Dak Prescott has a long way to go to be a “Cowboy for life”

Wednesday was a day of celebration for the Cowboys and quarterback Dak Prescott. There was no reason for Dak to rub anyone’s face in the negotiations that he clearly won in a TKO, in part because the Cowboys repeatedly punched themselves in the crotch by delaying and delaying and delaying the inevitable. Still, certain of [more]

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Matt Rhule has talked to Teddy Bridgewater about “business aspect” of NFL

Matt Rhule said what he had to say about Teddy Bridgewater during Wednesday’s news conference, namely “he’s our quarterback.” For now. The Panthers coach said the same thing about Cam Newton this time a year ago. So there is that. The Panthers want a franchise quarterback. It’s clear from their wandering eye they don’t think [more]

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$15.7 million drop is only part of the salary-cap story

The reduction in the 2021 salary cap from $198.2 million to $182.5 million — an unprecedented $15.7 million reduction per team — creates obvious challenges for NFL teams. Those challenges are exacerbated by the fact that NFL teams have in recent years become accustomed to minimum cap growth of $10 million per year. Thus, the [more]

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Eric DeCosta: I expect Brandon Williams to be on the team

Ravens nose tackle Brandon Williams has a $14.4 million cap number in 2021, the last year of his five-year deal signed back in 2017. That’s a significant number for a player who primarily defends the run and played at least 50 percent of defensive snaps in three regular season games in 2020. But General Manager [more]

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Urban Meyer wants to build Jaguars defense around the defensive line

The Jaguars are heading into the start of the new league year with the first overall pick of the draft and voluminous salary cap space. We’ve got a pretty good idea that they’ll be picking quarterback Trevor Lawrence with the first pick and head coach Urban Meyer may have given a hint about the plans [more]

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Steelers restructure Derek Watt’s contract

The Steelers didn’t land J.J. Watt in free agency to unite all three Watt brothers on one team. But they did work with one of the three to create some cap room for 2021. Per Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, Pittsburgh has restructured fullback Derek Watt‘s contract to create $880,000 of cap space. With the [more]

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Panthers re-sign J.J. Jansen

The Panthers have had the same long snapper for more than a decade and they aren’t planning to make a change in 2021. Joseph Person of TheAthletic.com reports that the team has re-signed J.J. Jansen to a one-year deal. No other terms of the deal have been repoted. Jansen signed with the Packers after going [more]

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