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The top of the 2024 NFL Draft is expected to be offensive-centric with multiple quarterbacks, wide receivers and offensive tackles coming off the board. If the first defensive player is taken No. 9 overall or later, then it will be the latest such occurrence in over two decades.  Despite the lack of defensive talent at the top, there are still …

Just ahead of the 2024 NFL Combine, it’s time to list and explain my top 5 rankings for all the offensive positions. These rankings are subject to change, of course, because the combine carries decently heavy weight in my scouting gradebook. Before I begin, remember: These are my individual rankings, not the full CBS Sports prospect rankings, which is an aggregate of the …

The Packers have restructured the contract of linebacker Rashan Gary, Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports. Gary’s $15.927 million salary cap hit was sixth-most on the team. The Packers entered Monday some $2.34 million below the salary cap, per overthecap.com. The restructure of Gary’s contract will clear $4.781 million of cap space, but it will add a cap charge of …

Feb 26, 2024, 07:08 PM ET VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The Pittsburgh Penguins will begin a crucial four-game western road trip without forward Bryan Rust. Rust, 31, stayed behind in Pittsburgh while dealing with an upper-body injury suffered in the third period of a 7-6 win over Philadelphia on Sunday. Rust’s 18 goals are third on the team behind captain …

The Bills began Monday with $36.726 million in cap space, and they now have added to that. The team did a conversion on offensive lineman Connor McGovern’s contract, guaranteeing his deal for 2024 and clearing $3.74 million of cap space, Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports. McGovern signed a three-year, $22.35 million contract with the Bills a year ago after …

It’s nothing but a love story between Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and music megastar Taylor Swift currently. But Kelce was not exactly singing “You Belong With Me” to Swift eight years ago, long before the two even met. In a recently resurfaced interview from 2016, a much younger Kelce is asked to choose between Swift and fellow …

The NFL offseason is officially underway, as the combine takes place this week, while free agency begins next week. Recently, the NFL announced that the official salary cap figure for 2024 would be $255.4 million — which is up from $224.8 million. The $30.6 million increase is the largest in free agency history. The “football business” is doing quite well, …

It is an NFL rule that has pained many ball carriers, thrilled defenses and caused a lot of controversy over the years. The league ruling is that if a ball is fumbled into the end zone and out of bounds, it is a touchback and the team that was on defense now gets possession of the ball. Many fans, and …

Complete history of Patriots’ top-five picks in NFL Draft originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston An entire generation of New England Patriots fans will experience the excitement of their team making a top-five pick for the first time in April. The Patriots own the No. 3 overall selection in the 2024 NFL Draft, and assuming they don’t trade it, that …

The Lions are keeping one of their key role players. Detroit has agreed to a two-year deal with linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin, according to NFL Media’s Mike Garafolo. The contract is worth $7.5 million with a max of $8 million, making him the league’s highest-paid core special teams player. Reeves-Maybin receives a full guarantee of $5.245 million with a $2.5 million …

Russell Wilson’s 12th season as a pro was disastrous by his standards. The former Super Bowl champion was made into a meme more times than he could count in 2023. He quarterbacked his team to a second-straight losing record (7-8 in his starts), was called out in the media by his head coach Sean Payton and ultimately finished out his …

USATSI The reigning NFC champion San Francisco 49ers are in the market for a new defensive coordinator after Kyle Shanahan fired Steve Wilks, following the Super Bowl LVIII loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. Shanahan said that Wilks just wasn’t the right fit, so the 49ers are interviewing potential replacements they hope can get them over the hump. Per NBC …

Joey Bosa and Jim Harbaugh spent years on opposite sides of one of college football’s biggest rivalries, with Bosa a star pass rusher at Ohio State and Harbaugh starting his rebuild at his alma mater Michigan. But the Los Angeles Chargers’ star defensive end has nothing but praise for his new head coach after his first meeting with Harbaugh. “Great …

Things are beginning to hop in Indianapolis, with coaches, General Managers and scouts arriving Monday along with the first round of players for the Scouting Combine. Some coaches, though, are choosing to stay home, where they believe they can accomplish more. 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan has a better excuse this week. He is staying home to finish interviews for a …

Getty Images Back-to-back Super Bowl championships are more than enough to warrant a contract extension between Andy Reid and the Kansas City Chiefs. Reid and the Chiefs are in the beginning stages of working out a contract extension that would make Reid the highest-paid head coach in the NFL, per NFL Network. Coaches contracts aren’t publicly announced, but it is …