
Ethan Waugh Out As Jaguars’ Assistant GM
Despite being tied to the Trent Baalke regime, Ethan Waugh took part in the Jaguars’ round of interviews to replace him. But Baalke’s right-hand man is out in Jacksonville as well. The Jags are moving on from Waugh as assistant GM, InsidetheLeague.com’s Neil Stratton reports. Hiring Waugh just after the


Browns would’ve scrapped blockbuster trade with Jaguars under one condition
The Browns took quarterbacks Shedeur Sanders and Dillon Gabriel during the 2025 NFL Draft. However, neither may have landed in Cleveland if the opportunity to take another passer presented itself. During the draft, the Jacksonville Jaguars dealt four picks to the Browns to move up from No. 5 to No.


Chiefs To Exercise Fifth-Year Options On Trent McDuffie, George Karlaftis
Trent McDuffie and George Karlaftis are targets for Chiefs extensions. One or both could be worked out as early as this offseason, but in any case their futures for the next two years are clear. Kansas City will exercise the fifth-year option in both of these cases, as first reported by ESPN’s Jeremy


Could Browns embrace ‘Hard Knocks’ assignment after drafting Sanders?
Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders falling to the fifth round of the 2025 NFL Draft before the Cleveland Browns traded up to grab him with pick No. 144 gave the league a significant springtime television victory. On Monday night, Browns insider Tony Grossi of ESPN Cleveland/The Land on Demand suggested that team owner Jimmy Haslam


Saints Release QB Ben DiNucci
The addition of a quarterback via the draft added to the logjam at the position for New Orleans. The team’s depth chart has now be thinned, however. Ben DiNucci announced on Tuesday he has been released. The 28-year-old joined the Saints in December in the wake of Derek Carr getting injured.


Report details why Saints ’embraced’ Shough before, during draft
Previous reports suggested that Louisville quarterback Tyler Shough could be selected during the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft, even though he suffered serious injuries each college season from 2021 through 2023 and turns 26 years old this coming September. After the New Orleans Saints grabbed Shough in the second round


Commanders To Sign K Matt Gay, Release K Zane Gonzalez
Matt Gay‘s time as a free agent has not lasted long. The veteran kicker has agreed to a deal with the Commanders, per his agents (via Tom Pelissero of NFL Network). This will be a one-year deal worth $4.25MM fully guaranteed. That figure represents the highest locked-in total for a


Did Steelers come close to trading Pickens during NFL Draft?
While stories linked Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver George Pickens with the Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers ahead of the 2025 NFL Draft, Pickens remained with the Steelers through the completion of the player-selection process. During a Monday appearance on Pittsburgh radio station 102.5 WDVE, Steelers reporter Gerry Dulac of


Titans To Add Dan Saganey To Front Office
Once the draft concludes, movement often takes place amongst NFL front office and scouting personnel. In the case of the Titans, an addition is set to be made in the scouting department. With Dan Saganey‘s Browns tenure coming to a close, he is headed to Tennessee. Cleveland’s former player personnel


Anthony Belton brings a much-needed element to Packers offense
Anthony Belton is a big man, and that’s exactly why the Green Bay Packers selected him with the 54th pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. The Packers made a huge splash in Round 1 by selecting Texas wide receiver Matthew Golden. It was the first time since 2002 that Green


Why Titans held onto Will Levis despite drafting Cam Ward
Weeks before the Tennessee Titans grabbed Miami quarterback Cam Ward with the first pick of the 2025 NFL Draft, Titans president of football operations Chad Brinker suggested that Ward and 2023 second-round selection Will Levis could compete for the team’s starting job this summer. Nevertheless, some were surprised that Tennessee


49ers, George Kittle Agree To Extension
Extension talks with George Kittle have produced an agreement. The All-Pro tight end announced during an appearance on the Bussin’ With the Boys podcast that he has signed a new deal. This will be a four-year pact, per Kittle. The deal is worth $76.4MM in total and includes $40MM in guarantees. The latter


Analysts react to Steelers’ Shedeur Sanders draft decision
It appears the Pittsburgh Steelers’ belief that quarterback Aaron Rodgers will soon join the organization resulted in the club waiting until the sixth round of the 2025 NFL Draft to grab Ohio State signal-caller and developmental prospect Will Howard. On the latest edition of his “NFL Daily” podcast, analyst Gregg Rosenthal


Browns Will Decline QB Kenny Pickett’s Fifth-Year Option
Kenny Pickett is on his third career team, and he could find himself on the move again next offseason. The former first-round quarterback will head into next season as a pending free agent. The Browns will decline Pickett’s 2026 fifth-year option, Mary Kay Cabot of cleveland.com reports. That comes as no


Former NFL QB coach isn’t surprised Sanders fell to fifth round
Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders falling all the way to the fifth round before the Cleveland Browns traded up to select him with the No. 144 overall choice became the biggest story of the 2025 NFL Draft. For a piece published Monday, The Athletic’s Bruce Feldman shared why noteworthy members of the


Cowboys May Reunite With Amari Cooper After Missing Out On Tetairoa McMillan
The Cowboys were widely expected to add to their wide receiver room this offseason, but they didn’t sign any major free agents or draft a single player at the position. Dallas would have drafted Tetairoa McMillan with the No. 12 pick if he was available, according to ESPN’s Todd Archer, but


Saints Sign DE Chris Rumph
The Saints have not waited long after the draft to add to their pass rush. Chris Rumph signed with New Orleans on Monday, per a team announcement. Rumph entered the NFL as a Chargers draftee, and he played out his rookie contract in Los Angeles. The former fourth-rounder played 37 games


Insiders explain why Browns drafted Gabriel before Sanders
Leading up to the 2025 NFL Draft, numerous stories linked the Cleveland Browns with Shedeur Sanders out of Colorado, Ole Miss’ Jaxson Dart, Alabama’s Jalen Milroe and Louisville’s Tyler Shough among quarterback prospects. Thus, many were shocked when Cleveland drafted Oregon’s Dillon Gabriel at pick No. 94. The Browns then made


Seahawks Exercise LT Charles Cross’ Fifth-Year Option
The Seahawks are making a bit of history with their fifth-year option decision. They will exercise Charles Cross‘ 2026 option, per NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport, moving into uncharted territory for a team draft pick. This is not the first time the Seahawks have exercised a fifth-year option, as they moved Noah


What drafting of Shedeur Sanders could mean for Flacco, Pickett
Some understandably assumed after the Cleveland Browns grabbed Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel with the 94th pick of the 2025 NFL Draft that the Browns would eventually name either veteran Joe Flacco or 2022 first-round selection Kenny Pickett their 2025 Week 1 starter. However, the situation changed after the Browns traded up to select


Giants Considered Trading Up For Shedeur Sanders; Teams Took QB Off Draft Boards?
The NFL may never see a fifth-round pick overshadow its draft again, but it certainly happened this past weekend. Shedeur Sanders‘ fall to No. 144 perplexed most, but it came after rumblings of the QB’s stock having tumbled ahead of the selection event. Countless instances of players with criminal backgrounds


How Steelers reportedly expect Aaron Rodgers saga will end
For a piece published late Sunday night, ESPN’s Brooke Pryor made note of the Pittsburgh Steelers “passing on a quarterback four times before finally selecting 24-year-old developmental prospect Will Howard out of Ohio State in the sixth round” of the 2025 NFL Draft. She wrote that the move suggested that, for individuals


Commanders Showed Interest In Joey Bosa, DeMarcus Lawrence
The Commanders’ five-pick haul did not include a defensive end, and the ascendant team may still have work to do at the position between now and Week 1. Big names had been on the team’s radar leading up to the draft. In addition to pursuing Trey Hendrickson, the Commanders looked


AFC draft grades: Why this quartet of teams stand out
After spending the weekend sorting through each team’s draft class, Yardbarker NFL writers have so many questions. Was RB Ashton Jeanty a smart pick for the Raiders? Did the Ravens nail the draft (again)? Does the Bengals’ top pick have high bust potential? Here are draft grades for all 16


Browns Did Not Anticipate Selecting Two QBs; Latest On Shedeur Sanders’ Pre-Draft Process
Entering the draft, the Browns were among the teams seen as a logical landing spot for a rookie quarterback. The team did wind up adding at the position, although not in the way they (or many others) anticipated. Cleveland declined to draft a signal-caller until late in the third round


Packers to sign former No. 8 overall pick
The Packers are signing former No. 8 overall pick Isaiah Simmons, per FOX Sports’ Jordan Schultz. Simmons will head to Green Bay after two years in New York. Not coming especially close to living up to his draft slot, Simmons still maintained his status a role player for the Giants. This


Browns Place UFA Tender On Elijah Moore
The Bills hosted Elijah Moore on a visit Monday. Soon after, the Browns became the first team to unholster the UFA tender since the Chiefs and Ravens did so in 2022. Cleveland brought the seldom-used tender out for Moore, ESPN.com’s Field Yates reports. This will include a potential Moore signing


Post-draft landing spots for Dolphins CB Jalen Ramsey
Where will cornerback Jalen Ramsey play in 2025? Dolphins general manager Chris Grier discussed a Ramsey trade over the weekend after he previously confirmed the organization intended to deal the three-time All-Pro on April 15. “Whenever it happens, we will make the deal at the appropriate time,” Grier said, per


Minor NFL Transactions: 4/28/25
Here are Monday’s minor moves: Carolina Panthers Claimed (from Raiders): CB M.J. Devonshire Signed: LB Mapalo Mwansa (International Pathway Program) Green Bay Packers New England Patriots The Raiders’ Tom Telesco-led regime chose Devonshire in last year’s seventh round. After seeing no game action as a rookie, Devonshire will vie for


Packers’ WR corps could have a new look following 2025 NFL Draft
After selecting two wide receivers within their first three picks of the 2025 NFL Draft, the Packers now have a deep receiving corps that will need to sort itself out soon. Last year, Green Bay struggled with dropped passes, recording the second-highest drop rate in the NFL at 7.1% —


Titans Expected To Decline Treylon Burks’ Fifth-Year Option
The player the Titans tabbed to be their hopeful A.J. Brown replacement, Treylon Burks has not panned out. The 2022 first-round pick has battled injuries regularly and has not made a tremendous impact when available. It should come as no surprise to see the Titans decline Burks’ fifth-year option. Now


Former Steelers WR signs with division rival
Diontae Johnson‘s eventful 2024 effectively torpedoed his free agency stock, but with the draft bringing an important NFL deadline, the now-well-traveled wide receiver has found a new home. The Browns are signing the veteran wideout, according to NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo. This will be Johnson’s third AFC North stop, as the


Browns To Sign WR Diontae Johnson
Diontae Johnson‘s eventful 2024 effectively torpedoed his free agency stock, but with the draft bringing an important NFL deadline, the now-well-traveled wide receiver has found a new home. The Browns are signing the veteran wideout, according to NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo. This will be Johnson’s third AFC North stop, as
Derek Carr addresses shoulder injury after Saints draft Tyler Shough
A report from earlier this spring claiming that New Orleans Saints starting quarterback Derek Carr could miss at least part of the 2025 campaign due to a serious shoulder injury shocked many within the NFL community who didn’t know he was dealing with any type of physical setback this offseason.


Packers To Sign LB Isaiah Simmons
The Packers are signing former No. 8 overall pick Isaiah Simmons, per FOX Sports’ Jordan Schultz. More to come. This content was brought to you by: Pro Football RumorsPro Football Rumors


Saints sign former Chargers pass-rusher
The Saints have not waited long after the draft to add to their pass rush. Chris Rumph II signed with New Orleans on Monday, per a team announcement. Rumph entered the NFL as a Chargers draftee, and he played out his rookie contract in Los Angeles. The former fourth-rounder played


Steelers To Sign Veteran WR Robert Woods
The Steelers are signing veteran wide receiver Robert Woods to a one-year, $2MM deal, per NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. More to come. This content was brought to you by: Pro Football RumorsPro Football Rumors


How did they do? Grading 2025 NFL mock draft of Mel Kiper Jr., three other ‘experts’
Nailing every pick in the first round of the NFL Draft is impossible. The event is often filled with surprises, and the 2025 draft was no different. Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders plummeted to the fifth round, where the Cleveland Browns took him with pick No. 144. Sanders’ slide reminded fans


Cardinals Add Six UDFAs
Six of the Cardinals’ seven draft picks were devoted to the defensive side of the ball. Arizona has now made the following additions in the form of undrafted free agent signings: After the draft – during which only one addition was made to the unit – general manager Monti Ossenfort made it


The ‘2025 NFL quarterback draft class’ quiz
Shedeur Sanders certainly didn’t have the draft weekend he’d always dreamed of — featuring a surprising slide down the boards and a prank call connected to another NFL franchise — but he did eventually get selected by the Cleveland Browns in the fifth round of the 2025 NFL draft. Only


Titans Did Not Try To Trade Will Levis During Draft
The Titans’ plan to draft a quarterback with the first overall pick in the draft raised obvious questions about Will Levis‘ future in Tennesee. Titans general manager Mike Borgonzi shot down a late-March report that the team was looking to move Levis, but trade rumors persisted up until the draft.


Could Vikings eventually give Kirk Cousins an escape from Falcons?
The Minnesota Vikings clearly want 2024 first-round draft pick J.J. McCarthy to be their 2025 Week 1 starting quarterback after he spent his entire rookie season recovering from a full meniscus repair. Meanwhile, Kirk Cousins is still looking for an escape from the Atlanta Falcons after he lost his starting job


Chargers Working On Rashawn Slater Extension
The Chargers are continuing extension talks with left tackle Rashawn Slater, according to ESPN’s Kris Rhim, and general manager Joe Hortiz is “hopeful” that the two sides will come to an agreement. Slater, the 13th overall pick in 2021, is entering the final year of his rookie deal on a


Analyst offers surprising take about Shedeur Sanders’ chances of starting Week 1 for Browns
Don’t pencil in quarterback Shedeur Sanders as the Cleveland Browns‘ Week 1 starter just yet. During the 2025 NFL Draft, Sanders, once considered a surefire first-rounder, fell to the fifth round, where the Browns took him with pick No. 144. ESPN’s Ben Solak believes the Colorado product must work his


Falcons Sign 11 UDFAs
After trading back into the first round on Thursday night, the Falcons made only five selections during the draft. That group of rookies has now been supplemented by an 11-man class of undrafted free agents: Simeon Barrow Jr., DL (Miami) Cobee Bryant, CB (Kansas) Nathan Carter, RB (Michigan State) Joshua Gray, OL (Oregon State)


How Giants GM ‘shifted his preference’ from Sanders to Dart
Less than a full week before the New York Giants traded back into the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft to select Ole Miss quarterback Jaxson Dart at pick No. 25, it was reported that there was “a belief around the league that certain segments of the Giants organization” wanted Colorado


Steelers Release Ryan Watts; DB’s Career Likely Over
Ryan Watts joined the Steelers as a sixth-round pick in last year’s draft. The defensive back’s time in the organization has come to an end, however, and his playing days appear to be over as well. “Unfortunately, today we are releasing Ryan Watts from our roster,” a statement from general manager Omar Khan reads. “After


NFL insider expands on how Shedeur Sanders handled predraft process
For an article published on Monday, The Athletic’s Mike Jones noted that Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders “bombed multiple team interviews” ahead of the 2025 NFL Draft. That caused some clubs to think, per Jones, that “he was either sandbagging them to ensure that certain teams didn’t draft him or that


Cowboys Still In WR Market
In the build-up to the draft, many saw a skill position addition (in particular a wide receiver) as a logical move for the Cowboys. Dallas ultimately went the offensive line route on Thursday, however, selecting Alabama guard Tyler Booker 12th overall. In the end, the Cowboys did not make any receiver additions


NFC draft grades: What teams earned an ‘A’ besides Giants?
After spending the weekend sorting through each team’s draft class, Yardbarker NFL writers have so many questions. What were the Atlanta Falcons thinking by parting with so much 2026 draft capital? Did the 49ers do enough to address the offensive line? Have the Giants guaranteed success with a sterling draft?