Getty Images As is often the case for NFL teams this time of year, the San Francisco 49ers are in cap-clearing mode. The 49ers restructured the contract of star linebacker Fred Warner, according to The Athletic, converting all but $1.1 million of his base salary into a signing bonus and saving approximately $10 million against the cap.  Warner was set …

Getty Images The Minnesota Vikings have a new running back. The team is signing former Green Bay Packers running back Aaron Jones, CBS Sports lead NFL insider Jonathan Jones has confirmed. It’s a one-year, $7 million deal, per ESPN. The Packers released Jones on Monday after adding Josh Jacobs in free agency.  Jones has spent his entire career with the Packers, …

Patriots 2024 free agency tracker: Updated additions and departures originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Change is afoot in New England. The new Patriots regime of head coach Jerod Mayo and de facto general manager Eliot Wolf already has made several notable moves since the team parted ways with head coach Bill Belichick in January, from re-signing core free agents …

Aaron Jones has had success running against the Vikings in his career. (Photo by Ryan Kang/Getty Images) Aaron Jones will reportedly be staying in the NFC North as he is expected to sign with the Minnesota Vikings, according to The Athletic’s Dianna Russini. It will be a one-year, $7 million contract for the 29-year-old running back. Jones was available after …

© Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports In late March 2022, I was in New Orleans for the Rivals Camp Series and I thought it would be an opportune time to interview five-star quarterback Arch Manning. I’ve done thousands of these interviews over the years with the best players in football. This would be a piece of cake. It was like trying …

The Minnesota Vikings might have quickly found their Kirk Cousins replacement. They’re also adding a notable player from a divisional rival. Sam Darnold has agreed to a deal with the Vikings, NFL Media first reported. He’ll be joined in the backfield by Aaron Jones, who is also expected to agree to a deal with the Vikings, The Athletic reported Tuesday …

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On the latest Sporticast episode, hosts Scott Soshnick and Eben Novy-Williams speak with Chris Del Conte, athletic director at the University of Texas at Austin, about all the changes underway in college sports, and what it looks like from the helm of one of the richest athletic departments in the country. The Texas Longhorns spent $232.3 million on athletics in …

Releasing quarterback Russell Wilson will leave the Broncos with a lot of dead money under their salary cap, but the team is finding other ways to create some spending room for the 2024 season. Field Yates of ESPN reports that the team has restructured the contracts of defensive lineman Zach Allen and left guard Ben Powers. The two moves create …

2025 offensive tackle Micah DeBose announced his top 10 schools. Tennessee, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Mississippi State, Auburn, Alabama, USC, LSU, Florida State and Florida are DeBose’s top 10 schools. DeBose decommitted from Georgia on Dec. 22, 2023. The 6-foot-5, 315-pound four-star offensive tackle prospect is from Vigor High School in Prichard, Alabama. Tennessee offered a scholarship to DeBose on Nov. 16, 2022. …

Why Jacoby Brissett’s return to Patriots always made sense originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Patriots need to be convinced that the quarterback who falls to them at No. 3 overall in the draft is going to be a franchise guy. Otherwise, they aren’t taking him. But whether they draft a quarterback early or not, they were always going …

A Texas high school linebacker has set his visit date with the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Elijah Barnes will visit the Lincoln campus officially the weekend of April 26-28. Barnes appeared in ten games last season, recording 65 tackles with 12.0 for loss and 3.0 sacks. The linebacker named LSU, FSU, Ohio State, Texas A&M, SMU, Alabama, Oregon, USC and Texas in …

The first day of NFL free agency didn’t disappoint, as several big names went off the board in one of the bigger days of transactions in recent memory. Kirk Cousins signed with the Atlanta Falcons, Saquon Barkley signed with the Philadelphia Eagles, and Brian Burns was traded to the New York Giants to highlight a day full of activity.  After …

The NFL had to make a slight change to the 2024 draft order on Monday after the league realized that it had made a mistake when handing out compensatory picks over the weekend.  The NFL has now corrected the mistake and now that the error has been fixed, the Cincinnati Bengals are going to come away as the biggest winner. …

Getty Images The Minnesota Vikings said goodbye to Kirk Cousins early Monday, with the six-year starter agreeing to sign with the Atlanta Falcons. Early Tuesday, the team found a potential successor, agreeing to a one-year contract with former San Francisco 49ers backup Sam Darnold, according to NFL Media. Darnold, 26, can earn up to $10 million on the deal. Originally …