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Ralph Wilson has passed away

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I live in bills country so this is all I've heard about this afternoon. Was surprised I didn't see it here anywhere. So, in case you haven't heard...

Detroit declines $5.5 million option for Fairley.

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Detroit Lions general manager Martin Mayhew has tried for three years to get the best out of Nick Fairley. He has tried for three years to get Fairley to buy into an offseason program. He's tired of trying. So he's upping the stakes. Detroit will try to motivate Fairley this offseason by declining to exercise his $5.5 million option for 2015. That means the defensive tackle will be a free agent after the season.

Johnny Manziel posts video showing off slam-dunking skills

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Manziel dunking with style. You can't deny he is quite an athlete!

Beasley gets some love

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The PFF Drop Rate. Often receivers have been lambasted for their numbers of drops and while that can be fair game, how can we compare one player dropping 20 balls when he is thrown 150, to another dropping six when he is thrown 40? Well, what we’ve done is gather a few numbers to really answer which receivers have the best hands. Firstly, we’ve created the catchable balls number which adds up catches and drops. We then collect a percentage of how many drops a receiver had by their catchable balls, and presto! …you’ve got yourself a ‘drop rate’ — the best metric out there for determining the hands of receivers. So then let’s see, out of wide receivers thrown at least 40 catchable balls, who is the top dog.

Corey Wootton signs with the Vikes, 1 year $2 million

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I know that there were many on BTB interested in getting this guy to put a Star on his helmet, but looks like Wootton is going elsewhere. Looks like the Vikings got a relatively cheap deal there

Patriots accused of cheating...again.

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This time it's about misreporting injuries. No real surprise there. Belichick has always been a bit suspect with his injury reporting.

Just how rare is Tron?

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Check out the bottom chart in the story. Only 17.4% of all 1st rounders ever become a All Pro once in their careers. Only 6.2% are named a All Pro 2X or more. Last year was Tron's 3rd in the NFL, and his 1st time to be named a All Pro. Let's sit back and enjoy this young man who's arrow is pointing up so high.