Daily Archives: March 19, 2024

NFL: 49ers lose 2025 fifth-round draft pick due to payroll errors

NFL: 49ers lose 2025 fifth-round draft pick due to payroll errors originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The NFL on Monday imposed a penalty on the 49ers that resulted in the club moving back four spots in the fourth round in this year’s draft and forfeiting their fifth-round pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. The league explained the violation …

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How will Rams fill Aaron Donald’s shoes? These prospects are afoot

Retired Aaron Donald, right, passes the Rams’ rushing torch to Kobie Turner, who led the team with nine sacks last season. (Lindsey Wasson / Associated Press) With Aaron Donald now retired, call it 2024 A.D. for the Rams. General manager Les Snead, coach Sean McVay and new defensive coordinator Chris Shula must find an effective way to fill the team’s …

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Report: Alexander Mattison agrees to terms with Raiders

Free agent running back Alexander Mattison visited the Raiders earlier Monday. He is not leaving town without agreeing to terms. Jordan Schultz of Bleacher Report reports Mattison will sign with the Raiders. Mattison, 25, will help replace Josh Jacobs, who signed with the Packers last week. The Raiders also have Ameer Abdullah and Zamir White, with White expected to start. …

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Ward teases recruiting former Bills All-Pro CB White to 49ers

Ward teases recruiting former Bills All-Pro CB White to 49ers originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Even in the NFL offseason, 49ers cornerback Charvarius Ward is staying busy trying to improve the team. Ward took to X, the site formerly known as Twitter, where he hinted at recruiting free agent cornerback Tre’Davious White — whom he shares an agent …

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Why Floyd signed with 49ers despite other free agency offers

Why Floyd signed with 49ers despite other free agency offers originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Defensive end Leonard Floyd seems to be a no-nonsense kind of person. And that approach is exactly what attracted him to the 49ers at the outside of NFL free agency a week ago. “I had quite a few offers,” Floyd said Monday on …

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New 49ers edge rusher Floyd details special bond with Staley

New 49ers edge rusher Floyd details special bond with Staley originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area While the 2024 NFL season remains months away, it’s fair to assume that new 49ers edge rusher Leonard Floyd will fit in just fine with San Francisco. Entering his ninth NFL season, Floyd will reunite with new 49ers assistant Brandon Staley, whom he …

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Josh Dobbs agrees to one-year deal with 49ers

Sam Darnold left the 49ers for the Vikings last one and one of last season’s quarterbacks in Minnesota will be making the opposite trip for the 2024 season. Josh Dobbs’ agent Mike McCartney announced that his client agreed to a one-year deal with the 49ers. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that it is a fully guaranteed $2.5 million deal with …

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Rams’ new safety ‘Kam Bam’ plans to have a literal impact on secondary

Safety Kamren Curl will be roaming the defensive backfield for the Rams next season. (Andrew Harnik / Associated Press) New Rams safety Kamren Curl wears a large pendant that reads “BAM.” “It’s just an old nickname from high school that stuck, ‘Kam Bam,’” Curl said Monday during a video conference with reporters. “I just like it, so I like to …

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Oklahoma State freshman center Brandon Garrison enters the transfer portal

Mar. 18—Oklahoma State freshman center Brandon Garrison entered the transfer portal, he announced Monday on social media. The move is expected to be the first of several after the university and coach Mike Boynton parted ways on Thursday. “I want to thank coach Mike and the rest of the coaches for giving me the opportunity to play at the school …

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OG Tremayne Anchrum Jr. signs with Seahawks

The Seahawks signed offensive guard Tremayne Anchrum Jr. on Monday, the team announced. Anchrum, 25, spent the past four seasons with the Rams, primarily as a backup guard. He will compete for the starting left guard job left vacant by the departure of Damien Lewis in free agency. Phil Haynes, who opened last season as the starting right guard, is …

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Konstantin Koltsov, boyfriend of Aryna Sabalenka, dies at 42

Mar 19, 2024, 12:06 AM ET Konstantin Koltsov, the Belarusian former pro ice hockey player and boyfriend of tennis player Aryna Sabalenka, has died at the age of 42, Russian club Salavat Yulaev said in a statement on Tuesday. Koltsov played for the Belarus national team in the 2002 and 2010 Olympics and spent parts of three seasons with the …

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Kevin Zeitler to sign with Lions

The Lions are set to add Kevin Zeitler to their offensive line. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that Zeitler is on his way to Detroit to take a physical with the Lions. Assuming all goes well with that checkup, Zeitler intends to sign a one-year deal to join the reigning NFC North champs. Zeitler would join the team a week …

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