LAS VEGAS — The Raiders and cornerback Jack Jones are parting ways, one way or another.

The team is attempting to trade the veteran cornerback, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. But the Raiders will waive Jones if they can’t make a deal by Monday, saving the club $3.4 million in cap space.

If the Raiders cut Jones, he ...Read more

BOULDER, Colo. — The Giants had 13 men on the field. Cleveland rushed seven for dinner and Deion. The Titans dropped six.

If that’s what a depressed market for Shedeur Sanders looks like, I doubt the Colorado's Indoor Practice Facility would’ve had the space for a happy one.

“I feel like I’m the No. 1 quarterback (in this draft),” ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — I hear these things about where the Steelers fit in the NFL and how much they are still the envy of the rest of the league. I hear about their way, their aura, their stability and how they are the model franchise, and then I read these stories about how everyone wants to play for them and Mike Tomlin.

Are some of you people out ...Read more

MIAMI — Terron Armstead will always be known for doing everything in his power to make it to NFL game day Sundays through injury.

But the Miami Dolphins left tackle has decided he has seen the last of those grueling playing days.

Armstead, 33, called it a career Saturday night, announcing his retirement from professional football at a ...Read more

BOULDER, Colo. — Deion did Indy better than Indy does Indy. Sean Payton held court, smiling at everybody but the scribes. A radio row loomed behind one end zone, while a DJ spun tunes behind another.

Crowds cheered players who grunted through the bench press. NFL Network talking heads broke down Shedeur Sanders’ warm-up tosses like they ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — You wouldn’t know it from his videos, but Jimmy King actually only has two Eagles Lego minifigures.

King went viral for his stop-motion Lego reenactments of big moments from the Eagles' season. First, a Lego Saquon Barkley hurdle, then a viral Cooper DeJean hit on Derrick Henry, and finally the DeVonta Smith touchdown that ...Read more

MIAMI — Twenty-five years is a quarter of a century.

That time period covers most of our adolescent and college years. It takes everyone to the entry point of adulthood.

It’s no secret that 25 years is how long it has been since the Miami Dolphins last won a playoff game.

That drought is the quarter-sized wart that sits on the face of ...Read more

FLOWERY BRANCH – Julio Jones, perhaps the greatest wide receiver in Atlanta Falcons history, has elected to retire from the NFL.

Jones, a seven-time Pro Bowler who helped the Falcons nearly win Super Bowl 51, played 13 seasons in the league after the team traded up to select him with the sixth overall pick in the 2011 NFL draft.

Jones ...Read more

Giants coach Brian Daboll attended Colorado’s pro day on Friday, three days after saying he wasn’t going — and four days after GM Joe Schoen said Daboll “doesn’t go to any pro days.”

The about-face added an unusual chapter to a tense offseason for a regime on the hot seat entering Year 4.

Schoen was asked at the NFL owners meetings...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Fear is at the heart of the campaign to ban the Tush Push, and most of those fears — at least the ones that executives, officials, and coaches around the NFL have expressed publicly — don’t have much merit.

Fear that the Eagles, who have pioneered and mastered the play, will ride their tushes to another Super Bowl. (Sorry...Read more

MIAMI — In three weeks pro football fans will gather in the game’s holiest cathedral, Lambeau Field in Green Bay, to celebrate the sport’s biggest day outside of Super Bowl Sunday: the NFL draft. And the biggest stars that night will be Cam Ward and Shedeur Sanders, because the highest-drafted quarterbacks glom the spotlight ... no matter ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The Raiders and new quarterback Geno Smith have agreed to a new deal.

Smith, 34, will ink a two-year, $75 million extension that keeps him under contract through the 2027 season. The value of the extension can increase to up to $85 million if certain incentives are met.

The Raiders acquired Smith, who previously played for coach ...Read more

San Francisco 49ers CEO Jed York wants you to believe that in the modern NFL, you cannot simultaneously pay a quarterback and spend on free agent players to put around him.

If only that were true.

“When you’re not overly active in [free agency], it gets easy to say ‘Oh, you don’t want to win,'” York told reporters this week at the ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The Steelers might still be looking for quarterback clarity when they begin spring practices next month, but no matter who the starting quarterback is, Mike Tomlin should have open tryouts among his other offensive players to see who is best at taking a snap from under center.

The "Tush Push" — the short-yardage play ...Read more

ATLANTA — Kirk Cousins spoke and Arthur Blank listened, jotting down five pages’ worth of notes.

That was among the more intriguing details learned Tuesday when the Falcons owner spoke with media at the NFL annual meeting in Palm Beach, Fla.

“I told him that I wanted to be a really good listener and understand where he was coming from,�...Read more

NEW YORK — There are NFL scouts who believe Penn State edge rusher Abdul Carter can be an elite starting defensive end when he hits the pros.

That’s a premium player at a premium position. That’s a hard player to pass on in any NFL draft.

Then there is Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter, who offers starter-level talent and versatility ...Read more

PALM BEACH, Fla. — Chicago Bears Chairman George McCaskey is determined to keep the franchise in his family’s hands for a long time to come, emphasizing Wednesday that he has no desire to entertain thoughts of a sale or power shift.

“We’ve said for many years that we intend to own the Bears for as long as possible,” McCaskey said at ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Roger Goodell has doubled down on the NFL’s stance on diversity within its coaching ranks.

For the second time since President Trump took office in January with the intent to roll back many of the nation’s diversity, equity and inclusion policies, the commissioner has told reporters that the league remains committed to its ...Read more

DENVER — The Bo Show won’t go if Courtland’s a schmo.

“When we get into a game, I know he’s going to be in,” Broncos rookie quarterback Bo Nix reflected last November when asked about Courtland Sutton. “I know he’s going to take the rep. I know we’ve gotten that rep during practice, so I have all the confidence in the world ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In an NFL month defined by its player movement, expensive contracts and inflated markets, the Chiefs secured the best wide receiver addition in 2025.

And it didn’t cost them a thing.

Rashee Rice, who missed all but the opening month last season after knee surgery, is expected be ready to participate in training camp in ...Read more