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Ole Miss quarterback Jaxson Dart emerged from the NFL Scouting Combine as arguably the top rising star on draft boards.  During a Thursday appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show,” former NFL quarterback and current ESPN analyst Dan Orlovsky offered some bold takes regarding Dart’s talent and when the prospect will

Although the Steelers continue to express confidence Aaron Rodgers will eventually become their next starting quarterback, the four-time MVP is moving toward a fourth week as a free agent. Rodgers threw passes to D.K. Metcalf recently, which would represent a good sign for Pittsburgh’s prospects to close this market. But

On Thursday evening, the Chicago Bears signed veteran quarterback Case Keenum. Per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Keenum inked a one-year deal worth up to $3M.  Keenum, 37, has been with the Houston Texans for the last two seasons but spent the 2024 campaign on injured reserve after suffering a foot injury

Having rostered two players who could end up top-five picks in the draft, Colorado will feature its most notable pro day in ages. The Buffaloes’ top prospects are set to work out Friday in Boulder, and dozens of high-ranking NFL personnel members will be there. Although the Titans are sending

The Patriots are trading quarterback Joe Milton to the Cowboys, per FOX Sports’ Jordan Schultz. Dallas will send one of its fifth-round compensatory picks in April’s draft to New England in exchange for Milton and a seventh-rounder, according to David Moore of the Dallas Morning News. The Patriots received the 171st overall

Baker Mayfield showed his 2023 resurgence was no fluke, posting career-best numbers last season. The Buccaneers went through with a transaction that reveals confidence in the former No. 1 overall pick being their quarterback beyond 2025. In an effort to create cap space, Tampa Bay has restructured Mayfield’s contract. The

Each week, Yardbarker monitors the 2025 NFL Draft, scheduled for April 24-26 in Green Bay. This week, however, we’re taking an early look at quarterbacks in the 2026 class. In a story published Tuesday, ESPN/The Ringer contributor Steve Muench gave just two QBs in the 2025 class (Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders

The New York Giants have the No. 3 pick in the 2025 NFL Draft and they have some very interesting decisions ahead of them as a result. The Giants, coming off a 3-14 season, obviously need all the help they can get, and there is certainly a thought that they

Thursday’s minor moves: Chicago Bears Washington Commanders Signed: DE T.J. Maguranyanga Maguranyanga is the latest rugby player to join an NFL team as part of a bid to play football professionally. The 22-year-old is Zimbabwean and joins Washington via the International Player Pathway program. At 6-4 and 222 pounds, Maguranyanga will

The Philadelphia Eagles have made the “tush push” a much-talked-about concept among NFL circles. The play, featuring quarterback Jalen Hurts, is a beefed-up quarterback sneak that sees multiple players lined up behind the quarterback to help push him forward — either for a first down or into the end zone.

Kirk Cousins is known to be on the trade block, with the Falcons confirming this week their willingness to work out a deal under the right circumstances. Of course, finances will play a major role in determining if an acceptable agreement can be reached. Cousins has already seen his $10MM roster

Baker Mayfield showed his 2023 resurgence was no fluke, posting career-best numbers last season. The Buccaneers went through with a transaction that reveals confidence in the former No. 1 overall pick being their quarterback beyond 2025. In an effort to create cap space, Tampa Bay has restructured Mayfield’s contract. The

Trading DeAndre Hopkins to the Chiefs before last year’s deadline, the Titans have not re-signed 2024 contributor Tyler Boyd. This has left a void alongside Calvin Ridley, who enters his age-30 season. With Ridley locked in atop Tennessee’s receiving corps, GM Mike Borgonzi acknowledged the team’s deficiency. Thus far, only

Tight end Trey McBride earned approximately $5.76M in his first three seasons with the Arizona Cardinals. Now, he’s set to make much more than that. On Thursday, ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter reported the Cardinals made McBride the highest-paid TE in NFL history. He signed a four-year, $76M deal with

Add another team to Case Keenum‘s extensive NFL ledger. The journeyman backup will be called upon to help mentor another highly drafted young talent. The Bears are signing Keenum to a one-year deal worth up to $3MM, ESPN.com’s Adam Schefter tweets. Keenum is coming off a season-long absence in 2024,

The Pittsburgh Steelers continue to wait for a decision from Aaron Rodgers, but is he worth it? Rodgers has dragged out his free-agency saga a lot longer than expected. It may be time for the Steelers to move on and let it go. Let’s examine the reasons why: Pittsburgh is

While Cooper Kupp, Davante Adams, Stefon Diggs and DeAndre Hopkins are off the market, two accomplished 30-somethings remain available at wide receiver. Both Tyler Lockett and Keenan Allen have ties to AFC West teams, and an Allen reunion appears on the table. Jim Harbaugh said (via The Athletic’s Daniel Popper)

The Las Vegas Raiders have left little doubt that quarterback Geno Smith is their guy. On Thursday, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Smith is signing a two-year, $85.5M extension that includes $66.5M guaranteed. The deal will keep him in Las Vegas through the 2027 season. Before he signed the extension on

April 3rd, 2025 at 3:35pm CST by Sam Robinson Trey McBride loomed as a Cardinals extension candidate, and the team will take care of this important business early. The sides are in agreement on a record-setting deal. The Cardinals are giving McBride a four-year, $76M extension, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports.

The Las Vegas Raiders acquired Geno Smith in a trade with the Seattle Seahawks in early March, and now they are committing to him for a longer term. The Raiders and Smith have agreed to a two-year contract extension that will pay the quarterback $85.5 million, per Jordan Shultz of

The Raiders have a deal done with Geno Smith. They are giving the trade acquisition a two-year extension, NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport reports. This will keep the ex-Seahawks starter under contract through 2027. It appears initial reports, like when Smith signed his 2023 Seahawks contract, featured a slight inflation. Smith’s Raiders

Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank made a firm statement about Kirk Cousins’ future with the organization, and made it very clear that a trade is, at least for now, not in the offing. Blank said the Falcons are perfectly happy to let Cousins sit on the bench behind Michael Penix

The Lions hit on two defensive playmakers in the 2022 draft, selecting edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson with the second overall pick and safety Kerby Joseph in the third round. Both players are extension-eligible as they enter the fourth year of their rookie contracts, and Detroit is determined to lock them

Back in late March, Minnesota Vikings general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah raised eyebrows when he declined to slam the door shut on possibly signing veteran quarterback Aaron Rodgers as 2024 first-round draft pick J.J. McCarthy continues to recover from the full meniscus repair that sidelined him for all of last season.  During

On Thursday, the New England Patriots surprisingly agreed to trade backup quarterback Joe Milton III and a 2025 seventh-round draft pick to the Dallas Cowboys in return for a 2025 fifth-round choice. Later in the day, ESPN’s Seth Walder named the Cowboys the clear winner of that transaction. “If the

April 3rd, 2025 at 11:29am CST by Nikhil Mehta The Chiefs are reuniting with veteran safety Mike Edwards on a one-year deal, per NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero. Edwards spent the 2023 season in Kansas City, appearing in all 17 games with a role that increased throughout the year. He started

Arch Manning has yet to experience a full college season as a starting quarterback, but many are already calling him a lock to be the first overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft.  ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter says there is one big reason those predictions are a bit premature.

Some previously suggested that San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy could soon put pen to paper on a contract extension similar to Dak Prescott’s four-year, $240M deal from the Dallas Cowboys. In a piece published on Thursday, The Athletic’s Mike Sando shared that at least one unnamed NFL team executive

For the third time in his Tampa Bay Buccaneers tenure that began in March 2023, quarterback Baker Mayfield will have a new offensive coordinator after Liam Coen left the organization to become the head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars this past winter. While speaking with reporters at the NFL owners meetings this

The Patriots are trading quarterback Joe Milton to the Cowboys, per FOX Sports’ Jordan Schultz. Dallas will send one of its fifth-round compensatory picks in April’s draft to New England in exchange for Milton and a seventh-rounder, according to David Moore of the Dallas Morning News. Milton was a sixth-round

Head coaches such as Andy Reid of the Kansas City Chiefs and DeMeco Ryans of the Houston Texans indicated during the NFL owners meetings that they realize it’s only a matter of time before the league and the NFL Players Association come to terms on an agreement for an 18-game

Multiple mock drafts produced by national football analysts published on Wednesday linked the New York Giants with Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders after some recently suggested the Giants should and will make Colorado wide receiver/cornerback Travis Hunter or Penn State pass-rusher Abdul Carter the third overall pick of the 2025 NFL

Many reporters and analysts have assumed ever since wantaway quarterback Kirk Cousins lost the Atlanta Falcons’ starting job in December that he’d want to play for the Cleveland Browns because he had Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski as a quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator when the two were with the

The track record of Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson suggested it was only a matter of time before he would offer a response via social media after Browns owner Jimmy Haslam acknowledged on Monday that the franchise “took a big swing and miss” by acquiring Watson and giving him a

Rumblings emerged during the second half of March that the Pittsburgh Steelers could make Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe the 21st overall pick of the 2025 NFL Draft even if the club signs veteran Aaron Rodgers. However, ESPN’s Field Yates predicted in his latest mock draft published on Wednesday that Pittsburgh

Individuals such as Conor Orr of Sports Illustrated continue to insist the Cleveland Browns should and will trade for Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins at some point this offseason. However, people who cover the Browns are convinced that head coach Kevin Stefanski and general manager Andrew Berry are prepared to

The NFL has once again expanded its list of gestures that will trigger an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, and former quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick wants to know why. The NFL sent a report to teams highlighting new rules or changes for the 2025 season. In the section regarding rules for unsportsmanlike conduct

Cleveland Browns star pass-rusher Myles Garrett rescinded his trade request and signed a massive four-year, $160M extension that included $123.5M guaranteed in March to stay with the franchise.  Shortly after that, Jason Lloyd of The Athletic revealed that Garrett has been “frequently late to the facility” and has “skipped mandatory team activities on

Las Vegas Raiders general manager John Spytek and head coach Pete Carroll revealed during this week’s NFL owners meetings that the club is “working on” a contract extension for recently acquired quarterback Geno Smith. For a piece published Wednesday, Mike Sando of The Athletic shared that at least one NFL

The NFL’s annual free agency signing window officially begins at the start of the new league year, but teams are allowed to negotiate terms with agents for two days beforehand, known as the legal tampering period. Teams can agree to deals, but players can’t officially sign contracts until free agency

Most of the NFL mock drafts focus on the early rounds, but there are still many prominent college players who will hear their names called later. These are just some of the big names that could hear their names in the later rounds.   Kirby Lee / USA Today Sports

While much of the pre-draft quarterback talk has been focused on teams atop the draft board, there are plenty of additional squad eyeing prospects at the position. Over the past few weeks, the Dolphins, Colts, Saints, and Rams have been among the teams connected to rookie quarterbacks. As mentioned, the

Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders is being compared to a bust, which may explain why he could fall during the 2025 NFL Draft, scheduled for April 24-26 The Athletic’s Bruce Feldman released his mock draft on Wednesday, which featured opinions from college coaches and NFL sources. Feldman had the New York

Just one minor move to pass along: Los Angeles Chargers New York Jets Xavier Newman-Johnson was tagged as an exclusive rights free agent last month, so his return to New York was all but inevitable. A former UDFA, the lineman has spent the past year-plus with the Jets, including a

The Patriots finally landed their coveted WR1, but the signing came with a major caveat. Stefon Diggs is still recovering from a torn ACL suffered in late October. Fortunately for both team and player, it sounds like the wideout is ahead of schedule in his recovery. During his introductory news

The Buccaneers continue to restructure veteran deals. After reworking Tristan Wirfs‘ contract last month, the team has now restructured the contract of safety Antoine Winfield Jr., according to Greg Auman of FOX Sports. Specifically, the team took Winfield’s impending $21MM base salary and converted it into a minimum salary and

Cincinnati Bengals executive vice president Katie Blackburn’s comment about contract negotiations with Trey Hendrickson clearly upset the star edge-rusher. Hendrickson is entering the final year of his contract in 2025 and seeking an extension. On Tuesday, Blackburn said, “[Hendrickson] should be happy at certain rates that maybe he doesn’t think

The Patriots finally landed their coveted WR1, but the signing came with a major caveat. That’s because Stefon Diggs is still recovering from a torn ACL suffered in late October. Fortunately for both the team and the player, it sounds like the wideout is ahead of schedule in his recovery.

After spending eight seasons away from the franchise that drafted him, veteran defensive lineman Calais Campbell is returning to the Arizona Cardinals for an 18th season.  “What a story it would be! Started my career with a bang. Now it’s time to finish it with a bang where it began,”

APRIL 2: Lynch effectively confirmed the 49ers do not intend to trade Aiyuk. As the Tuesday bonus vesting date has come and gone — meaning the $76MM fully guaranteed to Aiyuk has now triggered (via NFL.com’s Mike Garafolo) — San Francisco will move forward with its 2024 extension recipient. MARCH