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Tom Brady, other Patriots alumni react to Matthew Slater’s retirement originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston It’s been an offseason of monumental change in New England. Just over a month after the Patriots parted ways with legendary head coach Bill Belichick, team captain and special teams ace Matthew Slater announced his retirement from the NFL on Tuesday. Slater spent his …

Joel Klatt College Football Analyst Draft season is here! As we prepare for the three-day event that will be held in Detroit in late April, I’ll be dropping some positional rankings before unveiling my top 50 prospects in the 2024 NFL Draft.  Let’s start with the quarterbacks.  First and foremost, this is a great quarterback draft. This draft is deep …

The 2024 NFL Combine is imminent. Draft season is here, people. It’s time for my first top 25 big board of draft season. There are a few surprising names ranked highly, and a few “consensus” top prospects further down my rankings or not included at all. That’s just how everything worked out with my grading system.  As for that grading …

Saquon Barkley’s future in New York is once again up in the air. The Pro Bowl running back is slated to become a free agent this spring, which comes a year after the team placed the non-exclusive franchise tag on him last March. Barkley and the Giants went back and forth in contract negotiations, but he ultimately settled on a …

Eric Williams NFC West Writer It’s a fresh start for the Seattle Seahawks now that Pete Carroll has moved off the sideline and general manager John Schneider has officially assumed his role as president of football operations. Last month, Seattle replaced the oldest head coach in the league with the youngest. Mike Macdonald, the 36-year-old former Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator, …

Matthew Slater announces NFL retirement with heartfelt statement originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston New England Patriots special teams captain Matthew Slater has called it a career. Slater announced his retirement from the NFL after 16 seasons on Tuesday via the Patriots’ social media accounts. “For the last 25 years of my life, 16 of them as a New England …

LAS VEGAS — The Chicago Bears have a huge decision to make regarding the most important position in the NFL that seems to have so many people on different sides of the fence.  In a little over two months, the Bears front office will have to pick between keeping quarterback Justin Fields as its starter or move on from Fields …

It is the end of the road for Matthew Slater. The longtime captain and special teams ace of the New England Patriots has announced his retirement from the NFL after 16 seasons in the league. Slater rolled out a lengthy farewell in a statement released by the team where he thanked everyone from his family to his teammates to the …

There’s usually a difference between the things players and coaches will say among themselves and the things they will say publicly. In his recent appearance on Maxx Crosby’s podcast, new Raiders coach Antonio Pierce swung a sledgehammer at that wall. Specifically, Pierce said the quiet part out loud regarding the inherently violent realities of football. In the post-#Bountygate NFL, however, …

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Last season, the Atlanta Falcons got some of the worst quarterback play in the NFL. Among the 45 quarterbacks who threw at least 125 passes, Desmond Ridder and Taylor Heinicke checked in 32nd and 40th, respectively, in passer rating, and 30th and 31st in expected points added per pass attempt.  So this offseason, the Falcons will be on the hunt …

If we learned one thing from the last NFL offseason, it’s that the league doesn’t want to pay running backs. A total of six NFL players were franchise-tagged last year, with half of them being running backs. The three running backs were the only players of the six who did not eventually receive long, lucrative contract extensions.  It turned into …

Can Patriots leverage franchise tag to keep Kyle Dugger long-term? originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The New England Patriots’ new-look coaching staff is in place. Now, it’s time to overhaul the roster. Part of that process can begin Tuesday, as the NFL’s window for teams to use franchise tags is officially open and runs through March 5. As a …

The New York Jets have several items on their offseason to-do list, and there’s one goal they ignored last year that they absolutely should focus on this year: Finding a backup quarterback. When Aaron Rodgers went down with a torn Achilles in Week 1, Robert Saleh elected to go with the quarterback they benched in 2022 in former No. 2 …

Getty Images Trades inside the top 10 often happen in the NFL Draft. But what if every team had to trade its original pick? What might the top 10 look like then?  Well, that’s what CBS Sports NFL Draft insider Ryan Wilson and former longtime Vikings GM Rick Spielman set out to accomplish in the latest edition of the “With …