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May 24, 2021 The New Orleans Saints have been looking for a game-breaking tight end since they traded All-Pro tight end Jimmy Graham to the Seattle Seahawks after the 2014 season.  New Orleans had moderate success with Benjamin Watson, Coby Fleener, and Jared Cook, with Cook even earning a Pro Bowl berth in 2019. None of those players could ever be the consistent receiving mismatch that Graham provided for the Saints offense. New Orleans moved back into the 3rd round of the 2020 NFL Draft by t...

Matthew OHaren-USA TODAY Sports The Pittsburgh Steelers now turn their focus to the 2021 regular season and offseason workouts, but the work for the 2021 NFL Draft class is just beginning. With rookie minicamp just around the corner, it is worth the time checking to see what coaches said about the selections. For the Steelers’ second round pick they took Pat Freiermuth out of Penn State. Following the pick newly hired tight ends coach Alfredo Roberts spoke to the media about the newest acquis...

Steelers hire Roberts to coach tight ends Jan 25, 2021 at 02:30 PM Copied! The Steelers filled one of the open positions on their coaching staff when they hired Alfredo Roberts as the new tight ends coach. Roberts replaces James Daniel, who retired after the 2020 season. Roberts spent the last four seasons with the Los Angeles Chargers, including as their tight ends coach in 2020. Prior to that he was the Chargers running backs coach for three seasons (201...

Trailing 14-9 coming out of halftime, Stanford needed a successful drive.  Head coach David Shaw ’95, for just the second time in his tenure at his alma mater, deferred the kickoff to the second half. Three straight runs to sophomore Austin Jones put Stanford at the 41. From there, senior quarterback Davis Mills had eyes for junior wide receiver Simi Fehoko, and Fehoko alone.  On third and nine, Shaw and offensive coordinator drew up a flea flicker. Jones took the handoff, pitched the ball ...