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On the surface, it’s a four-year, $48 million contract for new Packers running back Josh Jacobs. On closer inspection, it’s not quite as impressive. Per a source with knowledge of the deal, the contract has a $12.5 million signing bonus, and no other guaranteed payments. His 2024 base salary of $1.2 million is guaranteed as a practical matter, pushing the …

Report: Vikings expected to sign Darnold to one-year, $10M contract originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The 49ers will have a new backup quarterback next season with Sam Darnold reportedly on his way out. The Minnesota Vikings are expected to sign Darnold to a one-year, $10 million contract, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero reported Monday night, citing …

Offensive lineman Jonah Jackson reportedly agreed to sign with the Los Angeles Rams on a three-year deal worth up to $51 million in NFL free agency.  Jackson spent the previous four seasons with the Detroit Lions, who drafted the 27-year-old out of Ohio State in the third round of the 2020 NFL Draft.  [2024 NFL free-agency grades: Evaluating every major …

After losing Kirk Cousins to the Falcons, the Vikings have quickly pivoted to add a different veteran quarterback. Minnesota has agreed to sign Sam Darnold to a one-year deal worth $10 million, according to a report from NFL Media. The No. 3 overall pick of the 2018 draft, Darnold spent the 2023 season as San Francisco’s backup quarterback. He appeared …

Star running back Saquon Barkley is leaving the New York Giants for their bitter NFC East rival Philadelphia Eagles. Barkley confirmed the news himself on social media after reportedly agreeing to sign a deal for three years and worth up to $37.75 million. Barkley, 27, spent the first six seasons of his NFL career with the New York Giants. Last …

Free agency hasn’t even started yet and Russell Wilson has already found his new team. The former Denver Broncos quarterback announced Sunday night that he’ll be signing with the Pittsburgh Steelers.  According to ESPN.com, Wilson has agreed to a one-year deal that will pay him somewhere around the league minimum of $1.21 million. Wilson was willing to sign a cheap …

Kirk Cousins is getting paid the big bucks again. The former Vikings signal caller cashed in on a four-year, $180-million deal with the Falcons on the first day of the legal tampering period, and like Cousins’ career as a whole, it’s a polarizing move. Cousins detractors will point to middling (or upper-middle) team results — he has one career playoff win …

Safety Xavier McKinney has agreed to a deal with the Green Bay Packers for four years and potentially $68 million, with $25 million guaranteed in the deal’s first year, per multiple reports. McKinney spent the first four seasons of his NFL career with the New York Giants. Last season, he totaled three interceptions, 11 passes defended and a career-high 116 …

Once upon a time, in October 2022, the San Francisco 49ers traded draft picks in the second, third, fourth and fifth rounds to acquire a player whom they’d still need to pay big money. This sixth-year pro wasn’t a quarterback. He wasn’t a pass rusher. He wasn’t even, by title or league tracking data, a receiver. No, the 49ers decided to …

Ralph Vacchiano NFC East Reporter This one is going to hurt in New York, there’s no doubt about it. Saquon Barkley wasn’t just one of the Giants’ best players, he was by far their most popular. And he really did seem to want to be a Giant for life. It’s never a great sign when a player like that wants …

The Packers made a move many knew was coming, official on Monday, by releasing three-time Pro Bowl and two-time First-Team All-Pro left tackle David Bakhtiari.  “We want to thank David for an exceptional 11 seasons in Green Bay. From the moment he arrived, David established himself as one of the premier tackles of his generation and one of the best …

While Saquon Barkley is “dead to me” in the eyes of Tiki Barber after signing with the Philadelphia Eagles, Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson decided to have some more fun with the former New York Giants running back. After Geno Stone departed the Baltimore Ravens and signed a two-year contract with the Cincinnati Bengals, Jackson mocked Barber in the best …

Patriots add ‘tough as hell’ linebacker in Sione Takitaki originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Patriots watched linebacker Mack Wilson come to an agreement with the Cardinals on Monday afternoon. But they had a replacement ready to go soon thereafter, and he’s believed to be a snug fit in New England’s defense. Sione Takitaki is signing a one-year deal …

Greg Auman NFC South Reporter The Falcons have their answer at quarterback. Spending to land the high-dollar free agent at any position, Atlanta agreed to a four-year deal Monday with quarterback Kirk Cousins, a consistently prolific passer who at 35 will try to lead the Falcons back into the playoffs. Cousins, who missed the second half of last season with …

After six years, the Kirk Cousins era is over in Minnesota, with the former Vikings quarterback agreeing Monday to sign with the Atlanta Falcons. It’s a splashy development for both franchises, but it surely stings more in the Midwest, where one fan base is losing a borderline top-10 signal-caller. Or does it? With Cousins out the door, how should Vikings …