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A veteran offensive assistant coach has found a new landing spot. Skip Peete will be the Buccaneers’ running backs coach, he told Jane Slater of NFL Media. Peete has been coaching running backs in the league since 1998, starting with the Raiders. He held that job through 2006 then worked for the Cowboys from 2007-2012. [more] … [Read more...] about Skip Peete to join Buccaneers as running backs coach

The two-week window for applying the franchise tag has opened. The tag has been around a lot longer than two weeks. It’s been nearly three decades since the two-word term entered the NFL lexicon. A PFT Live viewer from the UK asked for an explanation of where it comes from and how it works, so [more] … [Read more...] about Nearly 30 years later, the franchise tag persists

The Rams have found a new special teams coordinator. Los Angeles is hiring Chase Blackburn for the role, according to a report from NFL Media. Blackburn was the Panthers’ special teams coordinator from 2018-2021 under head coaches Ron Rivera and Matt Rhule. After he was let go following the 2021 season, he spent last year [more] … [Read more...] about Rams to hire Chase Blackburn as special teams coordinator

The Buccaneers are adding another former member of the Cowboys coaching staff to Todd Bowles’ staff for the 2023 season. Greg Auman of Fox Sports reports that the Bucs will hire George Edwards as their outside linebackers coach. They are also hiring running backs coach Skip Peete, who joined Edwards in being dismissed by the [more] … [Read more...] about Buccaneers to hire George Edwards as outside linebackers coach

Matt Araiza won’t be punting in Mexico after all. Galgos de Tijuana (Tijuana Greyhounds) of the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA) announced that they signed Araiza, and the team’s coach said Araiza was practicing with them. But Araiza’s agent said he never signed a contract and does not intend to play for the team [more] … [Read more...] about Matt Araiza not signing with Mexican team after all