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DeBartolo a Hall of Fame finalist again
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Eddie DeBartolo Jr., former owner of the San Francisco 49ers, has been selected as a finalist for the Class of 2016, the Pro Football Hall of Fame announced Wednesday.
It is the fourth straight year that DeBartolo has been a Hall of Fame finalist. He will need 80 percent of the vote from the Hall committee to be elected.
DeBartolo’s five Super Bowl titles are the most by an individual owner in NFL history. Under DeBartolo’s 23-year ownership (1977-2000), the 49ers won 13 division titles and had 16 straight 10-win seasons.
In the NFL, it’s always better to admit a mistake than to compound it. For the Buccaneers, the decision to burn a 2016 second-round pick on kicker Robert Aguayo has proven to be a mistake. The Buccaneers made the definitive admission of their error on Saturday, cutting Aguayo. He exits with $428,000 in fully-guaranteed salary [more]
Source: Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk
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After the Buccaneers surprised everyone by taking a kicker with the 59th overall pick in the draft, G.M. Jason Licht explained the move by heaping superlatives on the player. “I was very excited along with my staff and coaches about Roberto for a very long time,” Licht told PFT Live in May 2016. “It’s not [more]
Source: Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk
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Only two days after losing Billy Winn for the year with a torn ACL, the Broncos are now sweating out another potentially serious injury along the defensive line. Via multiple reports, Broncos defensive lineman Derek Wolfe was carted off the field during practice on Saturday. It’s being described as a right ankle injury by coach [more]
Source: Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk
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