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The Bengals are expected to sign veteran quarterback Brandon Allen, Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports. Allen is in Cincinnati for a physical and COVID-19 testing, Pelissero adds, and if all goes as planned, the team will sign him this weekend. Allen, 27, knows Zac Taylor’s offense from his time with the Rams. He would […]

The first overall pick of the 2020 draft has agreed to terms on his first NFL contract. According to multiple reports, quarterback Joe Burrow and the Bengals have reached a deal. That leaves Titans tackle Isaiah Wilson as the only unsigned first-round pick. Burrow’s deal is for four years with a team option for a […]

LeSean McCoy won a ring last season with the Chiefs, though he was inactive for the Super Bowl. He wants to win another. That’s his desire to continue his career. McCoy, 32, remains a free agent but expects to have a job this season. “Right now, I’m just talking to a couple of teams — […]

The Bills have five players on the reserve/COVID-19 list. Two players, including one rookie, tested positive Thursday after three negative tests for each, Marcel Louis-Jacques of ESPN reports. That’s what prompted the team to send everyone home for virtual meetings Thursday. The Bills put out a statement explaining its decision. “As we were informed by […]

Former Bengals defensive back Rickey Dixon died Saturday, seven years after beginning his battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Dixon was 53. The University of Oklahoma, where Dixon earned All-America honors and won the Thorpe Award, announced Dixon’s passing. “Ever since he left OU, Rickey has been regarded as one of the finest football players […]

The Bills agreed to terms with former Jets guard Brian Winters on Monday and they’ll be parting ways with another former member of their AFC East rivals. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the team is releasing offensive lineman Spencer Long on Tuesday. Long was in the second year of a three-year deal and his […]

The Bills have placed five players on the reserve/COVID-19 list since training camp testing began and they announced on Tuesday that one of them has been restored to the active roster. Defensive tackle Vincent Taylor was placed on the list last Wednesday, but has now received the green light to return. The Bills cut linebacker […]

A picture of Bengals rookie quarterback Joe Burrow during an offseason workout showed Burrow appearing to have added muscle this offseason, but Burrow says he’s actually lost a little weight. Burrow said he weighed 221 pounds at the Scouting Combine and is now about 215 after finding it easier to eat healthy foods while he’s […]

The Chargers aren’t waiting to drop to the 80-player limit put in place for this summer by an agreement between the NFL and NFLPA. The team announced on Saturday that they have dropped defensive tackle P.J. Johnson, tackle Koda Martin, wide receiver Andre Patton, tight end Jared Rice, safety Roderic Teamer and tight end Andrew Vollert from the roster. The moves leave the […]

NFL teams are going to have to be adaptable as they try to play the 2020 season amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the Bills showed one example of that adaptability on Thursday. Mike Garafolo of NFL Media reports that the team sent their rookies home and conducted team meetings remotely rather than at the facility. […]

Of the 48 NFL players who have opted out, none are quarterbacks. The Bills have two players on the list, defensive tackle Star Lotulelei and cornerback E.J. Gaines, but third-year quarterback Josh Allen is all in. He and his teammates returned to the team facility Monday to begin workouts for the 2020 season. “One, I […]

The Browns announced they have placed running back Dontrell Hilliard and safety Jovante Moffatt on reserve/COVID-19 list. Four other players from four teams also were placed on the COVID-19 list Sunday, according to the NFL transactions report. Ravens defensive back Nigel Warrior, Bengals defensive end Kendall Futrell, Cowboys receiver Jon’Vea Johnson and Chiefs receiver Aleva […]

A third Browns player has chosen to opt out of the season. The team announced that defensive tackle Andrew Billings was placed on the reserve/opt-out list. Billings signed a one-year, $3.5 million contract with the Browns as an unrestricted free agent. That contract will now carry over until next year. He played his first four […]

Justin Herbert officially is a member of the Los Angeles Chargers. He posted a photo of him signing his four-year rookie deal, which Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports is worth $26.6 million, fully guaranteed. Herbert becomes the second of the Chargers’ six draft choices to sign. The Chargers, who saw longtime starter Philip Rivers […]

Buccaneers tight end Cameron Brate was promoting the need for plasma donations after he recovered from COVID-19, and he’s not the only Florida player doing so. The Dolphins just sent out a message via social media encouraging donations of convalescent plasma, which can help patients still dealing with the virus. After recovering from COVID-19, multiple […]

Bills cornerback Tre’Davious White currently is considering the possibility of opting out of the 2020 season. Some fans are giving White grief for putting family over football. “Crazy that me choosing my family’s wellbeing over a game comes with so called fans attacking and questioning me and saying I’m selfish,” White tweeted on Thursday morning. […]

Bills wide receiver Cole Beasley isn’t quite ready to get on the field. The Bills announced that Beasley has been placed on the non-football injury list on Wednesday. An upper back injury was given as the reason for the move. Beasley won’t be able to practice until he’s off the list. Mike Garafolo of NFL […]

At first blush, the new contract for Chargers defensive end Joey Bosa looked great. On closer inspection, it’s spectacular. Here are the full details of the deal Bosa signed this week, per a source with knowledge of the numbers. 1. Signing bonus: $35 million. 2. Fully-guaranteed roster bonus, due August 15: $7 million. 3. 2020 […]

As if there weren’t plenty of reasons for the Packers to draft at least one receiver in 2020, here’s another: Receiver Devin Funchess has opted out, according to Field Yates of ESPN.com. Funchess, a second-round pick of the Panthers in 2015 who played most recently with the Colts, signed with Green Bay in the offseason. […]

The memo generated by the league on Friday to all teams regarding changes to the coronavirus testing protocol contains a new development that could eventually go a long way toward enhancing the testing process: The NFL is now using “point of care” testing along with off-site testing for COVID-19. Point of care is the technical term […]

The Chargers have a third draft choice agreed to terms. They have three to go. After signing first-round quarterback Justin Herbert and sixth-round safety Alohi Gilman, the Chargers have come to terms with first-round linebacker Kenneth Murray. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports the deal is worth $13 million. The Chargers still have fourth-round running […]

After Philip Rivers left for Indianapolis, everyone expected the Chargers to draft a quarterback. Even Tyrod Taylor. “I figured that the Chargers would take a quarterback,” Taylor said Friday, via Lindsey Thiry of ESPN. “But that never necessarily changed my mindset or my attack to the year.” The Chargers selected Oregon quarterback Justin Herbert with […]

The Dolphins have had their first player opt out of playing the 2020 season. Wide receiver Allen Hurns announced his plans in a Twitter post on Tuesday afternoon. Hurns said it “definitely wasn’t an easy decision,” but that he was doing what he thinks is best for his family “especially with a baby boy on […]

The current New York state guidelines for professional sports amid the COVID-19 pandemic call for no fans in the stands for games, but the Bills haven’t given up hope that things will change. The team posted a letter they sent to season ticket holders to their website on Thursday and said they will continue to […]

The Packers are still working on seating plans for the regular season, but they announced Wednesday that if they play a home preseason game, it will be without fans as well. They also said there would be no fans in attendance at training camp practices, or their annual family night practice. “The tremendous support of […]

Panthers tackle Russell Okung didn’t opt out, but he may eventually retire. It’s a smart way to manage an opt-out deadline that arrived way too early for NFL players to make an informed decision about whether to be all in or all out of the 2020 season five weeks before the first game is played. If […]

Robert Woods is looking for a new contract from the Rams, saying Thursday he hopes to stay in Los Angeles long term. A day later, Cooper Kupp repeated the sentiment. Kupp is entering the final season of his rookie deal, scheduled to make $2.133 million in base salary in 2020. “We haven’t had any conversations […]

Dolphins safety Bobby McCain thinks this season the team that takes the most caution to avoid getting COVID-19 may turn out to be the team holding the Vince Lombardi Trophy. McCain said that players need to hold their teammates accountable and call them out if they go to bars, engage in high-risk activities or do […]

It was easy to knock the Texans, since they traded one of the best receivers in football to the Cardinals for a second-round pick and a bad contract. But Texans coach Bill O’Brien is excited about the player attached to the contract, and thinks he can help. “We studied David when he was coming out […]

The Bills lost a starter on their offensive line last week when right guard Jon Feliciano tore his pectoral muscle while working out. Feliciano was one of five returning starters up front for Buffalo and General Manager Brandon Beane discussed what the team will be missing with him out of the lineup. “You see his […]

Not every player who requests a trade is able to talk his way out of town like Jamal Adams (or has the kind of value Adams has, which makes a team cough up two first-rounders and a player). For the Browns, that means tight end David Njoku‘s request for a trade seems to have come […]

The legal dispute surrounding the trust serving as stewards of the Denver Broncos will drag out in 2021. According to Ryan O’Halloran of the Denver Post, the trial surrounding the trust had been scheduled to begin on Sept. 1 before Arapahoe County Court Judge John Scipione issued a continuance to an unspecified date next year. […]

Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers says he was expecting Green Bay to take a wide receiver — certainly not a quarterback — in the first round of the draft. Rodgers said that as the Packers’ pick was approaching, he was getting excited about the potential for a new target, and he was surprised it didn’t turn […]

With so much uncertainty about work rules for players returning to camp, time is running short to come up with answers. And for the moment, the first teams scheduled to report are still planning to. According to Mark Maske of the Washington Post, a source on the talks between the NFL and the players union […]

Washington running back Derrius Guice was arrested on domestic violence-related charges in Virginia on Friday, The Washington Post reports. Guice faces one count of strangulation, a felony, as well as three counts of assault and battery and one count of destruction of property, a spokesman for the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office told the newspaper. Guice, […]

Washington didn’t waste any time, moving on from running back Derrius Guice soon after his arrest on domestic violence-related charges. The team announced it has waived Guice. “On Thursday we learned of a potential domestic violence-related incident involving RB Derrius Guice,” the team said in a statement. “We immediately alerted the National Football League and […]

Dolphins coach Brian Flores doesn’t have to look far for an example of how wrong things can go. And he’s hoping that the example of the Miami Marlins — whose season has been suspended because of a COVID-19 outbreak — will convince his team to be responsible at work and at home. “For a player […]

The Bills lost a cornerback when E.J. Gaines opted out of playing the 2020 season and they added another one to the roster on Sunday. The team announced the signing of cornerback Akeem King on Sunday afternoon. They also signed defensive tackle Niles Scott. King had 38 tackles while appearing in 29 games for the […]

Browns punter Jamie Gillan is learning that even if you’re young and healthy, COVID-19 won’t necessarily go away quickly. Gillan, who was placed on the Browns’ reserve/COVID-19 list on Thursday, told Tom Pelissero of NFL Network that he tested positive early this month, thought the virus was out of his system, and then tested positive […]

The Packers will play at least their first two home games in an empty stadium. Lambeau Field will not host fans during first two home games this season as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Packers announced today. The Packers’ third home game is on November 1 against the Vikings, and the Packers say […]