Author: Roster Insider

A day after the NFL abandoned the possibility of taking away guaranteed high seeds for division winners, college football took away guaranteed high seeds for conference champions. Via multiple reports, the College Football Playoff will use a straight seeding model in 2025. The decision was the result of a unanimous

Joe Thuney hasn’t been with the Bears for very long. But the versatile offensive lineman nevertheless agreed to an extension with Chicago, putting him under contract with Chicago through 2027. The four-time Super Bowl champion said this week that he “couldn’t be happier” than to be with the Bears. “As

The Giants signed first-round edge rusher Abdul Carter to a four-year, $45.3 million fully guaranteed contract. But to get it done, they needed to make room. The team had less than $2 million in cap space before restructuring Brian Burns’ contract. Field Yates of ESPN reports that the Giants converted

The Saints took an offensive tackle in the first round of the draft for the third time in the last four years when they selected Kelvin Banks with the ninth overall pick in April, so someone is going to be shifting positions in order for all three players to get

The Giants have their top draft pick in the fold. Giants pass rusher Abdul Carter, the third overall pick in the 2025 NFL draft, has signed his rookie contract, his agents told reporters. It’s a four-year, $45.255 million contract, as determined by the NFL’s Collective Bargaining Agreement with the players’

Steelers owner Art Rooney II said at the start of April that the team would not wait forever for Aaron Rodgers to sign and he had a chance to address where things stand with the still unsigned quarterback at the end of this week’s league meetings. Rooney said late last

While it seemed at times that receiver Tyreek Hill could be headed elsewhere in 2025, it now appears he will be with the club in the coming season. Hill is still recovering from offseason wrist surgery. But he has been present and engaged during the team’s offseason program, a couple

Lions defensive end Aidan Hutchinson said something during his Thursday press conference that should create a lot of smiles around the Detroit area. Hutchinson has been recovering from last year’s broken tibia and fibula for some time and there have been plenty of good reports on his progress, including a

Eagles fans are in a mood to celebrate after the attempt to ban the tush push failed, and the team is capitalizing with a sale of new marchandise. The top item at the Eagles’ Pro Shop today is a T-shirt with an image of quarterback Jalen Hurts prepared to take

The true and accurate details of the new Brock Purdy deal have been revealed. One detail that came to light in the aftermath of the announcement of the contract was the fact that Purdy has a no-trade clause. During the press conference announcing the contract, Purdy was asked whether it

As a member of a four-win Jacksonville team, receiver Brian Thomas Jr. quietly had a very strong rookie season in 2024. He led all first-year players with 1,282 receiving yards and 10 receiving touchdowns, ending up as a Pro Bowler and No. 4 in offensive rookie of the year voting.

The Dolphins have not traded cornerback Jalen Ramsey yet, but they aren’t letting that stop them from talking about him in the past tense. Defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver said on Wednesday that Ramsey “played very good ball for us” and that he’s not expecting any “sympathy cards” from others regarding

Colts owner Jim Irsay died on Wednesday at 65. He was many things — authentic, unique, and passionate about the game and his team. He was flawed (aren’t we all?), but he owned it. And he found ways to use his own challenges to help others fighting the same or

Colts coach Shane Steichen and Cardinals coach Jonathan Gannon parlayed the Eagles’ tush-push-fueled Super Bowl run into their current gigs. Their teams nevertheless voted in favor of banning the play. Indianapolis and Arizona were among the 22 teams that voted to prohibit all pushing of the runner. Steichen previously was

There has been a development in New Orleans’ quarterback competition. Jake Haener is likely to be sidelined for the rest of the offseason program by an oblique strain, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Part of the three-way competition that also includes Spencer Rattler and rookie Tyler Shough, Haener suffered the

49ers quarterback Brock Purdy saw “a lot of changes and turnover” around the team early in the offseason, but his desire to sign a contract extension never wavered. Purdy’s push paid off this week with a five-year contract extension that will pay him an average of $45 million a season

Wide receiver Garrett Wilson is in the market for a contract extension and head coach Aaron Glenn’s plans for the wideout are unlikely to have him scaling back his demands at the negotiating table. Glenn said on Wednesday that the lesson he’s learned about Wilson since being hired in January

Cornerback Kaiir Elam is hoping his second NFL stop proves to be better than his first and he’s already noticed one big difference with the Cowboys. Elam was a Bills first-round pick in 2022 and Buffalo traded him to the Cowboys this offseason after three seasons that fell short of

It’s fitting, we suppose, that the debate regarding an awkwardly-named play included an awkwardly-worded comment. And the Eagles tell PFT they have no comment at all on the thing owner Jeffrey Lurie said while addressing the room in support of keeping the “tush push” in the rule book. Seth Wickersham

This week, ESPN’s Around The Horn goes dark, after more than 22 years. The move has been coming for months, and ESPN will be filling the time slot with, well, something. Andrew Marchand of TheAthletic.com reports that, before Shannon Sharpe took a hiatus after being sued for sexual assault and

There’s a new award coming to the NFL. NFL executive vice president of football operations Troy Vincent announced at the league meetings on Wednesday that the league will introduce the Protector of the Year Award this year. The award will be given to the player chosen as the league’s top

As Black Bart once said, “OK, Ralphie. You win this time, but we’ll be back.” The anti-tush push forces inevitably will return with another effort to remove the Eagles’ signature play from the rulebook. Wednesday’s effort failed, by only two votes. With 24 required, the final tally was 22-10. Multiple

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones voted in favor of the rule that would have banned the Eagles’ tush push, but he admitted that he’s not sure himself whether he really thinks the play should be taken out of the game, or whether he just doesn’t want the Eagles to have such

The Packers will hold joint practices with the Colts and the Seahawks this summer, Matt Schneidman of TheAthletic.com reports. The joint practices will come before Green Bay plays those teams in the preseason. The Packers play the Colts in Indianapolis on Aug. 16 and host the Seahawks on Aug. 23.

Micah Parsons and Jerry Jones may or may not have a handshake deal. But the Cowboys edge rusher has not signed a contract extension, and by the sound of it, nothing is imminent. The Cowboys owner said Wednesday it’s been awhile since he’s talked to Parsons. “I haven’t talked with

The NFL appears to be on a path toward extending the regular season to 18 games, but that was not a topic of discussion at this week’s owners’ meeting. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said at the conclusion of the meeting that there was no discussion of shifting the schedule from

The Jets have had every player at their voluntary offseason workouts this week, coach Aaron Glenn said Wednesday. Jets wide receiver Garrett Wilson, who is looking for a contract extension, has participated in every session. “I want to be part of something special,” Wilson said, via Zack Rosenblatt of TheAthletic.com.

Cornerback Myles Bryant is set to be back in Houston for the 2025 season. Aaron Wilson of KPRC reports that the Texans are going to re-sign Bryant. No terms of the deal were included in the report. Bryant joined the Texans on a one-year contract last year and appeared in

The Steelers have made an addition to their offensive line. The team announced the signing of guard Nick Broeker on Wednesday afternoon. It’s a one-year deal with no other terms announced. Broeker was a 2023 seventh-round pick in Buffalo who moved onto the Texans after being waived during his rookie

Last week, an excerpt from a new book caused a stir with details from Caleb Williams’ pre-draft process that noted his reluctance to play for the Bears. While Ben Johnson wasn’t with the organization at that time, he is Williams’ head coach now and addressed the topic to open his

Linebacker J.J. Russell has found a new home. The Cardinals announced Russell’s signing on Wednesday afternoon. Linebacker Milo Eifler was waived in a corresponding move. Russell, who signed a one-year contract, spent the last three seasons in Tampa and appeared in 30 regular season games. He was a core special

Quinnen Williams was not happy when the Jets released Aaron Rodgers, and the Jets weren’t happy when the defensive tackle tweeted his displeasure. Williams wrote “another rebuild year for me I guess” after the news broke, before deleting it and posting only a thumbs down emoji. New Jets coach Aaron