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49ers safety Odum proving he’s more than just special-teams ace originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area There are two plays from George Odum’s first preseason with the Indianapolis Colts that he believes enabled him to win a roster spot as an undrafted rookie from Central Arkansas. The first came during a practice when he opened eyes with an impressive …

Malik Nabers appears to have avoided a serious issue after the Giants rookie wide receiver sustained an ankle injury over the weekend. “Sore today, we’ll back off him take it day-to-day, that’s where we’re at with him,” head coach Brian Daboll said ahead of Monday’s practice. Nabers left the field during the final team period of Sunday’s practice and was …

Special to Yahoo Sports It’s tough to get too excited about preseason football games, especially when they take place on weekend nights during the final days of summer. Week 1 usually offers a series from first-team players, maybe two if we’re lucky. But fantasy football players need some clarity before the bulk of drafting starts, so that’s where I come …

Brian Robinson Yusuf Dikec is the living, breathing embodiment of the glory of boring. Dikec, as you may have seen if you’re as chronically online as I am, won the silver medal in pistol shooting at the Paris Olympics with the most casual form you’ll ever see in Olympic competition. Wearing a t-shirt and jeans with one hand stuffed in …

The quarterback position is deeper than ever in fantasy football. Someone who just posted the highest YPA in NFL history isn’t being drafted as a top-10 QB, while a four-time MVP winner with a star at WR is going at QB20. Justin Herbert has been the QB8 on average over his four years in the league, yet he’s the QB19 …

Not all six quarterbacks drafted in the top 12 of this past NFL Draft are going to hit. There will be busts. It’s inevitable. Yet, there was nothing to worry about after one preseason week. The story of the preseason was going to be the rookie QBs and the story of the first week was how good they all looked. …

It’s just preseason. You hear that all the time across the NFL in August, because the scores and outcomes don’t matter and teams hold out many of their best players to avoid injuries. This weekend, for one reason or another, 665 players on NFL rosters didn’t play, an average of 20.8 per team. But what this weekend’s preseason games did …

Regrets? New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers has a few. Though he’s known for doing things his way, not all of his decisions have proven to be wise. And one in particular stands out to him. In a new unauthorized biography by Ian O’Connor, “Out of the Darkness: The Mystery of Aaron Rodgers,” Rodgers told O’Connor that he wishes he …

Not all six quarterbacks drafted in the top 12 of this past NFL Draft are going to hit. There will be busts. It’s inevitable. Yet, there was nothing to worry about after one preseason week. The story of the preseason was going to be the rookie QBs and the story of the first week was how good they all looked. …

Not all six quarterbacks drafted in the top 12 of this past NFL Draft are going to hit. There will be busts. It’s inevitable. Yet, there was nothing to worry about after one preseason week. The story of the preseason was going to be the rookie QBs and the story of the first week was how good they all looked. …

Bo Nix hasn’t been named the Broncos starting quarterback, but he made a pretty good argument for the job on Sunday. The first-round pick was 15-of-21 for 125 yards and a touchdown in Denver’s preseason opener. One of those completions was a 22-yard strike that he delivered to veteran wideout Courtland Sutton while on the move and the Broncos scored …

Teams that engage in joint practices usually do it before a preseason game. That’s what the Cowboys and Rams did. Now, they’re going to keep it going. Via Clarence E. Hill, Jr. of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the Cowboys and Rams will have another joint practice on Wednesday — six days after their prior joint practice and three days after …

New Orleans Saints quarterback Derek Carr says Charlie Smyth’s first NFL field goal is something the County Down kicker can “remember forever” after delivering his new side a pre-season victory on Saturday. Smyth, a former Gaelic football goalkeeper, came through the NFL’s international player pathway (IPP) programme and signed a three-year-deal with the Saints in March. In what was his …

Not many people make it to the NFL without ever having played football at any level, but that’s the case for Bills defensive lineman Gable Steveson, who played in the first football game of his life in the Bills’ preseason opener. Steveson is one of the greatest wrestlers in American history, twice winning the Dan Hodge Trophy as the nation’s …

Three years after the 49ers spent three first-round draft picks to acquire him, Trey Lance remains a work in progress. Lance, who started just four games for the 49ers and then didn’t play at all last year after he was traded to the Cowboys, got plenty of action in Sunday’s preseason game against the Rams. Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy …