For the second straight year, during the lead-up to the season, a safety has arrived with the Pittsburgh Steelers and put lofty expectations into the ether. While not as hasty with his words as Juan Thornhill was, Jaquan Brisker let it be known that Patrick Graham’s defense isn’t content with being OK.

“I feel like we have the potential to be the best, to be top-five, top-three, to get back to what Pittsburgh is used to with their defense being on top,” Brisker said via Mark Kaboly. “We want to be a top-five defense, and that should be the mindset....

For seventh-round rookies, special teams is an excellent way to make your way onto a roster or possibly stick around for a full season. That’s the playbook linebacker Carson Bruener followed last year. Bruener played in all 17 games, yet only had one defensive snap. But his couple hundred snaps on special teams kept him […]

Yesterday, I highlighted inside linebacker Levelle Bailey in our roster review series. Today, we will continue to focus on the inside linebacker position and discuss second-year player Karene Reid. After not hearing his named called during the 2025 NFL Draft, Reid signed with the Broncos as an undrafted free agent.

The former Utah Ute stood out in training camp and played very well in the preseason. His special teams’ prowess was a major reason he continued the Broncos’ annual tradition of a UDFA making the squad. As a rookie, Reid appeared in 10 games but missed the final portion of...

It is rare in Broncos Country for fans to highly agree — other than that we hate the Raiders and Chiefs.

So when a poll generates a response where 95% agree, it’s noteworthy.

Based on our SBNation Reacts poll, this crowd has high expectations for Davis Webb in his new role as Broncos’ offensive coordinator, and more notably, its play caller.

For the record, I 100% agree with the likelihood that Webb’s play design is going to be “smart and creative.“ I have thought that ever since his preseason game last year where head coach Sean Payton handed over the...

The NFL Draft is over, the rookies have been signed, and we’re just a few short days away from the Cincinnati Bengals’ mandatory minicamp, which runs from June 16-18. After that, we won’t see much from the Bengals — or the rest of the NFL — until training camp opens in mid-July.

As we enter the dog days of summer, here are a few storylines worth keeping an eye on.

Help at Linebacker?

The Bengals did some major work on their defense after missing the playoffs in back-to-back seasons. They traded the No. 10 overall pick to the New...

In the blink of an eye, minicamp and Organized Team Activities have come and gone for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Next stop: Saint Vincent College in Latrobe for another edition of training camp. There, the Steelers will have a number of new faces experiencing the old-school training camp environment for the first time. It will be […]

Happy Saturday, Jets fans!

Here are your daily links to kick off the weekend.

Eric Allen – OTA Notebook | Spring Report on David Bailey

Antwan Staley – Jets RB Braelon Allen says he’s stronger and better than ever after knee injury

Michael Nania – NY Jets have 3 WRs ranked in fantasy football top 100

Michael Nania – Jets’ Aaron Glenn included on dubious list, but should he be?

Michael Nania – The core Lions weapon Seth Ryan must bring to NY Jets

Michael Nania – Everything that needs to happen for Jets to win AFC East

Connor Long...

I have been waiting for the Dallas Cowboys to get real help opposite CeeDee Lamb, and in 2025, they finally did.

George Pickens changed the look of the passing game. I know some fans will look at this Cowboys stat and brush it off as just another statistic, but I don’t see it that way.

I see it as proof Dallas finally had something that was missing.

Top 10 NFL WR Duos By Average Passer Rating When Targeted

What stands out to me is not just Dallas being fifth. It’s how tight that group is after Cincinnati.

The...

While Mike McCarthy has brought change to Pittsburgh, many Steelers veterans like T.J. Watt have bought into his plans. It helps that, unlike Pittsburgh’s other head coach candidates, he has an established track record as a head coach. In other words, they know that he knows what he’s going and that it works. And having […]

Christian Parker sees ‘urgent’ Cowboys defense taking shape during offseason – Tommy Yarrish, DallasCowboys.com

Christian Parker feels his unit is putting it all together.

“I think it’s a very urgent group and a group that is hungry for knowledge and hungry for getting pushed, and they want to have collective success,” Parker said. “We don’t have any selfish guys. We have a bunch of guys who want to do it together. They want to learn.”

In the past, Parker has worked under some of the best defensive minds in the NFL. While with the Philadelphia Eagles,...

It feels like just a few weeks ago that I put the finishing touches on my annual Ranking The Steelers’ Starters Post-Season edition here at Steelers Depot, but that was back on March 1. Time sure does fly in the NFL offseason. As the NFL calendar barrels towards training camp in late July, we’ve reached […]

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• “He’s definitely very strong”: Browns DE raves about rookie OT Spencer Fano (Matthew Wilson) – Spencer Fano has been impressing more than just the coaching staff so far.
• Browns front office loses a top executive to the Vikings (Jared Mueller) – The Cleveland Browns are losing VP Andrew Healy to the Minnesota Vikings front office.
• Browns top brass talk Deshaun Watson’s health, future with organization (Matthew Wilson) – Deshaun Watson updates aplenty.
• Browns roster: Ranking each quarterback based on spring practice performance (Matthew Wilson) – Checking out how Cleveland’s quarterbacks performed in...