1:59 PM ET Outside linebacker Za’Darius Smith has agreed to terms on a three-year, $42 million contract with the Minnesota Vikings, sources told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler and Adam Schefter. The deal can be worth up to $47 million if he reaches incentives, the sources told ESPN. Last week, Smith backed out on an agreement with
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1:04 PM ET CINCINNATI – Fred Johnson is back in free agency limbo. Less than an hour after the Cincinnati Bengals announced the reserve offensive tackle had signed a 1-year deal with the team, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter that Johnson was waived. It’s the latest move for a franchise that has spent the
8:39 AM ET Running back Leonard Fournette, who spent Monday visiting with the New England Patriots, is re-signing with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on a three-year, $21 million deal, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Tuesday. The deal includes $11 million guaranteed, sources told ESPN’s Jenna Laine, and it could reach $24 million with incentives.
6:00 AM ET LYNCHBURG, Va. — Ralph Wilson, better known as “Chopper” at the Ninth Street Parlor, just finished giving Liberty University football coach Hugh Freeze a shave and haircut. The 56-year-old barber wanted the coach to look especially good for what he insisted was the biggest day this town, best known as the home
5:06 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Maybe it was a friendly tape measure or maybe those stretches actually worked. Whatever it was, Pitt quarterback Kenny Pickett‘s much-discussed hand size increased by ⅛ inch from his official NFL scouting combine measurement, checking in at 8⅝ inches at Pitt’s pro day Monday. “The stretches work,” Pickett said with
6:01 PM ET Safety Jayron Kearse has agreed to terms with the Dallas Cowboys on a two-year contract, the team announced Monday. Financial terms were not disclosed but the deal is worth $10 million, a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. Kearse, 28, started 15 of the 16 games he appeared in for the Cowboys last
4:43 PM ET The Los Angeles Rams wanted a contract extension with quarterback Matthew Stafford for a lot of reasons, not the least of which was the fact that in his first year with the team, he led the franchise to a victory over the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl LVI. They didn’t have to
4:41 PM ET CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Bengals released cornerback Trae Waynes on Monday. He was entering the final season of a three-year contract that was worth up to $42 million. Cincinnati saves $10.9 million against the salary cap while incurring $5 million in dead money for the upcoming season, according to Roster Management System.
2:49 PM ET The New Orleans Saints are bringing back quarterback Jameis Winston after missing out on their pursuit of Deshaun Watson. Winston and the Saints agreed to two-year deal with a base value of $28 million, including $21 million guaranteed, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Monday. The Saints were one of four
3:22 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — While he may have a brand-new three-year deal in hand worth $60 million ($40 million guaranteed), Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Chris Godwin described the past few weeks as a “whirlwind” of emotions. Godwin was dealing with the uncertainty his NFL future — trying to heal a torn ACL