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The Bear’s Den, February 20, 2025

The Bear’s Den, February 20, 2025

Bears have more money to spend in free agency, but then again so does everybody else

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Daily Dawg Chow 2/20: Browns news, Salary cap increase and is there new insight on the Myles Garrett saga?

Daily Dawg Chow 2/20: Browns news, Salary cap increase and is there new insight on the Myles Garrett saga?

More of the latest Browns news and notes from around the web in today’s dose of the Daily Dawg Chow.

The latest Cleveland Browns coverage from Dawgs By Nature:

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Steelers Daily News & Links: NFL Salary Cap Surges; Best Fit for Najee Harris

Steelers Daily News & Links: NFL Salary Cap Surges; Best Fit for Najee Harris

Steelers Daily News & Links: Your daily stop for all of the news and links from the Pittsburgh Steelers, NFL

🏈 The NFL informed teams on Wednesday that the 2025 per-team salary cap will fall in the range of $277.5 million to $281.5 million, way up from last year’s $255.4 million. Cap will have increased by more than $53 million over the last two years.

The Pittsburgh Steelers will have upwards of $60 million in salary cap space and can still increase that with a few more moves.

The NFL today informed teams that the 2025 per-team salary cap...

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Jevon Holland, Teven Jenkins named best fits for Giants

Jevon Holland, Teven Jenkins named best fits for Giants

The new league year is just around the corner and that means the official start to free agency. The early frenzy is inevitable and with a spike in salary cap, the New York Giants promise to be very active from the onset.

In addition to quarterback, general manager Joe Schoen will also be poking around several other markets. Positional needs include offensive tackle, guard, interior defensive line, cornerback, and safety.

The Giants also need improved depth at nearly every position, and could also find themselves looking for a wide receiver if Darius Slayton is not re-signed.

ESPN’s Matt Bowen recently...

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What releasing Sione Takitaki means for the Patriots

What releasing Sione Takitaki means for the Patriots

The Patriots parted ways with the veteran linebacker on Wednesday.

The New England Patriots and Sione Takitaki will go their separate ways in 2025. The team announced releasing the veteran linebacker on Wednesday afternoon, cutting his tenure in New England short halfway through the two-year free agency pact he signed last offseason.

What does the move mean from a big-picture perspective, though? Let’s take a closer look at it to find out.

Underwhelming return on investment

As noted above, the Patriots acquired Takitaki via a two-year contract in last year’s free agency. That pact came at a total value...

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Dolphins not expected to use franchise tag on Jevon Holland - The Splash Zone 2/20/25

Dolphins not expected to use franchise tag on Jevon Holland - The Splash Zone 2/20/25

Welcome to the Splash Zone, the quickest way to get your day started off right. We bring you a rundown of Miami Dolphins news from the last 24 hours.

The Miami Dolphins don’t have many candidates to use the franchise tag on, but safety Jevon Holland would have been one of them. It was reported the other day that the team would not use the tag on the young safety who is set to hit free agency in the coming weeks. Holland said he would love to be back in Miami but says all options are on the table. Can’t...

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Should Steelers Have Interest In Nick Chubb?

Should Steelers Have Interest In Nick Chubb?

Should the Steelers have interest in RB Nick Chubb? Steelers HC Mike Tomlin respects Cleveland Browns RB Nick Chubb so much, he calls him Mr. But even the most respected person in the world is susceptible to a severe blow to the knee. In a game against the Steelers in 2023, Chubb suffered just such […]

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Golden Nuggets: No better spike than a cap spike

Golden Nuggets: No better spike than a cap spike

Your daily San Francisco 49ers news for Thursday, February 20th, 2025

How 49ers could be impacted by NFL’s 2025 salary cap spike

“The NFL sent a memo to every NFL team on Wednesday that projects the cap for the upcoming season to land from $277.5 million to $281.5 million per team, ESPN’s Dan Graziano reported.”

Why 49ers likely won’t use franchise tag on their 2025 free agents

“The cost to retain Greenlaw would be a one-year deal worth $27.745 million. The other numbers are $20.89 million for Ward, $20.13 million for Hufanga and $25.8 million for Banks.”...

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Buffalo Rumblings in-5, your daily Bills trivia game on February 20th

Buffalo Rumblings in-5, your daily Bills trivia game on February 20th

Can you name this Buffalo Bills player in five clues or less?

Hey Buffalo Rumblings readers! We’ve got a treat for everybody. Some of you have likely seen the daily trivia game that lives in the top right corner above the fold of the site. To date, that game has been the SB Nation in-5 trivia game. That changed last week.

Buffalo Rumblings in-5 instructions

The goal of the game is to guess the correct Bills player with the help of up to five clues. We’ll mix in BOTH ACTIVE AND RETIRED PLAYERS. It won’t be easy to figure...

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The 5 O’Clock Club: Commanders 2025 roster review - cornerbacks

The 5 O’Clock Club: Commanders 2025 roster review - cornerbacks

It’s 5 o’clock somewhere…

The 5 o’clock club is published from time to time during the season and offseason, and aims to provide a forum for reader-driven discussion at a time of day when there isn’t much NFL news being published. Feel free to introduce topics that interest you in the comments below.


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With Marson Lattimore and Mike Sainristil, the Commanders have two big answers on a roster full of question marks. The questions that remain at this position revolve around Sainristil’s role (slot or wide), the third...

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Salary cap spike is music to the ears of Giants GM Joe Schoen

Salary cap spike is music to the ears of Giants GM Joe Schoen

The NFL has informed teams that the salary cap will be raised significantly this season, “somewhere between $277.5 and $281.5 million.” That is up from $255.4 million last season.

In total, the cap will have increased by more than $50 million over the past two years.

This is from the memo the league sent to teams today, including league’s explanation of why the cap number is not yet finalized. pic.twitter.com/CQC5azcMO8

— Dan Graziano (@DanGrazianoESPN) February 19, 2025

Based on the numbers at Spotrac, the Giants have a current available Top 51 cap space number of $45.1 million....

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