The Commanders have added linebacker Keandre Jones to their roster. The team announced Jones’ signing on Friday afternoon. He will be part of the team’s 90-man offseason roster. Jones signed with the Bears after going undrafted out of Maryland in 2020 and then moved on to the Bengals practice squad after being cut in September. He bounced between the practice …
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Why College Football Playoff needs modified system to evaluate contenders amid expansion into 12-team era
When it came to narrowing down the field to four teams in the College Football Playoff race, a popular refrain was, “it will all work itself out” whenever we started to really twist ourselves into knots coming up with chaos scenarios. A decade of evidence from the four-team format has shown that by the end of conference championship weekend, picking …
Read More »NFL franchise tag values: Here’s how much it will cost teams to use the franchise tag based on position
The NFL informed teams in a memo on Friday that the salary cap for the 2024 season will skyrocket to $255.4 million, a staggering 13.6% jump over where the cap was last year. In accordance with that spike, the league also announced the franchise and transition tag values at each position for next season. Those values are as follows: QB $38,301,000 …
Read More »Dolphins releasing Emmanuel Ogbah: Miami to save $13.7 million in cap space by cutting veteran DE, per report
Getty Images The Miami Dolphins are currently projected to be way over the cap, giving general manager Chris Grier plenty of decisions to make in terms of cost-cutting measures. One of those decisions came this week, as the Dolphins are set to release veteran pass rusher Emmanuel Ogbah, according to ESPN. Releasing Ogbah prior to June 1 would save $13.7 million …
Read More »Sooners’ are latest school to offer 2025 CB Graceson Littleton
Recruiting Florida is nothing new for Oklahoma, as they have been recruiting the Sunshine State regularly for a while. They’ve been successful in bringing in multiple contributors and starters from the state. In recent years, Florida has treated them well. One area of Florida that has been very generous to the Sooners is the Tampa area, as Oklahoma has landed …
Read More »Steelers’ T.J. Watt wants ‘more clarity’ on Defensive Player of the Year voting: Award is about my ‘legacy’
Steelers star T.J. Watt led the NFL in sacks and became the first player in NFL history to lead the league in sacks three times. He didn’t get Defensive Player of the Year as Myles Garrett took home the prestigious honor. Watt says he’s not upset over someone else winning the award, but wants some clarification on how the winner was selected. …
Read More »Bears add former Bucs QB Ryan Griffin to coaching staff
Former Buccaneers quarterback Ryan Griffin is breaking into the coaching ranks. The Bears announced on Friday that they have hired Griffin as an offensive assistant. Griffin will be working with the team’s quarterbacks and wide receivers during the 2024 season. Griffin entered the NFL with the Saints in 2013 and moved on to the Bucs in 2015. He remained in …
Read More »Jalen Milroe among this week’s Alabama football Student-Athletes of the Week
The Alabama football team kicked off the fourth quarter program this week and is now just a handful of days away from the start of spring practice. As the players begin to prepare for spring football, their classroom duties remain the same and the football program has officially announced this week’s Student-Athletes of the Week. Headlining this week’s recipients is …
Read More »Chiefs DC Steve Spagnuolo, four-time Super Bowl-winning coordinator, says he still wants to be a head coach
Now one of the most successful coordinators in NFL history, Kansas City Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo has won four Super Bowls coaching that position — one with the New York Giants and three in the last five years with Kansas City. And this season, his Chiefs team had their best defense yet. The unit finished the season ranked second …
Read More »Bears’ Justin Fields addresses future in Chicago amid trade rumors: ‘I want to stay’
The Chicago Bears are blessed with controlling the top of the NFL Draft for the second year in a row. Last year, they traded out of the first overall pick, sending it to the Carolina Panthers and dropping down to the ninth overall pick. The Panthers went on to select Alabama quarterback Bryce Young, and his and Carolina’s struggles resulted …
Read More »NFL salary cap skyrockets to $255.4 million for 2024 season, up record $30.6 million from 2023
The NFL has set the salary cap for the 2024 season, and the times are good for the league. The official salary cap figure for 2024 will be $255.4 million, up from $224.8 million in 2023 that had previously been a record high. At the rate the league’s revenues are growing, each year will always be a new record high …
Read More »USC football 2024 schedule notes: biggest game, hinge-point game, and more
When a new college football season schedule is revealed, we all have our opinions on what the biggest game is, what the pivotal game is, and which games should be easy, automatic wins. For USC football, it is no different. As we dive into the schedule for 2024 and the Trojans’ first season in the Big Ten Conference, there is …
Read More »Seahawks restructure QB Geno Smith’s contract, create $4.8M in cap space
The Seattle Seahawks have restructured quarterback Geno Smith’s contract for the 2024 NFL season, turning a $9.6 million roster bonus into a signing bonus to create $4.8 million in cap space this offseason, ESPN reported Thursday. The restructured deal also raises Smith’s cap hit to $38.5 million for 2025. Smith just finished the first season of a three-year, $75 million …
Read More »Fifth-year option salaries for 2021 first-rounders have been announced
The NFL announced on Friday that the salary cap for the 2024 season will be $255.4 million per team and the fifth-year option salaries for 2021 first-round picks have been revealed as well. Under the formula used by the NFL, players qualify for one of four salaries. Players named to multiple Pro Bowls on the original ballot will be eligible …
Read More »Former Auburn player, analyst expected to be named head coach at Georgia State
A former Auburn player and analyst is set to take on his first collegiate head coaching role. Matt Zenitz of 247Sports is reporting that Georgia State is eyeing Dell McGee to take over as head coach of the football program following the departure of Shawn Elliot. Zenitz reports that Georgia State held Zoom interviews with candidates on Tuesday, and in-person …
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