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Silver And Black Pride

SB Nation Reacts: 86 percent of Raiders’ fans give Christian Wilkins signing an A grade

Photo by Megan Briggs/ Raider Nation approves of the signing of defensive tackle The Las Vegas Raiders started free agency with a bang when they signed Christian Wilkins. Wilkins is coming off a career year in which he recorded nine sacks and over 50 pressures, helping the Miami Dolphins make the playoffs. With the addition of Wilkins, the Raiders have the potential to have the best defensive line in the league when healthy. Interior pressure is paramount when controlling those two signal callers in a division with Justin Herbert and Patrick Mahomes. Wilkins brings...

Pride Of Detroit

Notes: Carlton Davis III excited to have infamous rowdy Lions fans on his side

Photo by Jorge Lemus/NurPhoto via The newest Detroit Lion says of all the stadiums he’s played in, Ford Field is among the loudest. After facing a deafening Ford Field crowd in the playoffs as the opponent, Carlton Davis III is happy such a rowdy fanbase will now be on his side. In a one-on-one with team reporter Dannie Rogers following his arrival in Motown, the Detroit Lions cornerback reflected on the last time he was in the Motor City—as a Tampa Bay Buccaneer facing the Lions in the divisional round of the playoffs. He said the atmosphere was electrifying and...

Baltimore Sun

Former Ravens QB Joe Flacco heading to Colts on one-year, $4.5 million deal

Joe Flacco is heading to the Indianapolis Colts after helping the Cleveland Browns reach the playoffs.

FOX Sports

Why Baker Mayfield's new contract won't change his drive to take Bucs further

The stability of a $100 million deal won't change QB Baker Mayfield's mentality to lead the Bucs deeper into the playoffs. Here's why.

NESN.com

NFL Rumors: Potential Patriots Target To Join AFC Upstart

The New England Patriots have yet to make a notable splash two days into the NFL legal tampering period. The same can’t be said about an AFC upstart that is looking to build off a surprising run to the playoffs this past season. Minnesota Vikings edge rusher Danielle Hunter seemed like a logical fit for […]

Turf Show Times

4 things I think on the eve of NFL free agency

Photo by Ryan Kang/ Will Rams make a splash in the opening days of free agency? The legal tampering period of NFL free agency kicks off on Monday. Within minutes of the window opening at 9am pacific time news will break of players that have already agreed to terms with new teams and some of the biggest dominoes of the 2024 offseason will fall into place. Will the Los Angeles Rams be part of the early free agency frenzy, or will they be patient and turn an eye towards the draft? The Rams are hoping to return to the playoffs this year, though expectations will be set...

Field Gulls

Seahawks 2024 free agency: Colby Parkinson to join the Rams

Photo by Conor Courtney/ A California native, Parkinson will return to Southern California to join a hated division rival after four years with the Seahawks. The once-mighty Seattle Seahawks have fallen behind the competition in the NFC West in the years since the Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers hired Sean McVay and Kyle Shanahan, respectively. Since those two arrived in the division the Hawks have missed the playoffs three times and finished the season atop the division just once, during the pandemic-impacted 2020 season. Now, apparently, free agent tight...

The Phinsider

Terron Armstead signs restructured contract; will return to Miami Dolphins in 2024

Mark Konezny-USA TODAY Sports Armstead forgoes retirement to return to Miami for his 12th NFL season. On Sunday, it was reported by Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network that Miami Dolphins star left tackle, Terron Armstead, would return to the club for his 12th season in the National Football League. Not only would he return, but he would do so on an adjusted contract. After the Dolphins fell to the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2023 Super Wild Card round of the playoffs, Armstead made comments that led some to believe he was considering retirement. A couple of weeks ago,...

NESN.com

Patriots Fans React To Reported Mac Jones-Jaguars Trade

Patriots fans were filled with hope when Mac Jones earned a Pro Bowl selection and led New England to the playoffs in 2021. But that promising rookie season proved to be the beginning of the end in Foxboro, Mass., for Jones, who will embark on a new chapter this season. The Patriots reportedly are finalizing […]

Baltimore Sun

Joe Flacco and Anders Lee among new investors in Irish soccer team

Veteran NFL quarterback Joe Flacco’s new team is St Patrick’s Athletic — as an investor in the Irish soccer club. The Dublin team announced on Tuesday that Flacco, New York Islanders forward Anders Lee and former NFL players Matt Birk and Chad Greenway are part of a group that have become “strategic investors.” Flacco is a free agent after helping the Cleveland Browns reach the playoffs last season. He was the AP’s Comeback Player of the Year. St Patrick’s did not release financial details. It said the athletes are part of Kenosis Sports Group, a subsidiary of U.S.-based private...

Blogging The Boys

Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott speaks on extension, Jerry Jones’ all-in remark, team culture and more

Photo by Ron Jenkins/ Dak Prescott spoke for the first time this offseason and addressed a variety of topics, including his pending extension with the Dallas Cowboys. It has been about a month and a half since the season ended for the Dallas Cowboys and until Monday afternoon the franchise quarterback had not spoken about it. Throughout the remainder of the playoffs and in the week leading up to the Super Bowl - usually a time when Prescott does the car wash interview circuit - there had been relative radio silence from quarterback Dak Prescott. I touched on this on...

Turf Show Times

Random Ramsdom: Dan Campbell continues to be asked about Jared Goff

Photo by Rey Del Rio/ Los Angeles Rams News and Links for 3/2/24 Good morning and happy Saturday! You may be thinking why is today’s Random Ramsdom featuring a story about the Detroit Lions? We want to talk about the Los Angeles Rams around here! Well I think every team is connected one way or the other. Last year the Lions knocked the Rams out of the playoffs and there is a chance these two teams will see each other in the postseason again. I think it’ll be interesting whatever decision the Lions make at quarterback. Lion’s head coach, Dan Campbell, is saying all...

Field Gulls

Seahawks Reacts Results: Who stays and who goes?

Photo by James Gilbert/ A tentative endorsement of Geno and a lot of questions elsewhere. Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Each week we ask questions of the most plugged-in Seattle Seahawks fans and fans across the country. Offseason prediction time continues! Last year, fans and analysts were all over the place with regard to what the Seattle Seahawks should do with their Top 5 pick. Of course, quarterback was a hot topic, but it seems that the buzz has quieted somewhat in 2024. Despite missing the playoffs and battling through injuries...

Field Gulls

2024 Seahawks offseason roster tracker: Latest signings, trades, cap casualties

Photo by Steph Chambers/ Everything you need to know about NFL free agency and the Seahawks 2024 offseason. A new era begins for the Seattle Seahawks. After 14 years of Pete Carroll serving as both head coach and Executive Vice President of Football Operations, the reins have been handed over. Mike Macdonald is the new coach, while John Schneider adds President of Football Operations to his existing role as general manager. The Seahawks finished 9-8 for a second consecutive season, but this time they did not get the help required to make the playoffs. Schneider believed...

Bleeding Green Nation

Howie Roseman admits some young Eagles, like Nolan Smith, should have played more in 2023

The Eagles’ GM is at the NFL Combine, and spoke to reporters about building the roster, and balancing young guys with talented veterans. The Eagles are in Indy this week for the NFL Scouting Combine, and GM Howie Roseman spoke to reporters on Tuesday about the balance of having talented veterans with young guys who need experience. Roseman said that even though they were disappointed with how things ended this past season, they’ve made it to the playoffs in six of the past seven years, and played in two of the last six Super Bowls, so overall, he feels they’ve developed...

Revenge of the Birds

Like a Good Nabers, State Farm is There?

Photo by Jonathan Bachman/ Why LSU’s Malik Nabers could give Cardinals the best chance to win a Super Bowl You talkin’ about playoffs? Playoffs? The only way to play in a Super Bowl is to make the playoffs. So, yeah, I’m talkin’ bout playoffs. Context: For quite some time now here at ROTB and on Red Rain Podcast, I have been talking about how “attacking the middle of the field with success” is the key to winning NFL football games. Conversely, this is why you have been hearing me implore the Cardinals year after year to acquire slot CBs who can mirror the...

NESN.com

NFL Rumors: Why Browns Cut Ties With Patriots’ Alex Van Pelt

New Patriots offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt is coming off a pretty impressive season in Cleveland. Van Pelt, who worked as the Browns OC from 2020 through last season, coached five (!) different starting quarterbacks in 2023 and still managed to help Cleveland reach the playoffs. One of those signal-callers was 39-year-old Joe Flacco, who […]

Turf Show Times

Rams offseason improvements must be structural and not flashy

Photo by Ryan Kang/ LA must set sights on building a sustainable future It would be easy for the Los Angeles Rams to talk themselves into being only a star player or two away from returning to contention after making the playoffs this past season in a rebuilding year. Despite moving on from Jalen Ramsey, Leonard Floyd, Bobby Wagner, Nick Scott, A’Shawn Robinson, Greg Gaines, and others, the Rams took a high-volume approach in the draft and find several key building blocks for the future. This offseason they must remain focused on foundational pieces and cannot be...

Pride Of Detroit

Lions Dan Campbell on Jameson Williams: ‘The kid has come on’

Photo by Cooper Neill/ The Detroit Lions are encouraged by Jameson Williams’ growth in 2023 and have high expectations for him in Year 3. When Jameson Williams finished off his second season in the NFL, he had finally become a semi-regular contributor for the Detroit Lions offense. He played over 50% of snaps in each of his last 11 games of 2023 (including playoffs), and while he only averaged 2.3 touches over that stretch, he was explosive in the moments he was involved. On Tuesday at the NFL Combine, Lions coach Dan Campbell noted how pleased he was with...

Blogging The Boys

Cowboys can show they are 'all in' by pursuing CB Xavien Howard

Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports Who wants to see the Cowboys look into Xavien Howard? The Dallas Cowboys have had a reputation when it comes to free agency for quite some time. Sure, they acquire guys like any other team, but they aren't usually on the frontline when it comes to making major moves. Instead, they prefer to come in after the initial wave and add low-cost options. Things are a little different these days, or so says team owner Jerry Jones. After retaining head coach Mike McCarthy despite another early exit in the playoffs, Jones says the team is 'all in' for...

Turf Show Times

Why Rams are the most powerful team in the NFC West right now

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports With the most resources and coming off of a playoff season, the Rams could win the offseason The Los Angeles Rams shocked most, including me, by getting back to the playoffs way ahead of schedule despite being patient and frugal in the 2023 offseason. That patience is paying off now with a first round pick, $40 million in cap space, and being able to convince free agents and potential trade options that “the Rams are back” in a big way. This makes L.A. the most powerful NFC West team of the offseason, if not the most powerful in the...

Arrowhead Pride

Andy Reid, Brett Veach should soon sign contract extensions, according to a report

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports The tandem is currently signed through the 2025 NFL season, but new contracts are reportedly on the way. Despite rumblings of possible retirement during the final stretch of the 2023 regular season and playoffs, it does not sound like Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid is ready to call it quits. In fact, he could be signing an extension in the coming weeks, according to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero. Retirement can wait: Coming off back-to-back Super Bowl wins, the #Chiefs and Andy Reid are expected to begin negotiations in the coming...

Blogging The Boys

5 silver linings Cowboys fans can look for in 2024

Photo by Richard Rodriguez/ What would you say are some positives to look forward to next season from the Cowboys? Ed. Note: We are welcoming a new writer here at BTB for the 2024 season. Dana Bartholomew, known as @day_nuh_bee on Twitter (X), is going to be covering the Cowboys for us. Welcome aboard! — Dave Halprin If you’ve consumed any Dallas Cowboys content after their season abruptly ended in the first round of the playoffs, you know there was a lot of doom and gloom surrounding the team; and for good reason after their apathetic showing against the...

FOX Sports

Can Aaron Rodgers take Craig's Jets to playoffs? | The Carton Show

Craig Carton has questions about a few quarterbacks in the offseason, and invites Willie Colon and Victor Cruz to weigh in on the impact these QBs will have on their teams next season. They start with what they should expect to see out of Aaron Rodgers, who will take up the QB1 spot for the New York Jets after sitting out virtually the whole 2023 season with an Achilles tear. Will this be a playoff team after Rodgers’ return, or will we see rust on the veteran quarterback?

Gang Green Nation

Thinking forward: What would the data suggest the New York Jets do if they ever get to playoff overtime?

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports If the Jets ever get to overtime in the playoffs, should they prefer to defer? Much was said in the aftermath of the Super Bowl, but one of the primary talking points was around the San Francisco 49ers’ decision to receive the ball to open overtime. A lot of that discussion was because of how that overtime played out, which was as follows: The 49ers received the ball The 49ers kicked a field goal to go up by 3 The Kansas City Chiefs received the ball The Chiefs scored a touchdown and won the game In hindsight, maybe the 49ers should...

Pride Of Detroit

Notes: Amon-Ra St. Brown finishes season as top-5 PFF graded WR

Photo by Cooper Neill/ PFF writers are high on the Sun God. While some may have their eyes trained forward, the 2023 Detroit Lions season was so good it’s worth another look back. Over at Pro Football Focus, Gordon McGuinness put together a list of the top wide receivers by overall PFF grade. Star Lions wideout Amon-Ra St. Brown came in at fourth with a 91.2 grade. “Only one wide receiver in the NFL saw more targets than St. Brown’s 190 in the regular season and playoffs, with the star receiver averaging 12.7 yards per reception despite his average depth of target...

Niner Nation

Steve Spagnoulo praises Brock Purdy: ‘I think he’s terrific’

Photo by Focus on Sport/ The Kansas City Chiefs defensive coordinator went out of his way to text the San Francisco 49ers QB For as many mistakes as the San Francisco 49ers made in Super Bowl LVIII, just as much credit goes to Kansas City Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnoulo. He was incredible all season, and that didn’t stop at the most pivotal points of the playoffs. Spagnoulo sat down with Peter Schrager of Fox Sports and NFL Network, where he spoke about being caught off guard by quarterback Brock Purdy. Spags told Schrager that he didn’t find many holes...

The Falcoholic

Daniel Jeremiah’s 2nd 2024 NFL mock draft: Falcons draft a quarterback

Photo by Perry Knotts/ Finally, some good news in a mock. Right? It is mock draft season and, in all honestly, any mock sending a quarterback to the Falcons is notable. It has been a loooooong time since Falcons fans have seen anything close to respectable quarterback play, and an even longer time since the Falcons made the playoffs. It really should be time to fix both problems. Enter: Daniel Jeremiah’s mock draft. NFL dot com analyst Daniel Jeremiah is a former scout, and long-time current NFL Draft analyst, who has wide-ranging sources across the league. In fact,...

Decision to bench Eli, start Daniel Jones came at PERFECT time | Pick Six Podcast

Will Brinson is joined by Brady Quinn and Ryan Wilson to discuss Daniel Jones taking over the starting QB role for the New York Giants, Cam Newton's injury status and 0-2 teams that could still make the playoffs.

Aaron Rodgers' legacy hinges on this season - Max Kellerman | First Take

Max Kellerman says Aaron Rodgers will be remembered in a more negative light if the Green Bay Packers miss the NFL playoffs again this season. #FirstTake ✔

Antonio Brown is a CLOWN and Josh Allen will lead the Bills to the playoffs | Time to Schein

Adam Schein gives his take on all of the nonsense going down between Antonio Brown and Ben Roethlisberger on Twitter. Adam Schein also discusses how quarterback Josh Allen will lead the Buffalo Bills to the playoffs and that Jerry Jones will need to sign