Several NFL teams are mulling a full-throated pursuit of future Hall of Fame pa s rusher before Tuesday's trade deadline, league sources said, while the continue to shop former first-round pick , a proce s that began in the summer.Football's trade deadline is a perpetual letdown for those eager for activity,
Oscar Robertson Jersey with few blockbuster trades consummated. However, there is always a flurry of trade talks around it, with the potential for some significant players to get moved. Rival GMs believe Miller is ripe to be dealt, given the prevailing need for pa s rush, Miller's expiring contract, the ' collective struggles and the strong perception that there could be significant changes coming for the organization in 2022. Miller is due roughly $9M for the duration of the season -- not an insignificant number -- and one that contending teams without much cap space could have difficulty navigating. BUF OLB #40 Miller, 32, has battled injuries in recent years
John Henson Jersey and is not the perennial defensive MVP candidate he once was, but he still has a top 20 pa s pre sure rate per PFF, he has a knack for making big plays and there is a sense among other general managers that a change of scenery has long been welcomed by him and could bring
Ray Allen Jersey out the best in him."If you are asking me for one sexy trade that could be made, besides (Deshaun) Watson, that would be it," one GM said of a potential Miller trade. "I don't know why they wouldn't do it. He has wanted out for a while, he won't be back there next year, they are struggling with him. Probably will have a new coach next year. George (rookie GM George Paton) has to be looking for picks at this point." Another GM offered: "I'm not sure we can afford him, but if the Broncos are willing to move some money around and help with the cap number, I bet they get a three (third-round pick) for him."Another GM said: "It makes more sense for Denver to trade him than to keep him, and that has to be how George sees it, too. The question is how motivated are they
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Art Rooney II discu sed a variety of topics with beat writers on Thursday, ranging from the decision to retain offensive coordinator Matt Canada (largely because of and the growth that occurred late in the season) and his thoughts on future conference title games being played on neutral sites (he's
Pedro Martinez Jersey against it).The Steelers president would not, however, discu s a po sible contract extension for Mike Tomlin, who in the past has typically received an extension with two years left on his deal. Tomlin, who recently concluded his 16th season as the Steelers head coach, is signed through the 2024 season."I don't like to speculate on Coach's contract," , via Joe Rutter of the . "We'll see."Tomlin, 50, is the second-longest tenured head coach in Steelers history. Only Hall of Fame coach Chuck Noll has coached more games for the Steelers than Tomlin, who this past season extended his NFL record of 16 straight non-losing seasons to start his career. Steelers players were vocal in their desire to ensure that Tomlin would not suffer his first losing season following Pittsburgh's 2-6 start. The 2022 Steelers finished with a
Rusney Castillo Jersey 9-8 record. "That was just for Mike T.," Steelers running backsaid following Pittsburgh's Week 18 win over Cleveland. "When we started 2-6, he always said that, 'I'm not going to change the way I'm coaching. I'm not going to blink. I'm going to be the same guy.' He never changed. He never switched up. That's his leadership. For us to come in there and win for him and not have that losing season, I think that was big for us."Hired at age 34 in 2007, Tomlin won a Super Bowl during his second season in Pittsburgh. The Steelers made it back to the Super Bowl under his watch in 2010, but were defeated by the . Since that
Christian Vazquez Jersey game, the Steelers have remained competitive but have at times failed to match expectations. Pittsburgh advanced to one other AFC title game last decade and hasn't won a playoff game since 2016."I'm not getting any younger," said the 71-year-old Rooney. "In terms of looking back, I don't look too far backward. I have to look at next year and what we have to do to get better. That's got to be our focus." While Rooney's sidestep of the question was interesting, it may not nece sarily mean much. Tomlin still has two years remaining on his current deal, so it's not like Rooney and the Steelers are pre sed for time regarding Tomlin's contract.There's also the po sibility that Tomlin may be the one who is not in a rush to discu s an extension. CBS Sports' Aditi Kinkhabwala stated this
Bill Lee Jersey past fall that Tomlin was to moving to a TV analyst gig a few years ago, so it's certainly po sible that Tomlin may want to dive into that field at some point in the near future, perhaps when his current contract expires.For now, Tomlin remains focused on the task at hand, which is currently the building and development of the 2023 season. While he may be the NFL's second-longest tenured head coach, Tomlin made it clear during his end-of-year pre s conference that his competitive fire still burns. "More so," Tomlin said. "Increasingly so."While Tomlin will continue to be the Steelers coach, they do have an a sistant coach who could one day succeed Tomlin in Brian Flores, who was added to Pittsburgh's staff after he led Miami to consecutive winning seasons as the head coach. Flores, who is currently
Ted Williams Jersey interviewing with other teams for defensive coordinator positions, helped both sides of the ball during his first season in Pittsburgh."Coach Flo was huge," quarterback Kenny Pickett on Cam Heyward's podcast, . "He really helped me in the two-minute drill. ... I would talk to him after every one."
The 2024 postseason is finally here. Eighteen weeks and 17 games played have led to this week. It's been a shocking week for the football world with Bill Belichick, Pete Carroll and Mike Vrabel all relieved of their head-coaching duties after all achieving strong -- historic in the case of Belichick and Carroll -- levels of succe s for their respective franchises.Given all the stunning revelations off the field, here are five bold predictions for what could happen between the lines on Super Wild Card Weekend, a slate that provides us games on Saturday, Sunday and even Monday night. These two teams squared off a year ago in Week 10 of the 2022 season, and a struggling team improved to 4-
Seth DeValve Jersey 6 while a strong Dallas Cowboys squad dropped to 6-3 after the Green Bay Packers completed a 14-point fourth-quarterback comeback to win 31-28 in overtime.One of the driving forces for Green Bay's offense that day was running back . He ran wild for 138 yards and a touchdown on 24 carries, good for 5.8 yards per rush. Packers head coach Matt LaFleur was determined to wear out a Cowboys defense much more well-equipped to defend the pa s from the start, calling running plays on 16 of the Packers' first 21 plays from scrimmage on their first three drives of that game. In three of Dallas' five lo ses this season, the Cowboys have been bludgeoned on the ground, allowing at least 170 yards rushing in all three of those contests. In their 31-10 debacle at the in Week 15, the Cowboys surrendered 266 rushing yards, the most under defensive coordinator Dan Quinn since 2021.Bills running backtotaled a career-high 179 rushing yards on 25 carries with a touchdown, a 24-yarder. That came out to a 7.2 yards-per-carry average in that game. In their upcoming matchup with Jones, the Cowboys defense will face the running back who has been the franchise's hardest to slow down: The El Paso native averages 123.3 rushing yards per game against Dallas, the most by any player with a minimum three games played,Most rush YPG vs. Cowboys all time (minimum three games played)PlayerRush YPGGames Played vs. CowboysAaron Jones123.33Barry Sanders119.04Walter Payton115.37While historical trends are nice, Jones is also en fuego at the present moment. He has three consecutive games with over 100 rushing yards, the longest active streak in the . After dealing with a nagging hamstring injury since Week 1 at the, he is finally healthy."Me and Micah Parsons have been playing great edge defense this whole year," Dallas Cowboys defensive end said Thursday. "It
Kareem Hunt Jersey 's really about, if they want to run it, go ahead. We'll beat them there. It's really not a thing. It's really all about us. They have to come in here and keep up with our speed and our tenacity. Give him Jones the ball as many times as you want."Green Bay did just that a year ago, but this time, the Cowboys defense follows Lawrence's lead. He graded out as the NFL's second-best edge defender against the run in 2023 with a 92.4 Pro Football Focus run defense grade, barely trailing Pro Bowl defensive end (92.7). Jones gets limited to under 100 against the Cowboys for the first time in his career as Dallas finally wins at the line of scrimmage against the Packers.The defending NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles enter this postseason looking like anything and everything except that. They are just the second team all time to start 10-1 or better and conclude a season with five or more lo ses along with the 1986 .Since the start of December, the 9-8 NFC South champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Eagles (11-6) have been going in opposite directions.Buccaneers and Eagles (since start of December)BuccaneersEaglesW-L5-11-5OPP PPG16.330.3OPP PPG NFL Rank2nd-fewest2nd-mostDespite those trends, Philadelphia is three-point road favorite. Eagles quarterback hasn't thrown a touchdown pa s to his WR1 in five consecutive games, highlighting a struggle-filled season in which he has thrown 15 interceptions. Hurts had just 19 interceptions combined in his first three seasons.On the flip side, 28 pa sing touchdowns and 4,044 pa sing yards are both his career highs, and he has co-leading the NFL in receiving touchdowns (13) along with . Tampa Bay has been the NFL's worst rushing offense, averaging only 88.8 yards per game in
Genard Avery Jersey 2023, but it won't even matter. Mayfield will dominate a secondary and a team looking to pack it in for the year."It might be a good thing to go on the road," Eagles cornerback said Thursday,. "They get to booing fast in Philly . Don't need the boos."Mayfield delivers knockout punches like his last name his Holyfield and powers the Buccaneers to their first playoff win since the wild-card round from the 2021 season when shredded a young Eagles team filled with inexperience. Monday night will mark Mayfield's second playoff run of his work, but he will stay hot and throw multiple touchdown pa ses for the fifth time in the last six games. Buffalo Bills quarterback is having another season that will earn him some NFL MVP votes. Oddly enough, Pro Bowl wide receiver is struggling despite Allen's succe s. He hasn't broken 100 yards receiving in 11 consecutive games, tied for the longest-such stretch of his career.That has led to Diggs averaging 69.6 receiving yards per game, the lowest of his Bills career in addition to having five consecutive games without a touchdown. The chance of a weather-impacted game in Orchard Park, when Buffalo squares off against the seventh-seeded , has been mostly eliminated with the matchup being moved to Monday due to the impending blizzard-like storm.If you recall, Buffalo played a "Monday Night Football" home game against the on Dec. 6, 2021 in which the wind was blowing at 27 miles per hour with gusts that hit over 40 miles per hour during the game. The Bills lost that night 14-10, and Patriots quarterback attempted just three pa ses in the victory. Allen threw for 145 yards, a touchdown and lost a fumble while completing 15 of his 30 throws. Even if wind is a factor this time, Diggs snaps his drought of games without 100 yards receiving anyways. NFL sacks leader (19.0) and Steelers outside linebacker won't play, thanks to an MCL injury. He accounts for 40.4% of Pittsburgh's sacks and 33.6% of the Steelers' quarterback hits. Without Watt, Allen will have all day to throw, allowing him to help Diggs snap his slump, no matter what the
Nick Chubb Jersey weather conditions happen to be.Saturday features an unstoppable force () and an unmovable object (the defense). Stroud is the third player in the last 50 seasons to lead the NFL outright in pa sing yards per game (273.9) and touchdown-to-interception ratio (minimum 10 starts) along with Hall of Famer Joe Montana (1989) and future Hall of Famer Tom Brady (2007), but Cleveland allowed the fewest pa sing yards per game (164.7) and total yards per game (270.2) this season.The rookie also led the NFL in expected points per dropback against zone coverage this season, but he ranked 23rd in the league against man coverage. The Browns play man coverage at the highest rate in the league (41%) and allow the lowest completion percentage in man coverage (45%). Losing fellow rookie to a season-ending leg injury didn't help matters for Stroud as now only is Houston's lone, reliable man-coverage beater.However, Stroud has thrown for 311.7 pa sing yards per game, 18 touchdowns and two
Olivier Vernon Jersey interceptions this season against teams with winning record. That's the third-best touchdown-to-interception ratio against winning teams since the 1970 AFL/NFL merger among those with a minimum of 200 pa s attempts. He evades a slumping (one sack in his last six games played) to put up big numbers against Cleveland this weekend. returns to Detroit for the first time as a visitor with more wins (41), pa sing yards (23,051) and pa sing touchdowns (156) at Ford Field than all other Lions quarterback combined.He's flying high entering the reunion with his home of 12 seasons with an NFL-best 15 pa sing touchdowns from Weeks 12-17 (he didn't suit up in Week 18). However, , his Lions succe sor and Rams predece sor, will outperform him for sweet, sweet revenge. This is Goff's first playoff start since a 32-18 defeat in the 2020 NFC divisional round at the Green Bay Packers. This time, Goff is back playing at home in Detroit where he has thrown 42 touchdowns and only nine interceptions over the last two years.Just two seasons ago, Stafford was busy going on a run while Goff went winle s in his inaugural year with the Lions. Now, the roles reverse, and Goff tastes the postseason succe s with Stafford walking off Ford Field with a familiar feeling: disappointment.
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Jorge De La Rosa Jersey He started in four games, throwing for 1,051 yards, five touchdowns and three interceptions in five total games played. Flacco registered an impre sive win over the Browns in Week 2 last season, as he completed 59% of his pa ses for 307 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions in a 31-30 victory.It remains to be seen if Flacco would be an upgrade for the Browns offense at this
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There isn't a right or wrong way to allocate financial resources in putting together a team that has Super Bowl potential. A specific blueprint within the constraints of the salary cap doesn't exist. Financial resources can be allocated in a variety of ways.The have upgraded the talent on the roster by being uncharacteristically aggre sive in free agency over the last two years and hitting home runs with their most recent first-round picks. The have taken a more unconventional approach by consistently trading away premium draft picks for highly productive proven commodities. The last time the Rams picked in the first round was 2016 when quarterback was taken with the first overall pick. The high-profile trades overshadow the fact the Rams still have made 45 draft selections since 2017 although none were earlier than 44th overall. The following chart outlines the salary cap charges for the Bengals and Rams key contributors throughout the season at each position and on special teams. That's 29 players for the Bengals and 30 for the Rams. Both teams have 15 players on offense. The Rams have one more player on the defensive side of the ball than the Bengals, who utilized 14 players. Dead money, a salary cap charge for a player no longer on a team's roster, is tracked as well. The NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement's $275 daily amount for participating in a team's voluntary offseason workout program is included in the cap numbers. BENGALSRAMSQB $8,231,356 $20,000,000 RB $9,876,913 $4,362,591 WR $17,436,731 $
Calvin Pickard Jersey 13,323,359 TE $7,841,376 $6,415,600 OL $20,898,485 $14,476,265 EDGE$16,854,552 $10,559,590 DT$21,951,825 $23,151,263 LB $2,262,869 $1,735,034 CB $28,780,739 $15,576,865 S $8,347,169 $2,989,753 ST $3,186,144 $6,106,525 Dead money $13,273,937 $42,197,592 The NFL salary cap is currently $182.5 million. Each team's actual salary cap (known as adjusted salary cap) is typically different from the NFL's set amount because unused cap room can be carried over from one year to the next year and other adjustments can further increase or decrease cap space.The league-wide average is $193,706,074, according to NFLPA data. The Rams are near the NFL's bottom as seven teams have a smaller adjusted salary cap than their $187,099,141. It will likely be the same for the 2022 league year because of a small carryover. Just $137,725 of the cap room wasn't used during the 2021 league year. The Bengals are slightly above league average with an adjusted salary cap of $195,138,275 and $5,292,742 is being carried over to the next league year.Cincinnati's key-contributor cap spending skews to the defense. It's a little le s than $64.275 million offensively to slightly under $78.2 million defensively. The difference can be attributed to the major free agent signings being on defense while the first-round picks are offensive players. Los Angeles has a more even distribution with just over $58.5 million on offense and slightly more than $54 million on defense. Dead money exists because of how salary cap accounting rules operate. Signing bonuses, option bonuses and certain roster bonuses are prorated or spread out evenly over the life of a contract for a maximum of five years. When a player is released, traded or retires, the remaining proration of these salary components immediately accelerate onto his team's current salary cap. There are two major exceptions to this general rule of bonus proration accelerating. Only the current year's proration counts toward the salary cap with transactions occurring after June 1. The bonus proration in future contract years is delayed until the next league year beginning in the following March. A team can also release two players each league year prior to June 2 (known as a post-June 1 designation) that will be treated under the salary cap as if they were released after June 1. With a post-June 1 designation, a team is required to carry the player's full cap number until June 2 even though he is no longer a part of the roster. The player's salary comes off the books at that time unle s it is guaranteed. This means dead money is typically a sunk cost where money isn't owed to a player. Only if there are salary guarantees when a player is released will there be a payment a sociated with dead money. A strict definition of dead money is being used. Any player who is still under contract, including practice squad members and those whose contracts voided and subsequently re-signed, are not in the calculations. For example, the Rams have a $3,333,334 cap charge because of the 2021 and 2022 contract years voiding from the one-year contract edge rusher signed in 2020. This $3,333,334 is part of Floyd's total cap charge because he returned to the Rams in free agency on a four-year contract averaging $16 million per year. It would have been part of Los Angeles' dead money if he had signed elsewhere. The Rams had a higher degree of difficulty in roster construction because of exce sive dead money. It would be in the $45.5 million neighborhood if Floyd'
Paul Kariya Jersey s cap charge from his contract voiding had been included.The $24.7 million cap charge the Rams have from trading quarterback Goff to the is the second largest in league history. The Rams aren't strangers to big dead money charges. Wide receiver set the record for the most dead money related to an individual player for one league year in 2020 when the Rams dealt him to the . The $8.4 million in dead money for using a post-June 1 designation on running back in March 2020 is significantly more than the Rams' combined cap charges for ball-carriers this league year. Other notable Rams dead money is for releasing wide receiver ($3,476,088) at midseason and because of an offseason trade of defensive lineman ($2,666,667). Cincinnati's dead money is about one-third of Los Angeles'. The only major dead money charges come from defensive tackle ' release ($5.2 million) and edge rusher being dealt at the 2020 trading deadline ($2.225 million). is in Los Angeles because Rams head coach Sean McVay wanted an upgrade at quarterback. McVay had soured on Goff last season despite him signing a four-year contract extension averaging $33.5 million per year with the Rams shortly before the 2019 regular season started. The Lions accommodated Stafford's request to be traded to a contending team. Goff was included in this trade where the Lions received a 2022 first-round pick, a 2023 first-round pick and a 2021 third-round pick from the Rams. The Rams have $44.7 million of the cap devoted to quarterback between Goff's dead money and Stafford's actual cap number. A high-caliber quarterback on a rookie contract, like 2020 first overall pick , is the most valuable commodity in the NFL because of the roster flexibility it can provide. Stafford's $20 million cap number is almost two-and-a-half times as much as Burrow's, which is just over $8.25 million. The Bengals will have at least one more year where Burrow has a cost-effective cap number because he doesn't become eligible for a contract extension until the 2022 regular season has concluded. is one of eight NFL running backs with a deal averaging $12 million per year or more. He signed a four-year, $48 million extension as the start of the 2020 regular season was approaching. Mixon has the league's fourth-largest running back cap number ($8,420,558). It's almost twice as much as the collective cap numbers of Los Angeles'
Peter Forsberg Jersey backfield combination (, and ).Cincinnati has the biggest individual wide receiver cap number with ($9.85 million). That's because salary conversions to get under the salary cap before the league year started last March lowered and ' 2021 cap numbers from $14.5 million and $13.875 million to $5.3 million and $5.875 million, respectively. The Bengals may po se s the league's best wide receiver trio with Boyd, 2021 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year and 2020 second-round pick ($1,980,595 cap number). Chase, 2021's fifth overall pick, has a $5,606,136 cap number. The Rams are the only NFL team that has two wide receivers with contracts averaging at least $15 million per year. Kupp and Woods signed three- and four-year extensions averaging $15.75 million and $16.25 million per year in September 2020. Odell Beckham's signing in November after being released by the was viewed as a luxury, not a nece sity, for the Rams. That quickly changed with Woods tearing the ACL in his left knee during a practice before the ink was barely dry on Beckham's contract. The Rams only have an $850,000 cap charge for Beckham because the contract he signed with a base value of $1.25 million ($750,000 in base salary and a $500,000 signing bonus) worth up to $4.25 million through incentives has four voiding/dummy years, so the signing bonus is prorated through 2025. The Rams will have a $400,000 cap charge in the 2022 league year because of the bonus proration for the 2022 through 2025 contract years when these years void on Feb. 21. Beckham's $3 million of incentives are tied to the Rams' playoff succe s. He earned $500,000 for a wild card game win against the . Beckham made another $750,000 each for divisional playoffs and NFC Championship Game victories over the and . There's an additional $500,000 for making it to the Super Bowl and $500,000 more for winning. All of the incentives are also predicated on Beckham being on the game day active roster and participating in at least one offensive play for that particular contest. Both starting tight ends come into the game with knee injuries sustained in the conference championship games. Bengals tight end is more likely to play than his Rams counterpart . The bigger cap number belongs to Uzomah, whose $6,333,334 figure ranks sixth among tight ends for 2021.Neither team has big individual cap charges on the offensive line. There aren't any offensive linemen with contracts averaging $10 million per year or more for the participants. Each team having multiple starters on rookie contracts is a contributing factor. The largest cap number belongs to Cincinnati center ($6.575 million) thanks to Rams right tackle contract restructure and their 40-year-old left tackle taking a $5.5 million pay cut to $4 million. Incentives gave Whitworth an opportunity to earn back $4.5 million of the $5.5 million. Whitworth made $3 million because his offensive playtime for the 2021 regular season hit 54% and the Rams' NFL ranking improved in either points scored, average net yards per pa sing play or average net yards per rushing play. His playtime was 85.03%. Whitworth also has incentives based on the Rams' playoff succe s and his offensive playtime reaching 65%. He got $500,000 for making the playoffs. Winning one playoff game was worth $500,000 more. There's another $500,000 with a Super Bowl victory. Whitworth's 2022 base salary increased by $1 million for the Rams' postseason berth and did another $500,000 with a playoff win. The playtime requirement for the salary escalator was 75% instead of 65%. There are three players with contracts averaging at least $15 million per year between the two teams. was signed to a three-year, $45 million contract last March as an unrestricted free agent to help addre s an anemic Bengals pa s rush. The Bengals ranked last in the NFL during the 2020 season with 17 sacks. Cincinnati's sack total increased to 42 this season. Floyd remained with the Rams by signing a four-year, $64 million contract. His $8,841,034 cap charge, which includes the $3,333,334 from his 2020 contract voiding, ranks fourth on the Rams. Acquiring for 2022 second- and third-round picks just ahead of the Nov. 2 trading deadline has given the Rams' pa s rush a boost. The six-year contract averaging $19,083,333 per year that made Miller the NFL's highest-paid non-quarterback in 2016 is expiring. Miller's cost to the Rams is minimal. He has a $722,222 cap charge because the
Colorado Avalanche Jersey converted $9 million of the Super Bowl 50 MVP's remaining $9,722,222 2021 base salary into a signing bonus prior to the trade.Both teams have devoted substantial resources to the interior of their defensive line. The interior defensive line cap charges are relatively equal. Three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year became a charter member of the $20 million-per-year non-quarterback club in 2018. He was the first to break the barrier when the Rams gave him a six-year, $135 million extension ($22.5 million per year) with $86.892 million of guarantees. His $40 million signing bonus is the largest ever for a non-quarterback. Donald's $27.892 million 2021 cap number was the biggest for an NFL interior defensive lineman before turning $18 million of his $19.892 million base salary into signing bonus to create $13.5 million of cap room. It's now third. set the market for run-stuffing interior defensive linemen when Cincinnati signed him to a four-year, $53 million deal averaging $13.25 million per year in 2020 free agency. His $13,562,500 cap number is the second largest on the Bengals and fourth in the NFL for interior defensive linemen. There is a nominal investment in linebacker with both teams. The key players are on rookie contracts. The combined cap charges of Bengals' and as well as Rams' and are le s than $4 million. Pratt has the biggest cap number at $1,132,546. All but Reeder were third-round picks. Reeder went undrafted in 2019. The Bengals overhauled this position through free agency. The biggest cap expenditures for any position are at cornerback. has the largest cap number on the Bengals at $15,858,823. He signed a three-year, $42 million contract in 2020. Waynes is being included although his only action in the playoffs has come on special teams. He was limited to five regular-season games (with four starts) because of a hamstring injury. Waynes has been a disappointment largely because of injury. He mi sed the entire 2020 season with a torn pectoral muscle. Cincinnati has gotten a better return on its investment with the 2021 free agency signings. played at a Pro Bowl level after signing a three-year, $21.75 million deal. has been well worth the four-year, $24 million contract given to him to cover slot wide receivers. has outperformed his one-year, $1.2 million deal worth up to $1.6 million through incentives.The Rams gave up a 2020 first-round pick, a 2021 first-round pick and a 2021 fourth-round pick to acquire from the during the middle of the 2019 season. The five-time Pro Bowler became the NFL's first and only $20 million per year defensive back right before the start of the 2020 regular season. Ramsey signed a five-year, $100 million extension worth up to $105 million through salary escalators. He also set records for cornerbacks with $43.703 million fully guaranteed at signing and $71.203 in total guarantees. The Rams thought highly enough of to make him the NFL's only 2021 restricted free agent to receive a first-round tender of $4.766 million. The Super Bowl is probably going to be the impending unrestricted free agent's last game with the Rams. The only key player on a veteran contract is Bengals safety , who signed a three-year, $18 million deal in 2020 free agency. is a prime candidate to be designated as a franchise player by the Bengals. The 2022 safety number projects to $12.911 million (6.201% of the expected $208.2 million 2022 salary cap). Bates' $2,858,928 cap number is almost as much as the Rams' combined cap charges for safeties. , and were drafted in 2020's sixth round, 2019's second round and 2019's seventh round, respectively. An ankle injury in the regular-season finale against the 49ers has landed Fuller on injured reserve. Rapp hasn't played since he suffered a concu sion in the same game. He will be available to play in the Super Bowl. The injuries nece sitated the Rams pulling out of a two-season retirement for the playoffs. There isn't a cap charge for Weddle since his signing occurred after the regular season. Postseason pay comes from a league pool instead of being based off individual contracts, unle s there are specific incentives relating to the playoff performance. The Rams' special teams cap expenditures are nearly
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More than a half-decade after former a sistant Katie Sowers revealed herself as the first openly gay coach, the ' Kevin Maxen has followed suit, becoming the first male coach in a major American men's pro sport to identify as gay."I don't want to feel like I have to think about it anymore," Maxen this week. "I
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Hey sports fans, it's . You might be sad about it being Monday, but at least we have lots of great sports news to talk about to distract you from the start of the work week.Let's talk about what we're gonna talk about, shall we?It's the end of the NFL preseason, so we will recap all of the final action that took place over the weekend. And how could we forget YouTuber boxer Jake Paul, who took on Tyron Woodley last night.To wrap up the main items, we'll talk NASCAR and a po sible season-ending injury to a key player on the ' offense.Let's get to it. What you need to know1. shines as NFL preseason comes to a close Can you guys believe it? We've made it to the end of the NFL preseason. The training is almost over and soon it counts. Preseason games concluded yesterday and the regular season begins next Thursday on Sept. 9. Sure, some NFL teams have had some troubling injuries (we will get into that a little bit later today) that could impact their year, while some teams have seen young stars emerge.Speaking of, let's start withTrevor Lawrence. He did well against the ' backups. Really well.
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Washington is preparing for its first season as the , but if one star quarterback had his choice, the franchise would still be known as the Football Team. quarterback said that he liked Washington's previous nickname, which was created out of nece sity in 2020. The Football Team served as Washington's temporary nickname during the past
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