Month: June 2025

Deebo Samuel is in Washington and Brandon Aiyuk is still recovering from a torn ACL, so there’s a chance for 2024 first-round pick Ricky Pearsall to step into a bigger role in the 49ers wide receiver group this season. Pearsall’s rookie year got off to a delayed start because he

Nearly 20 years later, the events that clouded Reggie Bush’s entry to the NFL still resonate. Via Ryan Kartje of the Los Angeles Times, a judge recently upheld an arbitration award requiring Bush to pay Lloyd Lake $1.4 million for defamation. It was Lake’s alleged provision of benefits to Bush’s

The Chiefs have announced their training camp schedule, which includes several dates fully open to the public, a couple of practices open to only season ticket members, and three dates requiring a paid ticket to attend. Kansas City will once again be practicing at Missouri Western State University in St.

The Associated Press has fetched a bucket and a mop. On Sunday, the AP reported that Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro said there will be no state money for stadium renovation or construction. Since then, the AP has revised the story to drop that claim. It’s unclear why and how it

Free agent cornerback Rasul Douglas is still looking for a new team. He doesn’t think that team will be the Packers. Asked by a Packers fan on social media whether he’ll sign with Green Bay after the departure of cornerback Jaire Alexander, Douglas indicated that the Packers have shown no

Commanders owner Josh Harris hit the jackpot when his team drafted quarterback Jayden Daniels with the second overall pick in 2024 and a couple of trading card dealers did the same with a Daniels card this weekend. Josh Roth and Jacob Ramos purchased a one-of-one 2024 Daniels Panini Prizm card

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Receiver DeAndre Hopkins showed that he still has some juice with the Chiefs in 2024 as a midseason addition. Now with the Ravens on a one-year deal, Hopkins made a positive impression with his new teammates on offense and defense during the offseason program. “I like D-Hop,” cornerback Marlon Humphrey

The Chiefs supposedly have a June 30 deadline for accepting an offer from Kansas to help pay for a new domed stadium. On the other side of the border, more work needs to be done to finalize a plan for renovating Arrowhead Stadium, the team’s long-time home. Kansas City (Missouri)

Buccaneers first-round pick Emeka Egbuka’s first offseason with the team drew a lot of positive reviews, but the wideout isn’t the only first-year player that the team is expecting to make an immediate contribution. They took cornerback Benjamin Morrison in the second round and then added another corner in the

Longhorn legend Ricky Williams, who also did pretty well as an NFL running back, openly lobbied for Texas Governor Greg Abbott to veto a THC ban that had been passed by the state’s legislature. Late Sunday night, and roughly an hour before the deadline for doing so, Abbott scrapped the

Ravens safety Kyle Hamilton is thrilled that Baltimore signed cornerback Jaire Alexander last week. “Great addition,” Hamilton said, via BaltimoreRavens.com. “He’s been one of the best in this league since he got in it. To have anybody like that, no matter what position, especially as a DB, it’s super valuable.”

When it comes to rookie contracts, there’s not much to negotiate. On one of the few negotiable items, Jaguars receiver/defensive back Travis Hunter did very well. Adam Schefter of ESPN.com reports that Hunter will receive his full, slotted $30.57 million bonus up front. He’s the first non-quarterback not taken first

The Jaguars have taken care of an important piece of business on Sunday. Jacksonville announced on Sunday that the club has signed No. 2 overall pick Travis Hunter to his four-year contract. The Jags made the announcement in a cheeky way, sending separate posts for Hunter signing as a receiver

Two NFL teams call Pennsylvania home. Neither should consider calling Pennsylvania when it’s time to finance stadium renovation or construction for their home stadiums. Via the Associated Press, Governor Josh Shapiro made it clear on Sunday that state money will not be available to sports teams. “I’m very worried about

Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders has picked up a couple of speeding tickets this month. He also has received a dig from his brother, Buccaneers safety Shilo Sanders. Via JoeBucsFan.com, Shilo made the comment in the latest episode of his Tampa Food Tour. “I know we out here in Tampa we

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The Dolphins are trying to trade cornerback Jalen Ramsey, but Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill thinks it’s not too late to keep Ramsey around for this season. Hill said at Fanatics Fest that he is going to visit with Ramsey and try to persuade him to work out whatever he

Panthers running back Chuba Hubbard hails from Edmonton, Alberta. And he’s already thinking about wearing a flag with a maple leaf in the middle during the 2028 Olympics. David Newton of ESPN.com recently asked Hubbard whether he wants to represent Canada in the flag-football tournament. “Hell yeah!’’ Hubbard said. “I

It’s not necessarily new, but it’s worth mentioning. In the recent item from Mike Silver of TheAthletic.com regarding quarterback Sam Darnold’s latest fresh start, in Seattle, Silver reports that Raiders minority owner Tom Brady didn’t want to pursue Darnold as the team’s next quarterback. That meshes with the reporting that

Antonio Brown has left the building. And the country. If anything on his Twitter feed can be taken seriously and/or believed, Brown is no longer in the United States. Which, if true, becomes highly relevant to the pending warrant for his arrest on a charge of attempted murder with a

Fred Smith, a towering figure in American business, has died. He was 80. While in most contexts he will be remembered first and foremost as the founder of FedEx, Smith had a significant impact on the NFL. He was the father of former Falcons coach and current Steelers offensive coordinator

Pete Carroll strongly opposed the proposal that would have taken away a guaranteed home playoff team from division winners, a stance rooted in his own coaching history. For decades, NFL division winners have earned the right to open the playoffs on their home fields, regardless of their records, while wild