Category: Sport

The Chiefs are not tendering tight end Deon Yelder as a restricted free agent, Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports. Yelder, 26, played six snaps in Super Bowl LV after being activated back to the active roster from injured reserve. He went on injured reserve Jan. 16 with a groin injury. He caught seven passes […]

The timing ended up being perfect. The 15th anniversary of Drew Brees‘ signing with the Saints came one day before the 2021 free-agent market unofficially opened. For planning purposes, the Saints needed to know by tomorrow whether Brees would be retiring, and now they do. So what’s next for the Saints? The restructuring of Taysom […]

Technically, free agency begins at 4:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday. As a practical matter, it starts tomorrow at noon ET. That’s when the so-called legal tampering process commences. It started several years ago as a vehicle for exchanging offers without striking deals. Common sense quickly prevailed, and the league allowed teams to negotiate with impending […]

The Vikings are working on a restructured contract for linebacker Anthony Barr. The reworked deal will reduce Barr’s $12.3 million salary but makes him a free agent in 2022, Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports. It will help the Vikings’ salary cap situation for this year, while getting Barr two years closer to free agency. He […]

It’s officially a done deal. Nine hours after agent Joe Linta intimated 49ers General Manager John Lynch was premature in declaring an agreement with Kyle Juszczyk, Linta tweeted news of an agreement. The contract is for five years, and according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, it’s worth $27 million. Juszczyk played 472 offensive snaps […]

As Kyle Long prepares to embark on his comeback, he’ll first visit the team for which his father, Howie, became a Hall of Famer. Kyle Long will visit the Raiders, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN.com. And possibly to help put the squeeze on the Raiders to get something done, Long’s next step will be […]

The Bears are whittling away as they seek to get underneath the salary cap and accommodate the $18 million franchise tag for receiver Allen Robinson. The NFLPA lists the Bears as $22.4 million over the 2021 salary cap. That doesn’t include the expected release of right tackle Bobby Massie. It also doesn’t include the $23 […]