The Dallas Cowboys and star wide receiver CeeDee Lamb have agreed to a four-year, $136 million contract extension that includes a $38 million signing bonus, the largest ever given out to a wide receiver. ESPN first reported the news. Lamb’s new contract is worth an average annual value of $34 million, making it the second-highest AAV for a non-quarterback in …
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Report: Williams won’t return to 49ers until contract is resolved
Report: Williams won’t return to 49ers until contract is resolved originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The 49ers could be without Trent Williams for the start of the 2024 NFL season. San Francisco’s All-Pro left tackle held out the entirety of training camp as he awaits a reworked contract and it appears the 36-year-old is prepared to wait even …
Read More »Report: CeeDee Lamb, Cowboys agree to 4-year, $136M extension
The Dallas Cowboys and star wide receiver CeeDee Lamb have agreed to a four-year, $136 million contract extension, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports, ending Lamb’s holdout and temporarily calming the waters around the team. ESPN Sources: Cowboys and All-Pro WR CeeDee Lamb reached agreement today on a record four-year, $136 million deal that now makes him the second highest-paid non-QB in …
Read More »Please, Patriots, I’m begging you to keep rookie QB Drake Maye on the bench
Henry McKenna NFL Reporter Poor Jacoby Brissett. Yes, this is a story about why he should be the New England Patriots’ starting quarterback. But that makes him something of a sacrificial lamb. If Brissett ends up the starter, we saw a preview of his upcoming trials and tribulations against the Washington Commanders on Sunday in the preseason finale. With New …
Read More »Schrock’s final 53-man roster projection as NFL cut day approaches
Schrock’s final 53-man roster projection as NFL cut day approaches originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago LAKE FOREST, Ill. — You’ve probably heard this by now, but making the 2024 Bears roster is going to be much harder than making the previous two iterations that general manager Ryan Poles and head coach Matt Eberflus have put together. That’s what happens …
Read More »Eagles 2024 roster cuts: Tracking the roster moves to 53
Eagles 2024 roster cuts: Tracking the roster moves to 53 originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The Eagles have until 4 p.m. on Tuesday to cut their roster from 91 players to 53. This won’t be their final 53-man roster, but it’s where they have to start. Plenty of the players released before the deadline will end up on the …
Read More »Jerry Jones on why he should remain Cowboys GM: ‘Nobody [else] can do it’
Jerry Jones has owned the Dallas Cowboys since 1989. During that time, he has also taken the role of team president and general manager, leading the team’s football and non-football operations in a hands-on manner that the vast majority of his NFL owner peers past and present have usually delegated. Jones’ status as Cowboys GM has come under increased scrutiny …
Read More »Which NFL head coaches are on the hot seat entering 2024? | Football Season Preview Show
Yahoo Sports’ Caroline Fenton, NFL analyst Nate Tice, NFL writer Charles McDonald and Mike Golic Jr. discuss the coaches facing the most pressure going into this season. View more Video Transcript Let’s take a look at maybe some coaches, quarterbacks, front office members that are going into the season. A little uncomfortable seats get a little hot. Whose seat is …
Read More »Chiefs cut backup QB Ian Book
Chiefs quarterback Ian Book has been let go a day before final roster cutdowns. Book has been waived, according to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network. The Chiefs needed to create a roster spot to sign wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster, and Book’s will apparently be that roster spot. That means Book will be available on waivers if any team wants to …
Read More »Why 49ers released, re-signed Thomas before preseason finale
Why 49ers released, re-signed Thomas before preseason finale originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Veteran tight end Logan Thomas returned to the 49ers last week after the club begrudgingly let him go a couple weeks earlier. It appears as if the 49ers want to keep Thomas around — whether that is with a spot on the 53-man roster or …
Read More »Everything you need to know about the new NFL kickoffs, before kickoff
What did we learn about the NFL’s new kickoff return in the 2024 preseason? This three-week crash course in the league’s new model is very much uncharted territory, but it gives us more than 400 kickoff returns and a decent sample size from which we can produce a clearer picture of how it might impact the upcoming season. Coaches are …
Read More »Fantasy Football: 4 QBs to fade in 2024 drafts
Beware! Not all players will return their promised value in 2024 fantasy football drafts? The team at Yahoo Fantasy identifies five quarterback fades to consider avoiding at their current ADP. Yahoo ADP: 47.5 I don’t know any pundits who are down on Richardson, but some analysts are taking Richardson to the moon in the summer draft season. In fact, my …
Read More »Cowboys reportedly increase offer to CeeDee Lamb beyond $33 million per year
The Dallas Cowboys have reportedly upped their contract extension offer to CeeDee Lamb, meeting his request for more than $33 million per year, which in itself would make him one of the highest-paid receivers in the NFL on an annual basis. Additionally, the Cowboys have trimmed the length of their offer to four years, per a report from DLLS Sports. …
Read More »Fantasy Football: What you need to know from Week 3 of the preseason
Special to Yahoo Sports We’re almost there, guys and gals. It’s the height of fantasy draft time, but no one has the time nor the desire to watch all 16 preseason Week 3 contests. That’s where I come in. Here’s a position-by-position look at how the final preseason weekend went down, so you can plan and adjust accordingly for the …
Read More »Browns’ Nick Chubb to begin season on PUP list, will miss at least four games
Cleveland Browns star running back Nick Chubb will remain on the physically unable to perform list while he recovers from two surgeries on his left knee, keeping him out for at least the first four games this season. Chubb has made significant progress in his recovery after he suffered a grotesque, season-ending knee injury in Week 2 last year against …
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