Shaquil Barrett is expected to be released by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, ESPN reported on Tuesday. The Buccaneers outside linebacker would be owed $15.04 million in March thanks to an option bonus, and even though Tampa Bay finds itself in the top 10 of salary cap space according to overthecap.com, the team is trying to create additional room. This move …

The Browns have a bit more cap space to work with as they plan for the 2024 season. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that the team has restructured the contract of cornerback Denzel Ward. The move opens up $11.359 million for the Browns to work with this season. Ward signed a five-year extension with the Browns ahead of the …

Carmen Vitali NFC North Reporter A year ago, the Green Bay Packers were in limbo. There was an extended will-they-or-won’t-they saga around the potential trade of quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who had been under center in the green and gold since 2008.  His successor had been waiting in the wings for three seasons, like Rodgers himself did, and ultimately Green Bay …

Eagles willing to wait for decisions from Jason Kelce and Fletcher Cox originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia INDIANAPOLIS — Free agency is around the corner. Then the draft. OTAs will be here before you know it. The NFL offseason is moving quickly. And even though the Eagles still don’t know what the future holds for two all-time greats, they’re …

Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is in the fifth and final year of his rookie contract, so he moved into the offseason with questions about whether he’ll sign a long-term extension with the team. No deal has been struck yet, but head coach Mike McDaniel expressed optimism about where things are headed on Tuesday. McDaniel said at a press conference that …

There’s widespread agreement across the NFL that the league needs new rules governing kickoffs. There’s no agreement at all about what those rules should be. Cowboys executive Stephen Jones, a member of the NFL’s competition committee, says everyone who is proposing a change to the rules wants a different change. “I think everybody wants something different,” Jones said, via ESPN. …

Louisville football is less than a month from starting spring practices in Year 2 under Jeff Brohm. After a 10-4 season and their first ACC championship game, the Cardinals return 14 players with starting experience: six on offense and eight on defense. U of L also brought in five midyear enrollees from the 2024 signing class and 24 players from …

Ryan Poles shares details behind cutting both Eddie Jackson and Cody Whitehair originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Close to two weeks ago, the Bears alleviated some cap space by cutting longtime veterans Cody Whitehair and Eddie Jackson from the team. Along with the move being a cap saver, Ryan Poles talked to the media at the NFL Combine, sharing …

The Giants have the sixth overall pick in this year’s draft and that could put them in position to select a quarterback in April. Daniel Jones is coming off a torn ACL and also dealt with a neck injury during the 2023 season, which meant that he still has yet to start every game in a season during his NFL …

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNFeb 28, 2024, 07:00 AM ET CloseGreg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. The NHL trade deadline is March 8. Most teams have four or five games from now until then. What happens in those games could determine which teams add or subtract, who stays and who goes at the deadline. That’s how close the standings are in …

Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz looks at the one big thing for New Orleans’ offseason – upgrading both the offensive and defensive lines and keeping Derek Carr upright in a winnable NFC South. Video Transcript JASON FITZ: It’s time to take a look at one big thing facing the New Orleans Saints this offseason. Let’s be clear. The Saints can’t go …

After a quiet month, Florida State football is preparing to take the field again for spring practices, beginning on Tuesday, March 19. With multiple players graduating, transferring, or declaring for the NFL Draft from last season’s roster, the Seminoles will have a different look from last season. Here are some of the top defensive players to watch for this spring. …

The NFL’s announcement last week that the 2024 salary cap will be $255.4 million was welcome news to the general manager of the team that’s currently the most over the cap. Bills General Manager Brandon Beane, whose team is currently about $40 million over the 2024 cap with a couple weeks to get under, said on PFT Live that it’s …

Bears offer hint at Justin Fields-Caleb Williams decision while trying to say nothing originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago INDIANAPOLIS — The Bears maintain that they arrived in Indianapolis for the 2024 NFL Scouting Combine still early in the information-gathering stage of their franchise-defining quarterback journey. Both general manager Ryan Poles and head coach Matt Eberflus talked Tuesday in Indianapolis, …

New Bears OC Shane Waldron will not change team’s evaluation of Justin Fields originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago INDIANAPOLIS – When the Bears hired Shane Waldron to take over as the team’s next offensive coordinator, people immediately asked what it meant for Justin Fields. Waldron was the OC in Seattle who not only helped the Seahawks make the decision …