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The Atlanta Falcons will conclude their preseason slate with a trip to Miami to take on the Dolphins and head coach Kevin Stefanski has already revealed who he plans to play under center.  With Michael Penix Jr. just returning to team drills this week, Stefanski said he plans to start  former-Dolphin

Less than six months after leaving Los Angeles and signing in Miami in free agency, veteran wide receiver Tutu Atwell is headed back to the Rams. The Dolphins are exchanging him for second-year running back Jarquez Hunter, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Both sides have since confirmed the terms, pending a

There is an interesting dynamic with the Cleveland Browns‘ quarterback situation, and it really started to show itself on Thursday night in their preseason finale against the New England Patriots. Dillon Gabriel got the start for the Browns, and put together the team’s most impressive quarterback showing all preseason by

The Browns have claimed cornerback Mekhi Blackmon off waivers from the Colts, per an announcement from Cleveland. When the move becomes official on Friday, Blackmon will take wide receiver Cedric Tillman‘s roster spot. The Browns waived Tillman on Thursday. This is the second consecutive late-summer change of scenery for Blackmon,

Seattle Seahawks defensive tackle Leonard Williams can now spend way more on his garden that was featured in HBO’s “Hard Knocks.”  On Thursday, the Seahawks and Williams agreed to a three-year, $90M extension with $56M guaranteed, via multiple reports. That’s a significant bump for the 32-year-old DT who was making $21.5M

Talks on an extension between Leonard Williams and the Seahawks are moving along well. ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reports the sides are “nearing an agreement” on a new deal. A three-year extension is expected to officially be in place soon, per Fowler. Williams has one season remaining on his current pact, but negotiations

The NFL can get heated, and that means even teammates can end up fighting. It’s a fairly common thing this time of year, when guys are getting back on the field and practicing, to see players on the same team duke it out with tensions high. Well, that was the

As recently as Tuesday, it was assumed that first-year Atlanta Falcons head coach Kevin Stefanski would play both 2024 first-round draft pick Michael Penix Jr. and free-agent signing Tua Tagovailoa in Atlanta’s preseason finale at the Miami Dolphins as the final act of the competition for the Falcons’ starting quarterback job.  However, Stefanski confirmed on Wednesday

The close-game magic that played a central role in the Chiefs’ 2023 and 2024 Super Bowl seasons faded in 2025. Kansas City’s 1-9 record in one-score games headlined the worst season of Andy Reid‘s 13-year Chiefs tenure. While three straight season-ending losses by a half-committed version of the team (the

Heading into the fourth year of the Bryce Young era in Charlotte, the Carolina Panthers have already picked up the fifth-year option for the first-overall pick from the 2023 NFL Draft.  But despite winning the NFC South and giving the Los Angeles Rams a serious run for their money in

Giants wide receiver Calvin Austin had been a lock to earn a roster spot, but he will instead miss the season after leaving Tuesday’s practice with a non-contact knee injury. Austin suffered a torn ACL, Adam Schefter of ESPN confirms. Austin was an inexpensive offseason pickup for the Giants, who

Multiple reports insisted that first-year Cleveland Browns head coach Todd Monken named Deshaun Watson the club’s Week 1 starting quarterback over Shedeur Sanders because Monken truly “thinks Watson gives the Browns the best chance to win” the regular-season opener at the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sept. 13. During the latest edition of the “Orange and Brown Talk” podcast,

Texans defensive end Dylan Horton suffered a torn Achilles at practice on Monday, according to KPRC2’s Aaron Wilson, potentially ending his 2026 season. Horton, 26, was a fourth-round pick out of TCU in 2023. He only appeared in 10 games as a rookie after being diagnosed with Stage 4 Hodgkin’s

The Indianapolis Colts insist Anthony Richardson remains part of their quarterback room. Their plan for the preseason finale suggests something else may be happening. Richardson will start against the Detroit Lions and play alongside most of Indianapolis’ offensive starters. Daniel Jones and Jonathan Taylor will sit, according to Colts coach Shane

Hjalte Froholdt has spent the past three seasons as a full-time starting presence for the Cardinals. The veteran center’s time in that capacity is set to continue. Froholdt agreed to an Arizona extension on Tuesday, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reports. This is a two-year, $20MM deal. Froholdt was set to be

It was recently suggested that defensive superstar Aaron Donald may not play for the Los Angeles Rams in their regular-season opener versus the rival San Francisco 49ers in Melbourne, Australia, on Sept. 10 (U.S. time) if he rejoins the Rams’ active roster at all for the upcoming season.  During a Monday appearance on “The Dan

Browns head coach Todd Monken said a decision on the team’s starting quarterback would be coming on Monday. That is indeed the case, and Deshaun Watson is set to enter the season atop the depth chart. Watson has won the competition against Shedeur Sanders, as first reported by NFL insider Jordan Schultz; the news is

When the Tennessee Titans selected Cam Ward to be their quarterback with the No. 1 overall pick last season, it was obvious that this guy was going to at least try to be the face of the franchise. It wasn’t a move they took lightly. The Titans have put a

Although the Giants signed Devin Singletary to be Saquon Barkley‘s successor at running back, Tyrone Tracy ended up in that role for most of the 2024 season. Tracy played well as a rookie, but the former fifth-round pick’s stock has dropped since. The Giants turned back to Tracy following Cam

Many Cleveland Browns fans won’t like who the team named the starting quarterback, nor should they.  On Monday, ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter reported the Browns named Deshaun Watson QB1 over Shedeur Sanders for Week 1 against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sept. 13 (CBS, 1 p.m. ET). That’s a massive mistake for Cleveland.

Before Saturday’s preseason contest between the Browns and Bills, a report indicated Cleveland’s Deshaun Watson had the edge over Shedeur Sanders in the club’s starting quarterback competition. In light of Watson’s performance and his postgame press conference, the Browns may have no choice but to give the QB1 mantle to

The Seattle Seahawks title defense will not be easy as they’ll have to navigate a schedule featuring a Super Bowl LX rematch, clashes with teams like the Bears, Broncos and Eagles and perhaps the league’s toughest division featuring many fans pick to lift the Lombardi this season – the Los

Training camp and the preseason roll on around the NFL, and recent days have continued to produce a number of interesting developments. In case you missed any of this week’s top stories, here is a quick recap: Bucs, Vea Reach Resolution: The standoff between Vita Vea and the Buccaneers came to an end thanks to

 “You know, I’m still trying to convince him to go into physics,” Shastri joked, via Nolan Schmidt of Minnesota-Moorhead’s website. Why did Jack Strand go undrafted?  Strand already faced an uphill battle as a DII prospect (a level below the FBS and FCS). His chances of hearing his name called

The NFL is doing everything it can to keep a portion of the long-running Brian Flores lawsuit in arbitration rather than allow it to proceed to open court. The league’s efforts in that regard fell short with respect to Flores’ claims against the Broncos, Giants, and Texans (“BGT”), and its

Once a first-round pick hyped to be the face of the Chicago Bears‘ franchise, Justin Fields is now looking to prove himself during the preseason with the Kansas City Chiefs.  While Fields didn’t make any major mistakes in his start on Saturday, he also failed to lead his team into

The Dave Canales era brought an unexpected playoff berth in Year 2, as the Panthers made a climb from 2-15 in 2023 to an NFC South title in two years. Yes, the caveat of the NFC South setting a historically low bar was central to this underdog story. But the

The only thing more pathetic than Deshaun Watson at quarterback is Watson in front of a microphone. On Saturday, the 2017 first-round pick did all he could to take his name out of an open Cleveland Browns quarterback competition with a dreadful performance on and off the field. Deshaun Watson

As has been well-documented up to this point, the 49ers are no stranger to injury, but that does makes the team uniquely well-prepared for recovery situations. As they near an earlier season opener than usual, several players are making progress, but a few just aren’t likely to be ready for

Former Cleveland Browns and Houston Texans running back Nick Chubb announced his retirement from the NFL on Friday night, ending a career that was equal parts brilliance and frustration. The 30-year-old might be one of the great “what if” players in the modern NFL era, and certainly for the Browns. 

A four-time Pro Bowler in eight years of NFL play, former Browns and Texans running back Nick Chubb announced his retirement from football on his Instagram account this evening. The 30-year-old finishes his career with the third-highest rushing total in Browns history (behind only Jim Brown and Leroy Kelly) and the

The last time the Denver Broncos saw starting quarterback Bo Nix on the field, they watched him lead the team to a massive divisional-round playoff win, only to find out after the game that he broke his ankle, ending his season. That injury kept him out of the AFC Championship

The Seahawks entered the 2026 offseason with a second Super Bowl title to their name but a looming ownership change and several key roster decisions to make. Like with all champions, a few notable departures have taken place over recent months. For the third time in the three-year Mike Macdonald

A July report indicated that NFL teams weren’t all that interested in taking a flier on former Miami Dolphins and Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill amid Hill’s ongoing recovery from the gruesome knee injury he suffered on Sept. 29, 2025. During a Friday appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show,” big-name

The 2026 NFL schedule features former players returning home, coaches confronting the teams that fired them and one immediate Super Bowl rematch. Some reunion games feel manufactured. These three NFL revenge games arrive with enough history and hostility to sell themselves. Tennessee opens its season against the New York Jets

Several NFL rookies have been granted temporary restraining orders that would allow them to return to college football despite signing professional contracts this year, per ESPN’s Dan Murphy and Pete Thamel. A federal judge ruled in July that athletes from the high school class of 2022 who began their college

Tight end Sam LaPorta played in only nine games last season for the Detroit Lions. He missed the final eight games of the season because of a fully herniated disk in his back that required surgery. He’s now at risk for missing time in 2026, though the good news for

Eight months removed from a December 2025 Achilles tear, Cardinals cornerback Garrett Williams is ready to return to practice. The Cardinals activated Williams from the physically unable to perform list, the team announced Thursday. Although Williams was recovering from a torn ACL at the time, the Cardinals took a third-round

Shortly after Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell named free-agent signing Kyler Murray the team’s Week 1 starting quarterback, whispers surfaced suggesting that veteran Carson Wentz could enter the regular season as the Vikings’ primary backup over 2024 first-round draft pick J.J. McCarthy.  According to O’Connell, McCarthy will head into the Vikings’

Money can’t fix everything, but it can fix a lot of things. Especially when it comes to professional sports teams and keeping star players happy.  Defensive lineman Vita Vea and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were the latest team to prove that reality on Wednesday afternoon. Buccaneers reach deal with star

The Buccaneers have reached an agreement with star defensive tackle Vita Vea on a one-year, $30MM contract extension, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, ending a lengthy standoff with the team that featured a trade request and a “hold-in” at training camp. According to Schefter’s ESPN colleague Jeremy Fowler, $6MM of Vea’s

The Philadelphia Eagles just won the Super Bowl a few years ago, but that seems like an eternity in Philly. This team, spearheaded by quarterback Jalen Hurts, is absolutely determined to get back to the big game as soon as possible. One of the most important positions in the NFL

The Buccaneers may be moving closer to a resolution of defensive tackle Vita Vea‘s contract situation and trade request. The 31-year-old sought an exit from Tampa Bay at the beginning of training camp after reaching an impasses in contract negotiations with the team. The defensive tackle market exploded this offseason,

A Tuesday update hinted that veteran Deshaun Watson remains on track to win the Cleveland Browns‘ starting quarterback job over second-year pro Shedeur Sanders ahead of Cleveland’s joint practice with the Buffalo Bills on Thursday. During a Wednesday appearance on ESPN Cleveland, ESPN NFL insider Jeremy Fowler agreed that Watson leads the quarterback battle following

11:39pm: The Seahawks were hoping that Arnold could play in the preseason, per Bob Condotta of The Seattle Times, but a placement on the commissioner’s exempt list will preclude that. He will have to spend one day on their active roster before moving to the exempt list, so the team

Highly touted Dallas Cowboys rookie safety Caleb Downs bit the dust for, perhaps, the first time in his football career on Tuesday.  The Cowboys hosted the New Orleans Saints in a joint practice ahead of their preseason matchup on Friday (8 p.m. ET). Downs guarded Saints wide receiver Chris Olave for much

Former Cowboys guard John Niland has passed away at the age of 82. “An All-Pro guard, John was at the core of Tom Landry‘s greatest team and a Super Bowl champion,” the team said in a statement. “A tough, dedicated, team-first player that battled relentlessly on the line and represented

The Minnesota Vikings have their starting quarterback in Kyler Murray. It’s official. He’ll get the start when September rolls around, and now the future of J.J. McCarthy in Minnesota is really in question. But just because Murray is getting the start, that doesn’t mean he can relax. Just the opposite.

Several veterans recently worked out for the Commanders. Maurice Hurst Jr. was among them, and the veteran defensive tackle is now in the fold. Hurst signed with Washington on Tuesday, per a team announcement. The 31-year-old will now look to carve out a depth spot on the roster ahead of cutdowns later

Everybody thinks their NFL team has the best fans. Nielsen decided to actually put that claim to the test, and some of the results are pretty surprising. The Nielsen Scarborough NFL Fandom Index compared markets using eight different measurements, ranging from attendance and merchandise purchases to TV viewing, streaming, radio and social