Ezekiel Elliott Suspension:
Zeke was finally suspended. But not just 2 games or even 4 games, he got a huge 6 game suspension. Zeke is a huge player for this Cowboys team and now they may not be able to make the playoffs while they currently are only on the bubble and that was WITH Zeke, now that he's gone America's Team may not make the playoffs. This is also huge for Zeke. He will now not have much of a shot at the rushing title again. Dak Prescott may not be able to fare on his own as teams now have had a whole off-season to a prepare attacking him. Now Alfred Morris and Darren McFadden will assume most of the rushing. Both will get a lot of touches. This is a huge blow for this team but they will have to find a way to carry on without Zeke.Ryan Tannehill Out for the Season:
When Dolphins starting QB Ryan Tannehill's knee buckled in practice last week, it sent the Dolphins into a state of shock. Even though no one knew the severity of the injury, the Fins' rushed to find a replacement and lured QB Jay Cutler out of retirement. Now we have heard the news that Tannehill will be out for the season with an ACL injury. Jay Cutler will be the man in Miami at least for this season while on a 1 year deal. While both QBs aren't very good, it will be interesting to see a change for this Dolphins offense with Jay Cutler at the helm. He has some of the best targets of his career along with his former offensive coordinator who now is the Dolphins coach Adam Gase. When playing under Gase formerly, Cutler had his best season yet. With Tannehill out for the season, Jay Cutler will be the QB in Miami and thats that.Sammy Watkins Traded out of Nowhere to the Rams:
A huge trade came this week and no one saw it coming. Sammy Watkins, the Bills star receiver has been traded to the receiver needy Rams for CB EJ Gaines and a 2nd round pick. This deal will work out for Watkins. He should be better in L.A. than he was in Buffalo. Watkins didn't play enough in Buffalo and when he did it feels like he didn't get targeted enough. Now he will be the one star playmaker in this receiving core and the Rams will target him A LOT! The Bills made a stupid move where they traded a star player for pretty much nothing. Watkins will be balling in LA and they will wish Tyrod Taylor still had his premier target.
Roberto Aguayo Cut by Bucs...then signed by Bears:This has been quite a ride for former Bucs kicker Roberto Aguayo. One of the best kickers ever in college football (in fact the most accurate kicker EVER in college) got picked by the Bucs in the 2nd round of the draft. That is insanely high for a kicker. The Bucs even traded up for him. Then he had huge confidence issues in year one. He was absoulutely TERRIBLE and had the worst field goal percentage in the entire NFL season. At the start of this off-season, the Bucs signed kicker Nick Folk to give Aguayo competition and they hoped he would spark something in Aguayo...nope! In his first preseason game of this season, Aguayo missed two field goals. TWO! Thats crazy. Some NFL kickers don't even miss 2 kicks their entire season. Aguayo wasn't given a 3rd chance. He was released after the game. Now he is on the Bears competing for the starting kicker job and has been given a 2nd chance. If he continues to play like he has, he won't make the team by the end of the preseason but if he can turn things around, he will play kicker in Chicago this year!
Thanks for reading some crazy news of late.
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