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On Tuesday, Meyers told reporters that due to the more stringent COVID-19 protocols that the league has imposed on unvaccinated players, the coaching staff decided to take into account which players had the vaccine and which did not when they trimmed the roster down from 80 players to 53. “Everyone was considered,” Meyer said. “That was part of the production, let’s start talking about this, and also is he vaccinated or not?...

FanDuel and DraftKings run weekly contests where you can build your fantasy lineup on all NFL game days. It’s very different from standard fantasy football, where your lineup represents your entire season. FanDuel’s budget to build a team is $60,000 and you can’t use more than four players from the same team. Whereas, DraftKings has a smaller budget of $50,000 to create your squad. Here you can check out some tips on building the best lineup of NFL players for Week 9’s Sunday games....

Hill announced on Twitter on Monday that he’s entering the NFL draft. MORE: Mock draft | Early entries | Top 10 for 2014 | The 235-pound sophomore ran for 1,401 yards on 203 carries in 2013 — an average of 116.8 yards per game — with 16 touchdowns. He was third on the team in receptions (18) and receiving yards (181). With the departure of Hill, the bulk of LSU’s offense from this season is gone....

MORE: SN’s final Mock Draft | SN’s live NFL Draft tool The first round will be held Thursday, April 28, beginning at 8 p.m. ET, and will be televised on NFL Network and ESPN. Rounds 2 and 3 will be on Friday, April 29, beginning at 7 p.m. ET, followed by Rounds 4-7 on Saturday, April 30, beginning at noon ET. First round Los Angeles Rams (7-9) (from Tennessee Titans) 2....

Rodgers, however, should want that running game behind him as he enters his 10th season as the starting quarterback. That’s the path back to a Super Bowl for the first time since 2010. Green Bay GM Ted Thompson obliged with a shrewd fourth-round pick of BYU running back Jamaal Williams on Saturday. He’s the power back this offense needs, wants and can use heading into the next run in 2017....

He played hockey for nine-and-a-half years before an injury ended that dream but started a new one. “In grade 10 I broke my hand fighting so I went to go see a surgeon, who ended up giving me a 30-minute lecture on why I should be playing football instead,” Shepley explained to Sporting News. “At the time I was around 6-foot-2, 260 pounds, so I was a big kid, too big to be playing hockey that’s for sure....

The problem the last three years — including back-to-back losing seasons — has been a poor defense. Give general manager Brian Gutekunst and first-year coach Matt LaFleur credit. The first round of the 2019 NFL Draft on Thursday showed the Packers are willing to take some chances to make that defense better. Green Bay drafted Michigan defensive end Rashan Gary with the No. 12 pick then traded up with Seattle to get Maryland safety Darnell Savage Jr....

While the team has yet to announce its plans, coach Zac Taylor’s interview Monday on the “Dan Patrick Show” reinforced the view that the team is not looking to trade down, despite reports last week suggesting the Miami Dolphins were looking to move up. “It doesn’t look that way,” Taylor said when asked if he could see a scenario where the Bengals traded down. “If there is a guy there that you believe in that can really change the franchise over the next 10 to 15 years, then that’s a hard thing to pass up on,” he added....

Tennessee fell into the No. 29 pick in the 2020 NFL Draft as soon as it lost to Kansas City on Sunday. The Titans, who finished the regular season with a 9-7 record and barely earned the No. 6 seed in the AFC playoffs, had the worst record among the teams still alive in the conference championship round. Green Bay clinched the No. 30 overall pick with its loss in San Francisco....

Which draft picks will fall under sleepers and steals? Which already feel ike reaches and busts? Consider these SN’s very early Round 2 and Round 3 NFL draft grades for 2017. Here are picks No. 33 through No. 107 with team and player analysis. NFL DRAFT: Big Board | Round 1 winners, losers NFL Draft 2017: Round 2 picks Green Bay Packers (from Browns) Kevin King, CB, Washington The Packers needed to get a potential starter opposite 2015 first-rounder Damarious Randall, and they get the best corner available with their initial pick in ‘17....

Directing is the key to filmmaking. Everything else is just paint. No, I’m very modern. I have someone that I yell at and they yell it out loud. This year it was Tom and Katie getting married at my house. He sent me a bottle of wine to thank me. With Brad and Angie, I say they’re not getting married and the press goes, “Arrgh!” The more you deny, the guiltier you sound....

It’s Thursday morning, and the children of NEWSWEEK parents-in the office for the company’s annual Take Your Kids to Work Day program-were sitting in on the magazine’s daily story meeting for the upcoming edition. For the kids, the privilege of being allowed to listen to what is usually a confidential planning session was something of a mixed blessing. “It’s boring because everything here is work, work, work,” says Lincoln Sherman, 8....

Yet analyst after analyst and TV host after TV host will claim if the election were held today Joe Biden would win—as if Trump supporters should panic or collapse in despair. To some extent, this kind of presentism even infects the White House and Republican leaders and activists. Yet presentism is incredibly misleading in a period of change. Remember: At this point in 2015, it was inconceivable that Donald Trump would become the Republican nominee....

Who knows more about accepting failure than Gingrich? Since resigning as House speaker in January 1999 and enduring a headline-making divorce, the former field marshal of the Republican revolution has been quietly reinventing himself as an Internet brand name. He still preaches his “Contract With America” gospel of limited, decentralized government, but his pulpit these days is a Web site. At Newt.org, Gingrich promotes his ideas for privatizing Social Security and touts his insights into the Internet’s influence on society....

Newton is boasting the best passer rating of his career (103.7), and is on track for a career-high 69.6 completion percentage and passing yards (3,925.8). “Honestly, I feel like I’m playing the best football of my career,” he said on Wednesday, via the Charlotte Observer. “Straight-up. I just feel in control. There’s no question marks. My assuredness of every single play, I know exactly what I’m supposed to do … It’s just, I don’t want to sound like that, but I know my worth....

According to a sign displayed by toy company Jazwares at the Nuremberg Toy Fair, a new title could be on its way. The sign lists the feisty hedgehog’s last two outings, Sonic: Lost World and Mario & Sonic at the Olymic Winter Games: Sochi 2014 (check out our review), in addition to what they call a “new 2015 title” that’s still to be announced. This upcoming Sonic The Hedgehog game is stated to be releasing on Wii U, PS4 and Xbox One, making it the Blue Blur’s first truly next-gen release....

Hire more women in positions of power. “I think there just has to be more, more of the same,” said Popovich, who during the offseason promoted assistant coach Becky Hammon, moving her one step closer to a head coaching seat. “There are more Beckys out there, they just have to be noticed and given the opportunity by people who are wise enough and courageous enough to do it and not just sit in the old paradigm....

In a preview of the AEW World Championship Match for the October 14th Anniversary show, fans will see a huge six-man tag team match featuring AEW World Champion Jon Moxley and No. 1 Contender Lance Archer on opposite sides. Moxley will team with new signee Will Hobbs and the returning Darby Allin to face Archer and the Team Taz duo of FTW Champion Brian Cage and Ricky Starks. This was set up during this week’s episode, with both sides getting physical ahead of the match....

In the meantime, there have been some reports, rumors, and speculation that may give fans an idea of what to expect from the next Xbox. None of it has been confirmed or denied by Microsoft at the time of this writing, but it will be interesting to see if there is any truth to any of the claims once the console is finally unveiled to the public. 6 1. Multiple Versions of the Console One of the more intriguing rumors about the next Xbox claims that it won’t be a single console....