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Ralph Vacchiano NFC East Reporter Daniel Jones knew what the New York Giants were trying to do on the first night of the 2024 NFL Draft. He knew they were attempting to trade up and draft his eventual successor. They were honest about their intentions. He understood why it was happening. But that doesn’t mean he was happy about it. …

EAST RUTHERFORD – Daniel Jones wasn’t overly thrilled with the Giants’ pursuit of a quarterback in this year’s NFL Draft. He admitted as much on Thursday. Jones knows what everyone else does: His career in New York would have received a fast-approaching expiration date had Joe Schoen successfully moved up for Drake Maye.  Good news for Jones: The Giants didn’t …

May 23, 2024, 03:20 PM ET Colorado Avalanche forward Artturi Lehkonen will have a shoulder procedure in the next week, general manager Chris MacFarland confirmed Thursday. After scoring goals in all five games in a first-round series win against the Winnipeg Jets, Lehkonen managed only one goal in the six-game loss to the Dallas Stars in the Western Conference semifinals. …

The Kansas City Chiefs haven’t exactly stayed distraction-free in the months following their latest Super Bowl victory. Most recently, kicker Harrison Butker was in the crosshairs for the veteran’s recent polarizing commencement speech at Benedictine College.  Among others, Butker’s comments drew the attention of the league office with Roger Goodell releasing the following statement last week (h/t Yahoo Sports): “Harrison …

The NFL hasn’t scheduled a game for every day of the week. Yet. “We’re going to be the new 7-Eleven,” New Orleans Saints defensive end Cameron Jordan said. “NFL, 24 hours, you can watch them play any given day.” The veteran preparing for his 14th season has a way of lacing his critiques with playful satire that hits his intended …

The Kansas City Chiefs added wide receivers Hollywood Brown and Xavier Worthy to the mix this offseason, giving superstar quarterback and three-time Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes more weapons in the passing game. Mahomes sees Brown, a five-year NFL veteran, as adding a new dimension to Kansas City’s offense. “I think y’all saw it today [at OTAs] — I’m giving …

Here I’ll examine the average draft position (ADP) of some players I can’t wait to track over the course of the summer. This exercise is less a “buy or sell” some of these draft positions and more just outlining some players who could be subject to movement up or down the board as the next few months move along. I’ll …

USA Today Less than a week after being released by the Kansas City Chiefs, La’Mical Perine has found a new NFL home. The veteran running back has signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers, according to Perine’s agent.  Perine, 26, is the cousin of former Steelers linebacker Myles Jack and Broncos running back Samaje Perine. A 2020 fourth-round pick, Perine spent his …

These Bears veterans could be on cut watch this summer, after starting for team in years past originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Instead of following key position battles for the Bears this summer, we’ll be doing things like tracking Caleb Williams completions and counting takeaways for the talented defense. After tearing down the roster in 2022, GM Ryan Poles …

FRISCO, Texas — Quarterback Trey Lance, the third overall pick of the 2021 NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers, experienced a collegiate and NFL development path similar to that of an out-of-control roller coaster, but that’s set to get back on track in 2024 with the Dallas Cowboys.  How he became a Dallas Cowboy  Many major NCAA programs wanted …

Wide receiver John Ross is back in the NFL. The Eagles announced that they have signed Ross to their 90-man roster on Thursday. Ross tried out for the team at their rookie minicamp earlier this month. Ross last played in a regular season game with the Giants in 2021. He signed with the Chiefs in January 2023, announced his retirement …

May 23, 2024, 01:46 PM ET PRAGUE — Nick Paul scored two goals as defending champion Canada beat Slovakia 6-3 to reach the semifinals at the ice hockey world championship on Thursday. Dylan Guenther had a goal and an assist and Jared McCann, Pierre-Luc Dubois, and Brandon Tanev also scored for 28-time champion Canada in the quarterfinal. McCann and Dubois …

This year, we saw six quarterbacks go in the first round for just the second time in the past 40 years. It was also the first time ever that six went in the top-half of the draft. But this year’s class wasn’t filled with elite, near-flawless quarterbacks. Caleb Williams certainly screams “future NFL star” and Jayden Daniels had a historic …

Eagles sign veteran speedster to bolster WR room originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The Eagles have signed veteran receiver John Ross to a one-year deal, the team announced on Thursday. This signing comes just a few days after DeVante Parker officially retired. So the Eagles are replacing one former first-round pick with another. Ross, 28, was with the Eagles …

Welcome to the Thursday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!  It’s been a wild 48 hours here in Nashville. The NFL’s 32 owners spent the week here holding their annual spring meeting and that meeting ended on Wednesday with Roger Goodell holding a press conference. Nashville is known as a party town, but unfortunately, I did not see anyone out …