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DK Metcalf has been a solid fantasy contributor for years, but could be in position to take his game to a new level this season. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) Even by the standards of NFL skill players, DK Metcalf is an unrelatable outlier of an athlete. Just an outrageous human being. At 6-foot-4 and 230-plus pounds, Metcalf has cartoonish …

Defenseman Victor Hedman is staying with the Tampa Bay Lightning on a four-year, $32 million contract, signed Tuesday. The contract takes effect in the 2025-26 season. Retaining Hedman, 33, was key for the Lightning, who saw center Steven Stamkos depart for the Nashville Predators in free agency Monday. Stamkos, 34, left after general manager Julien BriseBois cleared enough room under …

Getty Images There is a whole lot of new for the Los Angeles Chargers heading into the 2024 season. They changed over both their front office and their coaching staff, bringing in Jim Harbaugh, who hired Greg Roman and Jesse Minter to coach the offense and defense, along with former Ravens executive Joe Hortiz to run the football operations department.  …

Star quarterback Justin Herbert has been blown away by rookie receiver Ladd McConkey, one of several new faces in the Los Angeles Chargers offense. “He’s just picked up the offense so easily. It’s like he’s been a four- or five-year vet,” Herbert told ESPN in a story published on Monday. “He understands the game.” The Chargers traded up from No. …

Getty Images Almost a year after acquiring him via trade, the Minnesota Vikings are soon expected to re-sign running back Cam Akers, provided the free agent passes a physical, according to the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Akers, 25, has been unsigned since his contract expired in March. The 2020 second-round draft pick originally arrived from the Los Angeles Rams last …

Paris Johnson is playing a new position in his second NFL season and he’s set some big goals for himself as he shifts from right tackle to left tackle for the Cardinals. Johnson closed out his rookie year with strong play in the final weeks and he sees that as a stepping stone to much bigger things in 2024 and …

Arizona Cardinals offensive tackle Paris Johnson Jr. is entering his second season in the NFL, and he’s setting lofty goals for himself in the coming years. “Yeah, I think personally, just Year 2, being able to fulfill all of the expectations that I have for myself, expectations that the team has for me being here. My goal ultimately is to …

Quinyon Mitchell is one of two highly drafted defensive backs the Eagles are adding to their secondary in an attempt to fix one of their biggest issues last season. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) With OTAs over and training camps still weeks away, plenty of questions are circling the NFL. Charles McDonald is tackling them this summer. The Philadelphia Eagles underachieved based …

When the Arizona Cardinals came on the clock with the No. 3 overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft, they elected to trade down rather than take someone right there. The Houston Texans came up to that spot and took edge rusher Will Anderson, while the Cards dropped down to No. 12.  Three picks later, though, the Cardinals moved right …

2023 Stats (Rank)Points per game: 22.5 (12th)Total yards per game: 345.5 (11th)Plays per game: 61.8 (23rd)Pass Attempts + Sacks per game: 35.3 (15th)Dropback EPA per play: 0.155 (4th)Rush attempts per game: 25.8 (22nd)Rush EPA per play: -0.054 (10th) Coaching Green Bay offensive coordinator Adam Stenavich enters his third season as the team’s OC. After finishing 17th in offensive yardage in …

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It had to be scary for the Minnesota Vikings to break up with Kirk Cousins. There was comfort in having Cousins. Minnesota always knew that they’d have solid, steady quarterback play. That was reassuring even if the Vikings had to realize that reaching a Super Bowl with Cousins was never going to happen. They had more losing seasons (three) in …

Usasti Aaron Rodgers made waves in June when he skipped the New York Jets’ mandatory minicamp with what head coach Robert Saleh explicitly deemed an “unexcused absence.” Now we finally know why the star quarterback was a no-show: Rodgers was traveling on a pre-planned trip to Egypt, according to SNY. The 40-year-old former NFL MVP, who’s entering his second season …

Training camp is around the corner. There is still an opportunity to make additional signings and trades, but roster construction is largely complete after free agency and the draft. Reflecting on the moves already made, it is clear that each team has varying levels of unknown on its roster.  Here are the most pressing needs for teams across the NFL:    …

The Detroit Lions pounced on the power vacuum left in the NFC North by four-time NFL MVP quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ departure from the Green Bay Packers to the New York Jets in 2023 and roared their way to a 12-5 record and a division title, their first since the 1993 season when it was the NFC Central, not the NFC …