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Dolphins defensive tackle Christian Wilkins appears set to test the free market next week. The Dolphins will probably not use the franchise tag on Wilkins, according to ESPN. Wilkins is No. 9 on PFT’s list of the Top 100 free agents in the NFL, so he’ll likely have multiple big-money offers in free agency. The report names the Texans and …

The 49ers could have hired Brandon Staley to be the next defensive coordinator. Instead, they’ll reportedly hire Staley, but without putting him in charge of the defense. The coordinator reportedly will be Nick Sorensen, a veteran assistant schooled in the Seattle Cover 3 defense. It allows the 49ers to keep their current system. Staley allows them to augment it, as …

The week of the Scouting Combine brought an unlikely development. It speaks to a broader issue about which the NFL should be very concerned. A report emerged that the Jets believe former receiver Mecole Hardman leaked specifics regarding the game plan prior to games against the Chiefs and the Eagles. Hardman, both directly and through his agent, denies it. While …

Christian McCaffrey has been, since 2017, one of the top running backs in the NFL. Another McCaffrey is coming to pro football. McCaffrey’s little brother, Luke, plays receiver. On Saturday at the Scouting Combine, Luke ran the 40-yard dash faster than Christian did, seven years ago. Via Angelina Martin of NBC Sports Bay Area, Luke generated a 4.47-second time in …

The Packers will release running back Aaron Jones, if they can’t get him to agree to a more palatable contract. The team’s other top tailback, AJ Dillon, is due to become a free agent. The Packers reportedly aren’t likely to bring him back. Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel included that assertion in his story regarding the team’s effort …

Alabama offensive tackle JC Latham played on the right side in college, but he knows the NFL views left tackles as the most elite prospects. And he hopes NFL teams will see him as a player who can play both sides. Latham, who is viewed as a potential first-round pick as a right tackle, said he’d love to have NFL …

It has been anticipated the Cowboys will extend Dak Prescott’s contract this offseason to lower his $59.4 million salary cap hit for 2024. Owner Jerry Jones, though, left open the possibility the quarterback will play out his contract. “We don’t need to [extend Prescott’s deal], but we can if everybody wants to solve it,” Jones told beat reporters Friday, via …

INDIANAPOLIS — Earlier this week, when it became clear that Rome Odunze was the highest rated prospect who would actually participate fully in this week’s NFL scouting combine, the Washington Huskies wideout fielded a question that has essentially become a defining North Star for the elite players at this year’s event. Why do it? All three of the top quarterbacks …

TORONTO — Veteran defenseman Ilya Lyubushkin, traded from the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday, took a big hit from New York Rangers rookie Matt Rempe late in the second period Saturday night, and didn’t return to his first game this season with the Toronto Maple Leafs. The 29-year-old Russian, who was also with the club for 31 games and a playoff …

The Giants are releasing veteran offensive guard Mark Glowinski, ESPN reports. The move will save the team $5.7 million on their salary cap. He was scheduled to count $7.2 million against the cap this season. The Giants have somewhere around $38.29 million in salary cap space. Glowinski, 31, signed a three-year, $20 million deal with the Giants in free agency …

This week, more than 300 prospects are in Indianapolis for the 2023 NFL Scouting Combine. Each of these players are looking to improve their draft stock while possibly finding their future NFL team in the process. On Thursday, we compiled the top results from the defensive linemen, edge rushers, and linebackers who took part in on-field drills. On Friday, we …

The most marquee day at the 2024 NFL Combine — with the skill-position players taking the field — surely did not disappoint. In fact, the running backs and particularly the wide receivers sizzled the track in the 40-yard dash, headlined by Texas’ Xavier Worthy setting the combine record with a time of 4.21 seconds.  Altogether, a whopping nine wideouts ran …

Eric Williams NFC West Writer Two weeks after moving on from defensive coordinator Steve Wilks following the team’s Super Bowl loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan hired from inside the building to fill the role by promoting defensive passing game specialist/nickels coach Nick Sorensen, according to reports. The 49ers interviewed five candidates for …

The NFL Combine is over for quarterbacks. The perceived top three prospects — USC’s Caleb Williams, North Carolina’s Drake Maye and LSU’s Jayden Daniels — did not throw or do athletic testing, which opened the door for others, such as Michigan’s J.J. McCarthy, to move up the board.  Here are some of the winners and losers among quarterbacks from the …