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Star free agents are the players who have the most to celebrate with today’s news of a massive increase in the NFL salary cap to $255.4 million for the 2024 season. But the lower-paid players at the bottom of the salary structure have plenty to celebrate, too. The NFL and NFL Players Association have negotiated an increase in the league’s …

NFL increases 2024 salary cap to $255.4 million in historic spike originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area NFL teams will have some extra money to spend this season. The league announced that its 2024 salary cap will be $255.4 million per team. The number marks a $30-plus million jump from the 2023 salary cap, which was $224.8 million. The …

Eagles finalize their coaching staff for the 2024 season originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The Eagles on Friday announced their entire coaching staff for the 2024 season with plenty of changes after a disastrous end to last season. While we already knew about many of the changes coming to Nick Sirianni’s staff — including new coordinators Vic Fangio and …

How much Patriots would need to pay to put franchise tag on Dugger, Onwenu originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The New England Patriots have some major decisions to make in the coming weeks with some of their own free agents, most notably offensive tackle Michael Onwenu and safety Kyle Dugger. These are two homegrown players the Patriots drafted and …

Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz and Jori Epstein discuss the Bears quarterback’s decision to unfollow the team on Instagram, his analogy comparing the move to a relationship and why it was always going to up for public interpretation. Hear the full conversation on “Inside Coverage” – part of the “Zero Blitz” podcast – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever …

It’s been more than a month since the Eagles’ season crashed to an end with a playoff loss to the Buccaneers, but this week saw renewed discussion of why their season collapsed after a 10-1 start. Some of that discussion included reports of serious dissension in the locker room and Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown took some time on Friday …

Will Patriots re-sign Kendrick Bourne? Here’s latest update on free agent WR originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Kendrick Bourne is one of the most interesting free agents on the New England Patriots roster. He tore his ACL in Week 8 of the 2023 season, but before that he was the team’s most productive wide receiver. In fact, Bourne has …

How Patriots can cash in on ‘unprecedented’ NFL salary cap increase originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The New England Patriots will have even more “cash to burn” than expected. The NFL announced Friday that each club’s 2024 salary cap will be set at $255.4 million, a massive $30 million increase from 2023 that the league described as “unprecedented.” NFL …

Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy will not attend next week’s NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, Todd Archer of ESPN reports. McCarthy and defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer will remain at The Star working on staff hirings and changes to the defensive scheme. It marks the second consecutive year McCarthy will remain home from the Combine, participating in virtual interview sessions with prospects …

The 49ers released veteran cornerback Isaiah Oliver on Friday, the team announced. The move saves $2 million in salary cap space. Oliver appeared in all 17 games last season, but he played only four snaps or fewer per game in six of the last nine games. He did not play a single down on defense in the postseason but saw …

The Rams are keeping around one of their offensive contributors. Los Angeles announced on Friday that the club has tendered exclusive rights free agent Ronnie Rivers. Rivers, 25, was a reserve running back for the Rams in 2023. Appearing in nine games with one start, he recorded 129 yards on 32 carries and five catches for 22 yards. Rivers entered …

There won’t be any franchise-tag drama between Tee Higgins and the Cincinnati Bengals.  According to NFL.com, the Bengals have informed Higgins that they’ll be using the franchise tag on him this year. The news comes on the same day where the Bengals — and the 31 other teams — got an unexpected gift from the NFL when the league announced …

When the Jets signed Mecole Hardman to a one-year deal last offseason, the hope was that he’d bring another weapon to a completely revamped offense with future Hall of Famer Aaron Rodgers at the helm. However, as it went down, things didn’t go as planned for either side. After Rodgers suffered a season-ending injury just four snaps into the season opener against …

Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz looks at the one big thing for Los Angeles’ offseason – with Jim Harbaugh coming aboard and some key names likely gone, expectations will still be high for a team with one of the most talented quarterbacks in the NFL. Video Transcript JASON FITZ: The Super Bowl is in the rearview mirror, and that means it’s …

Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz looks at the one big thing for New England’s offseason – it’s first since 2000 without Bill Belichick at the helm – and why there will need to be extreme patience with Jerod Mayo taking over the team. Video Transcript JASON FITZ: The Super Bowl is in the rearview mirror, and that means it’s time to …