DETROIT — Although the Detroit Lions haven't been very active in free agency this offseason, the franchise still has been quite busy.

According to an announcement from the NFL, the Lions were responsible for proposing two amendments to league bylaws and one playing rule change, all of which will be voted on in two weeks at the NFL's league ...Read more

SEATTLE — There are currently no odds in the sports books for NFL team win totals next season. It’s not quite right to post those numbers when free agency is still going and the draft awaits.

But I imagine when it’s time to do so, the oddsmakers are going to be baffled when it comes to the Seahawks. Next season’s squad is one of the ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Mecole Hardman Jr., who spent all but five of his 80 NFL games with the Chiefs, is off to the Green Bay Packers.

ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler was first to report that Hardman is signing a one-year deal with Green Bay.

Hardman has had an eventful career with the Chiefs, who made him a second-round pick from Georgia in 2019.

He ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Rams are loath to invest in high-priced players at inside linebacker.

They have not used a high or midlevel draft pick at the position since selecting Ernest Jones IV in the third round in 2021, preferring instead to man the position with undrafted free agents of varying experience.

On Tuesday, the Rams stayed on script, ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — No more banana pudding and blanket coverage on the outside. No more handmade computers and edge pressure on opposing quarterbacks. No more tears of gratitude after 60 snaps of pass-protection and pancake blocks. Since the NFL’s free-agency period began last week, the Eagles have lost several players from their Super Bowl team....Read more

PITTSBURGH — Cam Heyward took to his podcast, "Not Just Football," to address the Steelers' current state of quarterback limbo.

While the Steelers' only signed quarterbacks have been career backups Mason Rudolph and Skylar Thompson, questions about the future of Aaron Rodgers linger after the Steelers made an offer to the 41-year-old ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The familiar sound of Brandon Graham’s laughter reverberated through the auditorium of the NovaCare Complex a few moments before he even emerged.

After 15 years within those walls, it was only fitting the 36-year-old Eagles legend would ensure his infectious smile and signature laugh preceded any tears during his retirement ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — There was a time, a long time, when Brandon Graham was known for who he wasn’t.

He was not Earl Thomas, the All-Pro safety who went one pick after him in the 2010 draft.

He was not Dez Bryant or Eric Decker, the two wide receivers who were selected with the picks the Eagles traded in order to move up and select Graham at No....Read more

MIAMI — I am wearing a miner’s helmet, the lamp leading me through the darkness, pickax in hand as I crunch across the rubble. I am searching. Looking hard. What I am after, though — it difficult to find.

I am looking for reasons Miami Dolphins fans might be optimistic at the moment. Why they might be the least bit encouraged by this ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The Steelers continue to await a decision from Aaron Rodgers, but if the four-time NFL MVP ends his lengthy courtship with the team and signs elsewhere, it raises plenty of questions about what they intend to do about a starting quarterback.

One of the options, though, is relying on the player who saved their 2023 season — ...Read more

CHICAGO — A young quarterback, a revamped interior offensive line and a new coach running the offense. That was the situation Olamide Zaccheaus walked into a year ago when he signed a free-agent contract with the Washington Commanders.

One year later, it sounds an awful lot like the situation Zaccheaus finds himself in with the Chicago Bears....Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles have ensured that their franchise right tackle has the opportunity to be a part of their future for the next few years.

Lane Johnson agreed to terms on a one-year extension through 2027, the Eagles announced on Monday evening. Johnson, who turns 35 in May, will be going into his 15th season in Philadelphia when the ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Ravens left tackle Ronnie Stanley knows what he has around him in Baltimore. From two-time NFL Most Valuable Player and quarterback Lamar Jackson to five-time Pro Bowl selection and second-team All-Pro running back Derrick Henry to a defense that over the second half of last season was one of the best in the league, it’s a trove ...Read more

Six winters ago, Miami Dolphins owner Steve Ross promoted Chris Grier from running the NFL draft to running the entire organization because, “everything you want to see for this job is embodied in Chris.”

Mediocre decisions?

Underwhelming drafts?

Glaring problems?

That’s the embodiment of Grier’s work. He is the Liam Eichenberg of ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has a new backup.

Cooper Rush has agreed to a two-year, $6.2 million deal worth up to $12.2 million with Baltimore, a source with direct knowledge of the deal confirmed to The Baltimore Sun. Rush spent his first seven seasons in the NFL with the Dallas Cowboys, where he was the backup to Dak ...Read more

CHICAGO — The Chicago Bears aren’t the only NFC North team that invested in the line of scrimmage during a whirlwind start to the NFL’s new year.

They’re just the team that has done the most work in the trenches after a 5-12 season, the sixth time in the last 11 years they finished last in the division.

The Bears have been so busy, ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — If I told you in August that the Eagles would win Super Bowl LIX but afterward they would lose Milton Williams, Josh Sweat, Kenneth Gainwell, Oren Burks and Mekhi Becton, your response would have been a resounding:

“Who cares?”

The performances of that quintet, as well as a few others, outpaced expectations, but none of ...Read more

On the same day the 49ers brought back a longtime member of their backfield in Kyle Juszczyk, they reportedly agreed to send away another major figure in their rushing offense.

The Niners are trading Jordan Mason, their top rusher in 2024, to the Minnesota Vikings just days after giving him a second-round tender as a restricted free agent, NFL ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — After agreeing to terms with Aaron Jones on a new two-year contract this week, the Vikings struck a sign-and-trade deal Saturday night for a younger complement to the running back.

According to multiple sources, they sent a 2026 sixth-round pick to San Francisco and swapped picks in the 2025 draft with the 49ers in exchange for ...Read more