The Pittsburgh Steelers have already taken care of business with two key members of their 2023 draft class, signing outside linebacker Nick Herbig to a four-year, $100 million extension and tight end Darnell Washington to a four-year extension that keeps him in Pittsburgh through the 2029 season.

Could cornerback Joey Porter Jr. be next?

According to ESPN’s Bill Barnwell, Porter is among a select group of young cornerbacks who could soon reshape the financial landscape at the position.

“There is no shortage of viable candidates here given that the 2023 draft delivered an excellent crop of cornerbacks, all of whom...

Last year, there wasn’t any question that the Tennessee Titans were taking quarterback Cam Ward with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. One year later, the jury is still out on how talented the Titans’ franchise quarterback really is.

After all, some might argue that the Saints’ Tyler Shough or even the Giants’ Jaxson Dart performed better as rookies than Ward did last season. Those teams may have also put their first-year QBs in a better situation.

But it’s a new year for Ward, and he’s surrounded by a drastically improved cast of pass-catchers and even...

The Pittsburgh Steelers have wrapped up OTAs and won’t be back together as a team until they report for training camp on July 28. When they do, there very well could be some new faces quickly added to the mix. Since Khan has taken over as Steelers general manager, at least one player traded for […]

When the Pittsburgh Steelers signed star edge rusher T. J. Watt to a three-year, $123 million extension last summer, the move was viewed as a commitment to one of the franchise’s greatest defensive players. Less than a year later, however, not everyone is convinced the deal will age well.

Bleacher Report’s Brad Gagnon ranked Watt’s contract as the fifth-worst in the league, citing concerns about the veteran pass rusher’s recent decline in production.

“The 31-year-old’s sack numbers have plummeted from 19 in 2023 to 11.5 in 2024 to seven in 2025,” Gagnon wrote. “This was his first relatively full non-All-Pro...

The Buffalo Bills have concluded mandatory minicamp, which means just one thing: The quietest part of the NFL calendar is now upon us as we wait for training camp to begin in late July.

Don’t get me wrong, a little bit of downtime in the NFL calendar is a good thing for players, staff, beat reporters, and fans. That makes this the time of year where “no news is good news” when it comes to your favorite team. The last thing anyone wants to hear about are off-field troubles, fluke injuries, or unforeseen accidents. We all remember the Nyheim Hines...

Browns safety Grant Delpit attended voluntary minicamp this week, but he did not participate in practice. That led to speculation Delpit was staging a “hold-in” as an attempt to land a raise, though Mary Kay Cabot of cleveland.com points to a minor injury as the reason he sat out.

If Delpit is interested in landing a contract extension before a potential trip to free agency next March, it appears he will be in luck. The Browns “will undoubtedly explore” a new deal for Delpit before or during the season, per Cabot, who writes the team is “still as excited”...

The Buffalo Bills often throw darts at versatile, athletic offensive line prospects late in drafts to see if they can find a player who can develop over the long term. This has been the case for as long as general manager Brandon Beane has been with the club, as it’s clear that he values keeping a stable of athletic, versatile offensive linemen. Some of those players make the team, some are flipped for draft capital, and others move on to other clubs.

Sometimes, those players move elsewhere before returning home to Buffalo. In today’s installment of “91 players in 91...

The San Francisco 49ers were devastated to learn that Aldon Smith passed away at the age of 36. The former 49ers linebacker made quite an impact on San Francisco during his four season with the team. One of Smith’s friends spoke about the final day of his friend’s life in a recent interview.

Smith’s friend, Amir Shirazi, revealed that his final day was spent delivering pizza to a homeless charity. According to Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk, that was confirmed by both Shirazi and the charity’s founder.

Both Smith and Shirazi returned to Shirazi’s house after making the delivery. Shirazi stepped...

Defensive end Montez Sweat racked up an even 10 sacks last year for the Chicago Bears, becoming their first player since Robert Quinn set the franchise record with 18.5 in 2021, to hit double digits in the Windy City.

The Bears haven’t had two players get double-digit sacks in the same season since 1993, when Richard Dent and Trace Armstrong had 12.5 and 11.5, respectively. But if Sweat does it again, and if Austin Booker can hit 10 or more sacks, as 82% of our fans believe he can, then we’ll all look back on Chicago’s lack of offseason movement...

Dolphins

• SI.com’s Albert Breer believes Dolphins QB Quinn Ewers enters OTAs as the team’s clear backup, and thinks he might even get a chance at some playing time by season’s end, assuming they aren’t in contention.
• Matt Zenitz reports that the Dolphins are expected to hire Browns senior college personnel advisor Shaun Herock to a role in their front office.
• Although Dolphins HC Jeff Hafley said WR Chris Bell still doesn’t have a timetable for his full return from a torn ACL, he mentioned that “he’ll be out there running around,” per Marcel Louis-Jacques. -...

Happy Sunday, everybody. Let’s talk weird purchases.

If you’re like me, you’ve accumulated plenty of Falcons merchandise over the years. I have shirts, hats, jerseys, figurines, keychains, socks (with holes in them, which seems fitting), Christmas ornaments, shot glasses, and probably a dozen other random items I’ve lost track of over the years. I still have a shirt from 1991, which is a depressing reminder of how old I’m getting.

So my simple question Sunday is: What’s the strangest or simply most random Falcons item you own? For me, it’s probably a tie (pun intended) between these two ties I’ve...

The Dallas Cowboys focus this entire offseason was on improving their defense. Heading into free agency, the Cowboys focused on adding talent on that side of the ball. They paid Jalen Thompson to be a high-end starter, they traded for Rashan Gary to improve their pass rush and defensive line, and they spent their first three draft picks on adding rookies to help rebuild the defense.

But to kickoff day three, the Cowboys added Penn State offensive tackle Drew Shelton. So far, the noise surrounding Shelton has been quiet, but you rarely hear much about offensive linemen until the pads...