Last month, we took a look at the candidates to be the first player to reach $60 million per year in new-money average. This week, three names exited the list. Matthew Stafford, Tua Tagovailoa, and Jordan Love resolved their contract issues. The highest-paid of the trio — Love — fell $5 million short. So who’s next to get paid, and …
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How Eagles G.M. Howie Roseman has made training camp holdouts extinct originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Look around the NFL and you see players unhappy with their contracts, constantly at odds with the front office and even holding out of training camp in some high-profile cases. There’s one place you never see that. Here. Who was the last Eagle …
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Why Cam Jurgens is feeling at home even as he replaces a legend originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia It’s weird not having Jason Kelce at Eagles training camp. Even though Kelce has been around the building a ton this offseason after his retirement, when the Eagles took the field this week to kick off camp, there was no 62. …
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New Steelers wide receivers coach Zach Azzanni is not wasting any time in demanding more from No. 1 receiver George Pickens. Azzanni and Pickens got into a heated exchange at training camp because Azzanni didn’t like what he saw from Pickens, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The report says Pickens “didn’t take kindly to Azzanni’s words” and that Pickens was …
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2023 Stats (Rank) Points per game: 28.9 (3rd) Total yards per game: 398.4 (2nd) Plays per game: 60.2 (27th) Pass Attempts + Sacks per game: 30.9 (32nd) Drop back EPA per play: 0.3 (1st) Rush attempts per game: 29.4 (7th) Rush EPA per play: 0.03 (1st) Coaching Staff Kyle Shanahan enters his eighth season as the 49ers’ head coach, boasting …
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The Bengals are making an addition to their secondary on Friday. According to multiple reports, the team is signing cornerback Nate Brooks to their 90-man roster. There’s no word about any additional roster moves in Cincinnati. Brooks spent time in 49ers camp last summer and he’s also had stints with the Titans, Raiders, Cardinals, Buccaneers, Ravens, Dolphins, and Patriots. He’s …
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The Jets held their third training camp practice on Friday. Here are a few takeaways from the afternoon… – It was another very good day for Aaron Rodgers. Again: The ball just never hits the ground. He was 10 of 12 passing throughout practice with two touchdowns. He was 6 of 8 with both scores in 11-on-11 periods (including 4 …
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Deebo focused on day-to-day amid 49ers’ Super Bowl expectations originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area It’s no secret what the 49ers’ goal is for the 2024 NFL season. After coming close to a Lombardi Trophy in four of the last five years, San Francisco is looking to get over the Super Bowl hump finally. Despite the unanimous expectations — …
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Robert Saleh enters his fourth year as the Jets’ head coach with not a whole lot to show for it. However, he has high hopes that Year 4 can finally be the year that New York has been waiting for. Since 2021 when Saleh joined the team, Gang Green has gone 18-33 – never finishing above .500 and coming in …
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Seattle has brought back a familiar face. The Seahawks announced on Friday that the club has signed safety Marquise Blair. Blair was a Seattle second-round pick back in 2019, but his tenure with the club was marred by injury. He played 14 games as a rookie but just eight games over the next two seasons before he was waived in …
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The UFL’s leading receiver will get another chance at an NFL job in Cincinnati. Hakeem Butler led the spring league with 652 yards while playing for St. Louis this year and the Bengals announced his signing on Friday afternoon. Butler was named the league’s offensive player of the year in recognition of his effort and he was also an All-XFL …
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Free agent cornerback Jerry Jacobs plans to sign with the Rams, Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports. Jacobs had visited several teams this offseason, including the Falcons, Jaguars, Panthers and Vikings. The Rams lost cornerback Derion Kendrick to a torn anterior cruciate ligament Thursday, and Darious Williams injured a hamstring. Jacobs signed with the Lions after going undrafted in 2021 and …
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New NFL Players Association executive director Lloyd Howell hasn’t picked many fights with the NFL. He’s sort of picking one with the media. As explained by Mark Maske of the Washington Post, Howell wants to restrict media access to the locker room. “What I was hoping to achieve on behalf of the membership is . . . to accurately articulate …
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Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore left practice with an injury Thursday. Coach Dennis Allen said after practice that Lattimore injured his hip flexor, an injury Lattimore has dealt with previously, per John Sigler of USA Today. Lattimore also injured his hip flexor at the 2017 Scouting Combine. Allen offered no details about the severity of Lattimore’s injury. Lattimore has missed a …
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By the end of last season, it became clear the Green Bay Packers felt they had their next answer at quarterback. And with that, they had to pay their quarterback. Jordan Love had a breakout in the second half of last season and led the Packers, not just to the postseason, but to a road playoff win over the Dallas …
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