Ozzie Newsome: Ravens’ owner said Deshaun Watson’s contract created some problems

Since the Browns signed Deshaun Watson to an unprecedented fully-guaranteed five-year, $230 million contract last year, other owners have refused to follow suit on guaranteed contracts. And Ravens Executive Vice President Ozzie Newsome is acknowledging that his team sees Watson’s contract as a stumbling block to getting things done with Lamar Jackson. Newsome, who was [more]

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Report: Bengals have heard from “several possible suitors” for Jonah Williams

After the Bengals signed left tackle Orlando Brown in free agency, the club’s 2022 left tackle Jonah Williams elected to request a trade. Cincinnati is apparently working to accommodate that request. Per Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, Cincinnati has had trade conversations centered around Williams and has heard from several possible suitors for the offensive [more]

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Austin Bryant visiting with 49ers

The 49ers are looking at boosting some depth on their defensive line. Per Tom Pelissero of NFL Media, edge rusher Austin Bryant is taking a free-agent visit with San Francisco. A fourth-round pick in the 2019 draft, Bryant spent his first four seasons with the Lions. His most productive year was 2021, when he recorded [more]

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Dan Campbell is the betting favorite to win coach of the year

The Lions haven’t won a division title in three decades, but they’re currently favored to win the NFC North. So it’s no surprise that Lions head coach Dan Campbell is also favored to win the NFL’s coach of the year award. Campbell is the betting favorite to be named 2023 coach of the year at [more]

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Panthers GM Scott Fitterer: It hurt to trade DJ Moore, but we had to do it to move up to No. 1

When wide receiver DJ Moore signed a three-year, $61.9 million contract extension with the Panthers a year ago, General Manager Scott Fitterer thought he had signed one of the most important players on the roster he was trying to build. A year later, Fitterer traded Moore to the Bears. Fitterer says that wasn’t something he [more]

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Damien Harris feels signing with Bills can take him to a new height

Running back Damien Harris is switching teams in the AFC East for the 2023 season. Harris has signed with the Bills after spending four seasons with the Patriots and he’s joining an offense that is bringing back a number of weapons from their third straight division champion. Those weapons include running backs James Cook and [more]

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JuJu Smith-Schuster on joining Patriots: Being wanted by a coach you respect goes a long way

Wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster joined the Patriots as a free agent this month and he had a succinct answer to why he wanted to continue his career in New England. Smith-Schuster has faced the Patriots a number of times in his career and Bill Belichick has been the head coach in New England for all [more]

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