Author: Roster Insider

The Chiefs have agreed to terms with edge rusher George Karlaftis on a four-year extension. The full details are still to be obtained. For now, here’s what we have. The new six-year deal pays out $105.528 million, for an annual average from signing of $17.588 million from signing. The new

There’s at least one more potential candidate to become the interim executive director of the NFL Players Association. Earlier today, we mentioned that NFL Players, Inc. president Matt Curtin’s name has emerged in the rumor mill, mainly as a candidate possibly being pushed by NFLPA chief strategy officer JC Tretter

The Buccaneers agreed to terms with second-round cornerback Benjamin Morrison, Mike Garafolo of NFL Media reports. Morrison will have 96 percent of the third year of his four-year deal guaranteed, per Garafolo. The Bucs used the 53rd overall pick on Morrison. He appeared in 31 games for Notre Dame in

The Chiefs signed guard Trey Smith to a new contract last week and they struck a deal with another member of the team this weekend. According to multiple reports, defensive end George Karlaftis has agreed to a four-year extension with the team. Karlaftis stands to make $93 million under the

The Seahawks released veteran tight end Noah Fant on Sunday, the team announced. He was due a non-guaranteed salary of $8.49 million this season and the move saves $8.91 million against the salary cap. Fant, 27, spent the past three seasons with the Seahawks after being acquired in the 2022

First, Lloyd Howell. Now, JC Tretter. In a lengthy interview that was posted earlier this hour, Tretter tells Jonathan Jones of CBSSports.com that Tretter is resigning from the NFL Players Association. The former union president had returned last year, as the NFLPA’s chief strategy officer. “Over the last couple days,

The Patriots signed first-year defensive tackle David Olajiga on Sunday, the team announced. Olajiga, who is a London native, joins the Patriots as part of the NFL’s International Pathway Program. Olajiga, 27, spent last season on the Rams’ practice squad after signing with the team out of Central Missouri. The

The distraction is working. As a result, the man who is looking for the country to talk about anything other than something about some sort of list has turned it up a notch — to precisely where we’ve suspected it would eventually go. Hours after insisting that the Washington Commanders

The Bengals confirmed reports that they signed quarterback Desmond Ridder on Sunday afternoon and they announced several other roster moves as well. They have signed defensive tackles Taven Bryan and McTelvin Agim to their 90-man roster. They also signed center Andrew Raym while waiving quarterback Logan Woodside and guard Tashawn

One of the big questions for the Cowboys this week is whether Micah Parsons will be taking part in practices at training camp and he may have some new teammates to welcome along the defensive front if he is on the field. Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports that the team

Corey Adams, an 18-year-old freshman football player at Mississippi, was shot and killed on Saturday night. Via Adam Rittenberg of ESPN.com, Adams died at the scene in Cordova, Tennessee. Four other men were shot in the incident. None were listed in critical condition. Shelby County sheriff’s deputies found Adams inside

The Bengals are bringing in another quarterback. Per Tom Pelissero of NFL Media, Desmond Ridder is signing with Cincinnati. It’s a homecoming of sorts for Ridder, who played his college ball at the University of Cincinnati. Bengals head coach Zac Taylor was also Cincinnati’s offensive coordinator and QBs coach when

Lions linebacker Alex Anzalone was not among the players that the team placed on the physically unable to perform or non-football injury lists ahead of their first training camp practice, but Anzalone did not take part in Sunday’s session. Head coach Dan Campbell said, via Dave Birkett of the Detroit

After a brutal 2024 season of injuries on defense, the Lions’ 2025 is off to a disappointing start. Lions defensive tackle Levi Onwuzurike suffered a torn ACL and will miss the entire season, head coach Dan Campbell announced today. Onwuzurike opened camp on the reserve/physically unable to perform list but

The Lions held their first practice of training camp on Sunday and they also experienced their first injury of the summer. Per multiple reports, cornerback Ennis Rakestraw had to leave the field early in the session. The team said that he is being evaluated for a chest injury. Rakestraw was

If Commanders owner Josh Harris has been tiptoeing toward a possible return to their abandoned name, they have officially gotten a two-handed shove. President Donald Trump, who currently has no reason whatsoever to change the subject on any matter that possibly has had his base up in arms for over

The Cowboys don’t care about winning as much as they claim to care about winning. If they did, they wouldn’t consistently drag their feet when it comes to the contracts earned by key players. They’ve done it several times in recent years, from Ezekiel Elliott to Dak Prescott to CeeDee

The news that defensive lineman Levi Onwuzurike will miss the season with a torn ACL was the biggest headline of head coach Dan Campbell’s Sunday press conference, but he provided several other injury updates as well. Left tackle Taylor Decker was placed on the physically unable to perform list upon

With executive director Lloyd Howell abruptly out, the NFL Players Association needs to replace him. It soon will. Via Adam Schefter of ESPN.com, the NFLPA board of player representatives “is expected to vote” on a new interim executive director before the widespread launch of training camps, on Tuesday. The news

There’s a storm raging within the NFL Players Association, and at times it feels as if we’re in the eye of it. The vast majority of texts and calls to the PFT hotline since the resignation of NFLPA executive director Lloyd Howell relate to the next steps for the union.

Joe Burrow didn’t need a Batmobile to bring a few jokers to justice. Authorities in New York have secured a pair of guilty pleas from pawn-shop managers who bought and sold items stolen from the Bengals quarterback’s home last December. On Friday, 43-year-old Dimitriy Nezhinskiy pleaded guilty to one count

In 2001, the Panthers drafted Steve Smith in the third round, played him mostly on special teams as a rookie, and then saw him develop into the best wide receiver in franchise history. This year, the Panthers drafted wide receiver Jimmy Horn in the sixth round, and Horn would love

The Panthers have agreed to terms with second-round edge rusher Nic Scourton, the team announced Saturday night. That means they will have their entire eight-player rookie class under contract when workouts begin Wednesday. The Panthers traded up to select Scourton with the 51st overall pick as they had on first-round

The Bengals signed second-round linebacker LB Demetrius Knight Jr. on Saturday, the team announced. His signing leaves only first-rounder Shemar Stewart unsigned. Knight received nearly 80 percent of his four-year rookie deal guaranteed, Jordan Schultz reports. It’s the first time in NFL history the 49th overall pick has received guarantees

The Saints have agreed to terms with veteran defensive end Jonathan Bullard, Mike Garafolo of NFL Media reports. Bullard visited with the Saints last month, and his signing will reunite him with Brandon Staley, an assistant with the Bears when Bullard played in Chicago in 2017-18. Bullard, 31, spent the

When it comes to NFL players creating mayhem and/or causing injuries while driving, there is precedent. When it comes to NFL players street racing on a city highway among and around other cars in broad daylight on video, there is no precedent. That’s the most important thing to remember when