Month: April 2025

The sudden and unexpected trademark battle between Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson and NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt Jr. has suddenly and unexpectedly ended. Via Jamison Hensley of ESPN.com, Earnhardt announced on Friday that he has secured the rights to a different No. 8, and that he’ll abandon the effort to secure

Brian Daboll doesn’t go to Pro Days. Unless he does. The Giants coach showed up for the Colorado Pro Day on Friday, days after both Daboll and Giants G.M. Joe Schoen said Daboll doesn’t do Pro Days. “He doesn’t go to any pro days,” Schoen said at the annual league

Linebacker Dondrea Tillman re-signed with the Broncos on Friday, according to the NFL’s transactions wire. Tillman was one of five exclusive rights free agents the Broncos tendered. Cornerback Ja’Quan McMillian, tight end Lucas Krull, defensive lineman Jordan Jackson and safety Devon Key were the others. Tillman went undrafted out of

Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders did not work out at the Scouting Combine. He did throw at the school’s Pro Day on Friday. Eric Galko, director of football operations for the Shrine Bowl, reports that Sanders completed 58 of 63 passes during the workout with three of the incompletions drops by

Julio Jones has not played since 2023, but he didn’t announce his retirement until Friday. “Today I’m announcing my retirement,” Jones said in a video posted to social media. “It started when I was 8 years old, just a kid in Foley, Alabama. It was an amazing ride.” Jones, 36,

The Jets are starting their offseason program next week and one member of the team officially signed on for the 2025 season on Friday. The NFL’s daily transaction report shows that safety Tony Adams has signed his restricted free agent tender. The Jets tendered Adams at the lowest level earlier

Trey Lance won’t be heading to Canada just yet. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that Lance has agreed to a contract with the Chargers for the 2025 season. The deal is reportedly worth up to $6.2 million. The full terms of the deal are not known, but approaching that number

Offensive lineman Saahdiq Charles is trying to return to the NFL and his bid will include a trip to Dallas. Mike Garafolo of NFL Media reports that Charles worked out for the Cowboys on Friday. Charles was a 2020 fourth-round pick in Washington and spent four seasons with the team

Former Panthers linebacker Dean Wells died Thursday morning, following a two-year battle with cancer, the team announced Friday. Wells was 54. The Seahawks selected him in the fourth round of the 1993 draft. After six seasons with the Seahawks, Wells joined the Panthers in 1999, where he played under linebackers

The Steelers are still waiting to see if Aaron Rodgers will end up signing with them for the 2025 season. But on Friday, they brought a potential quarterback of the future into their building. According to multiple reports, former Ole Miss quarterback Jaxson Dart was among the team’s top 30

Word on Friday morning was that Colorado star Travis Hunter would not be doing any drills during the school’s Pro Day workout on Friday afternoon, but the Heisman Trophy winner wound up calling an audible. Hunter did not run the 40, but he did run routes and catch passes from

The 49ers confirmed this week that they plan to keep wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk on the roster for 2025. Now the question is whether Aiyuk will be healthy enough to play in 2025. Aiyuk is rehabbing from knee surgery for a torn ACL and MCL, and after his most recent

The Cardinals have brought back one of their veteran offensive linemen. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports Kelvin Beachum has re-signed with Arizona on a one-year deal. Beachum, 35, has spent the last five seasons with the Cardinals. Last year, he appeared in 16 games with 12 starts, playing 72 percent of

In the final analysis, the contract quarterback Geno Smith signed with the Raiders isn’t much better than the contract his replacement in Seattle, quarterback Sam Darnold, signed with the Seahawks. Smith presumably could have gotten that same deal, or something close to it, if he’d stayed in Seattle. However, there

The cost of new stadiums keeps going up. The value of NFL franchises keeps going up. The end result is more borrowing by NFL teams that are building new stadiums. Via Ben Fischer of Sports Business Journal, the NFL’s owners approved a pair of debt moves this week. First, the

The NFL’s long-time scheduling guru has scheduled his retirement. Via Ben Fischer of Sports Business Journal, NFL senior V.P. of broadcasting and media operations Howard Katz will retire after the 2025 schedule is set in May. Katz, 75, is a former TV executive who has spent more than 20 years

Nearly seven years since the Supreme Court opened the floodgates for state-by-state legalized sports wagering, it’s still the Wild West. And with the federal government doing little if anything to regulate the sports-betting industry, it’s up to litigation to apply guardrails to our current BET! BET! BET! reality. The latest

Quarterback Geno Smith has gotten his extension. He didn’t get it from the team everyone thought he’d get it from. Four weeks ago today, the Seahawks abruptly struck a deal to trade Smith to the Raiders. On Thursday, news emerged of two new years being added to the one year

Former Bills G.M. Doug Whaley has joined the emerging trend of college football programs hiring General Managers. Sort of. Via Stephen Thompson of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi said Thursday that Whaley has essentially been operating in the role of G.M. “for a couple of years.” The program

All eyes in Cincinnati are suddenly on the ticking clock toward an expiration of the Bengals’ lease at Paycor Stadium. Earlier this week, Bengals executive V.P. Katie Blackburn acknowledged the reality that, without an extension, the Bengals are technically free to play anywhere in 2026. To the extent that time

The last two seasons have been disappointing ones in Jacksonville and the hope is that a change in head coaches will move the franchise in a better direction in 2025. For Liam Coen’s arrival to have that kind of impact, the Jags will need quarterback Trevor Lawrence’s play to rebound

The best tight end in the 2025 NFL draft is likely to end up with the Jets or Colts, if the betting odds are to be believed. The Jets and Colts are co-favorites to select Penn State tight end Tyler Warren, with +180 odds at DraftKings. The next-shortest odds belong

There are a few weeks to go before the 2025 NFL Draft will be in full swing, but the Falcons are giving a hint about what direction they are going to take in Green Bay later this month. That hint came from owner Arthur Blank when he spoke to reporters

When Josh McDaniels was fired as the Broncos head coach in December 2010, it took him a little more than a month to land a new job as the Rams’ offensive coordinator. McDaniels’ second head coaching stint also ended with an in-season dismissal, but he didn’t jump right into a

Lions coach Dan Campbell says the Eagles’ tush push needs to be stopped by opposing defenses, not a change to the NFL rulebook. Campbell was asked at the league meeting if the tush push should remain legal, and he made clear that he doesn’t think it’s fair to pass a

The Buccaneers signed pass rusher Haason Reddick last month expecting him to get back to Pro Bowl form, according to coach Todd Bowles. Reddick had a strange season in 2024, getting traded from the Eagles to the Jets and then asking for the Jets to trade him before ever playing