Month: July 2025

The Panthers swapped cornerbacks Friday. The team announced it has signed Mello Dotson and waived MJ Devonshire with an injury designation. The Raiders waived Dotson earlier this week. He had signed with Las Vegas as an undrafted free agent from Kansas. Dotson was a first-team All-Big 12 selection last year.

Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson ended Thursday’s practice early with what he described as tightness in his legs. The Vikings sent him for an MRI. Coach Kevin O’Connell announced Friday that imaging on Jefferson’s left hamstring revealed a mild strain. The team will hold the receiver out of practice a

The Steelers signed safety Chuck Clark on Friday, the team announced. The Steelers waived defensive tackle Domenique Davis in a corresponding move. Clark, who will compete with Juan Thornhill for a starting job after Minkah Fitzpatrick’s departure, played alongside current Steelers safety DeShon Elliott for three seasons in Baltimore. Clark

The Raiders have voided more than $35 million in remaining guaranteed payments for defensive tackle Christian Wilkins. Wilkins has filed a grievance challenging the decision. One key piece of evidence in resolving the claim becomes the language of his contract. The default language, which voids guarantees, from the Wilkins contract

The Raiders’ decision to release defensive tackle Christian Wilkins a year into the four-year, $110 million deal he signed before last season was the subject of the first question of head coach Pete Carroll’s press conference on Friday. Wilkins only played five games last season because of a foot injury

Cowboys right tackle Terence Steele missed Thursday’s practice while having his right ankle injury evaluated and there’s no word on the nature of the injury. Jane Slater of NFL Network reports that Steele is dealing with a high-ankle sprain. He is expected to miss a few more days of practice

Jaguars rookie Travis Hunter hasn’t worked on both sides of the ball in the same training camp practice yet, but it’s going to happen and it will be a necessary step for the first-round pick to take as he prepares to play cornerback and wide receiver during the regular season.

Free agent tight end Noah Fant’s next visit will be with the Saints. Saints head coach Kellen Moore told reporters that Fant will be meeting with the team on Friday. Fant was released by the Seahawks last weekend and he visited with the Bengals this week. Fant had 48 catches

It started out as a joke, of sorts. Rams linebacker Jared Verse found out that former Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald was dead serious. The duo worked out at Donald’s house in June. On Thursday, Verse was asked about the experience. Here’s his version, from the transcript distributed by the

Lane Kiffin thinks Nick Saban will coach again. Nick Saban had a chance to slam the door during a Friday morning appearance on Fox News. He didn’t. Via Mike Rodak of 247sports.com, Saban was pressed on whether he’d coached again. Saban started with a joke. “I never really had a

Jets quarterback Justin Fields’ toe injury appears to be no big deal. Fields limped off the practice field yesterday and rode a cart inside, causing immediate fears that the Jets had lost their new starting quarterback to a serious injury. But Fields is already back on the practice field today,

Quarterback Baker Mayfield has found a home with the Buccaneers. The 30-year-old quarterback had the best season of his career in 2024, completing 71.4 percent of his passes for 4,500 yards with 41 touchdowns — all career highs. He’s under contract with the Bucs through 2026. But if he puts

In any given year, roughly a dozen teams are in the Super Bowl window. Earlier this month, we took a stab at identifying this year’s team. Our list didn’t include the Steelers. Aaron Rodgers’s list does. “I think that there’s really only six to eight that really have a legitimate

Three weeks ago, Chargers running back Najee Harris suffered a “superficial eye injury” during a “fireworks mishap.” More than a week into training camp, Harris remains on the non-football injury list. Even though it was supposed to be a “short stay.” While those in the know continue to insist it’s

Michael Penix is setting the bar high for the Falcons offense ahead of his first full season as the team’s starting quarterback. Penix is joined on the unit by fellow first-round picks Bijan Robinson, Drake London, Kyle Pitts, Jake Matthews, Chris Lindstrom, and Kaleb McGary and he thinks the collection

Four quarterbacks entered training camp with the Browns and four could remain on the roster after the cut to 53 players as well. That was the message from Browns General Manager Andrew Berry on Thursday. The general feeling when the team drafted Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders to go with

The Lions’ success the last couple of years led to some major changes heading into the 2025 season. They had to replace two coordinators who left for head coaching jobs and quarterback Jared Goff gave an update on how things are faring on the offensive side a few days into

The Jets got a scare from Justin Fields on Thursday, but they won’t be without him for long. Fields left practice on a cart after getting hurt, but the Jets announced on Thursday afternoon that he is considered day-to-day and will not miss any significant time. Fields was diagnosed with

North Carolina head coach Bill Belichick says he’s coaching his college football team like he coached in the NFL. Asked at the ACC media day if he’s trying to introduce NFL-level schemes and concepts to college football, Belichick answered, “That’s exactly what we’re trying to do. That’s my philosophy.” Belichick

The Panthers have had seven consecutive losing seasons, so it might seem like there’s not a lot of reason for confidence coming out of Carolina. But head coach Dave Canales doesn’t see it that way. Canales said he thinks his team is building something in his second season as head

D.C. Council went from dragging its feet to clicking its heels on the deal for a new Commanders stadium. And the person who struck the initial agreement — Mayor Muriel Bowser — did an early media victory tour on Thursday. The new stadium means many things. One thing it means

Bills first-round draft pick Maxwell Hairston spoke to reporters at Bills training camp for the first time since he was sued by a woman who accused him of sexual assault four years ago, when they were both students at Kentucky. “This is something I’ve been dealing with since I was

The Bills still have not signed James Cook to a contract extension, which means 2025 could be his final season in Buffalo. He is scheduled for free agency in March. Despite that, the running back is in training camp and participating in drills. General Manager Brandon Beane said Wednesday that

The Dolphins have confirmed Thursday’s report that cornerback Artie Burns suffered a season-ending knee injury. Burns was placed on injured reserve as part of a series of roster moves the team announced on Thursday afternoon. Burns suffered the injury in the first practice of training camp. The Dolphins also confirmed

The Jets have made their first roster change since the start of training camp. They announced the signing of defensive back Tanner McCalister to their 90-man roster. Linebacker Jared Bartlett was waived in a corresponding move. McCalister was waived by the Broncos in June. He had one tackle on special

Ten years ago (yes, it’s been ten years), breathless reports tracked then-Titans rookie quarterback Marcus Mariota, who went umpteen practices in a row without throwing an interception. At that time, then-Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers said, essentially, that practice is the time to throw interceptions. In his first pass of his