Texans re-sign receiver Chris Conley

Texans wide receiver Chris Conley will stick around for another year in Houston. Conley and the Texans agreed to a one-year deal, according to the Houston Chronicle. The Texans agreed to a one-year deal with Conley last season and he had 22 catches for 323 yards and two touchdowns, and was also credited for his [more]

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Blake Martinez remains with Giants after reducing salary

Word during the week was that linebacker Blake Martinez would have to revise his contract in order to remain with the Giants in 2022 and he has agreed to do so. According to multiple reports, Martinez has agreed to take a significant pay cut in order to avoid being cut. Martinez was set to have [more]

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Matt Haack agrees to pay cut to stick with Bills

Punter Matt Haack signed a three-year contract with the Bulls in 2021, but the pact looks a lot different heading into his second year in Buffalo. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that Haack has agreed to a pay cut. He will now stand to make $1.135 million in salary and bonuses rather than the [more]

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Brian Flores will speak on Monday against forced arbitration of race discrimination cases

By suing the NFL for systemic racial discrimination in the hiring, compensation, and retention of Black head coaches, Brian Flores has taken on a cause that sweeps well beyond his own personal interests, potentially sacrificing his future as a head coach in the process. That cause has now expanded to an even broader effort, one [more]

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Kirk Herbstreit officially joins Amazon for Thursday Night Football

The big broadcasting news on Friday came from Joe Buck bolting Fox for ESPN. Elsewhere in football-booth bingo, Amazon officially has hired Kirk Herbstreit to work with a play-by-player to be named later on Thursday Night Football. Andrew Marchand of the New York Post reports that the Herbstreit deal is done, and that he’ll continue [more]

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Barring a trade or a new contract, Kirk Cousins will enter 2022 with the highest cap hit

The Falcons have reduced quarterback Matt Ryan‘s record cap hit of $48.66 million. The Packers presumably will chop down quarterback Aaron Rodgers‘s $46.66 million cap number, once a new contract is “signed.” Then, Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins will be the purple-rinded cheese that stands alone, with a one-year cap number of $45.166 million, via spotrac.com. [more]

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Ezekiel Elliott’s $18.2 million cap hit looms large as Cowboys cut costs elsewhere

Tight against the salary cap, the Cowboys are shedding contracts this offseason. They’ve already cut Greg Zuerlein and Blake Jarwin, and bigger moves are coming, with Amari Cooper and La'el Collins among the players under contract who are likely on the way out, and Randy Gregory, Michael Gallup, Connor Williams, Leighton Vander Esch and Jayron [more]

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