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The Carolina Panthers are undergoing a foundational transformation this offseason with the hiring of new head coach Frank Reich and their trade up to the top overall spot in the 2023 NFL Draft. Other key moves in the team’s total re-do of their offense have been the free-agent signings of running back Miles Sanders, wide receiver Adam Thielen, and tight …

USATSI “Thursday Night Football” may have more compelling games on its schedule next season but we won’t find out for sure until May. NFL owners on Tuesday at the league meetings tabled the vote on flexing ‘Thursday Night Football’ games for 2023. The main purpose of passing the flex plan would be to eliminate Thursday night games between losing teams. …

PHOENIX – San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan is leaving the door open for quarterback Trey Lance to regain his starting position back. The 49ers have established that Brock Purdy is the clear front-runner for the role after he went 5-0 in the regular season as a rookie and helped lead the club to the NFC championship game. But Purdy’s …

PHOENIX — As the Green Bay Packers and New York Jets hammer out the final sticking points in a trade for quarterback Aaron Rodgers, there is a pressure point looming in talks — and it’s coming fast. Mark April 17 on your calendars. That’s the date Green Bay kicks off its offseason workout program. And if Rodgers is still on …

Green Bay Packers General Manager Brian Gutekunst told reporters during yesterday’s league meetings that the team was unable to reach Aaron Rodgers multiple times after the season ended. He said quote: ‘I think I was really looking forward to the conversations with Aaron to see how he’d fit into that. Those never transpired, so there came a time where we …

Getty Images Kansas City Chiefs superfan Xaviar Babudar, who is facing robbery charges in Oklahoma, is currently missing after removing his ankle monitor this past weekend. On Monday, a $1 million bond warrant was issued after Babudar failed to appear in court, according to the Tulsa County District Attorney’s Office. The 28-year-old was slated to be in a courtroom on …

One of the many uses for the NFL Annual Meeting is for the league to hear all 32 teams’ playing rules, bylaws, and resolution proposals and then decide which ones will be ratified ahead of the upcoming season. On Tuesday at this year’s meeting in Phoenix, 17 playing rules, three bylaws, and three resolutions were approved. Here’s what they were …

The 49ers are trying to bring the Super Bowl back to Santa Clara. That process will involve improvements to Levi’s Stadium, which opened in 2014 and hosted Super Bowl L the following season. Part of the process for making those improvements involves getting a $120 million loan from the NFL’s stadium fund. That loan will be voted on Tuesday per …

The brother of Aaron Hernandez was arrested last week for disorderly conduct and charged with second degree breach of peace following an incident at ESPN’s campus in Bristol, Connecticut.  Dennis John Hernandez, 36, threw a bag containing a brick and hand-written note on the network’s property after being turned away at the security gate March 23, according to a Bristol …

NFL owners voted to pass a rule change at the league’s annual meeting Tuesday that will allow players to wear No. 0 on their jerseys, building on the 2021 change that removed several jersey number restrictions and allowed most non-linemen to wear numbers 1-49. Newly acquired Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Calvin Ridley became the first current player to announce that …

All offseason, New York Jets owner Woody Johnson has been crystal clear with his thirst to add a veteran quarterback, saying that is his roster’s “missing piece” back in January. After Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers — a four-time NFL MVP and Super Bowl XLV MVP — revealed his “intention is to play for the New York Jets,” the …

It’s been nearly two weeks since Aaron Rodgers made it clear that he intends to play in New York this season, but despite that declaration, a trade still hasn’t happened between the Packers and the Jets.  The two sides have had plenty of time to negotiate, but they just haven’t been able to hammer out a deal that would make …

Lamar Jackson would probably be a member of the Atlanta Falcons by now. It’s likely all they had to do was sign him to a massive offer sheet. Jackson was given the non-exclusive franchise tag by the Baltimore Ravens, meaning if the Ravens didn’t match an offer Jackson’s new team would have to give up two first-round picks. That’s cheap; …

Florida Atlantic men’s basketball coach Dusty May has led the ninth-seeded Owls to their first Final Four in program history, but there was a point where he wanted out.   May was named head coach at Florida Atlantic in March 2018, nearly five years to the day from the Owls’ improbable March Madness run. He told CBS Sports that he signed the contract to …

The NFC owns 17 picks in the first round, which will bring an infusion of young talent and address some pressing needs that remained after free agency. Here are the most pressing draft needs for each team in the NFC:  49ers: Interior offensive line San Francisco is giving Colton McKivitz a chance at right tackle following the departure of Mike …