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Patrick Peterson has reaffirmed his desire to return to Pittsburgh for the 2024 season. The eight-time Pro Bowl cornerback wants to re-sign with the Steelers after the team released him in March in order to shed cap space before the start of free agency.  Peterson, who will turn 34 in July, signed a two-year, $14 million deal with the Steelers …

Getty Images The NFL put Aaron Rodgers’ return from a torn Achilles in prime time by selecting the New York Jets to open the season on “Monday Night Football” at the defending NFC champion San Francisco 49ers in Week 1. The good news for New York is the Jets’ 40-year-old quarterback is well on his way to starting that game …

Aaron Rodgers and the New York Jets are up against the clock with the future Hall of Fame quarterback coming off the season-ending Achilles tear he suffered on the team’s opening drive of the 2023 NFL season. Plus, the four-time NFL MVP is now 40 years old.  The Jets have pushed their chips to the middle of the table since …

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Aaron Rodgers was fresh off his second offseason practice. He was fresh off hitting receiver Xavier Gipson 30 yards downfield during 11-on-11 play, threading still another diving touchdown to Garrett Wilson in red-zone work later. The 40-year-old quarterback was not hampered by medical restrictions in the New York Jets’ second OTA practice on Tuesday, head coach …

Getty Images The chain may no longer keep us together. The NFL is moving forward this preseason with an optical tracking system for line-to-gain rulings, sources tell CBS Sports. The system had been tried out in a few NFL stadiums this past season, and it will get a full preseason trial this summer. If the trial goes well and everyone’s …

Getty Images Aaron Rodgers had an offer to pursue a political career this summer. He chose football instead. Rodgers was on the short list of vice presidential possibilities for U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., but took himself out of the running. The decision basically came down to football, which Rodgers would have had to give up. “I love Bobby,” …

The NFL’s international presence has been expanding over the past few years and that expansion could soon include putting a game in Australia.  Peter O’Reilly, the NFL’s head of international affairs, revealed at the Spring League Meeting on Tuesday that Australia is under consideration for hosting a future game. O’Reilly’s comments came less than 24 hours after 9News in Melbourne, …

NFL reporter predicts the Steelers extend Justin Fields past 2024 season originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago The Steelers declined Justin Fields’ fifth-year option for his rookie contract that was slated to pay him $25.7 million in his fifth season in the NFL. But one Steelers reporter believes the Steelers will find a way to keep him around past the …

Receiver Tank Dell participated in an offseason workout with the Houston Texans on Tuesday, less than a month after he was wounded in a shootout at a Florida restaurant. The team said that Dell, who is entering his second season, sustained a “minor wound” in the April 27th shooting, which also injured nine others. On Tuesday, Dell didn’t appear to …

The 2024 NFL offseason continues to roll along, as 31 teams have now begun OTAs. This is the first time we will see rookies practice with veterans, and maybe the last time we will get to see players like Tua Tagovailoa and Trevor Lawrence throw the pigskin around before they put pen to paper on what they hope will be lucrative, …

Russell Wilson may have the “pole position,” but Justin Fields is going to do whatever he can to try to earn the job as the Steelers’ new starting quarterback.  Fields made that clear following the first day of Pittsburgh’s OTAs when he was asked about his expected role within the Steelers offense in 2024. Wilson has been penciled in as …

Two of the AFC’s top quarterbacks, Lamar Jackson of the Baltimore Ravens and Tua Tagovailoa of the Miami Dolphins, both experienced some dramatic highs last season but had disappointing finishes as both their teams were eliminated in the playoffs by the Chiefs en route to Kansas City’s second straight Super Bowl title. Now, both Jackson and Tagovailoa are making similar …

How Pearsall benefits with Aiyuk, Jennings not at 49ers practices originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SANTA CLARA — Rookie wide receiver Ricky Pearsall, the 49ers’ first-round pick, came to the team in the recent draft with three veterans ahead of him on the depth chart. But at the opening of organized team activities this week, Pearsall found himself …

Justin Fields could sense his time in Chicago was up at his exit meeting in January. While Bears general manager Ryan Poles didn’t outright tell Fields the organization was going to look for another quarterback after three uneven seasons with the talented but inconsistent Fields running the offense, Foles didn’t have to. Fields could sense it in Poles’ body language. …

Justin Fields takes the high road on Bears’ past ahead of Steelers’ future originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Justin Fields endured no easy task being traded from the Bears to the Steelers on March 16 ahead of a pivotal contract season. But during his first media session with his new team in Pittsburgh, he took the high road on …