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The 49ers are reportedly meeting with a free agent option at safety on Thursday. Julian Blackmon is visiting with the team, per a report from Jordan Schultz of Bleacher Report. Blackmon also visited with the Bills this week. The 49ers have not added any outside safeties this season, but they did re-sign Erik Harris and extend the contract of special …

Welcome to Thursday, football fans! Our good pal John Breech is still busy trying to convince Tee Higgins to stay in Cincinnati, so you have me, Tyler Sullivan, here to guide you through all the latest happenings in the NFL.  As you know by now, this is the Pick Six newsletter. As we continue to move forward through the offseason, …

Aaron Donald, who announced his retirement last week, believes that he did everything he could’ve done in his 10-year NFL career. The three-time Defensive Player of the Year shared a sense of fulfillment while also acknowledging he didn’t have what it takes to go through the rigors of another season in a minute-long video he posted on social media Wednesday. …

Report: Patriots signing veteran safety to one-year deal originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The New England Patriots aren’t done adding in NFL free agency. The Patriots are signing former Los Angeles Chargers and Atlanta Falcons safety Jaylinn Hawkins to a one-year contract, NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo reported Thursday. A fourth-round draft pick out of the University of California in …

Ralph Vacchiano NFC East Reporter The biggest problem with the Dallas Cowboys’ offseason so far isn’t that they basically sat out the start of free agency. It’s that they just watched helplessly as key pieces of their roster left for other teams. In the first two weeks alone, they lost their starting running back (Tony Pollard), starting center (Tyler Biadasz), …

USATSI We have another free agent who is swapping in his blue Giants jersey for Philadelphia green. The Eagles have reached an agreement on a deal with veteran wide receiver Parris Campbell, according to ESPN. While the financial terms of the contract were not immediately disclosed, it is reportedly a one-year deal that brings Campbell to Philly.  While not as …

Getty Images The Chicago Bears have already swung two of the most intriguing moves of this offseason. Last week, the Bears sent a fourth-round pick to the Los Angeles Chargers in exchange for wide receiver Keenan Allen. A couple days later, they moved Justin Fields to the Pittsburgh Steelers for a conditional sixth-round pick that can become a fourth if …

The Chicago Bears have a shiny new wide receiver duo, as they recently acquired six-time Pro Bowler Keenan Allen from the Los Angeles Chargers to pair with DJ Moore. Who will be the No. 1 option? Does it even matter? Moore joked about the team’s new outside threat. “It doesn’t really matter to me,” Moore told 670 The Score Thursday …

Safety Jaylinn Hawkins is heading to New England. The Patriots are signing Hawkins to a one-year contract, according to Mike Garafolo of NFL Network. Hawkins originally entered the NFL as a fourth-round pick of the Falcons in 2020. He played in 48 games over four seasons in Atlanta and became a starter in 2022, but he was largely phased out …

Takeoff with John Clark: Jeremiah Trotter Sr. and Jr. on NFL Draft originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Jeremiah Trotter Sr. will never forget the first time he saw his son pull out the Axe Man celebration at Clemson. “Tears. I remember it like it was yesterday,” Trotter Sr. said on the latest Takeoff with John Clark podcast. “I’ll never …

Monti Ossenfort is making it clear: The Arizona Cardinals are willing to trade the No. 4 overall pick, but only if they get the right offer. “There will be a big neon sign that says ‘open’ and I don’t like it blinking, it messes with my eyes, but we’re always going to be listening,” Arizona’s GM told reporters on Wednesday. …

Getty Images The New York Giants have already done quite a bit of shopping on the free agency and trade markets this offseason.  While they allowed Saquon Barkley to leave for the division rival Eagles and A’Shawn Robinson to head to the Panthers, The Giants signed a trio of interior offensive linemen (Jon Runyan Jr., Aaron Stinnie, and Austin Schlottmann), …

Greg Auman NFC South Reporter His last name has been synonymous with high-level coaching for decades, but Joey Gruden is putting a twist on the family business. When the Stetson men’s basketball team makes its NCAA Tournament debut on Friday against defending champion UConn, the Hatters will do so with Gruden — the son of former NFL coach Jay Gruden …

As pro day quarterbacks tend to do, Caleb Williams entered with a script. And as tends to happen at pro days, that script required on-field adjustments Wednesday at USC. The expected No. 1 overall selection of the 2024 NFL Draft was scheduled to throw about 50 times in a routine featuring three receivers. Then wide receiver John Jackson, a former …

The Arizona Cardinals have the No. 4 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, yet they aren’t married to the pick. Cardinals general manager Monti Ossenfort is willing to listen to offers for the pick, especially with a lot of teams trying to get themselves in position to select a quarterback.  “There will be a big neon sign that says ‘open’ …