The NFL released its list of the top 25 earners from the 2023 season in terms of performance-based pay, and new Jets guard John Simpson came in at No. 1. Simpson, who played last season on a one-year contract for the Baltimore Ravens, earned $974,613 in performance-based pay, the most in the NFL. Simpson earned over $50,000 more than the …

Subscribe to Zero Blitz This embedded content is not available in your region. Frank Schwab returns to the pod to join Jason Fitz as the duo go back and forth on the biggest NFL news from the weekend. Fitz and Frank discuss the news surrounding Rashee Rice and his suspected involvement in a car wreck in Dallas, Jadeveon Clowney to …

Vontae Davis, a first-round pick of the Dolphins in 2009, reportedly has died. He was 35. WVSN.com reports that Davis was found at his grandmother’s home in South Florida. An investigation is underway. Police, per the report, do not suspect foul play. Colts owner Jim Irsay has also acknowledged the passing of Vontae Davis. After three seasons with the Dolphins, …

The Commanders have added a quarterback. Washington announced on Monday that the team has signed veteran Jeff Driskel. A sixth-round pick in 2016, Driskel has appeared in 24 games with 12 starts for the Bengals, Lions, Broncos, Texans, and Browns. In 2023, he started Cleveland’s Week 18 matchup against Cincinnati, as the Browns had already clinched the AFC’s No. 5 …

The Chiefs signed quarterback Carson Wentz to a one-year deal, Jordan Schultz of the Bleacher Report reports. Wentz will backup Patrick Mahomes, with Chris Oladokun and Ian Book the other quarterbacks on the roster. Wentz, 31, spent last season with the Rams and played two games with one start. He completed 70.8 percent of his passes for 163 yards with …

The Broncos made an addition to their offensive line on Monday. The team announced that they have signed guard Calvin Throckmorton. It’s a one-year contract and no other terms have been disclosed. Moving to Denver will reunite Throckmorton with a couple of people from his past. He was teammates with center Alex Forsyth when both players were in college at …

Nyheim Hines signed a one-year deal with the Browns this offseason. The running back has not played a game since Jan. 22, 2023, in a playoff game for the Bills in a loss to the Bengals. He missed last season after tearing an ACL in a jet skiing accident last summer. Hines spent last season on injured reserve. “I could …

The Arizona Cardinals are being ordered to pay ex-team executive Terry McDonough $3 million for “false and defamatory” statements made about him publicly to the media, per a federal court decision filed on Monday, according to ESPN.  Jeffrey Mishkin, the league arbitrator chosen by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, ruled that Arizona and its owner, Michael Bidwill, defamed McDonough “with malice” …

Could Patriots explore Dugger trade if contract talks fall through? originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The future of one of the New England Patriots’ better defenders is still undecided. The Patriots placed the transition tag on safety Kyle Dugger last month, which gave Dugger a one-year, $13.8 million placeholder contract while allowing him to explore his options in free …

Apr. 1—COLUMBUS — Tegra Tshabola is living by two words this spring. “Nobody cares,” he said Monday morning. This was no April Fools’ joke. He was not being facetious or taking a dim view of his support. The sophomore from Lakota West simply is locked onto the task of getting better while competing for playing time on the Ohio State …

Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz and NFL writer Frank Schwab react to the news that Rashee Rice may have been involved in a six-car accident caused by street racing. Hear the full conversation on the “Zero Blitz” podcast – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen. Video Transcript JASON FITZ: Here’s what’s being reported so far, because the …

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Brian Jean-Mary has a second chance. Not that he needed one overall, but given how his Michigan football tenure went, he’s getting to prove that his one year in Ann Arbor was something of a fluke. Just before spring ball was set to start in 2021, Jean-Mary bolted for Tennessee, where he spent the past three seasons. …

An attorney for Kansas City Chiefs player Rashee Rice said Monday that the wide receiver is cooperating with authorities after a speeding Corvette and Lamborghini sport utility vehicle caused a chain-reaction crash on a busy Dallas highway over the weekend. A total of six vehicles were involved in the crash shortly before 6:30 p.m. Saturday in the northbound lanes of …

Former NFL cornerback Vontae Davis, a first-round pick in the 2009 draft, has died at the age of 35. Police found Davis’s body on Monday morning in a house in Southwest Ranches, a suburban community in the Miami area. “Officers were called to the residence by the house assistant, who found the homeowner deceased,” Davie Police Department said in a …

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Last year, former Michigan football head coach Jim Harbaugh said that he was grooming then-tight ends coach Grant Newsome to be an offensive line coach for the Wolverines. Telling anyone who would hear, Harbaugh often said that Newsome was soon to be a head coach, and he’s quickly moved up the ladder in his short coaching tenure. …