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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 …

The NFL Combine is meant to confirm or reject impressions that teams have of players based on film study. Over the course of the week, 321 draft prospects will be poked and prodded as they are put through medical evaluations, interviews and physical testing in an effort to determine where they should be selected in the 2024 NFL Draft, which …

The Super Bowl has concluded, which means the NFL offseason has begun. NFL fans know that the league never sleeps, however. Over the next few months, teams will begin making personnel adjustments through free agency and the 2024 NFL Draft.  The information gathering portion of that calendar continues later this month at the annual NFL Combine. Here is everything you need …

The NFL adopted new rules for fair catches on kickoffs last year and one of the league’s top executives said Monday that there will be another proposed change coming this year. Executive vice president of football operations Troy Vincent said that there is “no question” that a proposal is coming this offseason. Last year’s rule change, which gave teams the …

USATSI A year after some of the NFL’s top free agent running backs banded together in an effort to resist a declining market at the position, not a single big-name ball-carrier is expected to receive the franchise tag this offseason, per ESPN. That means Pro Bowlers like Saquon Barkley, Derrick Henry and Josh Jacobs are on track to test the …

Getty Images For almost three decades, Peter King has made Monday an appointment date for reading his national perspectives. This Monday, the longtime NFL columnist announced his retirement, calling it a career after 44 years as a sports writer. King, 66, revealed the decision in his latest “Football Morning in America” piece for NBC Sports. The column, which began as …

This draft cycle, we’ve seen a lot of prospects return to school for a variety of reasons. Prospects at HBCUs were no different. There were a bevy of talented players who returned to their respective programs and some who are just not draft eligible as of yet. While that may be the case, it doesn’t dismiss the fact that there …