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 for Miami, according …
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Meet the NFL Draft hopeful who hasn’t made a mistake in his career
Martin Rogers FOX Sports Insider Everyone makes mistakes in the National Football League. Patrick Mahomes, the greatest of all superstars, who now has three Super Bowl rings, threw 14 picks last season and saw a third of his passes fall incomplete. Wide receivers drop balls. Linemen get outmaneuvered. Coverages get blown. Kickers miss field goals. Yet as you read this, …
Read More »Five biggest storylines for 2024 NFL offseason: Bears’ looming draft decision, Stefon Diggs’ future with Bills
Super Bowl LVIII is in the rearview mirror, and so is the 2023 NFL season. As the Kansas City Chiefs celebrate their latest championship, the rest of the league is hard at work trying to knock them off their pedestal and hoist the Lombardi Trophy for themselves. Over the next few months, key milestones of the roster-building process will take …
Read More »Commanders sign LB Keandre Jones
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 …
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 »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 »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 »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 »Chargers OC Greg Roman: ‘Can you imagine Justin Herbert with a great running game?’
USATSI The Los Angeles Chargers are beginning a new chapter, as they have netted Jim Harbaugh as their new head coach, and reunited him with his former San Francisco 49ers offensive coordinator in Greg Roman. Roman last served as the offensive coordinator for the other Harbaugh brother, John, with the Baltimore Ravens, and he’s known for running the ball. In …
Read More »NFL announces record $255.4 million salary cap for 2024 season
The NFL announced Friday that the 2024 salary cap will be $255.4 million per club, along with an additional $74 million per club payment for player benefits, which includes Performance Based Pay and benefits for retired players. The figure, which marks an unprecedented $30-plus million rise over last season’s cap ($224.8 million), is “partially the result of the full repayment …
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