This upcoming Monday wouldn’t be considered an important date on most NFL calendars, but One Buccaneer Place has had Feb. 19 circled for some time. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers could save around $11 million against the 2024 salary cap if they can somehow agree to contract extensions with quarterback Baker Mayfield, wide receiver Mike Evans and safety Antoine Winfield Jr. …
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Bears legend and Pro Football Hall of Famer Steve McMichael hospitalized due to infection amid ALS battle
Getty Images Former Chicago Bears star and recent Pro Football Hall of Fame selection Steve McMichael has been hospitalized due to an infection and is in the intensive care unit, his family told ABC 7 Chicago. McMichael, who has been living with ALS since his diagnosis in 2021, can no longer speak and requires around-the-clock care. He was brought to the …
Read More »Kittle details unique, extensive custom cleat collection
Kittle details unique, extensive custom cleat collection originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SANTA CLARA — The end of the 2023 NFL season means locker rooms will be cleaned out, and even though George Kittle will be returning in a few months, the 49ers tight end chose to organize his stash of customized cleats. The All-Pro has a favorite …
Read More »Raiders’ Jimmy Garoppolo suspended two games for violating NFL PED policy; Vegas set to release QB, per report
Getty Images Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo will miss the first two games of next season for violating the NFL’s performance-enhancing drug policy, CBS Sports lead NFL insider Jonathan Jones has confirmed. ESPN reports that Garoppolo’s violation related to his “using a prescribed medication without having a valid Therapeutic Use Exemption.” Garoppolo will be suspended no matter which team …
Read More »Steelers should try to acquire Justin Fields from Bears, but only under one condition
Art Rooney II recently admitted that he is growing impatient with the Pittsburgh Steelers’ recent lack of playoff success. That’s why the team’s president should push for his GM and head coach to pursue a trade for Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields. But under one condition. There have already been rumblings linking the Steelers to Fields, the former first-round pick who …
Read More »Chiefs pick up option on Chris Jones’ contract, retain right to franchise tag star DT, per report
Getty Images One of the top items on the Kansas City Chiefs’ offseason to-do list has to do with All-Pro defensive tackle Chris Jones, who’s among the best players at his position and looking for a new deal. On Friday, the Chiefs made the decision to pick up an option in his contract, which both pays Jones the $4.25 million …
Read More »NFL key dates for 2024 offseason: Combine, free agency, draft schedule, OTAs, start of training camp
With the Kansas City Chiefs recently recrowned as Super Bowl champions, the 2023 NFL season is officially in the rearview mirror. That means it’s time to start gearing up for the 2024 campaign as 31 other teams try their best to end Kansas City’s two-year reign atop the league. Throughout the next several months, teams will adjust their roster, coaching …
Read More »Steelers not interested in pursuing big-name QB despite internal division over Kenny Pickett, per report
Getty Images Plenty expect the Pittsburgh Steelers to consider pursuing a veteran quarterback in the 2024 offseason. In actuality, the team is not interested in adding a signal-caller who expects to be the starter, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, even with apparent internal division over former first-round draft pick Kenny Pickett. “That would include Justin Fields and Kirk Cousins, and …
Read More »Why Steelers legend Terry Bradshaw can’t be forgotten among Super Bowl’s all-time great quarterbacks
Pro football surpassed pro baseball as America’s No. 1 pastime in the 1970s, and Terry Bradshaw was a big reason why. Bradshaw’s role in the Pittsburgh Steelers winning four Super Bowls helped make the NFL and the Super Bowl the immense successes they are today. Super Bowls were mostly duds until Super Bowl X, when Bradshaw’s bombs to Lynn Swann …
Read More »Jimmy Garoppolo reportedly suspended 2 games for violating NFL’s Performance Enhancing Substances policy
The NFL has suspended Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo two games for violating the league’s Performance Enhancing Substances policy, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Garoppolo reportedly used a prescribed medication without having a valid Therapeutic Use Exemption. According to Schefter, Garoppolo will not appeal the suspension and will miss the first two games of the 2024-25 NFL season. Which …
Read More »Ranking 2023 NFL rookie classes after Year 1: Texans claim top spot; Packers, Rams and Lions crack top 10
With the 2023 NFL season in the books, it’s only right that we now rank the rookie classes for all 32 teams. The “hits” are ranked in order of how well they performed as rookies, and that ranking is based relative to when they were drafted. Higher expectations for earlier picks etc. Year 1 hits: None Not a good sign …
Read More »2024 Super Bowl: Where Chiefs rank among NFL’s greatest dynasties of past 60 years after latest championship
With their win in Super Bowl LVIII, Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs have officially become NFL’s second dynasty since the turn of the century, five years removed from the New England Patriots’ final Super Bowl win. If you weren’t sure before, there’s no denying the Chiefs’ place in history now. While several teams have won two Super Bowls, very few have managed …
Read More »Report: “Internal division” over whether Kenny Pickett or Mason Rudolph should start for Steelers
The Steelers don’t have a clear-cut No. 1 quarterback. And they apparently don’t have a clear-cut vision within the building about who the No. 1 quarterback should be. As explained by Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “there appears to be some internal division that maybe Mason Rudolph should be the starter,” given his performance at the end of the …
Read More »2024 NFL free agency: L’Jarius Sneed hopes Chiefs can afford to keep him and Chris Jones this offseason
USATSI The Kansas City Chiefs defense was one of the best units in the NFL this season, highlighted by the play of L’Jarius Sneed and Chris Jones. Both players are going to be free agents in a month, and the Chiefs would likely need both to make a run at a three-peat. Sneed certainly hopes the Chiefs have enough money …
Read More »Three reasons why 49ers own the best odds to win 2025 Super Bowl despite title-game loss to Chiefs
The Kansas City Chiefs are a dynasty, fresh off their third Super Bowl win in five years. But the San Francisco 49ers are already early favorites to hoist the Lombardi Trophy at the end of the 2024 season, with oddsmakers deeming them 2025’s top Super Bowl contender after their second-place finish. History tells us that teams who lose in the …
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