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Kittle unlikely to play vs. Seahawks, sources say

Adam Schefter, ESPN Senior WriterNov 17, 2024, 02:01 AM ET

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San Francisco 49ers star tight end George Kittle is unlikely to play Sunday against the Seattle Seahawks because of a hamstring injury, sources told ESPN.

The 49ers want to see how Kittle is feeling pregame before making any final decision, according to sources. But they were not optimistic Saturday night that the five-time Pro Bowler would be available against Seattle

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Sources: Seattle eyed Deebo-Metcalf draft plan

Adam Schefter, ESPN Senior WriterNov 16, 2024, 08:04 PM ET

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Instead of being on opposite sidelines Sunday, as they have been each of the past six seasons, Pro Bowl wide receivers Deebo Samuel and DK Metcalf nearly wound up on the same team after the 2019 NFL draft.

The Seattle Seahawks intended to draft both receivers in the second round of the 2019 draft, and thought they had a deal

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Sources: Dak planning on season-ending surgery

Adam Schefter, ESPN Senior WriterNov 9, 2024, 03:55 PM ET

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Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott is planning to undergo season-ending surgery on his partially torn hamstring, pending the opinion of one final specialist, sources told ESPN.

Prescott is flying to New York early next week to meet with the specialist, but Cowboys doctors and trainers already believe he needs the surgery that would sideline him for four months, sources told ESPN. If

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Sources: Steelers eye WRs as deadline nears

Adam Schefter, ESPN Senior WriterNov 2, 2024, 06:37 PM ET

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On top of the flurry of wide receiver trades that the NFL already has seen in recent weeks, there was one more in the making.

The Steelers were in the process of trying to get a deal done for Christian Kirk, and league sources told ESPN there was a reasonable chance that the Jaguars wide receiver was going to wind

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Sources: Players seeking trade to Commanders

Adam Schefter, ESPN Senior WriterNov 2, 2024, 06:32 PM ET

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Here’s a sentence that hasn’t been written or uttered this century — since before Dan Snyder owned an NFL franchise: Players want to wind up in Washington playing for the Commanders.

In recent weeks, there have been players who privately stated or told their agents they want to be traded to the Commanders, league sources told ESPN.

It’s possible the Commanders could comply by Tuesday’s

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