direction on Friday.The explanations and quantifiers have all made sense.
Chase confessed that he was still getting used to the game’s mental reaction time last week.
In theory, the drop issue would have faded away by now, and you’d be talking about sessions like the one he had Monday, when he had three touchdown throws, all on contested catches.Instead, they continue to talk about the drop issue.
After a while, though, catching the ball becomes the most basic aspect of the job.
And the first game of the season is only three weeks away.

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Quiz on the AP First-Team All-Pro wide receivers

We’re only a few weeks away from the start of the NFL season, which means veterans are fighting to save their jobs, rookies are vying for spots, and Terrell Owens is still looking for work.
Yep, the erratic, 47-year-old pass-catcher still feels he is in NFL form despite being inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2018.
“I have no question in my mind that I am capable of playing in the National Football League today.”
I’m not a scumbag.
You don’t forget how to ride a bike once you know how to ride one.” Which brings us to today’s quiz of the day.
Even though Owens hasn’t played in an NFL game in nearly a decade, he is the last wide receiver to be named to the AP All-Pro First Team for two different teams.
Now, in five minutes, name as many of the last wide receivers to make the Associated Press First-Team All-Pro in the Super Bowl era (1967-present) for each NFL franchise.
Best of luck!

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Inside Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger’s training camp drill routine, which lasted two hours and included 90 throws.

Do you ever wonder what an NFL quarterback’s typical practice looks like?
One thing is certain: It’s a lot different for a 39-year-old, 18-year veteran two years removed from major elbow surgery and months removed from admitting to being worn down during a failed stretch run than it is for a quarterback attempting to establish himself in the league.The Steelers held their 16th training camp exercise Saturday at Heinz Field, and they’re still four weeks away from starting the season.
That isn’t going to happen unless

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According to reports, the Texans are still trying to persuade Deshaun Watson to return in 2021.

Deshaun Watson, the quarterback for the Houston Texans, demanded a trade this offseason, determined to leave an organization he no longer trusted before the start of the 2021 season.
Watson’s future in the NFL and with the Texans is still up in the air as Week 1 approaches.
Watson demanded a trade in January and became the hottest name in the NFL trade market almost immediately.
The Texans, on the other hand, refused to trade him, even when teams offered several first-round picks and young assets.
Houston was confident in its ability to mend a strained relationship and had no intention of relocating its star.
The first of 22 sexual misconduct charges against Watson surfaced months later.
He is currently the subject of 22 civil cases and ten criminal complaints.
While the Texans appear to be more open to a trade if a historic price is met, it appears that the team is still fighting to keep the problematic quarterback.
The Texans aren’t giving up on encouraging Watson to stay, according to Yahoo Sports NFL expert Charles Robinson.
While many believe it is impossible, the NFL star’s front office and coaching staff are attempting to persuade him to return for another season.
As Robinson points out, it’s not even about a long-term commitment to Watson.
Instead, the team is attempting to replicate the success of the Green Bay Packers with Aaron Rodgers.
The reigning NFL MVP has signed a contract extension for 2021 after the team committed to honor his trade request next year.
This appears to make sense for Houston.
According to reports, Watson’s camp is preparing for possible grand jury proceedings, which would be a big step toward more serious criminal charges.
Inquiring NFL teams would be hesitant to sign Watson, fearing that he would not play at all in 2021.
Houston isn’t interested in trading Watson for a bargain, which is the only offer currently being made.
Thus, until a significantly better offer comes in or Watson’s legal concerns are miraculously rectified, the Texans appear set on keeping him.
But, even if he remains on the roster, the matter will not be resolved.
Watson’s demand for a trade was not swayed by the hiring of David Culley as head coach, a choice made with the locker room in mind.
To avoid playing for the Texans, Watson was willing to sit out numerous games, possibly even the entire 2021 season.
He was dissatisfied with the team’s appointment of general manager Nick Caserio, and reports revealed organizational turmoil under CEO Jack Easterby.
Perhaps Watson is willing to put all of his problems aside in order to be compensated this season.
Even if this is true, the NFL might intervene at any time and send him on paid leave.
In the end, it would be a shock if he ever took another snap for the franchise.

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Cole Beasley, a wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills, believes the NFL’s vaccine grievance stems from uneven standards, and he wants players to get ‘correct knowledge.’

NEW YORK’S BUFFALO
— Buffalo Bills wide receiver Cole Beasley, who has been vocal in his opposition to the NFL’s COVID-19 vaccination policy, attempted to clarify his position on Wednesday, claiming his issue with the league is the disparity in standards between vaccinated and unvaccinated players.
“I’m neither anti-vax or for-vax — I’m pro choice,” Beasley said after the Bills’ first practice of training camp, reading from a prepared statement.
“With that said, the issue at hand is withholding information from players in order to sway a player in a route he may not be comfortable with.”
“When it comes to a player’s health and safety, information that is critical in the decision-making process should be completely transparent.”
A player may feel misled and unsure about a particularly personal decision if they do not have all of the necessary facts.
The NFL’s policy, which severely restricted unvaccinated athletes while allowing vaccinated players to return to near-normalcy, drew criticism from Beasley last month, when he tweeted that he was not vaccinated and would “live my one life what I wa.”
Nevertheless, it was the frequency of testing that Beasley was most critical of; under the regulation controlling preseason and training camp, unvaccinated players will be needed to be tested daily, while vaccinated players will only be obliged to test every two weeks.
“It’s obvious reasoning that if a vaxed or unvaxed player is tested less frequently, the chances of being removed for COVID reduce drastically,” he explained.
“In terms of player safety, I’ll just say that we all want to be safe.”
“For a lot of NFL players, safety doesn’t only mean avoiding the COVID virus.”
“Our health is now and in the future, which we are trying to safeguard with our personal choice while doing everything we did in our protocol during a very successful 2020 NFL season,” said Bills general manager Brandon Beane on Wednesday.
Beane also stated that he does not feel that Beasley’s or any other player’s social media comments about the vaccine will detract from the team’s overall focus now that training camp has started.
“Sometimes things goes out in social media,” Beane added, “and you don’t know how to interpret it.”
“You know, I’ve had quite a few discussions with a few of the men.”
It’s a challenge.
Men are attempting to educate themselves and consider all perspectives.
Yet, we have professionals on staff, and we allow them to share their opinions.
“As long as it’s not going to be a distraction, and Sean (McDermott) and I have both made that point.”
We don’t think anything is wrong.
I believe you’ll be able to tell where our boys are focused once we’re out on the turf playing football.
Last season, Beasley set a career high with 967 receiving yards on 82 catches in his second season with the Bills.

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The Athletic’s Staples: Conference realignment is a brutal business, which is why the Big Ten should consider plundering its old pal, the Pac-12 –

If you’re trying to figure out what the Power 5 leagues will be after this round of realignment, you’re already incorrect.If you’re trying to figure out how the deck will be shuffled during this round of realignment to position 16 teams in the four wealthiest conferences, you’re also wrong.
When the second group wins, the first group is frequently astonished. We’re about to find out where the new people fit into these groupings.
Last year, Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren was hired to replace Jim Delany, who had transformed the conference into the richest in the country.
George Kliavkoff, the Pac-12 commissioner, joined the league last month from MGM Resorts, and his short sample size so far only confirms that he carried his sense of humor with him.Both commissioners now face new ground as Oklahoma and Texas prepare to make a sequence of maneuvers that should land them in the SEC.
The Super League might evolve from something we half-joked about when a number of professional soccer clubs sought to create one to a very real possibility if the SEC doesn’t want to stop at 16 members.Warren, as the leader of the only league that can still compete with the new SEC on the balance sheet, has a significant chance if he wishes.
Kliavkoff is the leader of the Power 5 conference, which is ranked No. 1 in the world.
From No. 5 to No.