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After Jadaveon Clowney signed his four year contract with the Houston Texans worth about 22 million dollars he stated that "That was the first step getting here. The next step is taking it farther than that. Try to get better at the game.....I am still learning. There is a curve here, trying to adapt." The Texans new coaching staff throws a lot at all of its players. ESPN stated that for rookies, it's that much more as their process would be difficult even in a simpler system. For Clowney they are working a lot with him as an outside linebacker, defensive end, 3 techniques and even a nose tackle. ESPN states that "You teach it by package," Texans coach Bill O'Brien said. "First thing you teach is how to play the Sam position or the right outside linebacker, left outside linebacker position in a 3-4, you start with that." Jadaveon Clowney's biggest concern throughout this whole process is that now he can finally take care of his mom. ESPN also stated that Clowney said "Gotta take care of my money," Clowney said. "Save it -- after I buy my mom something nice." Clowney's exact words were "Now I can finally take care of my mom." ESPN stated that Clowney says "It's a lot," Clowney said. "It's like, if I learn something [then] they throw something else at me, I might forget what I learned the first time. I always go back and review my notes. Just take one day at a time learning." Clowney has been working hard and giving a lot of effort trying to get better and more prepared for the upcoming season. I believe that Clowney will be a very big asset and make a very big difference for the Houston Texans defense in the upcoming season.

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Yesterday on June 9th the Jacksonville Jaguars took out almost 10,000 seats and replaced them with a two level party deck that includes two pools and 16 cabanas complete with all plush furniture. Espn states that Companies or fans can rent one of the four poolside cabanas on the first level for $12,500 a game, or $250 per person. This package includes 50 tickets, and offers an all-you-can-eat and drink special. There is a very similar package for a cheaper price. This other package includes twenty tickets which includes everything except pool access. These tickets cost somewhere around 3,000 dollars or 150 per person. The senior vice president of sales, Chad Johnson stated that 65 percent of these seats have already been sold for the upcoming 2014 season. He also stated that "We're targeting businesses who want to entertain some of their clients or even their own employees," Johnson said. "What we've built here you can't get anywhere else." This party deck is one of a couple new renovations to the Jaguars Everbank Feild. They will also be putting in the world’s largest HD LED video screen. They are also putting in brand new seats and tables into the club sections of the stadium. All of these new renovations will be costing about a grand total of 63 million dollars. Chad Johnson also had stated that "We wanted to take areas in our stadium that were underperforming and get creative," He also added "It's no secret that we've had tarps on seats, so we wanted to turn that around and build premium areas." Another big story is Johnny Manziel playing two major league sports? Like Russel Wilson, Maziel had been drafted into the MLB. The San Diego Padres selected Johnny Manziel as the 837th player overall in this year’s draft. Manziel was listed as a short stop back at Texas A&M but never played.

Aaron Hernandez (EE-1)

Aaron Hernandez was a former NFL and NCAA football player who had been indicted for two more deaths. Aaron Hernandez had played for the Florida Gators during college and then in his NFL career he played for the New England Patriots. Hernandez had ambushed and shot two men near a night club in Boston Massachusetts. He shot and killed the two men while they were sitting in their car waiting at a red light on a July night in a Boston south end neighborhood. This killing occurred back in 2012. Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado were the two men that were killed that night. After a couple weeks of the shootings Hernandez was picked up by the New England Patriots worth 40 million dollars. He went on to play a total of 12 games in that season. ESPN had stated that Aaron Hernandez is already awaiting trial in the June 2013 shooting death of 27-year-old Odin Lloyd near Hernandez's North Attleborough home and is being held without bail after pleading not guilty to murder in Lloyd's death. "Under our system of justice, Aaron Hernandez is innocent of these charges, and he looks forward to his day in court," said his lawyers according to ESPN. Hernandez was charged with two counts of first degree murder and three accounts of armed assault with intent to murder and unlawful possession of the gun used in the murder. Hernandez was cut by the Patriots just hours after his arrest in the Lloyd case. Reports say Aarons Hernandez's coach Bill Belichick later said he was "shocked and disappointed" upon learning of the criminal investigation. ESPN also stated that families of the victims have filed civil lawsuits in February against Hernandez seeking $6 million for the wrongful deaths of the two men. Hernandez's life will never be the same due to these killings.

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The only quaterback that had gone within the first 20 picks other than Blake Bortles. For the 22 pick in the 2014 NFL draft was Johnny Manziel. Johnny Manziel had been drafted by the Cleveland Browns. The next quarterback to be drafted was Teddy Bridgewater. Bridgewater was picked up by the Minnosota Vikings. AJ McCarron was a quarterback expected to go early in the draft but was not actually drafted until the fifth round. AJ McCarron was drafted by the Cincinatti Bengals in the fifth round pick number 24. The Bengals most likely had picked up McCarron as a back up quarterback in the upcoming seasons. After picking up AJ McCarron the Cleveland Browns cut veteran quarterback Vince Young. Even though they had cut Vince Young the Browns kept quarterback Tyler Thigpen. Tyler Thigpen had former played as a back up quarterback with the Buffalo Bills. So there quarterbacks as of right now include Tyler Thigpen, Johnny Manziel and Brian Hoyer. They dropped Young after about four days after this years draft. Michael Sam was drafted by the Saint Louis Rams in the seventh round in the 2014 NFL draft. Sam is a defensive end from Missouri. Michael Sam is officially the first openly gay athlete to ever play in the NFL. The press is really blowing this topic up. ESPN states that he was in his home with him his family, friends and his boyfriend. When he got the call there was recording of him answering the call from the Browns and showing his emotions and kissing his boyfriend.

NFL draft (DD1)

This years draft was very exciting and yet a little predictable. One thing being a lot of the people watching already kind of knew Jadeveon Clowney would be the very first pick by the Houston Texans. The second pick in the first round was Greg Robinson by the Saint Louis Rams. Robinson was an offensive tackle out of auburn. The first quarterback to go in this years draft was Blake Bortles. The Jacksonville Jaguars picked him up with their 3rd overall pick. The Buffalo Bills had traded their 2015 first and fourth round picks for the Browns fourth overall pick in this years draft. The Bills had picked up wide receiver Sammy Watkins. Watkins is a wide receiver out of Clemson. A player that was predicted to go early in the draft came right from the University of Buffalo. This player is Khalil Mack. Mack is a linebacker who was drafted by the Oakland Raiders for the fifth pick overall. The Atlanta Falcons had drafted Jake Matthews with their sixth overall pick. Matthews is an offensive tackle coming out of Texas A&M. A very interesting thing about Matthews is that he had or has 7 relatives that are either in the NFL now or have played in it in the past. One of his relatives are Clay Matthews one of the linebackers currently playing for the Green Bay Packers. The seventh pick was made by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Buccaneers had chosen Mike Evans. Evans is a receiver that also played for Texas A&M. Going number eight was Justin Gilbert. Gilbert is a corner back from Oklahoma State and was drafted by the Cleveland Browns. The day after the Bills had picked up Sammy Watkins they had traded there current wide receiver before the draft, Stevie Johnson. They had traded Stevie Johnson today to the San Francisco 49ers.

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The Washington Redskins had picked up the fifth year linebacker Ryan Kerrigan. The Redskins will be paying Kerrigan $7.03 million. In his first three seasons as a professional football player Kerrigan had recorded 24.5 sacks. Kerrigan recorded 8.5 sacks in each of the past two years. Reporters say that this was a long waited choice but it was expected. Another big move was made by the Denver Broncos. The Broncos waited almost until the deadline date but on Thursday they exercised the 2015 contract option on linebacker Von Miller. A huge move going on is a move made by the Cleveland Browns. The Browns had picked up two quarterbacks on Thursday. The Browns signed Quarterbacks Vince Young and Tyler Thigpen. They had played as backup quarterbacks in the past. The Browns may release these two quarterbacks before the regular season due to the fact rumors say that the Browns will still be looking for a quarterback in the draft. Espn states that Young made 50 starts from 2006 to 2011. He completed 57.9 percent of his passes with 46 touchdowns and 51 interceptions. He is 31-19 as a starter and twice made the Pro Bowl. Reports also say that the Browns on Thursday also signed linebacker Zac Diles, who spent parts of the past two seasons with Tennessee. Brian Hoyer will still be the starter this season according to reports. Montee Ball stated to reporters that he is confident that he will be able to take over as the Denver Broncos number one running back. He also stated that he believes that Knowsean Moreno will find a new team and play just fine on his new team. Ball stated to espn that "I don't want them to bring another running back in," Ball said. "I want it to be my job and that's how I'm approaching it -- in the most humble way possible. Like I said, I understand they're not going to hand it to me, but I'm going to work really, really hard to contribute."

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The New York Jets have not yet officially picked who their starting quarterback this season. If it was up to the players their mind has already been made up. LeSean McCoy says that it would be one of the easiest choices. He states he would have Michael Vick start over Geno Smith. Michael Vick played with LeSean McCoy for 5 years on the Philedolphia Eagles in the past. McCoy had told the press that Vick would be a positive influence on the New York Jets. "I respect what Mike said, but I understand there's a competition," Smith said last week. "It comes down to what we do on the field." More news going around is that the Jacksonville Jaguars had a meeting with offensive tackle Jake Matthews. Jake Matthews went to and played for Texas A&M. If the Jacksonville Jaguars pick up Matthews he will help strengthen their line which could help them win games. He would help because he could help give them more time in the pocket which would give more time for receivers to get open. He could also help make bigger wholes for bigger run games. The offensive lineman is not the biggest of their concern this off season. Reports say those there biggest concern pass-rushers, a quarterback and receivers. The Eagles have finally talked about the release of DeSean Jackson. On Monday the Eagles say it was purely a football decision. They also said that the Eagles were going in a different direction at the wide receiver position. Chip Kelly had said that Jacksons release had nothing to do with anything that was ever written in the newspaper or behavior. Kelly also said that he was great the year he was coaching him. The Eagles and Chip Kelly had said that he wishes Jackson luck in the rest of his career.