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NFL owners approve three rule changes, including hip-drop tackle ban originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The NFL is eliminating the hip-drop tackle. NFL team owners on Monday unanimously approved a rule that bans players from using a swivel technique to tackle an opponent. A violation will result in a 15-yard penalty and could ultimately result in fines for …

Giants head coach Brian Daboll was clear that Daniel Jones is the team’s quarterback of the present on Sunday, but the team may not be opposed to adding their quarterback of the future in this year’s draft. General Manager Joe Schoen has left the door open to drafting a player at any position with the sixth overall pick and the …

The Browns and safety Rodney McLeod are running it back. McLeod re-signed with the team on Monday. The Browns announced the move, but did not disclose the terms of the deal. McLeod joined the Browns as a free agent last March and played 10 games before a season-ending biceps injury. He started five of those games and made 29 tackles …

ORLANDO, Fla. — The writing was on the wall when the NFL began publicizing its data. The hip-drop tackle, league executives began saying last year, inflicted injury at 25 times the rate of the average tackle. And this wasn’t just any injury, the league’s health and safety committee said. This was a time-loss injury. Fifteen times last season — nearly …

Subscribe to Zero Blitz This embedded content is not available in your region. Jason Fitz is joined by the great Nate Tice to prepare for the 2024 NFL Draft the best way they know how: a full first-round mock draft done live on the show. The duo start off by reacting to the biggest NFL news from the weekend, including …

Running back Damien Harris announced his retirement Monday. “For the past 20 years, playing the game of football has been one of the greatest privileges of my life,” Harris wrote on social media. “Getting to represent the name on the back of my jersey on and off the field, getting to compete at the highest level with and against the …

Oddsmakers predict slight improvement for 2024 Bears. Inside their win-loss predictions originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago The Bears have been one of the busiest teams in the NFL this offseason, and now they’re primed to add quarterback prospect phenom Caleb Williams. Oddsmakers have noticed. On Monday, BetOnline released its first set of lines for NFL team win totals, and …

Stetson Bennett missed most of his rookie season with the Rams because he was placed on the non-football injury/illness list for an undisclosed issue. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) Quarterback Stetson Bennett apparently still has a future with the Rams. How long remains to be determined, but Bennett will participate in the team’s offseason workouts, general manager Les …

We’re exactly one month away from the 2024 NFL Draft and there’s still plenty of debate about what the Giants should do with the sixth overall pick. Experts have Big Blue targeting a playmaker on the outside such as LSU’s Malik Nabers in their latest mock drafts while other rumors have connected them to the top quarterbacks, particularly Michigan’s J.J. …

49ers GM Lynch provides Greenlaw, Hufanga injury updates originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area ORLANDO, Fla. — Linebacker Dre Greenlaw is a candidate to start the 2024 season on the physically unable to perform list, according to 49ers general manager John Lynch. Lynch spoke to local Bay Area media Monday at the NFL Annual Meeting, and shared that Greenlaw’s …

Kittle, Ward on track for 49ers training camp after offseason surgery originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area ORLANDO, Fla. — George Kittle and Charvarius Ward underwent successful core muscle surgery this offseason, 49ers general manager John Lynch said Monday. Lynch, speaking to local Bay Area media at the NFL Annual Meeting, noted Kittle and Ward should be ready to …

Self-aware Jerod Mayo preaches patience with Patriots’ rebuild originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston ORLANDO – Few people want to hear it. Even fewer really want to accept it. But the Patriots probably won’t be “good” for a while. You don’t like that fact? Understandable. You get used to living your fan’s life a certain way. It’s not easy to …

Mar 25, 2024, 08:42 PM ET DENVER — Montreal coach Martin St. Louis is back with the Canadiens after he left the team to be with his family. Montreal announced on Monday that St. Louis will be behind the bench again for Tuesday night’s game at Colorado. The Canadiens went 1-2-1 while St. Louis was on leave. St. Louis had …

Billie Weiss / Getty Images Running back Damien Harris announced his retirement from the NFL on Monday at the age of 27. Harris spent last season with the Buffalo Bills, carrying 23 times for 94 yards and a touchdown before a neck injury suffered in the Week 6 matchup against the New York Giants prematurely ended his campaign. He was …

After losing longtime QB Kirk Cousins via free agency, the Minnesota Vikings have major shoes to fill at QB. Cousins took snaps as the team’s starter for six seasons, making Pro Bowls in three of them and leading the Vikings to the postseason twice. Cousins’ consistency in Minnesota netted him a huge payday in Atlanta and left the Vikes with …