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Alvin Kamara Leaves Camp With Saints In Push For Extension

Aug 31, 2020 4:33 PM

Alvin Kamara is making a late push for a contract extension with the New Orleans Saints.

Kamara has been an unexcused absence from training camp since Friday, which is believed to be contract-related.

Sean Payton has declined to specify the reason for any player absences in recent days, as teams are not required to release injury reports during camp.

Kamara is scheduled to make $2.133 million in the final season of his rookie contract.

By holding out, Kamara could risk losing an accrued season, meaning he would become a restricted free agent after this season instead of unrestricted.

Mike Triplett/ESPN

Tags: New Orleans Saints, Fantasy, Free Agent Rumor, Misc Rumor

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Tyreek Hill Suffers Right Hamstring Injury

Aug 20, 2020 3:43 PM

Tyreek Hill suffered a right hamstring injury during practice on Thursday.

Hill had just caught a long pass in a 1-on-1 drill when he pulled up with the injury.

The Kansas City Chiefs are already dealing with a groin injury to Sammy Watkins.

Adam Teicher/ESPN

Tags: Kansas City Chiefs, Fantasy, Injury

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Ben Roethlisberger Had Three Torn Tendons Repaired In Elbow

Aug 4, 2020 2:04 PM

Ben Roethlisberger underwent surgery last year after Week 2 to repair three torn tendons in his right elbow.

Roethlisberger said he's had elbow pain "for years", but the feeling was different on a long pass in Week 2 to JuJu Smith-Schuster.

 "On the drive in Seattle, just kind of that pain wasn't really going away," Roethlisberger said Tuesday morning. "I threw one deep one to JuJu down the right side and I really felt a different pain and different discomfort than I ever felt. It was shooting down my arm, and so I knew something was different at that moment."

Roethlisberger had season-ending surgery to reattach three torn flexor tendons in his right elbow.

"They sew through the tendon, and they reattach it to an anchor in your elbow," he said. "As far as I am aware, it's happened to just kind of everyday people on the street, if you will.

"From what I've been told, it's never happened to a quarterback of this magnitude. I believe there was at least another quarterback that had one, maybe two torn off, but from what I understand, not three."

Brooke Pryor/ESPN

Tags: Pittsburgh Steelers, Fantasy, Injury

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Odell Beckham Jr. Won't Opt Out Despite Criticism Of NFL

Aug 3, 2020 1:39 PM

Odell Beckham Jr. publicly cast doubt on whether the NFL should play a 2020 season, but Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports he has no plans to opt out.

Beckham spoke to The Wall Street Journal two weeks ago in a piece published on Monday.

We’re not ready for football season,” Beckham told the paper. “So why are we trying to push forward? It’s obviously for their money. And that bothers me because there’s always been this — and I hate saying it like that — but the owners’ [attitude is], ‘Oh we own you guys,’ and just kind of that unfairness going on that they don’t see us as human. I just feel like the season shouldn’t happen and I’m prepared for it to not happen and I wouldn’t mind not having it.”

Mike Florio/ProFootballTalk

Tags: Cleveland Browns, Fantasy, Free Agent Rumor, Misc Rumor

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