Dalton Agrees To Deal With Chicago Bears

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Published on March 19 2021 6:14 am
Last Updated on March 19 2021 6:14 am

Andy Dalton, who agreed to a one-year, $10 million deal with the Chicago Bears earlier this week, said Thursday that he’d been told by the Bears that he’ll be the starting quarterback.

That means the former Cincinnati Bengals and Dallas Cowboys QB won’t be competing with veteran Nick Folesor the starter job. Dalton said Thursday, “They told me I was the starter. That was one of the reasons why I wanted to come here.”

 

NFL Announces New Media Rights Agreement

The National Football Leabue announced new media rights agreements Thursday, including a deal with Amazon Prime Video that gives the streaming service exclusive rights to Thursday night games starting in 2022.

Commissioner Roger Goodell said Thursday, “We want to provide our games on more platforms than ever before.”

Amazon has streamed 11 Thursday night games since 2017, but it will take over the entire package from Fox, which has had it since 2018. The new contracts will double the NFL’s media revenue to more than $10 billion a season.

 

NFL Investigating Watson

The NFL said Thursday it’s investigating sexual assault allegations against Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson. That comes after three female massage therapists filed lawsuits alleging Watson assaulted them while they were giving him massages.

In the most serious claim, one charged he forced her to perform oral sex. Watson has denied wrongdoing, saying in a Twitter statement Tuesday, “I have never treated any woman with anything other than the utmost respect.”