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The NFL preseason starts this week with the Browns vs. Jets. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images)

Football fans, get ready, your favorite sport is returns this week with the NFL preseason opener, the Hall of Fame Game. This year, The Cleveland Browns face the New York Jets. It's been well over 20 years since either of the teams played the Hall of Fame Game, which, as the name suggests, is scheduled just a few days before the 2023 Pro Football Hall of Fame class is enshrined. New Jets player Aaron Rodgers will unfortunately not be making his debut at the preseason opener, leaving curious fans to look towards the preseason final game against the New York Giants.

Ready for football season to (un)officially start? Here's how to watch the 2023 Hall of Fame Game, what you need to know about the NFL preseason and more.

Date: August 3, 2023

Time: 8 p.m. ET

Location: Canton, OH

Game: Cleveland Browns at New York Jets

Hall of Fame Game channel: NBC

Hall of Fame Game streaming: Peacock

The 2023 NFL preseason kicks off with the Hall of Fame Game on Thursday, August 3, 2023 at 8 p.m. ET.

This year's Hall of Fame Game will feature the Cleveland Browns at New York Jets.

The Hall of Fame Game will be nationally broadcast on NBC (and stream live on Peacock). Coverage starts at 7 p.m. ET, and the game officially kicks off at 8 p.m.

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For $6 per month, an ad-supported Peacock subscription lets you stream live sports and events airing on NBC, including Thursday's Hall of Fame game, plus Spanish World Cup coverage, MLB Sunday Leadoff and more. Beyond live sports, you'll also get access to thousands of hours of shows and movies, including beloved sitcoms such as Parks and Recreation and The Office and even recent theatrical releases like Book Club: The Next Chapter, Renfieldand soon the Super Mario movie. For $10 monthly you can upgrade to an ad-free subscription which includes live access to your local NBC affiliate (not just during designated sports and events) and the ability to download select titles to watch offline.

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This years NFL season, made up of272 regular-season games, kicks off on Thursday, September 7, 2023 with a match between the Detroit Lions and the Kansas City Chiefs. The 2023 NFL season will see the first football game on Black Friday, as well as international games in London and Munich. But first, it's time for the 2023 NFL preseason, which opens with the Hall of Fame Game on August 3, 2023.

Thursday, August 3

Thursday, August 10

Friday, August 11

Saturday, August 12

Sunday, August 13

Thursday, August 17

Friday, August 18

Carolina Panthers at New York Giants, 7 p.m.

Cincinnati Bengals at Atlanta Falcons, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, August 19

Jacksonville Jaguars at Detroit Lions, 1 p.m.

Miami Dolphins at Houston Texans, 4 p.m.

Buffalo Bills at Pittsburgh Steelers, 6:30 p.m.

Chicago Bears at Indianapolis Colts, 7 p.m.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New York Jets, 7:30 p.m.

Tennessee Titans at Minnesota Vikings, 8 p.m.

Kansas City Chiefs at Arizona Cardinals, 8 p.m.

New England Patriots at Green Bay Packers, 8 p.m.

Denver Broncos at San Francisco 49ers, 8:30 p.m.

Las Vegas Raiders at Los Angeles Rams, 9 p.m.

Dallas Cowboys at Seattle Seahawks, 10 p.m.

Sunday, August 20

Monday, August 21

Watch Baltimore Ravens at Washington Commanders on ESPN

Thursday, August 24

Pittsburgh Steelers at Atlanta Falcons, 7:30 p.m.

Indianapolis Colts at Philadelphia Eagles, 8 p.m. (Prime Video)

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Friday, August 25

Stream Detroit Lions at Carolina Panthers on CBS

New England Patriots at Tennessee Titans, 8:15 p.m.

Los Angeles Chargers at San Francisco 49ers, 10 p.m.

Saturday, August 26

Seattle Seahawks at Green Bay Packers, 1 p.m.

Cleveland Browns at Kansas City Chiefs, 1 p.m.

Arizona Cardinals at Minnesota Vikings, 1 p.m.

Buffalo Bills at Chicago Bears, 1 p.m.

New York Jets at New York Giants, 6 p.m.

Cincinnati Bengals at Washington Commanders, 6:05 p.m.

Baltimore Ravens at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 7 p.m.

Miami Dolphins at Jacksonville Jaguars, 7 p.m.

Los Angeles Raiders at Dallas Cowboys, 8 p.m.

Los Angeles Rams at Denver Broncos, 9 p.m.

Sunday, August 27

Watch Houston Texans at New Orleans Saints on Fox

Many NFL preseason games are broadcast on local channels, so if you're looking to catch an in-market game, it may be as simple as turning on your TV (or setting up a digital TV antenna). If you want to watch out-of-market games, a $5 monthly subscription to NFL+ will get you access to every out-of-market-game in the season (and preseason). There will also be a few national broadcast NFL preseason games airing across NBC, ESPN, Fox and CBS (and one streaming on Amazon Prime Video) in the coming weeks. Heres how to watch every NFL preseason game in 2023.

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The 2023 NFL preseason opens with the Hall of Fame game: Cleveland Browns at New York Jets. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images)

Football is (un)officially back! This week, the 2023 NFL preseason opens with the Hall of Fame Game between the Cleveland Browns and the New York Jets, kicking off three weeks full of football that concludes with a nationally broadcast game between the Houston Texans and New Orleans Saints and that's all before the 2023 NFL regular season even starts. Ready to watch some football? Heres everything you need to know about how to watch the 2023 NFL preseason, including the full preseason schedule, where to stream NFL games this year and more.

All times Eastern

Thursday, August 3

Thursday, August 10

Houston Texans at New England Patriots, 7 p.m.

Minnesota Vikings at Seattle Seahawks, 10 p.m.

Friday, August 11

Green Bay Packers at Cincinnati Bengals, 7 p.m.

Pittsburgh Steelers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 7 p.m.

New York Giants at Detroit Lions, 7 p.m.

Atlanta Falcons at Miami Dolphins, 7 p.m.

Washington Commanders at Cleveland Browns, 7:30 p.m.

Denver Broncos at Arizona Cardinals, 10 p.m.

Saturday, August 12

Tennessee Titans at Chicago Bears, 1 p.m.

Indianapolis Colts at Buffalo Bills, 1 p.m.

New York Jets at Carolina Panthers, 4 p.m.

Jacksonville Jaguars at Dallas Cowboys, 5 p.m.

Philadelphia Eagles at Baltimore Ravens, 7 p.m.

Los Angeles Chargers at Los Angeles Rams, 9 p.m.

Sunday, August 13

Kansas City Chiefs at New Orleans Saints, 1 p.m.

San Francisco 49ers at Las Vegas Raiders, 4 p.m.

Thursday, August 17

Friday, August 18

Carolina Panthers at New York Giants, 7 p.m.

Cincinnati Bengals at Atlanta Falcons, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, August 19

Jacksonville Jaguars at Detroit Lions, 1 p.m.

Miami Dolphins at Houston Texans, 4 p.m.

Buffalo Bills at Pittsburgh Steelers, 6:30 p.m.

Chicago Bears at Indianapolis Colts, 7 p.m.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New York Jets, 7:30 p.m.

Tennessee Titans at Minnesota Vikings, 8 p.m.

Kansas City Chiefs at Arizona Cardinals, 8 p.m.

New England Patriots at Green Bay Packers, 8 p.m.

Denver Broncos at San Francisco 49ers, 8:30 p.m.

Las Vegas Raiders at Los Angeles Rams, 9 p.m.

Dallas Cowboys at Seattle Seahawks, 10 p.m.

Sunday, August 20

Monday, August 21

Watch Baltimore Ravens at Washington Commanders on ESPN

Thursday, August 24

Pittsburgh Steelers at Atlanta Falcons, 7:30 p.m.

Indianapolis Colts at Philadelphia Eagles, 8 p.m. (Prime Video)

Stream Indianapolis Colts at Philadelphia Eagles

Friday, August 25

Stream Detroit Lions at Carolina Panthers on CBS

New England Patriots at Tennessee Titans, 8:15 p.m.

Los Angeles Chargers at San Francisco 49ers, 10 p.m.

Saturday, August 26

Seattle Seahawks at Green Bay Packers, 1 p.m.

Cleveland Browns at Kansas City Chiefs, 1 p.m.

Arizona Cardinals at Minnesota Vikings, 1 p.m.

Buffalo Bills at Chicago Bears, 1 p.m.

New York Jets at New York Giants, 6 p.m.

Cincinnati Bengals at Washington Commanders, 6:05 p.m.

Baltimore Ravens at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 7 p.m.

Miami Dolphins at Jacksonville Jaguars, 7 p.m.

Los Angeles Raiders at Dallas Cowboys, 8 p.m.

Los Angeles Rams at Denver Broncos, 9 p.m.

Sunday, August 27

Watch Houston Texans at New Orleans Saints on Fox

Many NFL preseason games are broadcast on local channels, so if you're looking to catch an in-market game, it may be as simple as turning on your TV (or setting up a digital TV antenna). If you want to watch out-of-market games, a $5 monthly subscription to NFL+ will get you access to every out-of-market-game in the season (and preseason). There will also be a few national broadcast NFL preseason games airing across NBC, ESPN, Fox and CBS (and one streaming on Amazon Prime Video) in the coming weeks. Heres how to watch every NFL preseason game in 2023.

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Fubo TV gives you access to ESPN, NFL Network, Fox, ABC, CBS and 100+ more live channels. At $75 per month, the live TV streaming service is definitely the priciest option on this list but offers nearly every channel you'll need to watch the NFL preseason and regular season, but still leaves you with major savings compared to a traditional cable package. Fubo subscribers also get 1000 hours of cloud DVR storage. The platform offers a 7-day free trial period.

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Amazon Prime Video is the exclusive home for the NFL's Thursday Night Football games. On top of Amazon Prime Video, an Amazon Prime subscription includes free shipping, exclusive deals, access to the Prime Day 2023 sale event, Amazon Music, a year of free GrubHub+ and more. A standard Amazon Prime subscription is $15 monthly or $139 annually, but discounts are available for students and those on qualified government assistance. You can try Amazon Prime free for 30 days.

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NFL+ allows subscribers to watch live local and primetime regular, pre and postseason games on their phones or tablets. Plus, get live audio of every game all season long. NFL+ starts at just $5 monthly, and you can try the platform free for 7 days.

Channel Master

Wait, a flat TV antenna? Aren't these things supposed to have long, telescoping metal rods (aka rabbit ears)? Nope, this new design (which you'll see in countless other brands) works just as well, and it's not meant to sit atop your TV. Rather, you mount it on a wall or window using included sticky pads, with either the black or white side facing in to better match your dcor.

The aptly named Flatenna really is flat like a piece of paper. You just screw one end of the 12-foot cord into the bottom and the other end into your TV's coax input. (Yes, that does mean there's an ugly cord running down your wall; consider a raceway kit like this to help conceal it.)

Channel Master promises range of up to 35 miles, but of course that depends on a variety of factors. As noted above, optimal placement as high and unobstructed as possible makes all the difference.

The big news here is price: At just $29, the Flatenna is quite affordable and a good place to start your antenna journey assuming you're OK with a black or white rectangle stuck to your wall or window.

This years NFL season, made up of272 regular-season games, kicks off on Thursday, September 7, 2023 with a match between the Detroit Lions and the Kansas City Chiefs. The 2023 NFL season will see the first football game on Black Friday, as well as international games in London and Munich.

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In a sign of further escalating tensions, the Indianapolis Colts are reportedly considering placing running back Jonathan Taylor on the non-football injury list, a move that would allow them to withhold his entire 2023 salary.

Colts insider Mike Chappell reported the news on Sunday, adding that Taylor is dealing with a back injury from working out in Arizona during the offseason. ESPN's Stephen Holder reported that Taylor has complained of back pain that the team deems pre-existing from prior to training camp.

Taylor is recovering from offseason ankle surgery and is already on the physically unable to play (PUP) list. Per Holder, the team wasn't aware of any back issues until Taylor reported to training camp last Tuesday.

Players on the PUP list are due their salary. Players on the NFI list are not, though teams can negotiate to pay players if they choose.

Taylor denied on Sunday evening, via the social media platform X, that he'd experienced or reported any back pain.

Taylor a 2021 All-Pro and NFL rushing champion is due $4.3 million this season on the final year of his four-year rookie contract. He's seeking a long-term extension that would pay him considerably more annually. The Colts have declined to offer him an extension. At worst if he's healthy, he projects to secure a one-year franchise tag tender next season that would more than double his 2023 salary.

The 2023 franchise tag tender for running backs is $10.1 million. But if he lands on the NFI list and remains there all season, his $4.3 million 2023 salary would toll for next year.

Taylor has been vocal this offseason about running back pay and his desire for a new contract, leading to a contentious public back-and-forth involving his agent Malki Kawa and Colts owner Jim Irsay. Taylor joined a chorus of disgruntled high-profile running backs lamenting the state of the position's pay after Saquon Barkley, Josh Jacobs and Tony Pollard failed to secure long-term extensions this offseason.

On Wednesday, Irsay tweeted that running backs seeking new negotiations are doing so in "bad faith" at the advice of their agents.

Kawa fired back on Twitter that Irsay is not paying the Colts' "top offensive player."

Since then, Irsay and Taylor sat down for a meeting that reportedly involved Taylor requesting a trade. Irsay denied that request and said that Taylor won't be traded in the future. Now the Colts are reportedly considering a transaction that would prevent Taylor from receiving a paycheck for the 2023 season.

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Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh is facing punishment from the NCAA for recruiting violations. (Rick Osentoski/USA TODAY Sports)

Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh and the NCAA are working toward a negotiated resolution that is expected to see him suspended four games this season in penalties stemming from alleged false statements he originally made to investigators, sources tell Yahoo Sports.

The agreement is an initial version of the negotiated resolution and is not yet finalized. The resolution must now be approved by the NCAA Committee on Infractions, which could take several days if not weeks. The committee has authority to adjust penalties.

Michigans first four games are all at home, with three against teams from the Group of Five (East Carolina, UNLV and Bowling Green). On Sept. 23, Michigan hosts a Rutgers team that finished 4-8 last season. The Wolverines, who return several key major pieces from the team that finished 13-1 a season ago, are expected to begin the year inside the top five of the preseason rankings.

Harbaughs impending suspension is centered on an NCAA investigation into recruiting violations committed by he and Wolverines staff members. The NCAA enforcement staff alleged that Harbaugh was dishonest about the recruiting violations in his initial meeting with investigators. A quick resolution broke down in January after Harbaugh refused to admit that he lied to NCAA staff. The 59-year-old coach has maintained he didnt recall the events when first speaking with investigators but that he was never purposefully dishonest.

The University of Michigan did not immediately respond when asked for comment.

A previous Harbaugh staff member did not escape unscathed. Former defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald, now the defensive coordinator for Harbaughs brother John at the Baltimore Ravens, is expected to receive a one-year show-cause penalty. Show-cause penalties make it more difficult for coaches to land jobs in college athletics.

Two current Michigan assistants are also expected to receive sanctions, including offensive coordinator Sherrone Moore and tight ends coach Grant Newsome.

For Harbaugh, the negotiated resolution is a signal that the coach acknowledged some sort of dishonesty. The NCAA considers lying to investigators as a Level I violation, the most serious on the organizations scale. A Level I violation could carry with it a six-game suspension and significant recruiting restrictions, according to NCAA statutes.

Harbaughs alleged initial cover-up was worse than the crime itself from the NCAA's perspective. In a notice of allegations sent to Michigan last year, the association cited four Level II violations, including meeting with two recruits during a COVID-19 dead period, texting a recruit outside of an allowable time period, having analysts perform on-field coaching duties during practice and having coaches watching players work out via Zoom.

Harbaugh eventually acknowledged that the program committed the Level II violations but refused to sign any document or publicly state that he was ever untruthful with the enforcement staff.

The NCAA defines Level II violations as resulting in less than a substantial or extensive recruiting, competitive or other advantage. It further calls them systemic violations that do not amount to lack of institutional control. Punishments are usually minor.

However, lying to investigators is thought of as a much more serious matter. A resolution between the NCAA and Harbaugh seemed distant a few months ago. During two meetings in January, the NCAA and Harbaugh held firm and refused to back down from their positions. The NCAA said the coach lied. The coach said he merely forgot otherwise insignificant actions. An impasse resulted.

All of it occurred during an eventful time for the football program. The Wolverines lost to TCU on New Years Eve in the semifinals of the College Football Playoff. It capped a 13-win season that saw the Wolverines win the Big Ten and defeat Ohio State for the second consecutive year.

Within days, Harbaughs name emerged again for various NFL head coaching openings, including the Denver Broncos, with whom he spoke. Then news broke of the NCAA infractions case and Harbaugh remained coy about returning to his alma mater for a ninth season.

Later in January, Harbaugh and the university stated he would be back for the 2023 season, but the looming NCAA case remained.

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Colorado is headed back to the Big 12 conference next summer, and Oregon football coach Dan Lanning sounds completely unbothered by the move.

Lanning took a very clear, yet accurate, shot at the Buffaloes on Monday.

Not a big reaction, Lanning said when asked about Colorados plans to return to the Big 12.

"I'm trying to remember what they won to affect this conference and I don't remember. Do you remember them winning anything? I don't remember them winning anything."

Though thats harsh, he's not wrong.

Colorado has had just a single winning season since joining the Pac-12 in 2011. Outside of their 10-4 finish in 2016, in which they won the Pac-12 South Division, the Buffaloes never won more than three conference games in a single season. They went 0-9 in conference play in 2014, and have four seasons in which they won just a single Pac-12 game. Deion Sanders is Colorados fifth head coach since it moved to the Pac-12.

Based on that, its easy to see why Lanning and Oregon wouldnt care much about the Buffaloes plans.

Colorado officially voted to move back to the Big 12 last week. The Buffaloes decision to leave followed USC and UCLA opting to join the Big Ten next season. That will leave the Pac-12 with just nine teams. The Pac-12 still has yet to announce plans for a new media rights agreement thats reportedly coming later this week something that Colorado athletic director Rick George said played a part in their decision to leave.

The Pac-12 is clearly not in a good place, and it feels like it could fall apart at any moment. Arizona is rumored to be considering a jump to the Big 12, which would only complicate things even further for Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff.

But for now, at least publicly, Lanning and Oregon are fine with Colorado leaving the conference.

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Captain Lee Rosbach arrives at night one of the Television Academy's 2019 Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision for the Television Academy/AP Images)

As the writers and actors strikes rage on in Hollywood, entertainment continues to lean on reality TV more and more. Now, reality stars are starting to speak out about their compensation and treatment as well, including Captain Lee Rosbach from Bravos Below Deck. But it may not be quite the take you might expect. Yahoo Entertainment recently sat down with the longtime reality star and got his perspective on striking, but before we go there, a little scene setting is in order.

Recently, Bethenny Frankel, star of The Real Housewives of New York City and other related spinoffs for Bravo, made quite a splash when she began publicly exploring the idea that reality TV stars should go on strike to prevent increased exploitation during the ongoing SAG strike. Reality shows are unscripted and therefore not bound by Writers Guild of America rules, and the people appearing on the shows are, generally speaking, not members of the Screen Actor's Guild.

In a social media video post, Frankel called reality stars the stepchildren, the losers, the mules, the pack horses, the ones that the entertainment industry is going to rely on right now to carry the water and do the heavy lifting.

Now she has put her words into action, as it was reported by Variety on Friday that Frankel has teamed up with big-name attorneys Bryan Freedman and Mark Geragos. Freedman told Variety that he had heard from roughly 50 reality stars who claim they have been used and unfairly treated.

Is Rosbach in that camp? Sort of. Im not a very political person, Rosbach said. From my point of view, would I like to be paid better? Sure, who wouldn't like to be paid better? And would I like to be paid for all the reruns that there are? Yeah, of course, I would. I dont know anybody in their right mind who would say, no I dont think I want to get paid for that.

Rosbach has appeared on 10 seasons of Below Deck, and on a network that shows plenty of reruns of its original programming. However, even after seeing his face that much on TV, hes not ready to go all-in with Frankels ideas.

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As far as unionizing and going on strike, I think that's pretty harsh rhetoric, Rosbach said.

The reality star and yacht captain went on to say that hes worked on a couple of union shows in the past and knows how they are run. And it's already quite similar to his reality TV work.

In all fairness to our producers and our production companies, while they werent union, they did adhere to union standards, Rosbach said of the work he's done on Below Deck. They paid union scale to the camera operators and got their lunch breaks on time and paid the penalty if they didnt get their lunch breaks on time. So even though they werent union they got treated as if they were. So I thought our production company was pretty fair about that. And everyone I've worked with that has been non-union has been the same, they play by union rules.

Rosbach is currently taking a break from Below Deck but said he has other projects in the works with Bravo. And if all this talk about more strikes in the entertainment industry is enough to make a skipper queasy, Rosbach has also been working with Dramamine on a Ditch the Drama Sweepstakes, which will send winners on a drama-free dream vacation. And hey, there are no strikes on vacation.

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Former Bengals cornerback Ken Riley died on June 7, 2020. He was 72. (AP Photo/Gary Landers, File)

The Pro Football Hall of Fame will formally welcome its Class of 2023 on Saturday. This week, Yahoo Sports is highlighting each member of the nine-man class, leading up to the big ceremony.

Although Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Ken Riley was never selected to play in an AFL All-Star Game or a Pro Bowl after the AFL and NFL merger, his impact on the game went beyond those accolades.

A four-year starter in college, Riley was a quarterback at Florida A&M who brought the Rattlers to three Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference titles and a 23-7 record. He also shined academically, earning Rhodes Scholar candidacy.

Riley was selected in the sixth round of the 1969 Common Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals, where he would spend all 15 years of his professional career. Hall of Fame head coach Paul Brown converted Riley to a cornerback since the Bengals selected quarterback Greg Cook with the fifth overall pick of the draft.

"We were stereotyped then," Riley told The Ledger in 2008 of Black players. "Everything down the middle the quarterback, the center, the middle linebacker those positions required thinking, so they didn't put us there."

However, Riley excelled at his new position.

Rileys impact on defense was clear he made his first career interception in his fifth game.

"Kenny was a splendid player and still holds the Bengals record for most interceptions over a career," team owner Mike Brown said in 2022. "It would be a wonderful thing if he were selected for the Hall of Fame."

Riley's team record of 65 career interceptions has yet to be broken. He also held other Bengals records, such as most seasons played (15) and most interceptions in a single season (nine).

"I don't know how you put a number on intelligence," Riley's former Cincinnati teammate Cris Collinsworth said. "And I don't know how many touchdowns he saved the Bengals because he knew what was coming."

"Ken showed tremendous leadership as a student and a quarterback, Florida A&M Sports Hall of Fame chairman Alvin Hollins said to the Tallahassee Democrat in 2020. The only regret is that he didn't get in the Pro Football Hall of Fame before he passed. Several of the players he coached made it to the NFL. We had great success with him as a coach and athletics director."

After his retirement from the NFL, Riley spent two years with the Green Bay Packers as an assistant coach. He eventually returned to his alma mater and served as Florida A&M's head coach from 1986-1993, earning two MEAC conference titles. Riley also served as FAMU's athletic director from 1994-2004.

He died in 2020 at the age of 72 from a heart attack.

Although this honor comes after his death, Riley believed that his work would eventually speak for itself. He never complained or sought public recognition.

"Your work speaks for you," Riley once said about the possibility of receiving the honor. "If it's God's will, maybe one day it will happen."

Rileys widow, Barbara, will represent him in Canton when he is officially enshrined.

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Denver Broncos wide receiver K.J. Hamler has a minor heart condition. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Denver Broncos wide receiver K.J. Hamler was diagnosed with "mild heart irritation" called pericarditis, he announced via Instagram on Monday.

In light of the medical condition, the Broncos are reportedly planning to waive him on a non-football illness designation. The move is procedural, with hopes to bring him back, according to a report from NFL Network's Mike Garafolo.

The 24-year-old was dealing with chest pains while working out before camp started, he said in his statement.

"I will be back on the field better and stronger than ever as soon as possible this season! I feel great physically and this is very frustrating for me to deal with," he wrote. "Its tough to deal with this when I was ready for a breakout year, but adversity is nothing new to me."

He's reportedly expected to miss weeks not months with the heart condition.

As noted by Garafalo, the move to waive Hamler allows for his return, whereas placing him on reserve or the non-football injury list could prevent him from playing for the entire season. The team also needs the roster spot, with wide receiver Tim Patrick also sidelined with an Achilles injury he sustained during training camp Monday.

Hamler underwent surgery in March for a torn pectoral injury he suffered while training on his own earlier this offseason. He was expected to need 4-6 months of recovery and landed on the active/non-football injury list a day before training camp began.

A "quick break" on the pericarditis treatment plan comes as the latest setback for the former Penn State standout.

The Broncos selected Hamler in the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft. He sustained a hamstring injury before the season that kept him out for the season opener. Missing another game due to a hamstring issue, he ended the season on the injured reserve after a concussion.

In Week 3 of the 2021 season, Hamler tore his left ACL and missed the rest of the campaign. He also missed the final nine weeks of the 2022 season with a hamstring issue.

In three seasons with the Broncos, he has recorded 42 catches for 620 yards and three touchdowns in just 23 games. He notched all three scores during his rookie year.

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There is skill to reading a room, and not everyone is good at it. But it doesn't take a Harvey Specter-level ability at reading people and situations (thanks, Netflix) to realize that making sexist and demeaning jokes toward a female reporter, on the air, as a member of the Washington Commanders' flagship radio station, a week after a new ownership group came in with a mandate to clean up the toxic environment around the team, is an epically dumb idea.

And yet, here we are.

While broadcasting from Commanders training camp on Thursday, sports radio host Don Geronimo (real name Michael Sorce) called out to reporter Sharla McBride by referring to her as "Barbie girl" and later as "that chick." He also assumed the reporter was a cheerleader instead of a woman trying to do her job for WUSA-9, the CBS affiliate in Washington. Geronimo and Young were initially told not to come back to camp, and after a quick "internal review," iHeart Media D.C., which owns WBIG, fired Geronimo, who had recently announced a new contract that was to take him through 2026.

McBride has blond hair and is pretty, and Barbie is definitely having a moment this summer thanks to the blockbuster movie. But McBride is a career journalist who has been in the Washington market for three years and was awarded an Emmy last month for her work at WUSA. She was at Commanders camp to do her job: deliver the news of the day to viewers.

Washington's new ownership group, led by Josh Harris, took over little more than a week before Geronimo's comments. A big part of the reason the Commanders were even available to buy is because of the bravery of dozens of women who stepped forward to tell their stories, and what the NFL deemed gross mistreatment those women faced while employed in team offices during the megalomaniacal reign of Dan Snyder. Their courage led to two league-mandated outside investigations as well as the eyes of Congress. It ultimately led to Snyders exit from the NFL owners club, a group he appeared to care deeply about being part of.

With that as a backdrop, how could iHeart D.C., likely with pressure from the Commanders, not have fired him? Sending Geronimo packing was an easy win for Harris and one that Geronimo basically gift-wrapped for them.

Some of his longtime fans are bemoaning the decision, crying that everyone is too sensitive these days because they won't accept that being openly derisive toward a woman while on-air is unacceptable now, and really has been for years. It never should have been acceptable, but thankfully there has been some level of growth in this country that means in many corners women are expected to be treated with a basic level of respect.

This is Geronimos schtick, incapable of offering listeners anything more than tired, boorish "jokes." Incapable of reading the room, he gave the new ownership group a near-immediate chance to show the team's fans that they were different from Snyder. Just as Snyder finally had to face the music for his misdeeds, Geronimo was made to pay for his.

Harris and Co. will likely have a long honeymoon with Commanders fans simply because they are not the Snyders. Dan Snyder dragged the franchise through the mud with his litigious and, according to the NFLs final report on him, lascivious ways, his nearly 25 years of ownership producing little more than chaos and negative headlines.

There are questions about how successful the Commanders will be on the field this season, but it didn't take long for Harris to get his first win off it, one that was almost embarrassingly easy to claim.

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The evolution of the running back position has brought with it frustration for fantasy managers looking for certainty from the position. Gone are the days when Walter Payton averaged just under 335 rushing attempts for his 10 full seasons from 1976-1986 (1982 was a strike-shortened season). RIP, Sweetness, youre missed in so many ways.

Now, running back duos and trios are more en vogue, which has fantasy managers singing anything but a happy tune. Yet, a vast majority of fantasy football leagues still roster two starting running backs, so someone has to fill those spots. If Christian McCaffrey, Austin Ekeler and Nick Chubb are not available, what is one to do with running backs coming from teams that do not feed one primary runner?

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This week its time to take a look at five NFL backfields that have very muddy outlooks, with some of them having up to three running backs who are in contention for carries. It was not easy to decipher how the touches will be doled out, but here are some scenarios that could work for each.

The backfield of the reigning Super Bowl champions is anything but settled. Then again, the Chiefs won their crown with the backfield in a timeshare between seventh-round 2022 pick Isiah Pacheco and veteran free agent Jerick McKinnon. Pacheco was the banger, with 170 rushing attempts for 830 yards and 5 touchdowns. McKinnon, however, was a fantasy league winner, scoring at least once in Weeks 13 to 17, finishing as the RB2 in that span with an average of 23.2 fantasy points per game. The veteran back was ninth in both receptions (56) and targets (71) among running backs last year and has a stellar reputation as a pass blocker for Patrick Mahomes.

Could we get more of the same in 2023? Well, Pacheco is recovering from surgeries to repair a broken hand and torn labrum. The latter can limit upper-body training, which could lead to a slow start early in the season. McKinnon also started slowly last year, with only one game above 10 touches before Week 13. That leaves an opening for another back like Clyde Edwards-Helaire, who has a 2020 first-round pedigree, but was left off the Super Bowl active roster this past February and has battled injuries every season in the NFL.

Enter undrafted rookie Deneric Prince, who has been a revelation in Chiefs training camp, running with Pacheco-like violence and making plays in the passing game.

As of now, because he is still not at full speed from his surgeries, Pacheco appears to be a bit pricey at RB25 and an overall ADP of 66 overall. McKinnon at RB45 and 126.7 overall is very much worth rostering, if only for the trust that Mahomes has in him in the passing game. Edwards-Helaire is just a dart throw late in drafts, though with upside because of the high-powered KC offense. Prince is someone to keep an eye on, like Pacheco a year ago, but probably not worth drafting unless any of the other runners miss time at the outset of the season.

This is a team that appears to have a big rushing pie to carve up, with 558 total rush attempts in 2022. That was second in the league by a single carry. With a league-low 377 passing attempts, the run-pass ratio will likely get closer to even as Justin Fields enters his second year in the offense, which has added DJ Moore. Khalil Herbert is the only Bear who was on this offense in 2022, and he was operating as the RB2 behind David Montgomery, who had 201 carries for 801 rushing yards and caught 34 of 40 targets for an additional 316 yards.

Does Herbert take a step forward into the lead-back role in 2023? He did have 731 yards on 129 carries last year, with a pair of games in Weeks 3 and 4 where he had rushing lines of 20-157-2 and 19-77-0, respectively, subbing for an injured Montgomery. With free agent signee DOnta Foreman and rookie Roschon Johnson joining the fold, its more likely that this will be a committee.

The then-Panther Foreman was RB23 from Week 7 forward after Christian McCaffrey was traded rushing for 877 yards over the final 11 games. One concern is his pass blocking, which was graded last in the league at 14.8 by PFF. With an emphasis on protecting Fields, that could make Foremans time on the field limited on passing downs.

Johnson came out of Texas with dogged blocking chops, both in pass protection and as a lead blocker in 21 personnel, according to The Athletics Dane Brugler in The Beast.

Red-zone work figures to be split between the bigger backs Foreman (235 lbs) and Johnson (225 lbs), as Herbert gained just 7 yards on 8 carries inside the 5-yard line last year. Dont be surprised if the rookie Johnson gets more of the important touches in the back half of the year when the weather turns bitter cold.

With Fields such a factor in the running game fantasy managers can probably expect very little receiving work from any of these running backs. Herbert is highest in Yahoo ADP at RB35 and 102.9 overall, with Foreman at RB44 and 128.9 right behind. Johnson is a bargain at RB62 and 130.7 and needs to be stashed because his fresh legs, sturdy build and willingness to block may keep him on the field more on passing downs and in the red zone.

Miami had head coach Mike McDaniel come to South Beach from the 49ers with a reputation for creating an effective and bruising running game. The 2022 Dolphins ended up as one of the most pass-happy teams, rushing the ball just 390 times as a team. That was 31st in the league.

Returning are Jeff Wilson Jr. and Raheem Mostert, both of whom played for McDaniel in San Francisco, with rookie Devon Achane joining the mix as a third-round pick with 4.32 speed in the 40.

Sharing the ball among running backs has been a staple of 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan, as no running back has reached 1,000 yards since his tenure there began in 2017, with McDaniel having a big part in developing those game plans. That doesnt figure to change this season. Neither will the offensive emphasis on speed, with Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle catching passes. Among the veterans, Mostert is faster and more of a threat in the passing game, as the 31-year-old caught 31 passes for 202 yards and three scores on top of his rushing line of 181-891-3. Both Mostert and Wilson drew three rushing attempts inside the five after Wilson was traded to Miami in Week 9.

Achane is the wild card. At 5-8, 188 lbs, he does not project to receive a big workload. That wont matter, as McDaniel will design plays to utilize the rookies breakaway speed he caught 36 balls for 196 yards on top of 1,102 rushing yards last year at Texas A&M. Achane should see 10-12 total touches weekly, a good number of those being targets in space to give him room to use his extreme speed. Unless he scores from distance, dont expect Achane to get much usage in the red zone. That again should be shared between Mostert and Wilson, as will the heavy lifting among the rushing attempts.

Even with a shared workload, Wilson at RB46 and Mostert at RB50 could be bargains around the 11th round where their current ADP has them residing. Both will have spike weeks, it just will be hard to predict when those will happen. And since both have injury histories, the possibility of a larger workload is there for either one. Achane at RB53 and an overall rank of 150 is also priced low, most likely for workload and size concerns.

This group appears to be down to two main running backs in James Cook and Damien Harris, with Latavius Murray the 33-year-old veteran backing up in case of injury. Cook is more multi-talented, seeing 19 of his 32 targets in the final six games of his season. As a team, the Bills running backs drew 112 targets, tied for 13th in the NFL. That number was 16 more than the previous year.

Cook is a very dynamic player, but hes slight at 5-11 and 190 lbs. He has yet to carry the ball more than 14 times in a game, and at his size, its not as if hes suddenly going to be a banger inside the tackles. That will likely be for the 213-pound Harris, who in 2021 was tied for fourth with 15 rushing attempts inside the 5-yard line. He converted eight for touchdowns. Harris is not a threat in the passing game, as he has yet to draw more than 23 targets in a season. Hes also missed a combined 14 games the past three seasons, after basically redshirting his rookie year.

It stands to reason that Cook will see a good chunk of the 52 targets that Devin Singletary (now on the Texans) left behind. Nyheim Hines is out for the season, so there really is no other runner who is close to being able to see looks from Allen in the passing game. That could make Cook quite valuable in PPR leagues, and hes going off as the RB37 on Yahoo, with a rank of 93. I prefer that value to Harris RB32 and rank of 82.

With the acquisitions of DAndre Swift (trade) and Rashaad Penny (free agency), the Eagles have remade a backfield that was spearheaded by Miles Sanders, who had 1,269 rushing yards and 12 touchdowns last season. With quarterback Jalen Hurts rushing 165 times for 760 yards and 13 touchdowns, he was, for lack of a better term, the RB2 on the team. Now Philly has a pair of running backs to lead the rushing attack and possibly lessen the rushing workload on Hurts.

Swift was 10th in the league among running backs last year with 70 receptions, which easily outdid the 61 team targets that Philadelphia accumulated. The Georgia product does not look like a good bet to reach those target heights from last year in Detroit, and at the ADP of RB29 and the Yahoo consensus rank of 78, the draft price is pretty high. Penny is a slot ahead among running backs at RB28 and rank of 75 and appears to be over the broken tibia that knocked him out last year. Theyll be running behind the top offensive line in the league, according to PFF.

Kenneth Gainwell is a late-round stash. Keep in mind Gainwells usage during the playoffs, as he saw 13, 16 and 11 touches in the most important games for the Eagles. With his being RB43 (an ADP of 131.5), Gainwell is a good flier pick in the 11th round.

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