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The best and worst NFL offseasons in hindsight: Barnwell stacks all 32 teams in seven tiers

The Colts’ Daniel Jones deal looks great now; the Texans’ OL deals do not. Let’s review every team’s signings, trades, hirings and draft picks with hindsight.

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🏈 Bolts TE Gadsden benched by father in fantasy

Oronde Gadsden II will be starting in many fantasy football lineups this week — but not in his own father’s.

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Payton: No intent to offend Wilson with comment

Broncos coach Sean Payton said he didn’t mean to criticize Russell Wilson by saying he had told Giants officials that he had hoped to face him instead of Jaxson Dart

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Fields shrugs off Jets owner’s criticism of his play

Jets quarterback Justin Fields shrugged off criticism from team owner Woody Johnson, saying he’s not seeking a conversation to clear the air.

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Vols’ Vitello makes MLB history as Giants skipper

Tennessee coach Tony Vitello has been named the new manager of the San Francisco Giants, the team announced Wednesday.

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Middleton: Reception in Milwaukee ‘meant world’

After 12 seasons and 735 games with the Bucks — highlighted by winning the 2021 NBA championship — Khris Middleton played his first game as a visitor in Milwaukee on Wednesday night, this time as a member of the Wizards.

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‘Banged up’ KAT plays opener with Grade 2 strain

Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns said he was “hurting” in Wednesday night’s season-opening win over the Cavs, in which he had 19 points and 12 rebounds despite playing with a Grade 2 quad strain.

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Edgecombe’s 34 most in debut since Wilt in ’59

Sixers rookie VJ Edgecombe lit up the Celtics with 34 points on Wednesday night, the most in an NBA debut since Wilt Chamberlain had 43 in 1959, as the Sixers won 117-116.

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No. 1 pick Flagg assesses Mavs debut: ‘Not great’

Cooper Flagg became the fifth Dallas player to record a double-double in his NBA debut, but the results for him and the Mavericks against the Spurs on Wednesday night did not measure up to the anticipation.

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Wembanyama wows with 40-point performance

Victor Wembanyama paced the Spurs to a runaway win over the Mavericks, his 40 points the most for a player in a season opener in San Antonio franchise history.

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