DAVIE, Fla. -- If the Miami Dolphins get the Julius Thomas they think they're getting, he could be the best tight end they've had in years -- better than Charles Clay, Dion Sims, Jordan Cameron, Anthony Fasano, the brief and injury-shortened stay of Dustin Keller, and perhaps even Randy McMichael.

The reason for that thinking goes beyond Thomas...Read more

ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Amari Cooper knows what you're thinking, and he doesn't necessarily disagree.

One of only three receivers in NFL history to record at least 70 receptions and 1,000 yards in each of his first two seasons (the others were Marques Colston and Odell Beckham Jr.), Cooper has nonetheless ended both the 2015 and the 2016 seasons ...Read more

For the first time since high school, Chiefs running back Spencer Ware returns as his team's leading rusher.

He's ready for all that comes with that.

"It's a lot of responsibility as far as showing leadership on the field," Ware said Wednesday following the Chiefs' organized team activities. "No pressure, though. I go out every day and work ...Read more

Back home in Minnesota and legally cleared to practice with the Vikings, wide receiver Michael Floyd spent the past two days of organized team activities playing catch-up.

On Wednesday, the first OTA open to media this spring, Floyd worked alongside rookies and other backups while Stefon Diggs, Adam Thielen and Laquon Treadwell hogged the snaps...Read more

FRISCO, Texas -- It will be several months before it is truly known if Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott can improve on what was the best season of any rookie quarterback in NFL history.

But it won't be because of a lack of effort, work ethic or desire.

In those areas, Prescott is already a better player and a better quarterback.

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In their escalating search for a veteran backup quarterback, the Seahawks on Wednesday brought in Colin Kaepernick and Austin Davis for visits, the Seattle Times confirmed.

The visits, though, don't mean a signing is necessarily immediately in the offing. Indications instead are that the Seahawks will use the visits to gather information -- ...Read more

ALAMEDA, Calif. -- For much of Tuesday's OTA practice, Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch stood off to the side of the action, talking with teammates and coaches.

Lynch wore his white No. 24 jersey over a long-sleeved black shirt and his dreadlocks spilled over his shoulders as he did not even carry a helmet.

The veteran running back, who ...Read more

BEREA, Ohio -- Brock Osweiler was in a trap as the brutal business of the NFL ambushed him.

The 6-foot-7, 240-pound quarterback was golfing March 9 in Arizona when he learned the Houston Texans had traded him the Browns.

"I was standing in a sand trap, and I got a phone call and here we come," Osweiler said Wednesday after the second practice ...Read more

Detroit Lions coach Jim Caldwell said Wednesday the entire organization, from owner Martha Ford on down, is concerned about comments Calvin Johnson made recently about his unhappiness with the way he was treated after he retired.

"I think all of us within the organization, top to bottom, Mrs. Ford down through Bob (Quinn) and the Ford children,...Read more

FRISCO, Texas -- Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott will be held out of some organized team activities after being injured in a car accident.

Elliott, the NFL's rookie of the year and a Pro Bowler last season, suffered a bump on his head while a passenger in a car involved in an accident earlier this week. No more details were ...Read more

CHICAGO -- Call it the Super Bowl Reshuffle.

Five days after the Los Angeles Rams announced their Inglewood stadium would be finished in 2020, a year later than the original plan, NFL owners unanimously voted to push the Los Angeles Super Bowl back a year until February 2022.

Tampa, Fla., will host the 2021 game originally promised to L.A. -- ...Read more

ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Marshawn Lynch spent most of his first public practice with the Raiders Tuesday engaging with teammates and coaches, flashing his ever-present smile and appearing to enjoy the concept of playing for his hometown team.

Lynch talked and laughed with left tackle Donald Penn and place kicker Sebastian Janikowski during warmups. ...Read more

Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith on Tuesday clarified something he said last week, about the team being committed to him for only this season.

Smith has two years left on his contract, but last month the Chiefs selected a quarterback, Patrick Mahomes of Texas Tech, in the first round of the NFL draft for the first time since 1983.

Does Smith ...Read more

ALAMEDA, Calif. -- No, he's not coming out of retirement to join the Raiders.

Former Detroit Lions great Calvin Johnson, a six-time Pro Bowl wide receiver, is merely serving as a guest of offensive coordinator Todd Downing for this week of the Raiders' organized team activities.

"He's obviously a big good-looking guy," Raiders coach Jack Del ...Read more

Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has three years and $46 million remaining on the five-year contract he signed in 2015, but he said Tuesday he did not give team president Art Rooney II a commitment beyond the 2017 season when he informed him last month that he would return for his 14th NFL season.

"I never commit to anyone more than one ...Read more

Martavis Bryant walked off the Steelers practice field for the first time in 16 months, 10 pounds heavier yet looking and sounding as if the weight of the world was off his shoulders.

"I changed my whole life around compared to how I used to be," he said.

Of course, the gifted wide receiver made promises before, to Ben Roethlisberger and other...Read more

Cortez Kennedy, one of three Seahawks to have his number retired and one of four to make it to the Pro Football Hall of Fame after playing his entire career in Seattle, has died at the age of 48.

Sgt. Wanda Miglio of the Orlando (Fla.) Police Department confirmed that Kennedy was found dead of still unknown causes Tuesday morning, stating via ...Read more

Los Angeles Chargers defensive tackle Brandon Mebane, a belly-rolling, lineman-battling 311-pounder, felt good about his team after its first day of organized team activities last week.

He saw Joey Bosa, the league's reigning rookie of the year, position himself down the line. Denzel Perryman, Jatavis Brown and Kyle Emanuel, the team's trio of ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Aaron Donald deserves a raise, Los Angeles Rams general manager Les Snead said a few months ago.

Now Donald, a three-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle, apparently is taking a stand until he gets one.

Donald was absent from the first day of organized team activities Monday because of his contract situation.

"We were aware he wasn't...Read more

Raven safety and first-round draft bust Matt Elam has been arrested for the second time in less than three months.

According to Palm Beach (Fla.) County records, Elam was booked at 8:48 a.m. Monday at the county's main detention center and charged with grand theft and battery.

He's being held on $4,500 bond.

TMZ Sports reported that he was ...Read more