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The Colts claimed defensive tackle Eric Johnson II off waivers, the team announced. Indianapolis waived safety Marcel Dabo in a corresponding move, and it designated tight end Maximilian Mang as exempt/international player. Mang will not count against the Colts’ 90-player offseason roster. The Patriots waived Johnson on Wednesday. He returns

The Cowboys will become the first team in NFL history to play four Thursday games in a single-season. They also will become the first team in NFL history to play six consecutive games against teams that won at least 11 games the previous season, per the Elias Sports Bureau. The

There are no full-fledged practice sessions during the offseason, but the Lions have done enough on-field work to convince defensive coordinator Kelvin Sheppard of one important fact. Defensive end Aidan Hutchinson has been taking part in the team’s offseason program after last season’s broken leg and Sheppard said that he’s

The 49ers have inked their first-round pick from this year’s draft. San Francisco announced on Thursday that the club has signed No. 11 overall pick Mykel Williams. A defensive end out of Georgia, Williams was a second-team All-SEC selection in both 2023 and 2024. He recorded 5.0 sacks with 8.5

The Eagles announced the signing of a draft pick on Thursday afternoon. Fourth-round pick Ty Robinson has signed a four-year deal with the team. The defensive lineman was one of five straight defensive selections to open Philly’s draft and he is the seventh of the team’s 10 draft picks to

There is nothing new to report and not much new to say about where talks between the Cowboys and Micah Parsons stand. Parsons wants a long-term extension, and the Cowboys are dragging their feet as they have on signing their big-name players to deals. Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones

Jordan Love is entering his sixth NFL season, and he’s getting his third quarterbacks coach. Former NFL quarterback Sean Mannion was promoted to the job after Tom Clements retired. Luke Getsy was the team’s quarterbacks coach for Love’s first two seasons. Mannion, whose playing career ended in 2023, was a

The agents for offensive tackle D.J. Humphries said in late April that their client had agreed to terms on a contract with the 49ers, but that was never followed by a formal announcement of his signing and it doesn’t look like one is coming. Matt Maiocco of NBCSportsBayArea.com reports that,

Three weeks ago tonight, the Falcons traded back into round one to get pass rusher James Pearce Jr. The price to get the 26th overall selection from the Rams included Atlanta’s 2026 first-round pick. The better the Falcons are, the lower the pick. The worse they are, the higher it

Early in the 2024 pre-draft process, there was plenty of speculation that quarterback Caleb Williams didn’t want to play for the Bears. And he didn’t. Seth Wickersham of ESPN.com has plenty of reporting on the subject in his upcoming book, American Kings: A Biography of the Quarterback. On Thursday, ESPN.com

The Raiders are continuing to reshape their front office under new General Manager John Spytek. Per Ryan McFadden of ESPN, Las Vegas is hiring Brandon Hunt to be their vice president of player personnel. Hunt has been with the Eagles over the last three seasons, first serving as director of

The Commanders will play some well-rested opponents this season. The NFL schedule makers gave Washington four games against teams coming off their bye weeks, which is the most of any team in the NFL this season. The Commanders will see the Bears in Week Six, Seahawks in Week Nine, Broncos

When the NFL schedule is released, the league inherently tells us what it thinks about how well a team may do in the coming year based on how many times it gets featured in a primetime window. While each team used to play at least once on Thursday night, that’s

We might soon find out if active NFL players will participate in the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. The NFL announced on Thursday that next week at the spring league meeting, owners will consider a resolution allowing for the league’s athletes to play flag football during the event in Los

It’s time to hang a new banner. The Colts abruptly pulled their 2025 schedule-release video on Wednesday night. Initially, we surmised that it had something to do with the depiction of Miami receiver Tyreek Hill as a dolphin that was arrested by the Coast Guard. It then became apparent that

Earlier this week, Fox announced that it will televise a Week 16 Saturday doubleheader featuring the Packers at the Bears and the Eagles at the Commanders. The official schedule contains an odd glitch regarding those games. The NFL.com version of the 2025 schedule currently shows that those games will happen

The Rams made a couple of big changes to their receiver room to kick off the offseason. Cooper Kupp was released and quarterback Matthew Stafford said on NFL Network Wednesday that “it’s tough when you’ve played with a guy and had as much success as we’ve had together and then

The Jaguars learned their schedule on Wednesday night, but tight end Patrick Murtagh doesn’t need to worry about where the team will be playing come September. Murtagh was waived off of the team’s roster on Thursday morning. There was no word of a corresponding move. Murtagh initially joined the Jaguars

The Buccaneers are set to add their first player to their Ring of Honor since 2019. Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times reports that edge rusher Simeon Rice will be inducted into the group in 2025. Cornerback Ronde Barber was the last player inducted and the Bucs have added

Steelers owner Art Rooney II lamented the team’s late-season night games after the schedule was released on Wednesday night, but the team will be playing at 1 p.m. ET on Sunday in four of their first five games of the year. That’s related to the ongoing uncertainty about whether quarterback

The Steelers answered one of the two big questions looming over the team on Wednesday when they learned their schedule for the 2025 season. It begins with an immediate reference to the other big question as the Steelers will be in New Jersey to face the Jets in Week One.

The 17th weekend of the 2025 season starts with a trio of Christmas games. It continues with a Saturday tripleheader, capped by an exclusive prime-time game on Peacock. The three games for the Saturday slate will come from a group of five games. The five games earmarked for the Saturday

When the Lions and Rams swapped quarterbacks Matthew Stafford and Jared Goff in 2021, few could have imagined how well it would work out for both teams: Stafford has won a Super Bowl with the Rams, while the Lions have become one of the best teams in the NFL with

NFL fans won’t have to wait long to see the Super Bowl LIX rematch. The Eagles-Chiefs game has been put on the Week Two schedule, for a 4:25 p.m. ET kickoff on Sunday, September 14, on Fox. The game will be played in Kansas City, where the home fans will

The last two NFL MVPs will square off on the first Sunday night of the 2025 season. 2023 MVP Lamar Jackson and the Ravens will pay a visit to Buffalo to take on 2024 MVP Josh Allen and the Bills. That game and the other 17 Sunday night matchups will

Last year, Aaron Rodgers and the Jets had a slew of early-season standalone games, including a pair of Sunday-Thursday short weeks. This year, Aaron Rodgers (maybe) and the Steelers enter the schedule with only four prime-time games. The Steelers will visit the Bengals on Thursday night in Week 7, before