Month: April 2025

The Ravens are starting the week by taking a look at a linebacker in the incoming rookie class. Per Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, UCLA’s Carson Schwesinger is taking a top-30 visit with Baltimore on Monday. Schwesinger was a first-team All-Big Ten and first-team All-American in 2024. He ended the

Penn State edge rusher Abdul Carter is getting to know the Giants this week. Carter had breakfast with Giants head coach Brian Daboll in State College, Pennsylvania on Sunday and Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that he’ll be meeting with a wider range of club employees at their facility on

Regardless of where Colorado coach Deion Sanders thinks Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders will be picked, the process will play itself out in 17 days. And the sports books are taking action on where Shedeur will land. Both DraftKings and FanDuel have the Saints as the favorites to select Sanders. DraftKings

The NFL will take another step toward the 2025 season on Monday. Offseason programs will get underway for the Bears, Patriots, and Jets. Those three teams all hired new coaches earlier this year and are therefore able to start their programs two weeks ahead of teams with returning coaches. The

One of the top defensive tackle prospects in this year’s draft will be making a couple of visits to teams this week. Aaron Wilson of KPRC reports that Walter Nolen is set to visit with the Panthers on Monday. Nolen is scheduled to meet with the Bengals later in the

The Steelers think they’ve done enough in free agency not to need to reach for any position in the draft. That’s what Steelers General Manager Omar Khan tries to accomplish each year, and it’s his feeling heading into the 2025 NFL draft that the Steelers don’t have any one need

Texas wide receiver Matthew Golden will attend the NFL draft in Green Bay later this month, Dane Brugler of TheAthletic.com reports. Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe also reportedly will attend the draft. Colorado’s top prospects, Travis Hunter and Shedeur Sanders, are not expected to be there. Golden is one of the

So why did the league office ask the Lions to propose playoff seeding based on record, regardless of division championship? Because the Commissioner wants it. Per multiple sources, it became clear during last week’s league meetings that Commissioner Roger Goodell wants to eliminate the guaranteed home game for teams that

Two-time Super Bowl champion Shaq Barrett retired before 20254 training, He unretired late in the season. He apparently doesn’t intend to retire again in 2025. Via JoeBucsFan.com, agent Drew Rosenhaus recently made it clear that Barrett isn’t walking away. “He’s definitely going to play this year,” Rosenhaus said. Undrafted in

The Raiders are releasing cornerback Jack Jones after attempting to trade him, Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports. The Raiders will save $3.4 million on their cap with Jones’ release. Jones, 27, joined the Raiders off waivers in 2023 from the Patriots. It reunited him with Antonio Pierce, who coached

Travis Hunter and Shedeur Sanders are not expected to attend the draft in Green Bay, but Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe will. Dane Brugler of TheAthletic.com reports that Milroe has accepted his invitation. Milroe could go in the first round, but there’s a chance he won’t hear his name until Day

The release of Cooper Kupp and signing of Davante Adams have been the headline moves for the Rams wide receiver group this offseason, but they aren’t the only moves the team has made. They also re-signed Tutu Atwell to a one-year deal last month. That came as a surprise to

For weeks, it has appeared that the Titans have decided to make Miami quarterback Cam Ward the first overall pick in the draft. If anything, recent events have strengthened that impression. It started with a report from Jim Wyatt of the team’s official website that the Titans and Colorado quarterback

The Raiders are moving on from cornerback Jack Jones. But it’s yet to be determined how he’ll depart the team. Vinny Bonsignore of the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports the Raiders are working to trade Jones. But if the team does not find a partner, then Las Vegas will release Jones

Plenty of businesses have adapted their policies regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion in response to the current administration’s aggressive attack on DEI. The NFL has not. At the recent NFL meetings, Ben Fischer of Sports Business Journal collected quotes from Commissioner Roger Goodell and multiple key owners regarding the league’s

Typically, pre-draft debates start with anonymous sources and end with talking heads shouting each other down. On Saturday, a back-and-forth originated not from those paid to talk about football but those paid to play it. The topic? The impact of Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders’s habit of patting the ball before

Buccaneers linebacker Lavonte David has signed for Year 14 with the only team he has ever played for, and his head coach says he’s showing no signs of slowing down. In fact, Todd Bowles said at the league meeting that after talking to David after the season he thinks they’re

For years (actually decades), the Competition Committee has served as the primary generator of potential NFL rule changes. A subtle shift in that approach seems to be developing. Or, if it already existed, there’s now tangible evidence of it happening. Case in point. The Lions’ proposal to seed the seven

Jets owner Woody Johnson’s most interesting comments from the recent league meetings related to his reaction to getting an “F” in the latest NFLPA report card. He also gets an “F” when it comes to recent NFL and Jets history. While discussing the recent addition of quarterback Justin Fields, the

Defensive tackle Mason Graham has lined up a couple more pre-draft visits. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that Graham is scheduled to meet with the Browns on Monday and Raiders on Tuesday. Graham has also met with the Patriots and Saints. Graham is generally considered the top interior defensive lineman

You don’t live in Cleveland, you live in Cincinnati. But you still benefit from a law aimed at keeping Cleveland from losing the Browns, again. The Art Modell Law, passed in 1996 after the Browns became the Baltimore Ravens and Cleveland was left without an NFL team for three seasons,

On Thursday, the Patriots sent second-year quarterback Joe Milton III to the Cowboys. As Mike Reiss of ESPN.com reports, the timing was not a coincidence. “Monday marks the start of the team’s voluntary program, and [coach Mike] Vrabel views that as a meaningful checkpoint in the process of establishing team

Breece Hall has been the No. 1 tailback in New York. He won’t be the only one carrying the workload in 2025. Via Rich Cimini of ESPN.com, new coach Aaron Glenn plans to use a three-back committee; Braelon Allen and Isaiah Davis will be getting touches, too. It comes at

Travis Hunter will be the second overall pick in the 2025 NFL draft, if the betting odds are to be believed. Hunter, Colorado’s Heisman Trophy-winning wide receiver and cornerback, is now a -130 favorite to go second overall. For most of the pre-draft process, Penn State defensive end Abdul Carter

Buccaneers linebacker Yaya Diaby totaled 7.5 sacks as a rookie in 2023, finishing fifth in defensive rookie of the year voting. He became a full-time starter in 2024 and played 270 more snaps than as a rookie but made only 4.5 sacks. Diaby said sack stats aren’t everything. “Besides the