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USATSI The Green Bay Packers rebuilt the franchise around  quarterback Jordan Love in the span of about a year thanks to general manager Brian Gutekunst pulling seven players who where either starters or rotational contributors as rookies in 2023. They were edge rusher Lukas Van Ness (13th overall pick), tight end Luke Musgrave (42nd overall pick), wide receiver Jayden Reed …

Veteran pass rusher Randy Gregory has joined the Buccaneers. The terms of the deal have now emerged. Per a source with knowledge of the term, it has a base value of $3 million with up to $2 million available in incentives. Of the base amount, $2.49 million is fully guaranteed. The deal has $510,000 in per-game active roster bonuses. The …

USATSI Stefon Diggs has his new NFL home, as the Buffalo Bills star was traded to the Houston Texans this week. After four consecutive Pro Bowl campaigns, Buffalo made the decision to send Diggs along with a 2024 sixth-round pick and 2025 fifth-rounder to Houston in exchange for a 2025 second-round pick. Diggs leaves Buffalo as the franchise’s fourth-leading receiver, …

Getty Images The Tennessee Titans have been active in free agency, signing running back Tony Pollard, wide receiver Calvin Ridley and trading for cornerback L’Jarius Sneed. Brian Callahan and Ran Carthon have certainly had a successful offseason, but real contenders are built through the draft. Tennessee still has holes to fill on the offensive line and on the defensive side …

With college basketball winding down, MLB Opening Day in the rearview mirror and The Masters still days away, attention is heating up on the NFL’s marquee offseason event. Let’s make our turn toward the NFL Draft. (Taylar Sievert/Yahoo Sports) You love mock drafts. So do we. Let’s do another one! Free agents have signed, big trades have been swung, and …

Prototypical Patriots: Size, speed matter for Wolf-tree tight ends originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston For a long time, putting together our Prototypical Patriots series was relatively self-explanatory. We had about two decades of drafts run by Bill Belichick to analyze what he preferred at certain positions. What were the physical or production-related thresholds he seemed to value at quarterback? …

If you’re creating the perfect NFL Draft prospect, he’d be huge, with tremendous collegiate production and awe-inspiring athletic gifts. Of course, most don’t check all those boxes. Sometimes you have to trust a prospect’s film even if he’s not an athletic freak.  This is the first in a two-part, annual series that examines a pair of unique subsets of every …

USATSI After four productive seasons in Buffalo, the Bills traded star wideout Stefon Diggs to the Houston Texans along with a 2024 sixth-round pick and 2025 fifth-round pick in exchange for a 2025 second-rounder. It was a shocking move that raised several questions: Are the Texans now a contender? And is the Bills’ championship window closed? This trade didn’t come …

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is among the NFL owners who are worth more than $1 billion. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images) Just about every day, in one way or another, we’re reminded that the NFL crushes the rest of the American sporting world in terms of popularity. The Forbes’ billionaire list is the latest way of proving it. …

Emily Kaplan, ESPNApr 4, 2024, 07:31 AM ET CloseEmily Kaplan is ESPN’s national NHL reporter. Connor Bedard’s remarkable rookie season has been defined by confidence and offensive wizardry. But on Jan. 5, as he tried to knife through the New Jersey Devils defense while driving to the net, he was flattened by a hit. When the 18-year-old’s jaw broke, everything …

Wednesday’s bombshell news that the Bills are trading wide receiver Stefon Diggs came a day after Diggs chimed in on a question about whether a top-flight receiver was essential to quarterback Josh Allen’s success. An X user opined that Allen benefits from such a receiver, but that one isn’t essential. Diggs replied by asking “you sure?” Wednesday’s move would seem …

What does new contract really mean for Eagles’ Reed Blankenship? originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Reed Blankenship has a new contract and a little bit more security in the form of nearly $4 million in guaranteed money. What he doesn’t have is any guarantee that he’ll be a starting safety for the Eagles in 2024. Despite the contract restructure, …

Breaking down most likely positions for Eagles in 1st round of draft originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Howie Roseman has been the Eagles general manager since 2010 (minus the 2015 season) and has made 13 picks in the first round. Because of his lengthy tenure, we have a lot of history to look back on. Here’s a look at …

Well, 2024 just got even more interesting. With the Bills trading receiver Stefon Diggs to the Texans, the Texans’ schedule requires more careful focus. The most significant game on it? A visit to Houston from the Buffalo Bills. But there are others. The Texans go to Minnesota, where Diggs’s career started — and where he made one of the biggest …

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