Saints create more cap space with Wil Lutz contract restructure

The cap-strapped Saints have created some space by restructuring kicker Wil Lutz‘s deal. Lutz, who has three years remaining on his current deal, converted most of his base salary into signing bonus to save $1.74 million in cap space this season, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. That means Lutz will count more against [more]

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Mike Mayock: “Jury’s out” on Trent Brown staying with team

Shortly before Raiders General Manager Mike Mayock held a press conference on Wednesday, there was a report that the team was considering a trade involving right tackle Trent Brown. The timing all but guaranteed Mayock would be asked about Brown’s future with the club and he faced the question during the session. Mayock said that [more]

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Joe Douglas: You get to where great teams are through the draft

One of the storylines that the NFL world is watching this offseason is quarterback Deshaun Watson‘s push to be traded from the Texans. The Jets are one of the teams frequently mentioned as a place Watson could wind up because they have cap space, four first-round picks over the next two drafts, and a need [more]

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Giants release David Mayo

Linebacker David Mayo will join wide receiver Golden Tate in saying farewell to the Giants. According to multiple reports, the Giants are releasing Mayo as they move to create cap space ahead of the start of the new league year. Dropping Mayo will clear $2.3 million in cap space and releasing both veterans accounts for [more]

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Kevin Stefanski has no problem with Myles Garrett playing offseason basketball

Two years ago, video emerged of Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes playing offseason basketball. The team quickly put the kibosh on that. Recently, video emerged of Browns defensive end Myles Garrett playing basketball. His head coach has no problem with it. “He knows this,” Stefanski said on Wednesday’s PFT PM, “I’ve told him this, I’ve told [more]

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T.J. Hockenson: Every Lions player is rooting for Matthew Stafford to win a ring

Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford requested and received a trade this offseason, wanting to win a ring and thinking it wasn’t going to happen in Detroit. His old teammates completely supported him. That’s the word from Lions tight end T.J. Hockenson, who said every single teammate understood where Stafford was coming from with his trade request [more]

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Kevin Stefanski says Browns need to go back to square one

Kevin Stefanski is wiping the slate clean after a very successful first season as head coach of the Cleveland Browns. Under Stefanski, the Browns made the playoffs for the first time in 18 years and won a playoff game for the first time in 26 years. The Browns went 11-5 last year, marking just the [more]

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