PITTSBURGH — The Steelers have been discussing a new contract with outside linebacker T.J. Watt with the expectation they will come to some agreement with the four-time All-Pro and former NFL Defensive Player of the Year before the start of the regular season, sources have told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

However, that doesn't mean there ...Read more

DETROIT — It was the ankle injury, the groin injury and the various foot injuries, including the inoperable toe. It was the knee injury, the back injury and the fractured throat (!). It was the torn pectoral muscle last season, and the unrelenting pain.

It was all that and more, and ultimately, it was too much. Lions’ center Frank Ragnow is...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles finalized a trade Monday to send Bryce Huff to the San Francisco 49ers in exchange for a 2026 mid-round pick.

The framework of the deal was mostly agreed to last Friday, but both teams waited to make it official until after June 1 to allow the Eagles to spread the edge rusher’s remaining cap hit over two seasons. ...Read more

DETROIT — One of the most important pieces of the Detroit Lions' vaunted offensive line is hanging up the cleats.

Center Frank Ragnow on Monday announced his retirement on Instagram after seven seasons, four Pro Bowls and three second-team All-Pro honors.

Ragnow was not been present at the team's OTAs last week, and it appears this is the ...Read more

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Wide receiver Stefon Diggs, one of the New England Patriots’ highest-profile offseason additions, returned to organized team activities practices Monday at Gillette Stadium.

The four-time Pro Bowl selection wasn’t present for practice last week after a video surfaced on the internet with him on a boat during Memorial ...Read more

DENVER — All we are saying? Give pieces to Vance.

“We’re a team that wants to just fly downhill,” new Broncos safety Talanoa Hufanga, a heat-seeking free agent from the San Francisco 49ers, told me after practice Thursday. “From my knowledge of just watching it on tape, guys are very confident in what they do. And (Joseph) instills ...Read more

MIAMI — There was a moment during Tuesday’s practice where Jaylen Waddle was seen streaking down the left hashmark of the football field with no defender within 15 yards of the receiver.

At that exact moment I asked myself, “when have I seen this before?”

I have covered the Miami Dolphins since 2007 — which happens to be the infamous...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The initial practice week of the Chiefs’ 2025 season concluded Thursday, 85 players in helmets, jerseys and shorts, spread across two fields.

It’s notably good attendance for a workout that head coach Andy Reid never misses an opportunity to remind us is voluntary, and quarterback Patrick Mahomes all but suggested a ...Read more

DENVER — The smile crackles through Junior Adams’ retellings of the glory days in Eugene, Ore., of the quarterback who saw the game a move ahead of the headsets on his own Duck sideline.

Why is he checking this play? Adams and staff would wonder, watching Bo Nix stroll to the line of scrimmage and scrap the system. Why is he checking this ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — When I think about the 2024 Eagles, I will think about Bryce Huff.

I will think about sitting in an open-air press box in a city where I couldn’t order a cheeseburger without Google Translate. I will think about watching a football game on a converted soccer field, and watching the grass hold up to the pounding like a drop-...Read more

SAN DIEGO — So long as Sean McVay’s football obsession doesn’t burn him out, the Rams can outsmart most NFL teams.

McVay raised the Super Bowl trophy four-plus years ago. Then he considered taking a TV job before immersing himself in a grueling rebuild, which has gone well.

Now, McVay must be smelling a second Super Bowl victory is ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Ah yes, the old hold-in or holdout or whatever the term is — when a player upset with a contract is sitting out of some team activities. It is always my favorite because it is usually just a lot of hot air and almost always gets resolved before the games begin.

And that’s where we are with T.J. Watt, who is sitting out of ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The first time I interviewed Rob Riggle was in June 2014 ... smack in the middle of the decades of mourning before it became morning in Kansas City sports.

At the time, you may vividly remember or, by now, be learning for the first time, the Chiefs hadn’t won a playoff game in two decades and the Royals hadn’t appeared ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Five current and former members of the Philadelphia Eagles — including head coach Nick Sirianni and star running back Saquon Barkley — are set to headline a financial seminar at the Wells Fargo Center organized by a man whose companies have faced allegations of mismanagement, fraud or deceptive business practices, a ...Read more

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Pass rusher Bryce Huff racked up a career-high 10 sacks playing under Robert Saleh on the 2023 New York Jets, and it appears the 49ers are reviving that connection to bolster their revamped defensive front.

The 49ers are expected to trade for Huff from the defending Super Bowl-champion Philadelphia Eagles, in exchange ...Read more

NEW YORK — In recent years, several quarterbacks, including Baker Mayfield, Geno Smith and Sam Darnold, have experienced a resurgence later in their careers.

What gives Justin Fields the confidence that he can follow that trend with the Jets?

“Just confidence in myself,” Fields said after practice on Thursday. “At the end of the day, ...Read more

Dolphins tight end Jonnu Smith, who wasn’t seen at Wednesday’s second day of OTAs, is seeking a new contract, which has led the Dolphins to engage in trade talks with Pittsburgh, the Sun Sentinel has confirmed.

The story was first reported by ESPN.

The report says Smith, the team’s lone Pro Bowl selection from 2024, prefers to remain ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — In something of a grand gesture, Caleb Williams stood at a lectern Wednesday to explain that excerpts from an upcoming book were old news. A year after scheming to avoid playing for the Bears, he is committed to turning around the franchise.

Leaping from the USC campus to the top rung of the NFL draft a year ago, Williams ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Tarheeb Still said his farewells and was ready to leave for a three-day weekend. On a Thursday this offseason, the second-year cornerback told Ben Herbert, the Chargers' executive director of player personnel, that he would "see him Monday."

A deep voice in the background suddenly changed Still's schedule.

"Why aren't you ...Read more