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The NFL informed teams in a memo on Friday that the salary cap for the 2024 season will skyrocket to $255.4 million, a staggering 13.6% jump over where the cap was last year. In accordance with that spike, the league also announced the franchise and transition tag values at each position for next season.  Those values are as follows: QB $38,301,000 …

Getty Images The Miami Dolphins are currently projected to be way over the cap, giving general manager Chris Grier plenty of decisions to make in terms of cost-cutting measures. One of those decisions came this week, as the Dolphins are set to release veteran pass rusher Emmanuel Ogbah, according to ESPN. Releasing Ogbah prior to June 1 would save $13.7 million …

Steelers star T.J. Watt led the NFL in sacks and became the first player in NFL history to lead the league in sacks three times. He didn’t get Defensive Player of the Year as Myles Garrett took home the prestigious honor.  Watt says he’s not upset over someone else winning the award, but wants some clarification on how the winner was selected.  …

Former Buccaneers quarterback Ryan Griffin is breaking into the coaching ranks. The Bears announced on Friday that they have hired Griffin as an offensive assistant. Griffin will be working with the team’s quarterbacks and wide receivers during the 2024 season. Griffin entered the NFL with the Saints in 2013 and moved on to the Bucs in 2015. He remained in …

Now one of the most successful coordinators in NFL history, Kansas City Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo has won four Super Bowls coaching that position — one with the New York Giants and three in the last five years with Kansas City.  And this season, his Chiefs team had their best defense yet. The unit finished the season ranked second …

The Chicago Bears are blessed with controlling the top of the NFL Draft for the second year in a row. Last year, they traded out of the first overall pick, sending it to the Carolina Panthers and dropping down to the ninth overall pick. The Panthers went on to select Alabama quarterback Bryce Young, and his and Carolina’s struggles resulted …

The NFL has set the salary cap for the 2024 season, and the times are good for the league. The official salary cap figure for 2024 will be $255.4 million, up from $224.8 million in 2023 that had previously been a record high. At the rate the league’s revenues are growing, each year will always be a new record high …

The Seattle Seahawks have restructured quarterback Geno Smith’s contract for the 2024 NFL season, turning a $9.6 million roster bonus into a signing bonus to create $4.8 million in cap space this offseason, ESPN reported Thursday. The restructured deal also raises Smith’s cap hit to $38.5 million for 2025. Smith just finished the first season of a three-year, $75 million …

The NFL announced on Friday that the salary cap for the 2024 season will be $255.4 million per team and the fifth-year option salaries for 2021 first-round picks have been revealed as well. Under the formula used by the NFL, players qualify for one of four salaries. Players named to multiple Pro Bowls on the original ballot will be eligible …

USATSI The Los Angeles Chargers are beginning a new chapter, as they have netted Jim Harbaugh as their new head coach, and reunited him with his former San Francisco 49ers offensive coordinator in Greg Roman. Roman last served as the offensive coordinator for the other Harbaugh brother, John, with the Baltimore Ravens, and he’s known for running the ball. In …

The NFL announced Friday that the 2024 salary cap will be $255.4 million per club, along with an additional $74 million per club payment for player benefits, which includes Performance Based Pay and benefits for retired players. The figure, which marks an unprecedented $30-plus million rise over last season’s cap ($224.8 million), is “partially the result of the full repayment …

Bill Belichick will not be coaching in the NFL for the first time since the 1974 season and his son Steve shared a bit about what his father will be doing instead this week. The younger Belichick, who is now the defensive coordinator at the University of Washington, joined former Patriots defensive end Chris Long on Long’s Green Light podcast …

Welcome to the Friday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!  I hope you enjoyed this quiet week around the NFL because things could get chaotic as soon as next week. First of all, the NFL Combine will be starting with the first batch of players reporting to Indianapolis on Sunday, but don’t get too excited about that because testing won’t …

With 2024 NFL free agency also comes the offseason trade market. Sometimes blockbuster deals are forecast weeks or months in advance, much like the Chicago Bears with quarterback Justin Fields, who’s widely expected to be shopped as the team considers resetting the position atop April’s draft. Other times, big-name moves sent genuine shockwaves around the league. With that in mind, …

Running backs took a big financial hit in 2023. The number of running backs with contracts averaging $12 million per year or more was cut in half to four thanks to releases and pay cuts until the Indianapolis Colts made Jonathan Taylor the league’s fifth in October with a three-year, $42 million contract extension, averaging $14 million per year. Taylor …