New end zones for the Commanders. Gone are the all burgundy bars and the helmets. This looks MUCH more like what it did in the glory days, just a different name.
ESPN source: Falcons DE James Pearce Jr. is being suspended eight regular-season games for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy. Pearce was arrested in February, in Doral, Florida, after a domestic dispute involving his ex-girlfriend, Los Angeles Sparks forward Rickea Jackson.
The Commanders will be tested early this season 👀
🏈 Only team to open with 2 straight road games vs division foes
🏈 Face the last 2 Super Bowl champions in the first 3 weeks of the season
🏈 Face a .585 SOS in their first 8 games, 2nd-hardest in the NFL during that span
The letter from Jayden Daniels’ attorney Adam Kenner to LSU football stating the program “must immediately cease and desist from any further use, display, publication, distribution, promotion, commercialization, or other exploitation of Mr. Daniels’ NIL in any manner or medium.”
There’s nothing in the letter about LSU using the No. 5 jersey. There’s no legal claim to the number itself. The communication is solely about Jayden Daniels’ NIL.
BREAKING
Source: Jayden Daniels has NOT asked #LSU to return the Heisman Trophy and the cease and desist letter was not filed in response to DJ Pickett wearing the number 5, but rather in an attempt to be compensated for use of his name, image and likeness, per sources.
Full report: https://t.co/hsr261SD68
Jayden Daniels’ teammates have reportedly been instructed to only give him high fours, as high fives are believed to constitute unauthorized use of his No. 5.
Joe Burrow on his number not being used at LSU:
“They told me that they wouldn’t use it again, but you never know what happens.”
(question via @Ben_Baby)