Pittsburgh Steelers mentor Mike Tomlin amongst attendees for Liberty QB Malik Willis’ professional day

LYNCHBURG, Va. — Liberty quarterback Malik Willis impressed a college pro-working day file 60 NFL coaches, scouts and executives from all 32 groups with the arm strength and athleticism that has him projected as a initial-spherical draft decide on.

Willis was especially amazing Tuesday with an improvised strike that traveled 65 yards in the air, with no time for the 22-year-previous to established just before launching the bomb.

But what seemed to most impress Willis, who claimed he came into the working day without the need of any ambitions or expectations, occurred the evening in advance of whilst getting supper with Pittsburgh Steelers mentor Mike Tomlin.

“I’m like, ‘Mike Tomlin’s ingesting rooster wings?'” Willis reported in amazement after a session that bundled 70 scripted throws. “Which is what you want. I mean, he is a ordinary dude.”

Tomlin, whose team has the 20th choose in the April 28 draft, was one particular of two head coaches in attendance. The other was Carolina coach Matt Rhule, whose group has the sixth select.

Rhule and offensive coordinator Ben McAdoo spent most of Willis’ 70 scripted plays standing in 10 to 15 yards of the quarterback. Carolina’s Scott Fitterer, a person of 4 general professionals/executives in attendance, was not much at the rear of.

The other general supervisors/executives were Atlanta’s Terry Fontenot, Pittsburgh’s Kevin Colbert and Washington’s Marty Hurney.

Carolina and Atlanta came up limited very last 7 days in trying to trade for Houston quarterback Deshaun Watson, who finally went to Cleveland.

So both of those teams are in the market for a quarterback, even nevertheless Atlanta signed Marcus Mariota right after buying and selling Matt Ryan to Indianapolis and the Panthers continue to have Sam Darnold less than deal.

Washington also stays in the market place regardless of investing

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Jerry Jones says Dan Quinn ‘would love’ Cowboys’ head coaching job, adds Mike McCarthy will be gone ‘someday’

Dan Quinn had multiple opportunities to potentially become an NFL head coach again this offseason before returning to the Cowboys as the team’s defensive coordinator. That’s partly because there’s a good chance he’ll soon be the Cowboys’ head coach. Or at least that’s what team owner Jerry Jones strongly suggested while addressing reporters this week, saying Quinn would “love” the job and is qualified for it, while acknowledging that current coach Mike McCarthy won’t always hold the post.

McCarthy, who just finished his second season on the job, received assurances in January that he’d remain the coach for the 2022 season, according to CBS Sports’ Patrik Walker, albeit with expectations of a deeper playoff run next year. Jones, meanwhile, has been a bit less publicly committal than CEO Stephen Jones, and his comments this week were another reminder. Calling Quinn’s return to the defensive coordinator job “a major coup,” the owner said he wanted other teams interested in Quinn “to be thinking that they were talking to a guy who could be head coach of the Cowboys.”

Jones, of course, acknowledged that McCarthy is the guy for now, and that he’s comfortable with the former Packers coach entering 2022 atop the staff. But he repeatedly left the door open for Quinn, the ex-Falcons head coach, to take over. His first hint came when referencing Quinn alongside former assistants Jason Garrett and Sean Payton, who were once also sought by other teams as potential head coaches.

“(Quinn) stays here because … every one of those three coaches have said they’d love to be the head coach of the Cowboys,” Jones

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NFL Week 16 injuries: Mike Evans out; Darren Waller doubtful; Adam Thielen questionable

The NFL is attempting to manage copious amounts of positive COVID-19 tests, and several contenders are dealing with injuries as well. Bumps and bruises are beginning to mount, as all 32 teams are playing through pain. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are one of those contenders trying to weather a rash of injuries, as they lost Chris Godwin for the season, placed Leonard Fournette on injured reserve and will be without star wideout Mike Evans this week as well.

Below, we will break down the final injury reports for all 30 NFL teams set to kick off this weekend. Remember, we have a Christmas double-header, so four teams will be playing on Saturday. If you have a question about who’s in and who’s out in Week 16, we have you covered. 

All NFL odds come via Caesars Sportsbook. 

The Browns are hurting defensively, and may be without their best player. Garrett is questionable with his groin injury and did not practice all week, while Johnson has already been ruled out with a hamstring injury. The Browns did activate Baker Mayfield and Jarvis Landry, so they’ve got that going for them.

For the Packers, Bakhtiari is not yet ready to make his 2021 debut. Wide receiver Equanimeous St. Brown on the other hand passed concussion protocol and is ready to roll. Green Bay also gets back defensive lineman Kenny Clark, who was on the COVID list last week. 

The Colts will be without Sendejo and Kelly on Christmas. Sendejo is still dealing with a concussion while Kelly is attending to a personal matter. 

For the Cardinals, the storyline is Conner, who did not practice at all this week and is listed as questionable. Thankfully, Arizona returned Chase Edmonds to the lineup earlier this month. Moore is another player to keep an eye

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