The Carolina Panthers announced a flurry of roster moves to start training camp, including placing LT Ikem Ekwonu and DT Tershawn Wharton on the active/PUP list, via Joe Person.

The Panthers also placed DT Bobby Brown (hamstring) on the active/non-football injury list along with CB Jaycee Horn and RT Taylor Moton, which was reported yesterday.

Undrafted CB Jaylon Guilbeau was waived from the non-football injury list as well.

Ekwonu is recovering from a torn patellar tendon sustained in the playoff loss to the Rams in January. His outlook for this season is cloudy. Wharton had neck surgery this offseason and...

Ty Simpson is not your typical former five-star recruit, neither in how long it took him to become a starter at Alabama, nor in the fact that his time on the bench to prevent him from becoming a first-round pick. Despite spending his first three years as a backup, including two behind a starter whose accuracy was a significant hindrance to the team, Simpson has been tabbed as the heir apparent to Matthew Stafford.

The Los Angeles Rams believe in Simpson’s talent. And so do some of the people who followed his unusual journey over four years at Alabama.

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One of the many changes Brian Schottenheimer brought to the Cowboys that may have gone largely unnoticed is the re-introduction of permanent team captains.

Under Mike McCarthy, the Cowboys had a rotating system that allowed dozens of players to serve as captain at least once. In some cases, players that were on the practice squad a week earlier were elevated to captains. McCarthy defended it as a way to promote leadership across the roster, but that approach never quite sat right with the fans.

But since last year, the Cowboys are back to a system that features six team captains...

If prognosticators at The Athletic are correct, the New York Giants could be in the thick of a playoff race and perhaps a fight for the NFC East title in the final weeks of the 2026-27 NFL season.

The commonly accepted over/under victory total for the Giants via oddsmakers has been 7.5. Using that number, The Athletic’s Vic Tafur recently took the “over.” He wrote:

I like to avoid crowds the older I get, but there’s no getting away from (blows trumpet) the most popular season-total bet of them all. Offensive guru Brian Daboll was pretty incompetent as the...

Welcome to Steelers Morning Rush, our new daily short-form podcast with Alan Saunders, giving a longer perspective on a single news topic surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers or the National Football League.

Today, it’s the Steelers captains, which under former head coach Mike Tomlin, were appointed for a full season and did not wear the NFL’s standard patches. Will those things change under Mike McCarthy, who has given out weekly captaincies in the past? That was the way the Steelers operated for most of their history, before beginning to give out permanent captaincies in 1998. So will Aaron Rodgers, Cam Heyward...

The Indianapolis Colts are entering a pivotal season under Shane Steichen. The Colts’ head coach had a strong debut season, leading Indianapolis to nine wins. But he’s produced back-to-back eight-win campaigns, and now he could be on the hot seat.

Sure, the Colts, at times, looked like the NFL’s best team, but that was before Daniel Jones tore his Achilles tendon. The question is, can the Colts return to the elite level they were playing at after getting out to a 7-1 start a year ago?

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The New England Patriots are back at Gillette Stadium this week as they will hold their first training camp practice of the summer on Saturday. With things now officially ramping up in preparation for the 2026 season, jobs are ready to be won throughout training camp.

Here are the top positional battles we’ll be watching on the practice fields.

Third running back

The top of the Patriots running back depth chart is set with Rhamondre Stevenson and TreVeyon Henderson. The third spot behind them, however, remains up for grabs.

After getting off to a strong start last season before...

Cincinnati Bengals season ticket holders apparently have long memories, as they have just elected tight end Bob Trumpy and running back James Brooks to be the latest members of the team’s Ring of Honor.

As Geoff Hobson wrote in his article on their selections on Bengals.com, Trumpy was selected in the 12th round of the 1968 Draft, which also happened to be the Bengals’ inaugural season. He was only 215 pounds, but he made the most of his frame with his tremendous receiving ability, grabbing 216 passes in his first six seasons.

“He was a top-level player,” Bengals owner Mike...

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Looking ahead to the 2026 season, one key concern for the Pittsburgh Steelers is inside linebacker position. After going through a rough 2025 season with some disappointing performances from Patrick Queen, Payton Wilson and Malik Harrison, the Steelers surprisingly decided to run it back with the same group of inside linebackers, even re-signing veteran Cole […]

New Orleans Saints Hall of Famer and former offensive tackle Stan Brock recently spoke with Arizona Cardinals insider Kyle Odegard in an exclusive one-on-one interview for Action Network, where he talked about some of the most significant story lines in the Big Easy with training camp one week away.

Brock believes confidence will be a major factor in Alvin Kamara’s 2026 season following the Saints making the splash signing of running back Travis Etienne Jr this offseason in free agency. He said today’s NFL creates unique challenges for veteran players as teams increasingly turn to free agency and trades to...

For years the Packers have been one of the youngest teams in the NFL.

They still are, but their young core — especially the ultra-young players — has begun to age up a bit. This is no longer baby’s first NFL season for most of the youngsters, who have grown into significant roles, by and large.

But where does that leave the developmental group, the true young up-and-comers who are mostly potential at this point? If you ask ESPN, at least, it leaves the Packers pretty close to the bottom of the league.

Our first link today has ESPN ranking...