When the new league year arrives Wednesday, all teams must be at or under the cap, and due to the lowered figure, teams are expected to release a large number of players into the street free agency market to either get under the cap or create space to sign unrestricted as well as restricted free agents.
Three first-round picks? You want to start collecting those now, so you can begin the rebuild now? Or do you want to play angry footsie with Deshaun for a few more months ... thus rendering 2021 a lost and wasted season?
Almost there. We are now in the final countdown until NFL hysteria. It's known officially as the start of the new league year. Here's the tick-tock: 4 p.m. Monday: Legal 48-hour tampering period opens. Teams and players are free to negotiate with each other, and the top names will agree to deals within minutes.
The last year or so has been one of the most volatile in recent memory for stock markets around the globe. From around the Dow Jones spike of 29,000 in February 2020 to a low of around 19,170 in March of 2020 in the immediate aftermath of the COVID-19 shut downs in the US, to a current, all-time high of over 32,700 in mid-March of 2021, it's been a wild ride.
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The staff at Sports Illustrated/All Lions -- Vito Chirco, Logan Lamorandier and Adam Strozynski -- discuss issues facing the Lions on the eve of free agency which begins Monday. What did you think of Trey Lance's Pro Day? Chirco: Let's just say this ... it didn't convince me that he should be drafted at No.
Mike Singletary has already left a lasting legacy on pro football. The cornerstone of arguably the greatest defense in NFL history, Singletary's infectious passion led to him being named one of the NFL's all-time greatest characters during the league's 2019 centennial celebration.
The term in use these days is "legal tampering."
The Los Angeles Chargers are one of 12 NFL teams that have never won a Super Bowl, but today they can call themselves champions. That's right. The Los Angeles Chargers' widely revered, powder blue uniform is the winner of this year's NFL Uniform Bracket by the Pick Six Podcast, CBS Sports' daily NFL podcast.
While Chicago Bears fans continue holding their collective breath waiting (maybe praying) for a Russell Wilson trade, the odds are better GM Ryan Pace will take his next swing at solving the club's never-ending quarterback problem in the 2021 NFL Draft. But at No.
JuJu Smith-Schuster will be one of the top free agents available next week, as the 24-year-old wideout is not expected to return to the Pittsburgh Steelers. This past season, Smith-Schuster had 97 receptions for 831 yards and nine touchdowns.
If NFL free agents were items stuffed into a stadium vendor's tray, here is what you would hear on loop: Receivers! Pass-rushers! Blockers! Get your difference-makers here!
In the aftermath of a reduced college season, it is more important than ever for fantasy players to know about the most-hyped members of the 2021 draft class. Michael F. Florio has all the stats you need to know about incoming rookie QBs and RBs.
With no NFL scouting combine this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, teams are having to make do with college pro days and the media with virtual availability. The NFL has announced the pro day virtual media availability schedule for next week, March 15-19. Kent State Tentative Player Available: Isaiah McKoy Approximate Time: 7:00 a.m.
Lions head coach Dan Campbell will bring in a familiar face to shore up the tight end position in Detroit. Josh Hill signed a free-agent contract with the Detroit Lions on Saturday, the team announced. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Cut, cut, hike! The NFL's 2021 business year begins Wednesday, and the marketplace will be filled with high-profile free agents as teams have to shed costs in the wake of a bizarre season of fake crowd noise and cardboard fans.
Detroit Lions linebacker Jarrad Davis is just a few days away from hitting free agency for the first time in his NFL career. The former first-round pick has struggled in his four seasons in Detroit, resulting in the team turning down his fifth-year option last year.
Editor's note: Billy Joe, 80, was a running back in the Dolphins' inaugural season in 1966. He played pro football for seven seasons and made the Pro Bowl in 1965. His College Football Hall of Fame coaching career included 11 seasons at Florida A&M.
NFL free agency technically begins Monday with two days of "legal tampering." Teams can start signing players at 3 p.m. Wednesday. Here are 10 free agents to watch. JONNU SMITH, TE, Titans Age in Week 1: 26 The 6-3, 248-pounder would have been franchise-tagged if Tennessee wasn't so run heavy.
Les Snead will get the Los Angeles Rams under the salary cap by Wednesday's deadline, but he's taking his SoFi suite time to get there. As of Saturday afternoon, the Rams remain roughly $33 million over the 2021 salary cap, which was set at $182.5 million this week.