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Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett experienced quite a scary situation this week, as his SUV, which contained his Steelers playbook, was stolen Wednesday, per Action News 4. Police reportedly recovered the SUV and the playbook not long after, and arrested the alleged perpetrator. 

Pickett was participating at a local event at a car dealership when his 2023 Genesis was stolen. The police found the suspect after running the plates on his personal car, which he left at the dealership after stealing Pickett’s ride. Christopher Carter, a 60-year-old man, was arrested and charged with theft, receiving stolen property and unlawful use of a motor vehicle. 

The No. 20 overall pick out of Pittsburgh last year went 7-5 as the starter for the Steelers in his rookie season, completing 63% of his passes for 2,404 yards, seven touchdowns and nine interceptions. Pickett struggled early, but improved as the year went on. He won his final three starts of the season, as Pittsburgh rebounded from a 2-6 start to finish 9-8. He is one of seven players CBS Sports has tabbed as a breakout candidate in 2023. 

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The Chicago Bears lost one of their offensive leaders in running back David Montgomery, who signed with the NFC North rival Detroit Lions in free agency. While many believed it to be an amicable exit, it sounds like Montgomery still harbors a grudge.

During an appearance on the Lions’ gaming and interview series, Lions Gaming, Montgomery shared that all of the losing that happened with the Bears in his four years “sucked the fun” out of football.

“That’s all I was used to,” Montgomery said. “And it got to a point where it sucked the fun out of the game for me because I’m a competitor. I like to compete. That’s what football’s about. It’s so refreshing to be in a place where that’s appreciated.”

When a team wins just three games and goes on a 10-game losing streak to end the season, there are going to be frustrations. But it is surprising to hear Montgomery, once considered a leader in the locker room, to be dissing his time with Chicago.

Perhaps Montgomery’s comments stem from the fact that he didn’t get the contract offer he wanted from the Bears, which prompted him to sign a three-year, $18 million deal (with $11 million guaranteed) with the Lions.

After going 25-42 during his time with the Bears, Montgomery is looking to be on the winning side of things. While the Lions are the favorites to win the NFC North this season, it wasn’t long ago when Detroit was in a worse losing situation than Chicago. In fact, they’ve lost the second-most games in the entire league since 2000.

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EAGAN, Minn. — The NFL finally forced Thursday night flex scheduling into its broadcast window. Let’s hope the league never has to use it.

On Monday, 24 owners voted in favor of a scheduling mechanism by which the league will be able to flex into (or out of) “Thursday Night Football” games. The games are limited only to Weeks 13-17, the decision must be made no later than 28 days in advance of the game, there’s a maximum of two Thursday night games that can be flexed out of the five options and, of course, the game has to warrant being flexed out of.

It’s a heavy set of conditions that set a high bar for this ever coming to fruition. And the league makes the tacit admission that it could be a bad idea by noting this is a “one-season trial of modified scheduling policies for flexible scheduling in connection with the Thursday Night Football package.”

The league badly wanted this to pass during the annual meetings in March in Arizona. Then, the league had to give teams 15 days’ notice instead of 28. I’m told the room was fairly evenly split on the resolution before Giants co-owner John Mara stood up and called the idea “abusive.”

He is, of course, correct. I’ve yet to speak to one NFL player who will publicly or privately say they like playing football on a Thursday night. The NFLPA certainly isn’t in favor of this.

But beyond that, the NFL encouraged fans to buy tickets as soon as its heavily produced schedule release took place a few weeks ago. Fans make their plans well in advance, and a primetime game late in the season is one a fan of the home or away side will want to lock in.

Travel costs money. Airfare is expensive. The cost of a hotel room spikes when the city is hosting an NFL game. To tell fans of either of the teams playing in the five contests who could be impacted that their plans may be worth nothing in a few months seems to go against the Football Is Family ideal the…

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The Denver Broncos are set to go into the 2023 season with four holdover running backs from last year and four new arrivals. By the time the 53-man roster is set, the new arrivals will likely outnumber the holders.

The Broncos signed Samaje Perine during free agency and he will serve as a fill-in starter if Javonte Williams (knee) is not fully recovered by Week 1. Denver also signed Tony Jones, a former New Orleans Saints backup who might be the early favorite for RB3 duties this season.

“I feel really good about our group of veterans that are here in the building,” coach Sean Payton said on May 13. “When we signed Samaje, this is a guy that gave us flexibility. We know that he can play and be an every-down back. Our current starter [Javonte Williams] is doing extremely well. I would tell you that we expect him to be ready for the start of training camp and that’s good news.”

In addition to Williams, Perine and Jones, the Broncos also have veteran Jacques Patrick, holdovers Damarea Crockett, Tyreik McAllister and
Tyler Badie, plus undrafted free agent signee Jaleel McLaughlin.

It wouldn’t be surprising to see Denver carry four running backs on the initial 53-man roster, and the team will likely carry two more on the practice squad. Right now, Payton is pleased with how the depth chart stacks up.

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