FORT WORTH, Texas — Near the end of the interview, Adam “Pacman” Jones is honest.

“I’m still going to go out,” he said. “I gotta go out to the clubs and stuff like that. That’s what I do.”

The conversation with the former Titans, Cowboys and Bengals defensive back was one month ago. The purpose of the interview was to catch ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — J.J. McCarthy moves through a football practice like a politician at a parade. He exchanges high-fives and fist bumps with everyone within reach. He asks questions. He listens. He wants to know and understand everything about everything.

Hold up the Vikings roster, point to a name and the young quarterback probably can recite ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Doug Pederson hasn’t coached an NFL game since January. He wasn’t at the owners meetings in March, or the draft in April. He wasn’t running OTAs in May or minicamp this week.

Instead, the 57-year-old former Eagles coach has spent most of that time supporting his son, Josh, in the United Football League, a spring league ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — It's already a sensitive issue. You could tell as much from listening to Aaron Rodgers and his offensive coordinator, Arthur Smith, over the past couple of days.

How much freedom will Rodgers have at the line scrimmage, where games can be won and lost in those precious seconds before the snap? How much freedom will Rodgers have ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Rams did not draft an offensive lineman, but they have added a veteran just before the end of offseason workouts.

The Rams on Thursday agreed to terms with veteran free-agent offensive tackle D.J. Humphries, a person with knowledge of the situation said.

The person requested anonymity because the contract has not been ...Read more

MIAMI — Ex-NFL star Antonio Brown is back in trouble with the law as he now faces an attempted murder charge in connection with a scuffle in mid-May outside a popular social media influencer’s boxing event in Miami, reports say.

Early Saturday morning, on May 17, social media erupted with videos and posts showing Brown allegedly being ...Read more

NEW YORK — Earlier this month, Russell Wilson treated about 20 teammates to dinner at Bourbon Steak, a swanky restaurant just south of Central Park.

The dining party included the Giants’ quarterbacks, running backs and offensive linemen, who indulged in delicacies such as calamari, clams and oysters.

“I saw some food on my plate that I�...Read more

NEW YORK — T.J. Watt of the Steelers, Trey Hendrickson of the Bengals and Terry McLaurin of the Commanders are among the big-name players who held out of mandatory minicamp this spring in hopes of receiving a contract extension.

Jets cornerback Sauce Gardner is also eligible for a contract extension.

But unlike that trio, the two-time All-...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The Steelers' addition of seventh-year receiver DK Metcalf along with four-time MVP Aaron Rodgers opens up opportunities for both players to work together in unique ways.

But for the 6-foot-4, 235-pound Pro Bowl receiver, working with a quarterback like Rodgers, with his 21 years of experience, gives him the opportunity to become...Read more

MIAMI — Take a stroll down memory lane to 2019 when a first-year head coach named Brian Flores introduced the “Takes No Talent” wall to a talent-starved Miami Dolphins team that was trading its best players, and started players claimed off the waiver wire that same week.

Who remembers that culture change?

Or the Bill Parcells “tough ...Read more

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — It’s all right there for Kyle Pitts.

The Falcons tight end has seemingly every reason to flourish when the season starts Sept. 7 against Tampa Bay.

There are productive wide receivers (Drake London and Darnell Mooney) who can draw attention away from him in the pass game. There is an elite running back (Bijan Robinson...Read more

RENTON, Wash. — Mike Macdonald’s defense is on a mission.

The second-year Seattle Seahawks coach said so on Tuesday afternoon, following his team’s first practice of a shortened minicamp. Perhaps that’s to be expected, considering Seattle returns 10 of 11 starters from a unit that made second-half strides in Macdonald’s debut.

If ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Josaiah Stewart quickly studied the assignment, focused intensely, and went to work.

The Rams linebacker delicately gripped a paintbrush, dipped it into a cup of green paint, and began filling the outline of a bird traced onto a wall of an Altadena school rebounding from the Eaton fire.

A few feet away, Rams tight end Terrance ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — No one in the Chargers' locker room felt as bad as Justin Herbert. At least that's what the quarterback claimed after a career-high four interceptions last January cost the Chargers an opportunity at their first playoff win since 2018.

But the disappointment that rendered Herbert motionless on the sideline in Houston had faded ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The Raiders signed veteran linebacker Germaine Pratt to a one-year contract Wednesday, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.

Pratt, 29, played the past six seasons with the Bengals and led the team in tackles last year with 143. Cincinnati released the 2019 third-round pick out of N.C. State on Monday in a cost-...Read more

MIAMI — As the orange jersey-holder Tanner Conner got to control the playlist during Tuesday’s practice, the Miami Dolphins tight end seemingly overdoes his teammates with four Eminem songs.

Eminem’s one of those artists you either love or hate, but none of that mattered Tuesday because the orange jersey player is bestowed the power of ...Read more

DENVER — Natalie Bolles hated going to Broncos games those first few seasons.

“I can admit it, it was horrible,” Bolles said. “I would hide under a blanket.”

Gripped with anxiety, she watched the road games on a 30-minute delay, asking her mother-in-law to text her if there was a penalty so she could brace for it.

Watching her ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — As a crowd of us gathered around Aaron Rodgers on Tuesday afternoon, the quarterback’s first comments with the Steelers following a minicamp session when he largely stuck to individual work, Mike Tomlin sat alone just a few feet away at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex and gazed out toward the practice fields.

The scene was striking ...Read more