Getty Images The Miami Dolphins just gave the bag to another wide receiver. On Thursday, the team is signing Jaylen Waddle to a three-year contract extension worth $84.75 million, CBS Sports lead NFL insider Jonathan Jones confirms. The deal includes $76 million guaranteed. Waddle’s new AAV of $28.25 million makes him the fourth-highest paid receiver in the NFL, right behind teammate Tyreek …

Tyler Bass of the Buffalo Bills reacts during the third quarter against the New York Jets at Highmark Stadium on Nov. 19, 2023, in Orchard Park, New York. (Photo by Bryan Bennett/Getty Images) Ten Lives Club, a cat rescue and adoption group just outside Buffalo, has announced that its new shelter will be named the “Tyler Bass Adoption Center” in …

DETROIT — If anyone knows what Michigan football can do up front, it’s former Alabama head coach Nick Saban. The last team Saban ever faced, and will likely ever face, was the Wolverines, who beat the Crimson Tide, 27-20, in the Rose Bowl. Saban retired the following week and afterward started doing NFL draft analysis for ESPN. When Zak Zinter was …

The Miami Dolphins are keeping one of the game’s top young receivers in South Florida for the foreseeable future. Jaylen Waddle and the Dolphins have agreed to a three-year, $84.75 million extension with $76 million guaranteed, ESPN reported Thursday. The $28.25 million average annual value is the fourth-highest among NFL receivers while the guaranteed money is the third-highest at the …

Over the last several years, the Tennessee Titans have been a run-focused team. When you have Derrick Henry in the backfield, it makes sense to construct your offense around him. And when you have a pass-catching group that is more adequate than exemplary, it makes even more sense. So, that’s what the Titans under Mike Vrabel largely did. Things are …

DETROIT — Michigan football was awfully quiet for a big bulk of the offseason when it’s come to bringing in transfer players. In December, the Wolverines got two in linebacker Jaishawn Barham and left guard Josh Priebe but it took months before the maize and blue dipped back into the portal. But once they did, it was quite productive. One such …

Will Anderson got matching Rookie of the Year hardware with Texans teammate C.J. Stroud after the two were drafted with back-to-back picks in the 2023 draft.  Ahmad “Sauce” Gardner did the unthinkable in 2022 — he aptly followed a legendary rookie campaign from 2021 Defensive Rookie of the Year Micah Parsons with a legendary rookie year of his own en …

The Miami Dolphins and wide receiver Jaylen Waddle have agreed to a 3-year, $84.75 million contract extension, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. As part of the deal, which will run through the 2028 NFL season, Waddle will be guaranteed $76 million. Waddle, 25, has been one of quarterback Tua Tagovailoa’s main weapons in the Dolphins’ offense along with Tyreek Hill. …

DETROIT — The first sign of summer for some is Memorial Day. But for college football fans in metro Detroit, the SoundMind SoundBody camp is the beginning of all things summer in the football world. Multiple big-name coaches descended upon Wayne State University for SMSB, and before recruits took to the field to work out, many of those coaches addressed the …

There is indeed a quarterback competition in Minnesota.  The Vikings have undergone a makeover to their QB room this offseason. Longtime signal-caller Kirk Cousins — he spent the past six seasons in Minnesota — bolted to Atlanta in free agency, and with that, the Vikings signed veteran QB Sam Darnold to a one-year deal and drafted Michigan standout J.J. McCarthy …

The Dallas Cowboys are prioritizing getting a deal done with Dak Prescott, who is in the final year of a four-year contract worth $160 million. And why shouldn’t they, right? He was the NFL MVP runner-up last year and is a perennial top-10 quarterback in the league.  Yes, he hasn’t made a deep playoff run yet, but still got a …

In the summer of 2021, Red River Rivals Oklahoma and Texas made a landscape-shaping announcement. The Sooners and the Longhorns would be moving to the SEC. Nearly three years later, that move is just over a month away from being official. But with Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione and Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte in Destin, Florida this week …

NFL season win totals are some of the most fun action to wager on — it’s a season-long gambit with week-to-week intensity because of how much every game matters for the final season record. With the explosion of legalized sports betting, win totals have been out for a while now, but we can’t really get crystallized and concrete numbers until the NFL …

Patriots are using VR to train Drake Maye, and Felger hates it originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The more reps Drake Maye gets, the faster he’ll develop as an NFL quarterback. But what if some of those reps were virtual? Both New England Patriots executive vice president of player personnel Eliot Wolf and head coach Jerod Mayo have mentioned …

Henry McKenna AFC East Reporter The New England Patriots were getting into a competitive 7-on-7 drill during OTAs on Wednesday, and first-year head coach Jerod Mayo was practically standing in his old position, inside linebacker.  Mayo, in his Patriots-issued blue T-shirt and shorts, stood right in the middle of his defense while it attempted to stop quarterback Jacoby Brissett, receiver …