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,” …

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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 …

Four-star wide receiver recruit Travis Smith Jr. plans to announce his commitment on July 13. Smith, who is a member of the class of 2025, is deciding among Georgia, Alabama, Auburn, and Tennessee. Smith is slated to visit Georgia on June 1, Auburn on June 7, Alabama on June 14 and Tennessee on June 21. 247Sports projects Smith to commit …

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, …

The 2024 season for the Alabama Crimson Tide will be watched closely by college football fans all across the nation, as legendary head coach Nick Saban decided to retire at the beginning of the offseason. He is replaced by former Washington Huskies head coach, Kalen DeBoer. Saban had a very particular way of doing things which is what set him …

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 …

With the end of the Iowa Hawkeyes‘ spring practices a month in the rearview,  most of the roster shuffling has come and gone. Iowa did bolster its roster a bit, adding a pair of Northwestern transfers in quarterback Brendan Sullivan and wide receiver Jacob Gill. Sullivan brings 13 career appearances and eight starts with him to Iowa City. The 6-foot-3, …

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 …