With the Cleveland Browns having their mandatory minicamp earlier this week, the biggest decision for head coach Todd Monken this season is who his starting quarterback will be for the 2026 season. The decision could certainly impact the team’s odds of having a positive win-loss record during the season, but on the same note, the organization has stockpiled draft picks for the 2027 season onward, presumably to find their quarterback of the future.

In my opinion, regardless of who Monken chooses, if the quarterback performs terribly, it’s not going to be treated as a negative reflection on him, and rather...

If it weren’t for Brandon Aiyuk, a topic of discussion might be whether San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan is on the hot seat. Again.

We usually have this discussion during the season at some point, but this year, 2026, it’s the offseason, with speculation about how warm Shanahan’s seat is. It’s pretty simple—there is none.

Why think otherwise? One could guess.

“Anybody that says Kyle Shanahan is on the hot seat, you guys are not the smartest,” Kittle said, via USA Today’s Nick Brinkerhoff. “It doesn’t make any sense to me.”

Well, it doesn’t make sense to a...

The Buffalo Bills concluded their three-day mandatory minicamp on Thursday. As the team heads into a six-week break for summer vacation, the Bills took care of one last piece of unfinished business: agreeing to terms with offensive lineman Jude Bowry on his four-year rookie contract.

Today’s edition of Buffalo Rumblinks leads off by discussing the news that with the versatile Bowry having signed his rookie deal, the Bills now have all 10 of their rookies under contract.

OT Jude Bowry last Bill to sign rookie deal

Jude Bowry was chosen by the Bills with the No. 102 overall selection...

According to J.L.Canfora, Patriots CB Christian Gonzalez will likely receive a contract extension before the start of the regular season, at least according to one anonymous NFL GM familiar with the CB market.

“That one gets done before the season,” the GM told SportsBoom.us. “He’ll get paid.”

The general manager went on to say that Gonzalez is the best defensive player on the team, which reached the Super Bowl, and he secured a payday with a strong playoff performance.

Gonzalez, 24, transferred from Colorado to Oregon following the 2021 season and had a team-leading three interceptions in 2022. He was...

The Buffalo Bills have a new defensive coordinator this season, and with that comes a new philosophy on defense. Regardless of one’s opinion on former head coach and defensive boss Sean McDermott, one clear point of success throughout his tenure came in the development of defensive backs. Whether those defensive backs were veteran cast-offs from elsewhere (Jordan Poyer and Micah Hyde) or players the team drafted themselves (Cole Bishop and Christian Benford, among others), there were far more hits than misses in terms of player development.

The players noted above were clear success stories, and while there was the Kaiir...

After his high-profile departure from the Seattle Seahawks in free agency, newly signed Kansas City Chiefs running back Kenneth Walker III expressed his intention to maintain his tight bond with former backfield partner Zach Charbonnet. Despite media attempts to create a rift over shared rushing responsibilities in Seattle, Walker emphasized that he and Charbonnet remain incredibly close and continue to communicate daily, regardless of their different NFL franchises.

This transition has shifted Walker’s focus entirely toward his future. NBC Sports recently reported that while the Seahawks gathered on Thursday evening to celebrate their historic championship and receive their rings, the...

At first, Christian Fauria didn’t take Troy Polamalu seriously during their first — and only — encounter on the field. The legendary Pittsburgh Steelers safety made sure it was a meeting the then-New England Patriots tight end wouldn’t forget.

“The stupidest, dumbest, arrogant thing I ever did — this trips me out to this day,” Fauria said Wednesday on the “NFL Players Second Acts Podcast.” “Playing for the Patriots and there’s this young rookie strong safety. Crazy hair, wears some stupid number — No. 43 — and I’m like, ‘Who is this guy?’ And it’s Troy Polamalu. And we have...

It’s that time of year again, folks: padless football is back in action, and us football-starved junkies can’t help but be glad. (That’s all we get to hold us over for the next month until training camp starts. Plus, it’s way more fun to think about than whatever’s going on with the Chicago Bears’ stadium saga.)

And, despite every impulse telling us not to read too much into it, you can’t deny it’s nice to see third-round rookie Zavion Thomas pop up with a highlight play or two in the few glimpses we’ve gotten of the Chicago Bears during this...

‘Predator’ and ‘Baby Predator’.

That is what a mic’d up Brian Burns was heard calling off-ball linebackers Tremaine Edmunds and Arvell Reese after an Edmunds interception during a mandatory minicamp practice this week.

As nicknames go, those aren’t bad. They might stick for the Giants’ new off-ball linebacker duo.

Edmunds, entering his ninth season, and Reese, the No. 5 overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, embody the bigger, fast bully that new head coach John Harbaugh has been hoping to build.

Edmunds is listed at 6-foot-4 (I guarantee he is bigger than that after standing near him during minicamp),...

The Pittsburgh Steelers have wrapped OTAs, meaning the next time they take the field will be in Latrobe for training camp on July 29.

It will be the first camp for new head coach Mike McCarthy, as we get closer to seeing what this new era of Steelers football looks like on the field. One thing that stood out during Pittsburgh’s offseason program, though, is attention to detail from the veteran head coach, as Mark Kaboly points out.

‘The attention to detail is off the charts,“ Kaboly said on Kaboly and Mack via Ross McCorkle of Steelers Depot. “I’m talking...

Saints wide receiver Chris Olave missed the end of the 2025 season due to a blood clot in his lung. His original return timeline was four weeks, but more than six months later, he has yet to complete his recovery.

Olave has not participated in team drills during New Orleans’ offseason practices, per Matthew Paras of The Times-Picayune. He has been present at OTAs – notable since he and the Saints are in the middle of contract negotiations – but the team is giving him a long runway to ramp up his involvement. Clubs are generally cautious about player injuries...

Through the spring and summer, we will be counting down the Jets roster player by player. We continue the series by discussing Jeremy Ruckert.

Name: Jeremy Ruckert

Number: 91

Year With Jets: 2nd

Projected Role: Number three tight end

His 2025: After the departure of Tyler Conklin, Ruckert had every opportunity to establish himself as the starting tight end for the Jets. He ended up providing little production, however, registering just 23 catches for 179 yards.

It’s probably tempting to blame Ruckert’s struggles on the Jets’ dismal quarterback situation. You would be well-advised to ignore that temptation. Eight receivers on...