Month: May 2025

The Raiders have shuffled some pieces of their linebacker group. They announce the signing of Michael Barrett on Wednesday. Wesley Steiner was waived in a corresponding move. Barrett was a seventh-round pick of the Panthers last year and the former Michigan Wolverine was traded to the Seahawks for cornerback Michael

Tom Brady’s influence has been all over the Raiders this offseason, even as he hasn’t been a constant presence in their building. That’s been part of the plan for the franchise under team owner Mark Davis, who recently added Brady and a few others as limited partners. In an interview

Everyone knew that the Eagles were one of the 10 votes against the Packers’ proposal to ban the tush push on Wednesday and the identity of some of the other teams that joined them has come to light. According to multiple reports, the Ravens, Patriots, Jets, and Lions also voted

One of the more disingenuous arguments being pushed by the anti-tush push crowd is the notion that, despite the absence of injury data to prove the play isn’t safe, it could be a safety issue. Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie has turned that argument on its head. Via Dianna Russini of

When the Browns drafted two quarterbacks last month, it technically expanded their depth chart at the position to five. As a practical matter for 2025, it’s four. Unless it isn’t. Despite the widespread belief that Deshaun Watson has been written off for the coming season, thanks to a twice-torn Achilles

Former Eagles center Jason Kelce has said he thinks his feelings about the tush push were misconstrued, and now he’s offering to talk to owners directly as they prepare to vote on a rule change designed to prevent Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts and other ball carriers from getting pushed by

After Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins signed their respective new contracts with the Bengals in March, both players credited quarterback Joe Burrow for helping the deals get done. Chase, in fact, said that Burrow’s public comments about how Cincinnati needed to keep the two receivers were “a big help” in

Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts is in his first offseason as a Super Bowl champion, but there’s still a familiar storyline to his preparation for the upcoming season. Hurts is working with a new offensive coordinator for the fourth straight season after Kevin Patullo replaced Kellen Moore in the wake of

The Titans are set to have a new look on offense after drafting quarterback Cam Ward with the first overall pick, but that’s not the only change that head coach Brian Callahan has in mind. Running back Tony Pollard had a career-high 260 carries during his first season with the

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Bengals wide receiver Jermaine Burton’s rookie season was a bust, but the team is hopeful that Year Two can be better. Burton was a third-round pick, but only caught four passes during a year that saw him get benched multiple times due to coaching decisions. One of those benchings came

Saints coach Kellen Moore says his team will have an open competition to determine its starting quarterback. But the betting odds suggest that rookie Tyler Shough enters that competition as a heavy favorite. Shough is the favorite at multiple sports books taking bets on the quarterback who will take the

Titans cornerback L’Jarius Sneed was able to play just five games for the Titans last season, sidelined by a quad injury that required surgery. But Sneed is on the mend, which head coach Brian Callahan discussed during his Tuesday press conference. “He’s coming back injury-wise,” Callahan said, via Jim Wyatt

The Bears have possibly put the cart before the stadium. Although the team recently said that it has shifted its focus (again) from Chicago to Arlington Heights, the powers-that-be in the suburban village are essentially reciting Lee Corso’s catch phrase. On Monday, Arlington Heights mayor Jim Tinaglia said there’s no

Wednesday may bring a vote on whether to adopt a rule change proposed by the Packers that would ban all pushing or pulling of ballcarriers. That change would actually be a reversion to 2005, which was the final season when that was prohibited by the rule book, and the proposal

When the Eagles recently visited the White House, at least a dozen players passed on the trip. One player who stayed away was receiver A.J. Brown. Meeting with reporters on Tuesday, Brown explained that his absence had nothing to do with politics, via Jeff McLane of the Philadelphia Inquirer. Brown

The Seahawks announced a couple of roster moves on Tuesday. They signed undrafted rookie free agent wide receiver Nate McCollum. Guard Sala Aumavae-Laulu was waived to make room for McCollum in Seattle. McCollum was at Georgia Tech for three years before transferring to North Carolina for the last two seasons.

The 2025 NFL schedule features seven games outside the United States. Soon, the league wants to play 16 games a year in other countries. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said the league is all-in on opening new international markets and isn’t slowing down. “I do see 16 regular season games, and

Wide receiver A.J. Brown wasn’t the only Eagles player to shrug at a question about the possible ban of the tush push on Tuesday. There is expected to be a vote of team owners about the Packers’ revised proposal regarding the play at the league meetings on Wednesday. Approval of

Early in the offseason, Joe Burrow made it clear that he wanted to see the Bengals reward Ja’Marr Chase, Tee Higgins, Mike Gesicki, and Trey Hendrickson with new contracts. Cincinnati has checked the box on three of the four players on the quarterback’s wish list. But Hendrickson remains displeased with

NFL players will be Olympic athletes in 2028. The NFL announced today that its owners voted to approve a policy that will let active players participate in Olympic flag football during the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028. The NFL Players Association has said it supports the measure, and

During a recent interview with The Pivot Podcast, North Carolina coach Bill Belichick took a sudden turn to share some alternative facts regarding the disconnect between UNC and the Hard Knocks franchise. As Belichick told it, it wasn’t a fit because “Hard Knocks is training camp and we’re not training

Eagles receiver A.J. Brown is very good at tackle football. And that’s good enough for him. Meeting with reporters on Tuesday, Brown made it clear that he has no interest in pressing pause on his primary gig to play flag football in the Olympics. “I heard the Olympics is during

The Chiefs signed third-round cornerback Nohl Williams, according to the NFL’s transactions wire. His signing leaves only second-round defensive tackle Omarr Norman-Lott unsigned among the Chiefs’ seven draft picks. First-round offensive lineman Josh Simmons, third-round defensive end Ashton Gillotte, fourth-round wide receiver Jalen Royals, fifth-round linebacker Jeffrey Bassa and seventh-round

Seahawks third-round pick Jalen Milroe signed his rookie contract on Tuesday, the team announced. He is the ninth of Seattle’s 11 draft picks to sign. Last week, the Seahawks signed first-round pick Grey Zabel, fifth-rounders Rylie Mills, Tory Horton and Robbie Ouzts, sixth-rounder Bryce Cabeldue, and seventh-rounders Damien Martinez, Mason

Joe Burrow declined to appear on Season 1 of the Netflix series Quarterback. He is featured in Season 2, which debuts in July. So what changed? “They caught me on a good day,” Burrow joked Tuesday, via Jay Morrison of SI.com. It actually was Peyton Manning, the show’s executive producer,

As of late March, the league office had some work to do to get the owners to get behind the idea of loaning active players to Olympic flag football. The NFL got it done, and then some. PFT has confirmed that the vote on the resolution allowing active players to

The Commissioner’s arm-twisting powers only go so far. He wants to revamp playoff seeding, in order to make late-season games more compelling. The pending proposal would take the seven playoff qualifiers and seed them based on record. Division champions would no longer be guaranteed the No. 4 seed, at worst.

Dak Prescott’s right hamstring tore off the bone in a Week 9 game against the Falcons. He underwent surgery Nov. 13 and started his rehab soon after. Six months later, the Cowboys quarterback is close to being all the way back. The team’s medical staff has yet to fully clear

Brock Purdy officially signed his five-year contract extension through the 2030 season, the team announced Tuesday. “Brock is a tremendous leader and a fantastic representative for the 49ers organization, and we are ecstatic to get this deal done,” General Manager John Lynch said in a statement. “When we took him