BEREA, Ohio — The Cleveland Browns agreed to trade quarterback Baker Mayfield to the Carolina Panthers on Wednesday for a 2024 conditional draft pick. The Panthers will pay $4.85 million of Mayfield’s salary, while the Browns will pay $10.5 million, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Mayfield agreed to convert the remainder of his $18.8 […]
Continue readingTeams in the NFL are required to cut their rosters to 53 players by 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday. Cuts come earlier this season as teams had three preseason games — not four — to accommodate the 17-game regular season schedule. The biggest names let go are New England Patriots quarterback Cam Newton and New […]
Continue readingPITTSBURGH — For the first time since imploding against the Carolina Panthers in Week 16 of the 2020 season, Dwayne Haskins will start a football game. Haskins, competing for a roster spot in Pittsburgh, was given the starting nod for the Steelers’ final preseason game against the Panthers, coach Mike Tomlin said Wednesday. “Excited about […]
Continue readingThursday’s 2021 NFL training camp practices kicked off with plenty of deep-ball passing, rookies showing off their talent and quarterback competitions heating up. Can veteran quarterbacks Cam Newton of the Patriots and Andy Dalton of the Bears hold off first-year QBs Mac Jones and Justin Fields, respectively? Who will emerge from the Saints’ battle of […]
Continue readingPITTSBURGH — With the future of the quarterback position uncertain beyond the 2021 season, backup Mason Rudolph is ready to take the reins of the Pittsburgh Steelers. “That’s my goal, to be a starting quarterback in this league and for our team, and I’m working toward that goal every single day,” Rudolph said Tuesday when […]
Continue readingPITTSBURGH — Dwayne Haskins, a first-round draft pick in 2019, signed a reserve/future contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday, the team announced. The sides met earlier Thursday before Haskins officially signed the deal. The quarterback was released by the Washington Football Team less than a month ago, a day after he was benched in […]
Continue readingPITTSBURGH — Because he’s on the reserve/COVID-19 list, quarterback Ben Roethlisberger isn’t available to practice for the Pittsburgh Steelers all week. But the undefeated Steelers are still anticipating that he’ll be available to play against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday. Roethlisberger, 38, went on the list Tuesday morning as a high-risk close contact after tight […]
Continue readingBen Roethlisberger, the quarterback of the unbeaten Pittsburgh Steelers, leads the list of players whose status is in doubt entering Week 10 of the NFL season. Roethlisberger is on the reserve/COVID-19 list and his availability likely won’t be known until Saturday. Elsewhere, the Carolina Panthers, Chicago Bears, Cincinnati Bengals, Houston Texans, New England Patriots, Los […]
Continue readingAlthough Ben Roethlisberger was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list Tuesday, the Pittsburgh Steelers are optimistic their quarterback will be available for Sunday’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals. The team placed Roethlisberger and three others on the reserve/COVID-19 list after they were deemed high-risk close contacts with tight end Vance McDonald, who returned a positive test […]
Continue readingPITTSBURGH — The Steelers needed depth at two key positions, and they found it in a pair of familiar faces. Pittsburgh claimed former backup quarterback Josh Dobbs off waivers and re-signed former safety Sean Davis on Sunday. Selected out of Tennessee by the Steelers in the fourth round of the 2017 draft, Dobbs spent the […]
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