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AROUND THE NFL Jordan Rodrigue of The Athletic on how players and teams are both finding advantage to deals of three years and shorter: A quiet trend that has continued for a few years drew additional interest this offseason: three-year deals for players. The Athletic’s Daniel Popper noted a slight uptick in three-year deals among his top-150 free…

AROUND THE NFL NFC EAST  NEW YORK GIANTSThe Giants have signed another former Raven per ESPN.com: The New York Giants made an offensive line addition Wednesday, agreeing to a one-year deal with former Baltimore Ravens guard Daniel Faalele, according to NFL Network. Faalele becomes the latest free agent to follow coach John Harbaugh from Baltimore to New York, joining…

AROUND THE NFL Music to the NFL’s ears – fans in Australia as unhappy they paid such high prices to make the big opening game a sellout.  Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com: Tickets to the NFL’s first regular-season game in Australia had high prices and sold fast anyway, which is good for the NFL’s bottom line but…

AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH  CHICAGOHaving pushed the Bears to the outer reaches of Chicagoland for their two possible stadium solutions, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson now puts up cover that he wanted to make a downtown stadium a reality.  According to Mike Florio, the Bears aren’t biting. The Bears want to build their new stadium in…

AROUND THE NFL Justin Rogers of DetroitFootball.net catches up with unsigned former Lion TAYLOR DECKER (as reported here by Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com): Longtime Lions left tackle Taylor Decker asked for and received his release this offseason after the team wanted him to take a pay cut. But while Decker is done as a Lion, he wouldn’t want…

AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH  MINNESOTAMike Sando of The Athletic on the current state of the Vikings: The Vikings had to feel even better about adding quarterback Kyler Murray on the cheap after seeing one of their former QBs, Kirk Cousins, command guarantees in the second year from Las Vegas. Yes, the Vikings agreed not to use the…

AROUND THE NFL Jonathan Jones of CBSSports.com sees QB pay heading even higher in the next year: Next QB contract boom could again reset the marketStart the countdown: We are about 11 months away from what could be the biggest quarterback contract offseason in recent NFL memory. Dak Prescott set the bar in 2024 with his deal that averages…

AROUND THE NFL Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com on what we know of the NFL’s plans for Christmas, 2026: With Christmas landing on a Friday in 2026, the NFL plans to fill everyone’s stockings with football. There will be three games that day. Via Eric Fisher of Front Office Sports, two of them will be streamed by Netflix. The third…

AROUND THE NFL The Super Bowl will return to Las Vegas, just five years after the first game at Allegiant Stadium.  Chris Cwik of YahooSports.com: In February of 2024, the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers in overtime to win the first-ever Super Bowl hosted at Allegiant Stadium. The venue must have made an impression…

AROUND THE NFL Here is the latest on the negotiations (or last thereof) between the NFL and its referees.  Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com: On Sunday, multiple reports pushed the NFL’s version of the ongoing Collective Bargaining Agreement talks with the NFL Referees Association. The NFLRA has pushed back. “Apparently ‘league sources’ are continuing to put out false and…