Keenan Allen ranked No. 51 on NFL’s top 100 players list originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago The NFL is continuing to slowly release its top 100 players list, as they creep out small portions up until Aug. 1. Now, the 100-51 ranked players have been released. We already knew Bears edge rusher Montez Sweat landed No. 82 on the …
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Dak Prescott: Other great QBs played for other teams, that may be my reality
During a press conference from Cowboys training camp on Thursday, team owner Jerry Jones said that he doesn’t expect the 2024 season to be quarterback Dak Prescott’s final one in Dallas but Prescott isn’t under contract beyond this year and there’s no sign that a deal is imminent. Prescott can’t be franchise-tagged due to a clause in the last deal …
Read More »Training camp stock watch: Rookie WR Javon Baker shows burst
Training camp stock watch: Rookie WR Javon Baker shows burst originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston FOXBORO — Is it happening again? Really? For the last two years, training camp practices have been a slog for the Patriots along the offensive line. Players have been in and out of the lineup. Coaches have been on and off the staff. Schemes …
Read More »Jerry Jones cites playoff loss to Green Bay as reason Mike McCarthy didn’t get extension
Mike McCarthy views being a lame-duck coach as a “challenge.” Cowboys owner Jerry Jones seems to view it as an opportunity. This is the third consecutive time the Cowboys have let their head coach play out his contract. Jason Garrett’s Cowboys went 12-4 in 2014 in the final year of his contract and despite a playoff loss to the Packers, …
Read More »Some owners ponder possibly foisting some of the Sunday Ticket verdict onto the players
After the NFL suffered the biggest courtroom loss in the history of American sports, PFT asked the NFL whether the potential $14.1 billion loss would impact the salary cap. Here was the question: “I have people asking me if this will affect [the] salary cap. My understanding is that the verdict won’t but potential changes to Sunday Ticket resulting from …
Read More »With Mike McCarthy sitting at his side, Jerry Jones praises Bill Belichick
Cowboys owner and G.M. Jerry Jones conducted his annual training-camp press conference on Thursday. With current coach Mike McCarthy sitting to the right, Jones praised the man some think will be the next head coach of the Cowboys. Bill Beilichick. “I think he may be the best coach, certainly of my time in the NFL, and I happen to be …
Read More »What ESPN projects 49ers QB Purdy could land with looming extension
What ESPN projects 49ers QB Purdy could land with looming extension originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Brock Purdy could become a very, very, very, very rich man in the near future. Emphasis on “very.” The 49ers quarterback, after an NFL MVP-caliber 2023 season, is eligible to sign a contract extension as soon as 2025 and certainly will break …
Read More »49ers’ McCaffrey honored to be highest-paid NFL running back
49ers’ McCaffrey honored to be highest-paid NFL running back originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SANTA CLARA — Christian McCaffrey’s 49ers contract extension made him the highest-paid running back in the NFL, and the reigning Offensive Player of the Year does not take that lightly. McCaffrey’s extension is a two-year $38 million agreement giving him a league-high running back …
Read More »Sean McVay confirms CB Derion Kendrick tore an ACL
Rams coach Sean McVay announced the bad news Thursday night: An MRI confirmed cornerback Derion Kendrick tore an anterior cruciate ligament. Kendrick will undergo surgery and miss the 2024 season on injured reserve. McVay did not rule out brining back cornerback Ahkello Witherspoon, via Gary Klein of the Los Angeles Times. The Rams signed Witherspoon on June 29, 2023, after …
Read More »Are Dak Prescott and Jerry Jones preparing for a Cowboys breakup? It’ll hang over the team until a deal is done
OXNARD, Calif. — Every July, the Dallas Cowboys’ future is filtered through a tapestry of numbers. How many free agents were signed? What extensions were achieved? How many years remain on the head coach’s contract? How much money is left under the salary cap? And of course, the unyielding accounting of how many years it’s been since that last Super …
Read More »Cameron Heyward wants to finish his career in Pittsburgh, but said it’s out of his hands
Steelers General Manager Omar Khan sounded confident Thursday that defensive lineman Cameron Heyward with be with the team long term. Heyward isn’t getting his hopes up. “Am I confident?” Heyward said, via Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “I don’t like to go either way with that because you get your hopes up and something doesn’t happen. I’m just going …
Read More »Raiders mock Patrick Mahomes with Kermit the Frog puppet
It’s safe to say the Raiders are ticking off the Chiefs. At the Raiders’ training camp practice Thursday, a fan brought a Kermit the Frog puppet that was wearing a Patrick Mahomes’ jersey and a wig to mock the quarterback’s hair. A video surfaced on social media of Raiders safety Trey Taylor putting on the puppet and saying, “I’m a …
Read More »Mike Ornstein, former NFL executive and marketing agent, dies
One of the most intriguing and connected figures in pro football in recent decades has died. Via Jeff Duncan of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, former NFL executive and marketing agent Mike Ornstein died Thursday at his home in L.A. Ornstein previously served as the NFL’s V.P. of marketing. He represented running back Reggie Bush in 2006, lining up multiple marketing …
Read More »Training camp whispers from Bears, Packers, Commanders and Cowboys camp | Yahoo Fantasy Forecast
Subscribe to the Yahoo Fantasy Forecast This embedded content is not available in your region. Training camps are opening across the country and there’s no better time to get an insider’s perspective on the biggest whispers at the buzziest camps. Yahoo’s senior NFL writer Jori Epstein joins Matt Harmon to share her biggest observations and what’s she’s hearing from Bears, …
Read More »Bears safety Jonathan Owens taking break from camp to support wife Simone Biles at the Olympics
Most NFL players wouldn’t take five days off during the peak of job battles at training camp. Then again, most NFL players aren’t Chicago Bears safety Jonathan Owens. The sixth-year backup is taking the time away to watch his wife, Simone Biles, compete for the U.S. gymnastics team at the Paris Olympics. “Man, it’s crazy,” Owens said. “It’s like everyone’s …
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