MINNEAPOLIS -- As the Vikings start full-squad practices at training camp, Dalvin Cook remains without a contract extension. Hours before participating the team's first practice on Friday, the running back said he'll be "full-go" in preparation for the season, with or without a new contract.

Cook said his agent, Zac Hiller, and the Vikings have...Read more

Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield admitted that moments of self-doubt crept into his thinking at times last season when he and the team struggled.

"Absolutely," Mayfield stated during his first media availability of training camp Friday afternoon. "I think that is one of those things I talked about with our team. You've got to find that belief....Read more

Some unsolicited advice to Miami Dolphins players Davon Godchaux, Raekwon McMillan, Ted Karras, Vince Biegel and the rest of Miami's group of potential 2021 unrestricted free agents:

You better be really, really impactful in your roles this season, because money is going to be tight next offseason.

And if you're a player with no 2021 dead ...Read more

Kordell Stewart got his nickname not because of how he moved. It was because he was a multihyphenate. Early in his Pittsburgh Steelers career, "Slash" was a quarterback-receiver-running back. Years later, he'd go on to earn another slash, the most unlikely and fleeting of his career -- and in Baltimore, of all places.

In 2004, Stewart had been ...Read more

No tight end in NFL history opened a career with a better three years than George Kittle.

For that and so much more, the 49ers are rewarding him with a five-year, $75 million contract extension, a league source and coach Kyle Shanahan confirmed.

"I found out last night and I was able to keep my mouth shut. It's something we've been working on ...Read more

Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa sat down in a chair for his Thursday news conference, hoping the camera broadcasting the Zoom interview could capture his outfit.

Tagovailoa slipped on a Ryan Fitzpatrick, No. 14 Dolphins jersey, hoping to channel some of his own charming personality in the manner of one of the NFL's most affable ...Read more

It barely caused a ripple when the Seahawks waived undrafted rookie free agent cornerback Kemah Siverand Tuesday, a transaction that seemed like one of a hundred run-of-the-mill moves NFL teams make every season.

But Siverand now figures to go down in Seahawks lore for the reason he was cut: He reportedly tried to sneak a woman into the team ...Read more

Eagles coach Doug Pederson has tested negative for the coronavirus after 10 days away from the team, and has completed the league's requirements to return, a source close to the situation told The Inquirer on Wednesday.

The team is to take the field for its first full, non-walkthrough practice Wednesday.

Pederson, 52, tested positive twice and...Read more

Tight end George Kittle's well-earned, much-anticipated contract extension is coming, reportedly as early as Friday, though he's not confirming so.

The 49ers will announce a six-year, $94.8 million pact Friday with the All-Pro tight end, Sports Illustrated's Grant Cohn reported Wednesday, adding that half of that money would be guaranteed.

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The majority of the Dallas Cowboys players have checked into the Omni Hotel adjacent to the team's headquarters at The Star in Frisco, Texas, Wednesday morning in an attempt to form a bubble so they could shield themselves and their families from COVID-19 during training camp, a source said.

Rookies and free agents were already staying there ...Read more

The Chicago Bears waived kicker Ramiz Ahmed, ending the prospect of a training camp kicking competition before full practices begin this week.

Incumbent Eddy Pineiro had an inside track on retaining his job. Tuesday's roster move strengthens Pineiro's grip and ends the possibility of an abbreviated sequel to last summer's kicking competition.

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- You might not have heard much from Javon Kinlaw since the 49ers' returned to their facility earlier this month and began preparing for the upcoming season. But that doesn't mean the recent No. 14 pick in the draft is going unnoticed behind closed doors in Santa Clara.

"He's really hard working in the meeting room. He ...Read more

A former Canadian League all-star who hopes to make a run at the Raiders roster returned to training camp Tuesday while dealing with the tragedy of losing both his parents, a team source confirmed.

Running back Will Stanback lost his father William on July 21 from bladder cancer. His mother, Patricia, passed away on July 30 from a heart attack,...Read more

As a team physician for Tulane and co-director of the New Orleans school's Center for Sport, Dr. Gregory Stewart is never far from the ravages of the coronavirus. Louisiana has one of the nation's highest COVID-19 per-capita death rates, with over 4,100 total reported as of Sunday. All 64 parishes are considered hot spots for the virus.

The ...Read more

Could the Miami Dolphins banish one of their three quarterbacks away from teammates, or the team facility altogether, to ensure the team will not be in a bind if the other quarterbacks come down with COVID-19?

It's been a topic floated around NFL teams since the start of training camps, which have tried to avoid the coronavirus with health and ...Read more

Panthers' cornerback Eli Apple turned 25 on Sunday, but even that didn't keep him from feeling like an elder on the Panthers' defense.

After selecting seven defensive players in the 2020 NFL draft, the Panthers have one of the youngest defenses in the NFL. Only six defensive players on the Panthers' roster have been in the league longer than ...Read more