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

Tom Krasovic: NFL analyst Daniel Jeremiah on 'cyborg' QBs, draft strategy and who could be this year's steal
SAN DIEGO — If you want to understand the next NFL Draft as it relates to where the sport is and where it is going, Daniel Jeremiah is is worth your time.
Jeremiah is the former Eagles, Browns and Ravens scout who works as the NFL Network’s lead draft analyst. He likes to have fun in breaking down football, and that’s why, here, following...Read more

Mike Vorel: Why Seahawks can't afford to lose linebacker and leader Ernest Jones IV
SEATTLE — In seven games before trading for Ernest Jones IV, the Seahawks surrendered an average of 146.1 rushing yards per game, plus 4.97 opponent yards per carry and seven rushing scores.
In 10 games after trading for Ernest Jones IV, the Seahawks surrendered an average of 103 rushing yards per game, plus 4.20 opponent yards per carry and ...Read more

Jason Mackey: You expected to see changes with Steelers this offseason? Sorry about that.
PITTSBURGH — It's a good thing Keeanu Benton might play some defensive end and Broderick Jones will return to left tackle.
For a while there, as I digested comments made by Steelers general manager Omar Khan at Lucas Oil Stadium for the NFL combine, it felt like the organization might've been stuck in a rut, refusing to change yet somehow ...Read more

Nick Sirianni looks for coaching staff changes to bring the Eagles continuity -- and new ideas
INDIANAPOLIS — Over the last two weeks since the Philadelphia Eagles won Super Bowl LIX, Nick Sirianni has prioritized the team’s future over his own.
Sirianni, 43, capped the fourth year of his five-year contract in Philadelphia with a Lombardi Trophy, earning 14 regular-season victories along the way to bring his career winning percentage...Read more

Eagles' Howie Roseman is healing nicely from that parade beer can, 'a projectile lodged into my face'
INDIANAPOLIS — Howie Roseman survived the Philadelphia Eagles’ Super Bowl parade. He has a scar to prove it.
More than a week after the general manager was gashed in the forehead with an unopened beer can while riding on top of one of the buses along the parade procession, a mostly-healed Roseman appeared at the NFL scouting combine. He had...Read more

Joe Schoen jokes about 'Hard Knocks' scars as NFL seeks new team to follow Giants' footsteps
INDIANAPOLIS — The NFL has been unable to find another team to do HBO’s ‘Offseason Hard Knocks‘ in 2025 after the brutal exposure of the Giants‘ flawed process one year ago.
Joe Schoen was asked Tuesday if any other GMs had called him to ask about his experience as the league seeks a new club, and the Giants GM had a sense of humor ...Read more

Brad Biggs: Bears aren't making national headlines at this year's NFL combine. That's a welcome change.
INDIANAPOLIS — If a team routinely is generating big news at the NFL scouting combine, it probably has strung together a whole bunch of poor seasons on the field.
That was the Chicago Bears a year ago, and the year before that, and … well, you get the picture. You’ve seen the movie and you know how it ends.
When general manager Ryan ...Read more

Joe Schoen leaves Matthew Stafford Giants door open while Aaron Rodgers eyes Rams
INDIANAPOLIS — Everything Joe Schoen said Tuesday at the NFL combine pointed to the Giants taking a run at Matthew Stafford if the L.A. Rams make the Super Bowl winning quarterback available in a trade.
“We’re gonna look for the best player available that can help us win games in ’25,” Schoen said of his quarterback search, when asked...Read more

49ers unveil coach Kyle Shanahan's overhauled staff as NFL carousel stops
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Season No. 9 for 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan comes with his staff’s most significant overhaul.
New coordinators are in place: Robert Saleh returns to the defense after three-plus seasons as the New York Jets coach, Brant Boyer leaves his post with the Jets to oversee the 49ers’ troubled special teams, and Klay Kubiak ...Read more

Terry Fontenot on what to do with Kirk Cousins: 'We have to do what's right for the Falcons'
INDIANAPOLIS — The Atlanta Falcons still are considering their options with veteran quarterback Kirk Cousins, general manager Terry Fontenot said Tuesday at the NFL Scouting Combine.
He contended that nothing has changed since the end of the season and that Cousins was the team’s backup quarterback. That could change by the start of the ...Read more

Jets GM Darren Mougey says team never gave Aaron Rodgers any ultimatums on staying with the team
INDIANAPOLIS — On Tuesday, New York Jets brass spoke for the first time since it was announced they would be moving on from Aaron Rodgers.
Before a single question was asked, Jets general manager Darren Mougey said the team did not give Rodgers any ultimatums in order to stay on the team.
“I’m not here to confirm or deny any rumors that ...Read more

Ravens brass call Justin Tucker allegations 'concerning': 'You don't want to read about it'
INDIANAPOLIS — What did the Ravens know about the slew of sexual misconduct allegations against kicker Justin Tucker and when did they know it?
Coach John Harbaugh said Tuesday at the NFL scouting combine that he first learned about them from general manager Eric DeCosta, just days before The Baltimore Banner’s initial story published last ...Read more

Chiefs' Rashee Rice shares another promising update on recovery from knee injury
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice was on his way to having a big 2024 season when he was sidelined following a freak injury.
Rice was tracking down a Chargers player who had intercepted a pass during a game in September when he was hit in the knee by quarterback Patrick Mahomes. The lateral collateral ligament in Rice’s ...Read more

Mike Sielski: The NFL should tell all the crybabies complaining about the Eagles' Tush Push to pipe down
PHILADELPHIA — At the risk of being too subtle or coming off like an unrepentant homer, anyone who thinks the NFL should ban the “Tush Push” — the Eagles’ twist on the traditional quarterback sneak — is a whining whiner who whines like a whiny little weenie.
In recent years, there have been plenty of overwrought controversies and ...Read more

Matt Calkins: DK Metcalf trade is unlikely, but here's why Seahawks might consider it
SEATTLE — It's late February. It's Seattle. It's not the most exhilarating time if you're a sports fan.
The Kraken are struggling. The Huskies men's and women's basketball teams are, too. And opening day is more than a month away.
So what do we do? We speculate. And perhaps the chief name involved with such speculation is Seahawks receiver ...Read more

Sean Keeler: QB Shedeur Sanders doesn't need to throw at NFL combine this week to prove he's better than Cam Ward
BOULDER, Colo. — Welcome, Shedeur Sanders, to the Who’s Who of Who Cares. Jayden Daniels didn’t throw at the NFL combine last year. Neither did Caleb Williams. Or Drake Maye.
They went No. 2, No. 1 and No. 3 overall, respectively. Really sank their draft stocks, didn’t it?
Sanders tossed the ball 907 times at Colorado. Between Jackson ...Read more

NFL team proposes to ban 'tush push' used by Eagles
It’s time to bring an end to the “tush push.”
That’s according to one NFL team that officially proposed outlawing the controversial play, which is a style of quarterback sneak frequently run by the Philadelphia Eagles.
Troy Vincent, the league’s EVP of football operations, confirmed to NFL Media that a team submitted an anonymous ...Read more

The Eagles will go to the White House after all -- if they're invited. Here's what you need to know.
PHILADELPHIA — Are the Eagles going to visit the White House after the Super Bowl LIX win?
On Sunday, a weeks-old report from the Sun.com resurfaced. It was originally published before the Super Bowl and asserted that the Eagles would not be accepting a potential White House invitation following their win in Super Bowl LIX, citing “a well-...Read more

NFL Scouting Combine Preview: Jaxson Dart, Jalen Milroe and Travis Hunter among players to monitor
One of the most pivotal weeks of the NFL offseason is underway.
General managers, coaches and scouts for the 32 teams are congregating at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis for the annual NFL Scouting Combine to watch and meet the 329 prospects who were invited this year.
It’s an opportunity for under-the-radar college standouts to shine, ...Read more
Popular Stories
- Matt Calkins: DK Metcalf trade is unlikely, but here's why Seahawks might consider it
- Brad Biggs: Bears aren't making national headlines at this year's NFL combine. That's a welcome change.
- Eagles' Howie Roseman is healing nicely from that parade beer can, 'a projectile lodged into my face'
- Joe Schoen jokes about 'Hard Knocks' scars as NFL seeks new team to follow Giants' footsteps
- Terry Fontenot on what to do with Kirk Cousins: 'We have to do what's right for the Falcons'