49ers running back Mostert asks for trade
San Francisco 49ers running back Raheem Mostert has requested a trade amid an impasse in negotiations for a new contract, his agent said Wednesday.
“After months of unproductive talks with the 49ers about fairly adjusting Raheem Mostert's contract (which paid him for special teams) we have requested a trade,” Brett Tessler wrote on Twitter. “Disappointing that it would come to this for a guy who led all NFL RBs in YPC & helped lead them to the Super Bowl.”
Mostert, 28, is scheduled to earn $3.15 million in 2020 and has two years remaining on his contract.
Before latching on as a special teams contributor with the 49ers in 2016, the undrafted free agent was cut by six NFL teams. He enjoyed a breakout season in 2019, when he took on a lead role in San Francisco's backfield late in the year and helped fuel the team's run to Super Bowl LIV, running for 220 yards and four touchdowns in the NFC championship game against the Green Bay Packers.
Mostert finished the regular season with 772 yards and eight rushing touchdowns on 137 carries.
He was expected to reprise his role, though Tevin Coleman is likely to get a significant number of touches. The 49ers traded running back Matt Breida to the Miami Dolphins in July, and backup Jerick McKinnon has missed the last two years with knee issues.
Ravens won’t distribute season tickets: The Baltimore Ravens announced that they plan to allow fewer than 14,000 fans to attend any given home game at M&T Bank Stadium in 2020 — if fans are allowed to attend the games in-person at all.
The Ravens referenced that figure in a statement announcing they will defer 2020 season tickets to 2021 because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more than 130,000 Americans to date. Based on current guidelines from public health officials and experts, the team said, M&T Bank Stadium would only be able to safely host a fraction of the 62,000 fans who have purchased season tickets for 2020.
The Kansas City Chiefs on Wednesday and Green Bay Packers last week announced similar plans to significantly reduce the capacities of their stadiums, but neither team provided a specific figure at which attendance would be capped.
Star receiver roasts former team: over the past few days, the quality of the food has been a popular discussion point. Horst has seen the pictures on Twitter and Instagram, but he isn't concerned about what he and his team will eat when they arrive.
"Food has been maybe the biggest topic of conversation with those groups," Horst said, referring to the league calls he has been on.
"We care at a high, high level about nutrition and food for our players . ... I can tell you, the players are going to have enough options either through private chef services, restaurant services, offerings from Disney – they're going to have healthy, nutritious, tasty options available. I think it'll always be a topic – everyone has an opinion on food – but I think the league has done an amazing job. We were worried about it three months ago. I'm not worried about it now.”
The Bucks' preparations have been no less intricate. Working with Milwaukee-based moving company Coakley Brothers, the team has transported multiple truckloads of equipment to Orlando. They've set up a weight room in the hotel and made accommodations for the specific sleeping and dining needs for certain individuals.
Additionally, the team has taken extra steps to make its space in Orlando
Arizona Cardinals wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins congratulated Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes on his record NFL contract on Twitter Tuesday.
He also used the tweet to take a shot at his former team, the Houston Texans.
“24 reasons why Mahomes deserves that.” Hopkins tweeted. “0 Doubts he will win more Super Bowls.” 24 reasons? 0 doubts?
The Texans' season ended last year in the playoffs against Mahomes and the Chiefs after Houston was ahead, 24-0.
Kansas City ended up winning the game, 51-31, before going on to win the Super Bowl.
The Cardinals acquired Hopkins in the offseason in a trade that included David Johnson going to Houston.
Hopkins was seeking a new contract with the Texans before he was traded to Arizona. feel like home. Horst and his team have taken many of the pictures, pieces of equipment, decorations and other creature comforts from their practice facility and Fiserv Forum and sent them to Disney, where they were unloaded and are awaiting the Bucks' arrival.
"All the things that matter to our players ... we've tried to replicate and take with us," Horst said. "Like anything that we do, we try to do it the best that we can, better than anyone else. We try to be incredibly efficient in cost and execution and I think we've done that at a high level so far; we'll see when we get there. We'll see what works, what doesn't work and we'll have the ability to adjust on the fly as well."
Now, though, the preparations are over and the time for acclimation and adjustments has arrived. It's a time of anxiety, excitement and uncertainty, but the Bucks and the NBA have taken another step in the process as the 22 teams assemble at Disney.
Will the bubble work and allow play to continue for three months or more? If play does continue, will the Bucks still be at a league-best level after nearly four months off?
The answers to those questions and more are forthcoming. The age of the NBA bubble and the pandemic games is upon us.