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Defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence gets honest about his potential return to Dallas Cowboys

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FORT WORTH, Texas — Dallas Cowboys defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence made it clear late in the 2024 season he wants to, and will, play in 2025, and he would prefer it to be with the only NFL team he’s ever known.

“What’s changed?” he asked on Thursday afternoon.

Other than nearly the entire coaching staff ...

On Thursday at a ...Read more

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Matthew Stafford isn't going anywhere: QB agrees to restructured Rams contract

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LOS ANGELES — Matthew Stafford is a master at leading comebacks.

And, after much offseason uncertainty, the Rams’ star quarterback is staying with the team he led to a Super Bowl title and three playoff appearances in four years.

On Friday, the Rams announced that Stafford agreed to terms on a restructured contract. Terms of his adjusted ...Read more

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Shedeur Sanders, Cam Ward claim top status as top quarterback prospect for NFL draft

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INDIANAPOLIS — Shedeur Sanders, a standout at Jackson State and Colorado, and Cam Ward, a former “no star” recruit, are considered the top two quarterbacks at the NFL Scouting Combine.

Sanders is a son of former Falcons and Braves great Deion “Prime Time” Sanders. Ward’s only scholarship offer after high school in West Columbia, ...Read more

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Eagles hire Bowling Green's Scot Loeffler as quarterbacks coach

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PHILADELPHIA — Scot Loeffler, the longtime Bowling Green State head coach, is set to become the next Eagles quarterbacks coach, the school announced on Friday.

The 50-year-old Loeffler spent the last six seasons at Bowling Green, his first head coaching gig at the collegiate level. He has spent the bulk of his 28-year coaching career focusing...Read more

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Lions got 'one of us' in new defensive line coach Kacy Rodgers

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INDIANAPOLIS — Losing Terrell Williams, who Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell routinely called the best defensive line coach in the league, wasn't ideal.

But his replacement, if the numbers are any indication, isn't too shabby, either.

The Lions announced Kacy Rodgers as their new defensive line coach and run-game coordinator this month....Read more

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What the NFL's record $279.2 million salary cap means for the Eagles

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The NFL salary cap is on the rise once again.

According to a memo issued by the league to teams on Thursday, the 2025 salary cap has been set at $279.2 million. That figure is a $23.8 million increase (9.32%) from last year’s $255.4 leaguewide, unadjusted limit, making it the third-greatest year-over-year jump by dollar amount since the ...Read more

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Jon Gruden is returning to the Bucs' Ring of Honor

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TAMPA, Fla. — Jon Gruden was vacationing in the Great Smoky Mountains on Thursday when he learned that his name was going to be elevated to rare but familiar heights at Raymond James Stadium.

The Bucs announced that Gruden, their Super Bowl 37-winning head coach, was returning to the team’s Ring of Honor four years after his name was ...Read more

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Pat McAfee says Travis Kelce confirmed he will return to KC Chiefs for 2025 season

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Tight end Travis Kelce is definitely returning to the Chiefs. Well, so says ESPN’s Pat McAfee.

Days after the Super Bowl LIX loss to the Eagles, Kelce had said he would take some time to ponder whether to retire or play the last season on his contract.

Chiefs general manager Brett Veach said at the NFL Combine that he expects Kelce to be ...Read more

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Ravens' Justin Tucker expresses empathy for accusers in new statement denying allegations

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In a new statement denying allegations of inappropriate behavior at Baltimore-area massage parlors, Ravens kicker Justin Tucker said he’s devastated that “anyone I have worked with would not have felt respected and valued as a professional, but more importantly as a person.”

“To anyone who has felt otherwise, I am sorry,” Tucker ...Read more

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Kansas City Chiefs make surprise move to lock in top free agent with franchise tag

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The Kansas City Chiefs have placed the franchise tag on right guard Trey Smith in hopes of signing him to a long-term extension, sources confirmed to The Star on Thursday afternoon.

It was a change from previous expectations.

Smith, projected to make between $23.403 million under the franchise tag on a one-year deal per OverTheCap, was not ...Read more

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Greg Cote: Heat on McDaniel, Grier as Dolphins enter what could be year of massive change

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MIAMI — It is comically realistic that the Miami Dolphins — a franchise trying to keep its head above irrelevance in a stacked AFC — has identified offensive guard as its biggest need this NFL offseason.

It should, no doubt. A better offensive line is much-needed and guard is the greatest vulnerability. The Super Bowl champion Eagles just...Read more

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David Murphy: Howie Roseman and the Eagles will loom large in Myles Garrett trade talks, for an interesting reason

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PHILADELPHIA — Contract disputes have their own theoretical physics. A lot of times you can predict their trajectory based sheerly on math. In the case of Myles Garrett v. Browns, we have a problem that not even Faraday or Feynman has managed to solve.

In the far corner: The Unstoppable Force.

In the near corner: The Immovable Object.

This ...Read more

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Sean McVay says keeping Matthew Stafford remains Rams' priority

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LOS ANGELES — Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford and his agent are shopping to determine his worth. Meantime, the Rams must determine whether they will pay Stafford a competitive rate to remain with them another season or trade him to save cash and acquire draft capital.

Coach Sean McVay said this week there is "no doubt" about wanting ...Read more

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49ers' Lynch: Purdy contract talks underway, Samuel's trade request 'makes sense'

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Brock Purdy’s contract negotiations are underway, as are the San Francisco 49ers’ plans to try to fulfill Deebo Samuel’s trade request. General manager John Lynch addressed those and other pressing topics Wednesday at the NFL scouting combine.

Here are the key takeaways from Lynch’s media session in Indianapolis — his first since a ...Read more

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Giants met with Rams QB Matthew Stafford's representatives in Indianapolis: source

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INDIANAPOLIS — Joe Schoen wasn’t kidding about “swinging” for a quarterback.

The Giants met with Rams QB Matthew Stafford‘s representatives on Tuesday here in Indianapolis at the NFL combine, according to a source.

Stafford’s camp has permission from the Rams to speak with other teams this week to gauge the market in the event of a...Read more

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Philly's Abdul Carter could be the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft. At the Super Bowl, he was just an Eagles fan.

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INDIANAPOLIS — Abdul Carter said it would be realistic come April 24 to hear his name called first among a long list of prospects on the NFL draft stage. His rationale is straightforward.

“I feel like I’m the best player in the country, and the best player should be selected No. 1,” the 21-year-old edge rusher out of Penn State said ...Read more

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Dave Hyde: Why the Dolphins should trade Tyreek Hill

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Looming and complicated, the Miami Dolphins face a decision on Tyreek Hill:

Trade him this winter.

Or say goodbye to him next winter.

The third option, the one where they re-do his contract again at age 32, where they spread out the $51.8 million salary-cap number he has in 2026 over a few more years, is hard to see on the table of a good ...Read more

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Jets owner Woody Johnson ranks last in annual NFLPA report card

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INDIANAPOLIS — After a nightmare 2024 season in which they finished 5-12, the hits keep coming for the Jets.

The NFLPA released its annual team report cards on Wednesday, in which 77% of league players participated.

The Jets finished 29th out of 32 NFL teams in the rankings after finishing 21st in 2024. Jets owner Woody Johnson was also ...Read more

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From walk-on to NFL prospect: UCLA's Carson Schwesinger eager to take the next step

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INDIANAPOLIS — After his first practices at UCLA, where Carson Schwesinger began as a walk-on, the linebacker called his mother with a major declaration. It wasn't a scholarship. It was even bigger.

He wanted to go to the NFL.

From walk-on to Associated Press first-team All-American, Schwesinger is now UCLA's top prospect ahead of April's ...Read more

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Sam McDowell: Why Chiefs expect Travis Kelce back in 2025 -- and what it would mean for next season

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A night before Super Bowl LIX, the Chiefs gathered in a ballroom at a downtown New Orleans hotel, and they requested that some of their veterans speak to the room.

Travis Kelce, 35 years old and just two months shy of the oldest player on the Chiefs roster, stood up front. An impassioned speech followed, but it required ...Read more