Earlier today, before the stadium drama unfolded, the Chicago Bears announced that they have signed their first two 2026 draft picks, safety Dillon Thieneman and center Logan Jones.

Thieneman, the 25th overall selection out of Oregon, figures to earn a starting spot next to free agent pickup Coby Bryant at some point this offseason. The Bears went into the draft with a need at the safety position, and when Thieneman, who was universally considered the best player available, made it to 25, it was a no-brainer for general manager Ryan Poles.

His contract is for four years and a fully...

On the heels of Nick Herbig receiving a four-year, $100 million deal, NFL insider Albert Breer thinks Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker Alex Highsmith has a strong argument for a new contract.

“Does it mean he’s back at the table looking for a correction to his deal?” Breer asked Wednesday on Sports Illustrated’s YouTube Channel. “His deal is at about $17 million per [year].

Under his new deal, Herbig will make $25 million per year. Significantly more than Highsmith’s $17 million yearly average. Highsmith has two years left on his deal.

“He can very easily make the argument here, ‘I need...

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Browns HC Todd Monken has already been impressed by the athleticism of second-round WR Denzel Boston during offseason activities.

“He’s a different body type than what we have,” Monken said, via ESPN. “We were looking at someone we thought could be a size matchup and especially in the red zone, which we did not have. So loved his competitive spirit. Just talking about Denzel now. Spoke with Jedd Fisch, his head coach at *Washington, who I’ve got a ton of respect for, been in the NFL and raved about Denzel, loves to practice, competitive, a lot of fight...

ESPN asked its football writers to put together a list of “100 things to know for the 2026 NFL season” and each team gets a few predictions thrown its way. The Cowboys ended up with five predictions.

Two predictions are about Dak Prescott, and they are c0nnected.

1. MVP candidates – Dak Prescott

Prescott’s incredible 2025 campaign was overlooked due to his team’s lackluster defense, but I felt he was actually the second-most valuable player in the league last season (and ahead of Matthew Stafford). If he plays the same way, and the Cowboys’ defense can be...

Thirteen former members of the Pittsburgh Steelers made the initial rosters for the 2026 season of the Canadian Football League, the CFL announced this week as teams made their final cuts.

The CFL season opened on Thursday night, when the Montreal Alouettes defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 30-27. The opening week of the regular season continues with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers at the Calgary Stampeders on Friday night and the Edmonton Elks at the Ottawa Redblacks on Saturday.

Former Steelers draft pick Antoine Brooks Jr. is a returning member of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, who won the 112th playing of the Grey...

It didn’t take long to find out the structure of Seattle Seahawks outside linebacker Derick Hall’s $42 million contract extension.

OverTheCap has posted Hall’s new deal, which was agreed to earlier this week, and this contract is as team-friendly as you might expect.

Here are additional contract notes:

Derick Hall signed a three year, $42 million extension with the Seahawks on June 3, 2026. $21 million is guaranteed for injury of which $19 million is a new money guarantee. $15.27 million is fully guaranteed at signing including a $13 million signing bonus and his base salary for 2026 and...

The Pittsburgh Steelers have undergone a lot of change defensively this offseason, with almost a whole new staff and new additions such as Jamel Dean, Sebastian Joseph-Day and Jaquan Brisker. Dean was the biggest free agent signing by the Steelers this offseason, and SI’s Gilberto Manzano believes he’s Pittsburgh’s best secondary player. In ranking the […]

Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield has not spoken about his current contract situation. He has no obligation to do so nor does he have to. He can leave that up to the team and his representation to figure out and not say a word.

But that changed a bit Friday.

Speaking to the media at the AdventHealth Training Center for his youth football camp, Mayfield was asked of the state of his contract talks to which he said they are ‘not anywhere close’ to where he was thinking they’d be.

“Not anywhere close to what we were thinking,” Mayfield said. “Would...

Yes, the 2026 season has yet to begin, so looking ahead to March of 2027 feels a bit premature. However, in this specific case, an exception can be made.

As it currently stands, the Pittsburgh Steelers do not have a proven long-term answer at quarterback on their roster. Regardless of how you feel about Drew Allar and Will Howard, neither has taken an NFL snap and there is far more unknown than known when it comes to both of them.

With Aaron Rodgers making it clear that this is his final season, the Steelers will once again be in quarterback...

The New England Patriots have a new top wide receiver on the roster after trading for AJ Brown from the Philadelphia Eagles. With a new team, Brown is repping a new number, and fans finally got a first look at the star wideout in his uniform.

New England held a photoshoot and posted an image of the 28-year-old star on social media wearing his new No. 1 uniform for the Patriots. Brown is standing there decked out in the uniform while holding a football in his left hand.

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— New England Patriots (@Patriots) [June...

It is no secret that the Colts brass and staff are entering a make or break season. You can only ramp up the sense of urgency so much or so often? It has been pointed out that the first five games on the schedule come with some challenges. The Colts play host to the Ravens and Texans, go to Kansas City and Pittsburgh, and have a neutral site game with the Commanders. The schedule appears to ease up a bit after that, but the truth is that we are only able to guess how teams will look next year, based...

The Chargers finally put pen to paper this week and signed 2026 first-round draft pick Akheem Mesidor to his rookie contract. Per NFL insider Adam Schefter, the deal is a four-year, fully-guaranteed contract worth up to $20,456,392.

With Mesidor’s contract now signed, fourth-round wide receiver Brenen Thompson is now the only member of the Chargers’ 2026 draft class left with his contract done.

Mesidor, along with veterans Khalil Mack and Tuli Tuipulotu, are expected to produce as one of the best pass rush trios in the league. Similar to how Mack, Tuipulotu, and Odafe Oweh were a ferocious group getting...