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Mike McCarthy views being a lame-duck coach as a “challenge.” Cowboys owner Jerry Jones seems to view it as an opportunity. This is the third consecutive time the Cowboys have let their head coach play out his contract. Jason Garrett’s Cowboys went 12-4 in 2014 in the final year of his contract and despite a playoff loss to the Packers, …

After the NFL suffered the biggest courtroom loss in the history of American sports, PFT asked the NFL whether the potential $14.1 billion loss would impact the salary cap. Here was the question: “I have people asking me if this will affect [the] salary cap. My understanding is that the verdict won’t but potential changes to Sunday Ticket resulting from …

Cowboys owner and G.M. Jerry Jones conducted his annual training-camp press conference on Thursday. With current coach Mike McCarthy sitting to the right, Jones praised the man some think will be the next head coach of the Cowboys. Bill Beilichick. “I think he may be the best coach, certainly of my time in the NFL, and I happen to be …

What ESPN projects 49ers QB Purdy could land with looming extension originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Brock Purdy could become a very, very, very, very rich man in the near future. Emphasis on “very.” The 49ers quarterback, after an NFL MVP-caliber 2023 season, is eligible to sign a contract extension as soon as 2025 and certainly will break …

49ers’ McCaffrey honored to be highest-paid NFL running back originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SANTA CLARA — Christian McCaffrey’s 49ers contract extension made him the highest-paid running back in the NFL, and the reigning Offensive Player of the Year does not take that lightly. McCaffrey’s extension is a two-year $38 million agreement giving him a league-high running back …

Rams coach Sean McVay announced the bad news Thursday night: An MRI confirmed cornerback Derion Kendrick tore an anterior cruciate ligament. Kendrick will undergo surgery and miss the 2024 season on injured reserve. McVay did not rule out brining back cornerback Ahkello Witherspoon, via Gary Klein of the Los Angeles Times. The Rams signed Witherspoon on June 29, 2023, after …

OXNARD, Calif. — Every July, the Dallas Cowboys’ future is filtered through a tapestry of numbers. How many free agents were signed? What extensions were achieved? How many years remain on the head coach’s contract? How much money is left under the salary cap? And of course, the unyielding accounting of how many years it’s been since that last Super …

Steelers General Manager Omar Khan sounded confident Thursday that defensive lineman Cameron Heyward with be with the team long term. Heyward isn’t getting his hopes up. “Am I confident?” Heyward said, via Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “I don’t like to go either way with that because you get your hopes up and something doesn’t happen. I’m just going …

It’s safe to say the Raiders are ticking off the Chiefs. At the Raiders’ training camp practice Thursday, a fan brought a Kermit the Frog puppet that was wearing a Patrick Mahomes’ jersey and a wig to mock the quarterback’s hair. A video surfaced on social media of Raiders safety Trey Taylor putting on the puppet and saying, “I’m a …

One of the most intriguing and connected figures in pro football in recent decades has died. Via Jeff Duncan of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, former NFL executive and marketing agent Mike Ornstein died Thursday at his home in L.A. Ornstein previously served as the NFL’s V.P. of marketing. He represented running back Reggie Bush in 2006, lining up multiple marketing …

Subscribe to the Yahoo Fantasy Forecast This embedded content is not available in your region. Training camps are opening across the country and there’s no better time to get an insider’s perspective on the biggest whispers at the buzziest camps. Yahoo’s senior NFL writer Jori Epstein joins Matt Harmon to share her biggest observations and what’s she’s hearing from Bears, …

Most NFL players wouldn’t take five days off during the peak of job battles at training camp. Then again, most NFL players aren’t Chicago Bears safety Jonathan Owens. The sixth-year backup is taking the time away to watch his wife, Simone Biles, compete for the U.S. gymnastics team at the Paris Olympics. “Man, it’s crazy,” Owens said. “It’s like everyone’s …

Steelers quarterback Russell Wilson missed the team’s first training camp practice with a tight calf. The Steelers have named Wilson their starting quarterback, but it was Justin Fields who got the first-team snaps Thursday. “It was good to get back out there and knock the dust off a little bit,” Fields said, via Teresa Varley of the team website. “I …

Subscribe to Football 301 This embedded content is not available in your region. On today’s episode of Football 301, Nate Tice and Charles McDonald look ahead to the 2024 season and predict which teams will finish with the top 10 defenses in the NFL. Can the New York Giants’ defense be carried by its defensive line? Will the Baltimore Ravens’ …

Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh walks the practice field sideline during training camp. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) The second day of Chargers training camp mirrored the previous in El Segundo sunshine, but Thursday featured further playbook installation and full-team drills as the Chargers inched closer to practicing with full pads. Some takeaways from Day 2: Searching for offensive identity …