It’s final cutdown day and the first surprise cut by the Raiders has come down. They are releasing veteran cornerback Darius Phillips according to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. Raiders releasing DB Darius Phillips, per source. Was set to be backup corner and special teamer. — Jeremy Fowler (@JFowlerESPN) August 30, 2022 The former Bengals fifth round pick was added this offseason and … [Read more...] about Raiders releasing veteran CB Darius Phillips
Archives for August 2022
49ers Partner with TalkSPORT to Extend Radio Network to UK
The 49ers announced an agreement with UK sports radio giant talkSPORT to broadcast 11 or more regular season 49ers games and additional 49ers programming on talkSPORT2 all season long. … [Read more...] about 49ers Partner with TalkSPORT to Extend Radio Network to UK
Matt Maiocco: It’s not so clear cut that Trey Lance is the #1 quarterback
Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images “The onus is on Trey Lance to prove it every week” Six months after Jimmy Garoppolo’s goodbye press conference, he’s got a brand new contract with the 49ers, and potentially more than that. Here was NBC Sports Bay Area’s Matt Maiocco yesterday on KNBR: “The first takeaway is the 49ers’ quarterback room is … [Read more...] about Matt Maiocco: It’s not so clear cut that Trey Lance is the #1 quarterback
Final 53-man roster projection
Photo by Michael Zagaris/San Francisco 49ers/Getty Images With a change at the backup QB position... It’s cut-down day, as the 49ers and teams around the NFL will be required to trim their rosters down to 53 players by 1 PM pacific time. However, before we get into these projections, I just wanted to take a moment to highlight how rough this day is for a lot of people … [Read more...] about Final 53-man roster projection
If you had to pick one reason why the 49ers brought Jimmy Garoppolo back..why?
Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images You can’t narrow it down to one reason but we’ll try to anyway Today was supposed to be about the 49ers finalizing their 53-man roster. That’s still happening, but we’ll be on Jimmy watch as the Niners threw everyone a curveball by restructuring his contract Monday. It’s impossible to narrow San Francisco’s reasoning down to a single … [Read more...] about If you had to pick one reason why the 49ers brought Jimmy Garoppolo back..why?