Barrett, 27, registered a league-leading 19.5 sacks in his first season with the Bucs, playing on a one-year deal for $4 million. The franchise tag amount is calculated by taking the average of the top five players’ cap percentages for the current season, or 120% of the player’s previous salary — whichever is higher. If […]
Continue readingWhile most kids put their head on pillows and dream of NFL stardom, Jordyn Brooks tackled them instead. Each night before bed, Brooks, then a young boy in Dallas, gathered every pillow inside the small apartment he shared with three siblings and a single mother, lining them up as offensive linemen between the bed and […]
Continue readingThe start of a new decade is upon us with the 2020 NFL season. But before we get rolling with the ’20s, ESPN is taking a look back at the best — and worst — of the 2010s and naming the top players of the decade for all 32 teams. From the social media star […]
Continue readingWhat if every NFL team had a complete do-over in building its roster? What if every single player were a free agent? What if the worst team in the league had a chance to add a Super Bowl MVP at quarterback? Or one of the worst defensive teams out there was able to plop a […]
Continue readingKansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes posted a statement to his Twitter account Monday saying “the senseless murders that we have witnessed are wrong and cannot continue in our country.” “All I can think about is how I grew up in a locker room where people from every race, every background, and every community came […]
Continue readingSchneider said during an interview Thursday with KJR-AM in Seattle that Wright’s surgery wasn’t serious, while declining to discuss specifics beyond that. Wright, who turns 31 in July, is the Seahawks’ longest-tenured player as a fourth-round pick by Seattle in 2011. He’s entering the final year of a two-year, $14 million deal he signed last […]
Continue readingTunsil negotiated his own contract with coach and general manager Bill O’Brien, agreeing to a three-year, $66 million contract extension with $50 million guaranteed. The $22 million average per year on the contract makes him the highest-paid offensive lineman by $4 million per year. “I just wanted to reset the market and become the highest-paid […]
Continue readingThe 2020 NFL draft is one round down, and we have the pros and cons for each of the 32 first-round picks. The Cincinnati Bengals kicked off Thursday’s draft by selecting LSU quarterback Joe Burrow, who won a national championship with the Tigers in January, with the No. 1 overall selection. We will continue to […]
Continue readingThe 2020 NFL draft is less than two weeks away. We have taken a look back at how each 2019 first-round pick and second-round pick performed in his rookie season. Today we take a look at the third round and beyond. Which player picked in Rounds 3-7 of the 2019 draft had the biggest impact […]
Continue readingTom Brady, J.J. Watt and Adrian Peterson were among eight unanimous selections to the NFL All-Decade Team of the 2010s announced Monday by the NFL and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Also chosen on every ballot of the 48-member Hall of Fame selection committee were Von Miller, Aaron Donald, Joe Thomas, Marshal Yanda and […]
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