Good morning football fans! Here are the five things you need to know coming out of Thursday to get your morning started right:
- Josh Norman had a relative downturn in performance for the Washington Redskins in 2016 after such a star turn the season before, but how much would that have changed if he was able to bring in some of the league-leading six dropped interceptions he had? PFF Senior Analyst Sam Monson takes a look at the league leaders when it comes to dropped interceptions on defense.
- The Oakland Raiders and QB Derek Carr completed a monster contract extension on Thursday, locking their signal-caller down for another five years, at $25 million per season for a total of $125 million extra.