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For an article published back on May 5, Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated suggested that North Carolina Tar Heels football head coach Bill Belichick may not receive interest from NFL teams during the league’s next hiring cycle due to potential distractions caused by the 73-year-old’s relationship with 24-year-old Jordon Hudson.  For a piece posted

During Monday’s edition of FS1’s “The Facility” program, former NFL running back and current analyst LeSean McCoy revealed that sources told him that 2025 fifth-round draft pick Shedeur Sanders looked “like the best player” at the Cleveland Browns’ rookie minicamp that also featured third-round selection Dillon Gabriel.  Browns reporters Mary Kay Cabot, Dan

While his first head coaching gig ended midway through the 2024 season, Robert Saleh was a busy candidate during the interview cycle this winter. After received a look from the Cowboys, Raiders and Jaguars for another HC opportunity, he returned to San Francisco to reprise his role as the team’s defensive

Wide receiver George Pickens was the subject of trade rumors for months before the Pittsburgh Steelers shipped the mercurial wide receiver to the Dallas Cowboys ahead of this past weekend.  Nevertheless, longtime Steelers defensive lineman and team captain Cameron Heyward insisted on the latest edition of his “Not Just Football

By the time George Pickens was dealt, it hardly came as a surprise given the chatter surrounding a trade from the Steelers. The Cowboys acquired him last week, but not because they won a wide-ranging bidding war. Few teams showed interest in the pending free agent receiver, Mark Kaboly of The Pat McAfee

Long before the Tennessee Titans made Miami quarterback Cam Ward the first pick of the 2025 NFL Draft, Tennessee head coach Brian Callahan was serving as offensive coordinator with the Cincinnati Bengals when the Bengals grabbed Joe Burrow with the No. 1 selection of the 2020 draft.  For a piece

As recently as Monday, Pittsburgh Steelers insider Mark Kaboly of “The Pat McAfee Show” explained that he feels free-agent quarterback Aaron Rodgers won’t officially join the Steelers before the club begins the organized team activities portion of the offseason program on May 27.  Late Monday night, Pro Football Talk’s Mike

Shortly after the New York Giants traded back into the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft to grab quarterback Jaxson Dart with pick No. 25, Giants head coach Brian Daboll announced that free-agency signing Russell Wilson would “be our starter…once we get started here in the spring.”  However, NBC

Noteworthy members of the NFL community, such as retired wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson, have suggested throughout the spring that free-agent quarterback Aaron Rodgers will sign with the Pittsburgh Steelers and report to the club before Pittsburgh begins the organized team activities portion of the offseason program on May 27.  During

New Orleans Saints quarterback Derek Carr confirming over the weekend that he was retiring due to reasons related to a significant shoulder injury seemed to be the final chapter of a saga that had hovered over the Saints since the end of the 2024 regular season. However, NFL insider Albert

Here are, in ascending order, the best quarterback free agent additions in NFL history. This list only factors in passers’ work after their respective free agency signings.   Brad Rempel-Imagn Images A Vikings bridge QB after they passed on outbidding the Falcons to keep Kirk Cousins, Darnold reignited his career

Shedeur Sanders endured one of the most stunning draft slides in NFL history last month, but the former Colorado star’s confidence remains fully intact. Sanders has joined a crowded quarterback room after the Cleveland Browns selected him in the fifth round of the 2025 NFL Draft. Though he slid further

The draft revealed what teams thought of their rosters, but as hundreds of college standouts will aim to fill needs around the NFL, certain deficiencies still appear to exist for teams. Here are the league’s top roster holes as teams head into their offseason programs.   Katie Stratman-Imagn Images The

A well-known Kansas City Chiefs superfan was sentenced to more prison time on Monday over a string of bank robberies that he committed. Xaviar Babudar, who is known to fans in Kansas City and online as “Chiefsaholic,” was sentenced in an Oklahoma courtroom on Monday to 32 years in prison.

Free agent cornerback Asante Samuel Jr. underwent neck surgery in April after missing most of the 2024 season due to injury, according to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. He is planning to play this season, but is waiting until an early July check-up to sign with a new team. Samuel started just four

The 2024 Minnesota Vikings went from one win away from the No. 1 seed in the NFC to getting their doors blown off in the Wild-Card round of the playoffs. After a busy offseason, here are the three biggest questions the Vikings need to answer in 2025. Will J.J. McCarthy

May 12th, 2025 at 10:04pm CST by Nikhil Mehta The following 2025 draft picks signed their rookie contracts today: Arizona Cardinals Dallas Cowboys New Orleans Saints New York Jets Philadelphia Eagles San Francisco 49ers Follow @PFRumors This content was brought to you by: Pro Football RumorsPro Football Rumors

Free agent cornerback Asante Samuel Jr. underwent neck surgery in April after missing most of the 2024 season due to injury, according to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. He is planning to play this season, but is waiting until an early July check-up to sign with a new team. Samuel started just four

Here are the latest minor moves from around the NFL: Atlanta Falcons Baltimore Ravens Chicago Bears Signed: CB Jeremiah Walker Placed on Exempt/International Player list: P Tory Taylor Cincinnati Bengals Cleveland Browns Denver Broncos Signed: LB Jordan Turner, WR Kyrese White, LS Zach Triner, TE Cole Fotheringham Waived: CB Kendall

The Dallas Cowboys will open the 2025 NFL regular season on Thursday, Sept. 4, with a road matchup against the Eagles. The Philadelphia Eagles will commemorate their second Super Bowl championship by raising a banner, while Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott will look to raise his game. The 31-year-old passer may

The Browns are having a busy day in terms of veteran safety additions. Rayshawn Jenkins has a deal in place with the team, as first reported by Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com. Jenkins joins Damontae Kazee as an experienced option at the position who has agreed to a Browns pact today. Kazee

The NFL releases its schedule on Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET on NFL Network and ESPN. However, some games have already been leaked. Here’s a list of these matchups and some takeaways: Thursday, Sept. 4 – Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles, 8:20 p.m. ET (NBC/Peacock), per NBC Sports’ Mike Tirico

The Browns have signed 13 undrafted free agents to bring their rookie class to 20 players. Here are Cleveland’s latest UDFA signings: Adin Huntington, DE/DT (Tulane) Jason Ivey, OT (North Carolina A&T) LaMareon James, CB (TCU) Dom Jones, CB (Colorado State) Gage Larvadain, WR (South Carolina) Ahmani Marshall, RB (Appalachian

The Green Bay Packers seemed to confirm with their approach in the NFL Draft that they were not happy with their wide receiver group last season, which led to some questions about how they view Jayden Reed. Those have apparently been answered. Reed, a second-round pick two years ago, operated

Less than a week after he was released by the Jaguars, veteran wide receiver Gabriel Davis visited the 49ers, according to FOX Sports’ Jordan Schultz. Davis arrived in Jacksonville last offseason on a three-year, $39MM deal, but struggled to make an impact before tearing his meniscus in November. He underwent

The sports world may not have seen Derek Carr’s abrupt retirement coming, but it looks like the former New Orleans Saints quarterback is already settling into a new routine. Carr announced on Saturday that he has decided to retire after doctors advised him to undergo surgery on his throwing shoulder.

Grey Zabel is the latest first-rounder to sign his rookie deal. The Seahawks’ top choice has inked his first NFL contract. This four-year pact is worth $18.47MM, ESPN’s Adam Schefter notes. That figure is guaranteed in full. Like all other Day 1 selections, Zabel could be kept under team control through

Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah‘s recovery process will extend through the coming campaign. The Browns placed the Pro Bowl linebacker on the Reserve/PUP list Monday, meaning he will miss the entire 2025 season. The four-year veteran had his 2024 campaign come to an abrupt end due to a scary neck injury. His availability

No resolution is in sight in the case of Trey Hendrickson. The All-Pro edge rusher’s latest remarks make it clear the Bengals are not actively speaking about an extension with his representatives. “No communication has taken place between my camp and the organization post draft,” a statement Hendrickson provided to ESPN’s Adam Schefter

With the NFL aiming to expand its global reach, it’s sending top quarterbacks overseas. On Monday, Spanish newspaper Diario AS reported the Miami Dolphins and Washington Commanders will play in Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid on Nov. 16 (h/t The Palm Beach Post’s Hal Habib). It’s the league’s first game

The Saints have lined up a post-draft addition at the receiver spot. Donovan Peoples-Jones is signing with New Orleans, ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reports. Peoples-Jones took part in the Saints’ recent rookie minicamp on a tryout basis, as noted by Matthew Paras of the Times-Picayune. His performance in that setting has obviously earned

As NFL players across the league get to know the new additions to their squads for 2025, not every player might be excited by their new coworkers.  Whether front offices missed the mark in free agency or the new players aren’t good enough, these five players benefited the least from

Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah‘s recovery process will extend through the coming campaign. The Browns placed the Pro Bowl linebacker on the Reserve/PUP list Monday, meaning he will miss the entire 2025 season. The four-year veteran had his 2024 campaign come to an abrupt end due to a scary neck injury. His availability

The Cincinnati Bengals seem to be giving EDGE Trey Hendrickson the silent treatment in contract negotiations. Hendrickson is entering the final year of his contract and has received permission to seek a trade. On Monday, he released a statement to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, ripping the team for not contacting him

Zaire Franklin will again be counted on as a key member of the Colts’ defense in 2025. The veteran linebacker’s availability for training camp is now uncertain, however. Franklin recently underwent a clean-up procedure on his ankle, head coach Shane Steichen announced. Steichen told reporters he is hopeful Franklin will be fully recovered

Two of the most surprising developments of the 2025 NFL Draft involved the Cleveland Browns selecting Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel in the third round before the club was able to get Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders in the fifth round.  NFL insider Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated expanded on why the Browns

Ka’imi Fairbairn is still under contract to the Texans for the next two years, but his deal has been altered. The veteran kicker worked out a restructure, as detailed by Over the Cap. Fairbairn was originally owed a base salary of $4.73MM, but that figure has been reduced to $1.25MM. The

Much has been said and written since the morning of May 7 about how head coach Mike Tomlin and Pittsburgh Steelers players were essentially done with wide receiver George Pickens before the club agreed to trade Pickens to the Dallas Cowboys.  Cowboys chief operating officer and co-owner Stephen Jones spoke

On Friday, the Falcons agreed to terms with Jalon Walker. Today, the team has now done the same with its other edge rusher selected in the first round. James Pearce has signed his rookie deal, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports. The four-year pact is worth $16.8MM fully guaranteed and includes an

Quarterback and first-round draft pick Jaxson Dart was understandably the most examined player who participated in the New York Giants’ rookie minicamp that wrapped up over the weekend.  For an article published on Sunday, NFL insider Connor Hughes of SNY touched upon how Dart looked during his first noteworthy throwing

Damontae Kazee will remain in the AFC North despite joining a new team. The veteran safety has agreed to a deal with the Browns, as first reported by NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo. Kazee spent the past three years with the Steelers, operating as a key defender during the 2023 season in

Shortly after the Pittsburgh Steelers agreed to trade mercurial wide receiver George Pickens to the Dallas Cowboys, NFL insider and ESPN personality Peter Schrager mentioned that he believed Pickens “wasn’t a disliked player in” the Steelers’ building.  That said, it appears some of Pickens’ former teammates aren’t losing sleep over the

Tyreek Hill played through a wrist injury during the 2024 campaign, by far the least productive of his three years in Miami. The All-Pro wideout underwent surgery shortly after the season ended, and another update on his heath status has emerged. Hill had pins placed in his wrist during his first

The Cleveland Browns holding a four-way quarterback competition involving 2025 third-round draft pick Dillon Gabriel, 2025 fifth-round selection Shedeur Sanders, 2022 first-round choice Kenny Pickett and veteran Joe Flacco could be one of the more interesting NFL-related stories of the summer.  During a Sunday appearance on “SportsCenter,” ESPN NFL insider

Weeks before New Orleans Saints quarterback Derek Carr shockingly confirmed over the weekend that he was retiring due to a shoulder injury, CBS Sports’ Cody Benjamin noted that Aaron Rodgers could ultimately sign with New Orleans rather than join the Pittsburgh Steelers this offseason.  During the latest edition of his “Outta Pocket”

The Jets announced the completion of their 22-man rookie class this weekend. Joining the seven drafted players will be the following 15 undrafted free agent signings: Jared Bartlett, LB (Cincinnati) Dean Clark, CB (Fresno State)* Jordan Clark, CB (Notre Dame)* Brady Cook, QB (Missouri)* Caden Davis, K (Ole Miss) Donovan

The 2024 season was a bitter disappointment for the San Francisco 49ers, crushed by injuries, underperformance and just about everything else that could have gone wrong. The offseason has not gone much better, as the roster was mostly gutted in free agency, with few major replacements coming in.  Here are

If there were any questions about Eric Bieniemy’s coaching style, we have had them answered. A video of Bieniemy coaching Chicago Bears running backs at the team’s rookie minicamp this weekend has gone viral. The video shows Bieniemy putting players through some catching and footwork drills. “Get up field!” Bieniemy

The Raiders’ rookie minicamp concluded today. In addition to the drafted rookies and undrafted free agent rookies who were in attendance, Las Vegas also hosted players to participate in a rookie minicamp tryout. Two non-rookies ended up walking away from the minicamp with new contracts. Per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, one

The Las Vegas Raiders are giving a former Notre Dame star a chance at an NFL comeback. The Raiders invited linebacker Jaylon Smith to participate in their minicamp over the weekend on a tryout basis. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Smith agreed to a deal with the team on Sunday.