The 49ers are wrapping up the pre-draft visit season by meeting with a potential addition to their receiver room. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that they are hosting wide receiver Omar Cooper on Wednesday. Cooper has met with a number of other teams after helping Indiana to a national title during the 2025 season. […]

Baker Mayfield is entering the final year of his contract, and Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht has already projected confidence in reaching an agreement on an extension. Now, co-owner Joel Glazer has indicated (via Pewter Report’s Matt Matera) that the team is willing to write a big check to keep Mayfield in Tampa Bay. “Obviously […]

Both ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. and The Ringer’s Todd McShay anticipate the Dallas Cowboys getting aggressive in the 2026 NFL draft in order to address their need at linebacker. In their latest mock drafts published Wednesday, both Kiper and McShay projected the Cowboys to strike a deal with the Cleveland Browns by trading up from […]

Well-known NFL insider Dianna Russini had recently been “sidelined” from reporting on the league by The Athletic after photos surfaced earlier this month showing her and New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel holding hands, hugging and lounging near a pool at a resort in Sedona, Ariz., in late March. Russini and Vrabel, who are both married to other people, […]

On Tuesday, Giants G.M. Joe Schoen said the team has had “good conversations” with the representatives for defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence. They apparently haven’t been good enough. Via Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, the two sides have reached “an impasse.” The Giants have talked to other teams about a possible trade. Per Rapoport, those talks […]

NFL teams do not consider running back a premium position, which is why it takes a supreme talent for someone to spend prime draft capital on it. Over the past decade of drafts, Ashton Jeanty, Bijan Robinson, Saquon Barkley, Leonard Fournette and Ezekiel Elliott are the only running backs who have exited the board in […]

Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love was among several players in attendance for the Washington Commanders’ pre-draft group visit at TopGolf on Tuesday night, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. Other prospects at the visit included Ohio State linebacker Arvell Reese, Buckeyes wide receiver Carnell Tate, Texas Tech edge-rusher David Bailey, LSU cornerback Mansoor Delane […]

This offseason, multiple reports surfaced claiming that Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts was “the source of much internal frustration” during the 2025 campaign, in part because “whatever personality traits had rubbed people the wrong way before had grown since” Hurts earned Super Bowl LIX Most Valuable Player Award honors in February 2025.  While speaking with reporters […]

Former Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore received 18 months’ probation and a $1,000 fine for an incident with a staff member after the school fired him for an inappropriate relationship with her. Moore, 40, pleaded no contest last month to trespassing and malicious use of a telecom device in exchange for dropping more serious charges, […]

In an eerily similar offseason to 2025, the Steelers continue to wait on Aaron Rodgers. This time, however, the team did not seem to expect the process to drag on like it has. While Rodgers went into the 2025 season expecting it to be his last, the aging great changed his tune and has been […]

Add LeBron James to the list of people impressed at how well Jayson Tatum has been able to play following his faster-than-normal return from a torn Achilles. On the latest episode of Mind the Game (starts at 24:55 mark), James praised Tatum for looking “more like himself” as he has continued to get more games […]

Buffalo Bills general manager and president of football operations Brandon Beane has insisted on multiple occasions this offseason that wide receiver Keon Coleman still has a future with the organization after Bills owner Terry Pegula said in January that former head coach Sean McDermott was responsible for Buffalo selecting Coleman with the 33rd overall pick of the 2024 NFL Draft.  During a recent conversation with Joe Buscaglia of The Athletic, Beane […]

Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman says Jeremiyah Love isn’t only the best running back in the 2026 NFL draft, but also one of the most talented football players anywhere. Freeman told Colin Cowherd that Notre Dame’s backup running back last year, Jadarian Price, is the best running back prospect in this draft aside from […]

The Texans will focus on extending Will Anderson Jr. before the start of the 2026 season, but it will likely require a record-breaking AAV to do so. Albert Breer of SI.com observes the rapidly climbing contracts for edge rushers, and the writer believes Anderson’s next deal will likely come in at around $50MM annually. This is […]

One of Dolphins General Manager Jon-Eric Sullivan’s priorities this season was re-signing tight end Greg Dulcich. Sullivan recently pointed to Dulcich as the player who could show the most improvement this season. “Dulcich,” Sullivan told Kevin Clark of ESPN. “I thought he had a really good back end of the season, and I want to […]

Shortly after it was learned this past winter that New York Giants head coach John Harbaugh would be reporting directly to team co-owner John Mara and not to general manager Joe Schoen, reports revealed that it was “expected” that Schoen would sign a contract extension at some point after the 2026 NFL Draft wraps up.  However, […]

The Patriots currently have two quarterbacks on the roster. They likely will be adding another at some point V.P. of player personnel Eliot Wolf addressed during his pre-draft question whether the team may fill the third spot in the later rounds of the upcoming selection process, following the recent release of 2025 backup Josh Dobbs. […]

Teams looking to improve their run defense will likely be interested in Texas Tech defensive tackle Lee Hunter, who is a projected Day 2 pick in April’s draft. The 330-pounder logged 31 tackles for loss across the last three seasons and profiles as an instant-impact run-stuffer in the NFL. One of Hunter’s recent Instagram stories […]

Jimmy Butler has been out of action since January with a torn ACL. So it probably won’t come as a shock that he’s unavailable for the team’s Play-In Tournament matchup against the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday. Nonetheless, Butler joked on social media that he was “doubtful” for the contest. This article will be updated […]

Some at The Athletic reportedly felt the company’s initial response to the Dianna Russini story was a public-relations fumble.  Last Tuesday, the New York Post published photos of NFL insider Russini and New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel holding hands and spending time together at a pool during a stay at the Ambiente hotel in […]

In two different rulings issued less than 15 months apart, the internal grievance system created by the NFL and the NFL Players Association found that, essentially, the NFL invited its teams to collude on the issue of fully-guaranteed contracts but the teams did not accept. The first part is stunning, and in many ways unprecedented […]

APRIL 13: To little surprise, Reid reports Cooper will take part in a top-30 visit with the Jets today. Depending on the outcome, New York could become even more likely to take him at the No. 16 spot. APRIL 12: Earlier this month, the Jets were mentioned as one of the teams which holds Omar Cooper Jr. in high […]

New Browns head coach Todd Monken is well aware of what people think of his franchise. And he says there’s only one way to change the narrative. Asked how he can change the perception that things always go wrong for the Browns, Monken said the only way is to win. “Winning. It changes everything,” Monken […]

The New England Patriots were quick to move on from Stefon Diggs after just one season. The former Buffalo Bills star wasn’t a factor in the playoffs, even after topping 1,000 receiving yards for the season. Mike Vrabel’s team signed former Green Bay Packers WR Romeo Doubs as his replacement, but they might still want to […]