The Cincinnati Bengals placed the franchise tag on receiver Tee Higgins, which likely will keep him with the team at least one more season, the team said Monday. If the Bengals can’t reach a long-term agreement with the 25-year-old Higgins before July 15, he’ll play the 2024 season with the Bengals for a salary of $21.8 million, which is the …

There was word earlier this month that JoJo Wooden would join the Raiders personnel department and it became official on Monday. The Raiders announced that Wooden will be their senior director of player personnel. Wooden worked with Raiders General Manager Tom Telesco with the Chargers and was their director of player personnel from 2013 through the first 14 games of …

Ohio State football’s raid on the Alabama Crimson Tide continues. After adding star safety Caleb Downs and center Seth McLaughlin from Alabama following the retirement of coach Nick Saban, the Buckeyes have added a key piece to their staff. Ohio State has hired Sam Petitto as director of player personnel, working under Mark Pantoni, OSU’s general manager of player personnel. …

A.J. Brown wanted to set the record straight regarding his relationship with the Philadelphia Eagles and with the city, giving 20 minutes to SportsRadio 94WIP in an emotional and passionate interview that was as honest a conversation a player will have in this league.  While it can be debated whether Brown gained anything regarding the WIP interview, he laid to …

The Chicago Bears own the No. 1 pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, and many already expect them to use that pick to reset the quarterback position. There are largely two reasons for that: Consensus top prospect Caleb Williams arguably offers more upside than current starter Justin Fields, and Fields is already entering the final year of his rookie contract. …

Feb 26, 2024, 01:33 PM ET DENVER — Valeri Nichushkin has been cleared to resume practicing with the Colorado Avalanche after receiving care from the player assistance program. The NHL and NHL Players’ Association announced Monday that Nichushkin has entered the follow-up care phase. He has not yet been cleared to resume playing in games. The 28-year-old Russian entered the …

2024 NFL mock draft roundup: Experts analyze Patriots trade scenarios originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The New England Patriots could keep the No. 3 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft and take a quarterback or Ohio State wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. And it would be hard to fault them for that. One of the three top-tier quarterbacks …

Will Josh Jacobs be a Raider during the 2024-2025 NFL season?  According to the odds, it’s very likely.  However, the running back’s return to Black and Silver is not guaranteed. Jacobs was drafted with the 24th overall selection in the 2019 NFL Draft to Oakland before the Raiders’ Las Vegas relocation. After the organization put a franchise tag on the …

Michigan is sending 18 players to this week’s NFL Scouting Combine, surpassing LSU’s record of 16 invitees to the 2020 event. That means just over 5.6%, or one in every 19, of the 321 prospects invited to Indianapolis will be representing the Wolverines. Michigan is also just one of six programs with at least 10 players invited.  It’s an impressive …

It’s been a quiet month for Bill Belichick. After getting passed over for the Atlanta Falcons head-coaching job in late January, not much has been heard from the six-time Super Bowl winner.  No one seems to know what his plans are for 2024, but his son, Steve Belichick, did offer some interesting information about his dad during a recent appearance …

Jackson expects to be full strength during 49ers’ offseason program originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The 49ers have a lot of work to do along the defensive line this offseason with six players scheduled to be unrestricted free agents next week. Some of the expected losses along the defensive line can be mitigated with the return of defensive …

Despite playing for Iron Bowl rival programs, former Alabama football receiver DeVonta Smith appeared on former Auburn quarterback Cam Newton’s podcast recently. Naturally, the Crimson Tide and Tigers products conversated about the two programs’ rivalry, sparking a funny exchange between the two Heisman Trophy winners. “Speaking of Alabama, I think it’s our (Auburn’s) time now,” Newton said on “4th & …

Decision Day for the Chicago Bears hasn’t arrived yet, but it’s fast approaching. As the NFL world descends upon Indianapolis for this week’s Scouting Combine, the Bears are unofficially on the clock, and that includes a quarterback decision: Keep Justin Fields or draft Caleb Williams (or another player) with the No. 1 overall pick. Though Williams has been touted by …

Defensive end Charles Omenihu missed the beginning and the end of the Chiefs’ season, but he thinks he did enough in between to earn a new deal. Omenihu came back from a six-game Personal Conduct Policy suspension to record seven regular season sacks and he recorded another while forcing a fumble in the AFC Championship Game, but he did not …

For all of college football’s big box office, bluster and billions, Alex Shada saw a financial opportunity two years ago at the Senior Bowl. The head of GSC, a well-known company in football circles based in little-known Wahoo, Nebraska, had been supplying coach-to-player helmet communications to the NFL for the last decade. This was Shada’s moment of realization. Here before …