Bears GM Ryan Poles told reporters on Wednesday that they would like to re-sign veteran S Kevin Byard, calling him a “special” player per Scott Bair.
“That’s a player we would like to have back,” he said via Brad Biggs. Byard led the NFL with seven interceptions this past season.
Poles did say the Bears would have some challenges to sort through but with all four safeties on expiring deals, it would make a lot of sense to retain Byard.
Byard, 32, is a former third-round pick by the Titans in the 2016 NFL Draft. He was entering the final...
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An eventful Bills morning includes a host of candidates to replace Sean McDermott. As expected, offensive coordinator Joe Brady is on that list.
The three-year Buffalo OC will interview to replace his former boss, The Athletic’s Dianna Russini reports. A former Bills offensive coordinator — Anthony Lynn, currently the Commanders’ run-game coordinator — will also meet about the job, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Lynn, a two-year Bills staffer who finished his tenure as interim HC, will meet about the job Saturday.
A name we also heard at the outset of the search process, Brian Daboll, is on the list...
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A new blockbuster trade proposal has the Las Vegas Raiders sending superstar defensive end Maxx Crosby to the NFC.
Things got hectic between Crosby and the Raiders towards the end of he 2025 season. The Las Vegas Raiders placed their star defensive end on injured reserve last month. It ended his season due to a knee injury. The team decided to shut down the five-time Pro Bowler “with Crosby’s best interest in mind.” He certainly did not agree.
FOX Sports insider Jay Glazer said the Pro Bowl defensive end walked out on the team after hearing the news. Since then,...
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As nearly half the HC-seeking teams have landed a candidate, the Cardinals are among the others continuing theirs. A key candidate will take a meeting soon.
Jaguars defensive coordinator Anthony Campanile is set for an in-person interview Thursday, NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport reports. Campanile, who interviewed for the Dolphins’ HC job, remains in the running for the Ravens’ position as well.
More to come.
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According to Ian Rapoport, the Cardinals are flying in Jaguars DC Anthony Campanile for a second, in-person interview for their head coaching vacancy on Thursday.
He’s the first known finalist for the position. This is also the first time he’s been publicly connected to the Cardinals’ HC job.
Finalists:
Candidates:
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No one connected to the New York Giants has uttered the words “head coach John Harbaugh has final say over personnel, not GM Joe Schoen.”
No one has to. It is understood. A Super Bowl-winning coach with 18 years of experience, 12 of those years ending with playoff appearances, is not taking a job where he will be overruled by a first-time GM with a 22-45-1 overall record.
Harbaugh reports directly to co-owner John Mara. He said that “made sense” and was the type of arrangement he had in Baltimore with Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti.
“Everybody wants to make a...
Big Blue View
The Ravens may have fired John Harbaugh, but they have no intention of letting his top lieutenants follow him to New York.
Baltimore has blocked a lateral move for special teams coordinator Chris Horton, per NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo, preventing him from taking the same position on Harbaugh’s new staff. For the moment, the Ravens are holding onto assistant special teams coordinator Anthony Levine and senior special teams coach Randy Brown, though that could change once they land on a new head coach.
Harbaugh came up as a special teams coordinator, so it is no surprise he wants to bring...
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Mike Tomlin probably won’t be on an NFL sideline next season. Former NFL receiver Nate Burleson would be just fine with the now-former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach sitting beside him instead.
“Shout out to Mike Tomlin, absolute legend,” Burleson told TMZ Sports. “If you are taking time off, come on over to CBS. I’ve got a seat for you on the ‘NFL Today.’ If not, he can go right in to coach, but it has to be the right situation. He had a lot of older superstars. Guys that are legends, some of them even Hall of Famers, with the...
Steelers Now
With the playoffs nearly over and the NFL draft the next big event on the schedule outside of free agency, I thought it would be interesting to take a dive into what Dallas might do with the 20th pick in the draft.
Look, you won’t have the same thoughts as me and that is okay, you don’t have to call me an idiot or that I have no idea what I am talking about, but people do it anyway.
I think Dallas should take a long hard look at maybe trying to flip that pick packaged with some other later...
Inside The Star
Remember the 2018 season? It was an entire calendar year that served as the coming-out party for Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, and put the entire NFL on notice that a changing of the guard was imminent— the old being the New England Patriots, the new being the Chiefs, led by head coach Andy Reid.
The Patriots did not go quietly into that good night; the dynasty raged, and thanks to an offside penalty courtesy of Chiefs edge rusher Dee Ford, New England went on to win one last Super Bowl, before the all-time run faded into the history...
Arrowhead Pride
The Buffalo Bills are still recovering from their crushing Divisional Round loss. Buffalo is now looking for a new head coach after firing Sean McDermott on Monday. The team also revealed that their best player may need to have a procedure done before next season.
Bills general manager Brandon Beane said on Wednesday that QB Josh Allen might need a procedure on his foot this offseason, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
But there is a silver lining. Beane added that if Allen does get a procedure, he should still be ready for OTAs.
More on this story to come.
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Per Alaina Getzenberg, Bills GM Brandon Beane said that QB Josh Allen may have to have a procedure on right foot, but will still be available for OTAs.
Allen, 29, is a former first-round selection of the Buffalo Bills out of Wyoming in the 2018 NFL Draft. He was entering the final year of a four-year, $21.183 million rookie contract in 2021 that included a $13.485 million signing bonus when the Bills picked up his fifth-year option.
Buffalo later signed Allen to a six-year, $258 million extension entering the 2021 season. This was followed up with a record-breaking, six-year, $330...
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