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USATSI The NFL offseason is here, which also means it’s rumor season. One interesting rumor that has surfaced over the last week or so is the Minnesota Vikings potentially making superstar wideout Justin Jefferson available via trade. However, Vikings general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah shut that rumor down at the NFL Combine. “That is not something that has ever crossed my mind,” …

Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson will resume throwing next month following right shoulder surgery that cut short his second season with Cleveland after just six starts. Watson, who fractured a bone in his throwing shoulder in a win over Baltimore on Nov. 12, has been cleared to throw in a few weeks, general manager Andrew Berry said Tuesday at the NFL …

The NFL trade deadline came after Week Eight during the 2023 NFL season and some teams would like to see it fall later in the calendar in the future. During a Tuesday appearance on PFT Live, Browns General Manager Andrew Berry said that his team and other clubs have proposed pushing the deadline back. The proposed change would be two …

The “Patriot Way,” as it has been deemed, worked really well for a really long time, until it didn’t. Head coach Bill Belichick helped lead the team to unprecedented success in the 24 seasons as a head coach, with six Super Bowl wins, nine Super Bowl appearances and 17 divisional titles — utter domination for 20 years.  Things took a …

Campbell expects Lions to learn from NFC title game loss to 49ers originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area INDIANAPOLIS — Two weeks before the 49ers’ season ended in heartbreaking fashion, they did a little heartbreaking of their own. The Detroit Lions held a 17-point halftime lead in the NFC Championship game at Levi’s Stadium. Twelve minutes later, the game …

Carmen Vitali NFC North Reporter Do you know why Chicago is called the Windy City? It’s not actually because of the weather. At the turn of the last century, the city was vying for the World’s Fair with New York. As part of a smear campaign, an editor at the New York Sun called attention to Chicago’s less-than-savory politicians, who …

Getty Images Justin Fields may have won over the Chicago Bears’ locker room in his polarizing three seasons under center. Yet the former first-round quarterback now appears closer than ever to being traded, with general manager Ryan Poles all but signaling a move while addressing reporters at the NFL Scouting Combine Tuesday. “It just depends on what opportunities pop up,” …

With the Super Bowl now in the rearview mirror, we are officially out of the 2023 season and gearing up for 2024. Over the next several months, 31 teams are going to do their best to catch up to the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs.  That process begins in earnest with free agency, which begins next month. With that …

The Chicago Bears haven’t made a quarterback decision yet, but they might be setting a soft deadline. Bears general manager Ryan Poles implied that the team would trade Justin Fields sooner rather than later if they decided to select a quarterback with the No. 1 pick. “It just depends on what opportunities pop up. I will say … if we …

Four insights from Eliot Wolf’s intriguing Patriots press conference originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston In Jerod Mayo’s first press conference as New England Patriots head coach last month, he emphasized how differently he’d run the team than his predecessor, Bill Belichick. The same goes for Eliot Wolf in the front office, it appears. Wolf, who is officially listed as …

USATSI The Baltimore Ravens have some important decisions to make regarding their looming free agents, but it appears they are holding onto their franchise tag for one player in particular. On Tuesday, Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta told reporters at the NFL Combine that he will “probably” use the franchise tag on defensive tackle Justin Madubuike if no extension can …

It’s been an offseason of transition for the Seattle Seahawks. Not only did the team move on from Pete Carroll after 14 seasons, but it looks like there’s also a chance that the Seahawks could bring in a new starting quarterback for the upcoming season.  Nothing is set in stone yet, but there’s definitely no guarantee that Geno Smith will …

Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comFeb 27, 2024, 01:00 PM ET CloseSean Allen is a fantasy analyst for ESPN.com. He was the 2008 and 2009 Fantasy Sports Writers Association Hockey Writer of the Year. You can tweet him @seanard. When it comes to the value swings in fantasy during the NHL’s trade deadline, the players changing teams aren’t the only ones …

Henry McKenna AFC East Reporter It used to be that Bill Belichick would tsk-tsk the media for asking him about prospects slated to go in the top five of the draft. He was rarely interested in discussing prospects which were entirely unattainable for him. Well, the Patriots are now drafting in the top five. And Belichick is no longer with …

Here is the latest news and possible return dates for Giants players… Feb. 27, 11:55 a.m. Giants GM Joe Schoen gave an encouraging update on quarterback Daniel Jones. “He’s started throwing,” Schoen told SNY’s Connor Hughes. “He’s trending in the right direction, there’s been no setbacks. And he’s hopefully going to do some stuff this spring and ultimately be ready for camp.” …