The Ravens are still in the crux of a potential Super Bowl window. Still, they’ll look drastically different on both sides of the football after undergoing massive changes to player personnel and the coaching staff. Eric DeCosta started the off-season with urgency, signing Justin Madubuike, one of the league’s best defensive linemen, to an extension. After inking Madubuike to a …

Chase Young had a sack in last season’s Super Bowl with the 49ers. (Photo by Ryan Kang/Getty Images) Chase Young is still just 24 years old. It seems like he has been around longer than that, mostly because his NFL career has had so many turns. He was an immediate star with the Washington Commanders after being the second overall …

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football defensive tackle Philip Blidi announced he was entering his name into the transfer portal on Monday night. The former Texas Tech defender spent one season with the Hoosiers. “It has been a great journey this past year,” Blidi wrote on X. “Indiana is a place full of welcoming and friendly people. My family and I are blessed …

Steve Tensi, who threw the first touchdown pass in the Broncos’ first NFL game in 1970, died Friday in his hometown of Boone, North Carolina, the team announced. He was 81 years old. Tensi joined the Broncos in 1967 in a trade from the Chargers, and he started 32 games in four years for Denver before injuries forced him to …

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 …

As co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach at Western Kentucky in 2022, Josh Crawford had a hand in the nation’s No. 2 passing offense with a quarterback in Austin Reed who threw for more yards — 4,756 — than anybody else in the nation “I have so many good things to say about Coach Crawford,” Reed said after Crawford was …

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 …

The San Francisco 49ers lost a draft pick and had another one fall lower in the draft on Monday due to a series of administrative payroll accounting errors, the NFL announced. The 49ers will lose their fifth-round pick in the 2025 draft completely, and their fourth-round pick in this year’s draft will drop from No. 131 to No. 135. The …

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. …

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 …

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 …

NFL free agency is here! Stay updated with Yahoo Sports and learn everything you need to know right here. Fantasy reaction to NFL free agency What do all the moves mean from a fantasy perspective? Find out from Yahoo Sports’ fantasy experts with their live reactions right here. When did NFL free agency begin? NFL free agency started last Wednesday …

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 …

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 …

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 …