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Jameis Winston signing sets up Giants’ next — and more significant — QB move

Jordan RaananMar 21, 2025, 10:00 PM ET

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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants are signing Jameis Winston. He’s a notable name with a well-traveled résumé who will hold the seat warm for the next guy. Likely nothing more, nothing less.

Winston could have played his way into a starting job with the New Orleans Saints or Cleveland Browns in his past stops, but that didn’t happen. Instead, he was

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Sources: Winston joining Giants for 2 years, $8M

Jordan RaananMar 21, 2025, 08:07 PM ET

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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Free-agent quarterback Jameis Winston announced Friday that he has agreed to sign with the New York Giants.

The deal is for two years and $8 million, sources told ESPN, confirming a report by Fox Sports.

“Start spreading the neWs,” Winston posted on his X account Friday, confirming his excitement over his new football home with an apple emoji.

Start spreading the neWs 🍎

— Jameis Winston (@Jaboowins)

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TE Conklin lands 1-year contract from Chargers

Mar 21, 2025, 05:16 PM ETOpen Extended Reactions

Veteran tight end Tyler Conklin has agreed to a one-year deal with the Los Angeles Chargers, his agent, Mike McCartney, said Friday.

Financial terms weren’t immediately known.

Conklin joins a tight end room in L.A. that also includes Will Dissly.

Conklin spent the past three seasons with the New York Jets, with whom he established himself as a reliable possession receiver. He had 170 receptions, tied for eighth among tight ends over that span, for 1,622 yards and seven touchdowns.

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Texans bolster OL, add T. Brown on 1-year deal

Mar 21, 2025, 02:50 PM ETOpen Extended Reactions

The Houston Texans and free agent offensive tackle Trent Brown have reached agreement on a one-year deal worth up to $3 million, his agent Drew Rosenhaus told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

A season-ending injury limited Brown to just three games last season with the Cincinnati Bengals.

The veteran started the first three weeks of the year at right tackle before he suffered a ruptured patellar tendon in his right knee in the team’s Week 3 loss to the Washington Commanders.

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Source: WR Cooks signing 2-yr. deal with Saints

Katherine TerrellMar 21, 2025, 02:28 PM ET

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The Saints are reuniting with wide receiver Brandin Cooks eight years after they traded him to the New England Patriots.

The team announced the move on social media by posting a GIF of Cooks’ in a Saints uniform

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Lamar Jackson takes Hollywood with role in ‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’

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Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson is stepping outside of his comfort zone — and onto your television screen.

Jackson will make his acting debut during season four of rapper 50 Cent’s hit Starz series, “Power Book III: Raising Kanan.”

The Ravens quarterback will play a character named “E-Tone.” In a post on social media, Jackson described the character as a “deadly, dangerous character — you don’t want to get on his bad side.”

Jackson’s role as E-Tone is likely involved with Unique, the antagonist of the series, who is wreaking havoc after a surprise resurrection in

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Sources: Free-agent QB Rodgers visits Steelers

Brooke PryorMar 21, 2025, 01:16 PM ET

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PITTSBURGH — It’s bring a four-time NFL MVP to work day in Pittsburgh.

Quarterback Aaron Rodgers, a free agent for the first time in his career, is visiting the Steelers‘ practice facility to meet with coaches Friday, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. No deal is imminent, sources told Schefter. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette was the

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Way-Too-Early look at 2026 NFL free agents: Which playmakers could be available next March?

Matt BowenMar 21, 2025, 06:50 AM ET

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We’re still waiting to see where veteran quarterbacks Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson land, but other than that, the major moves of the 2025 NFL free agency cycle are pretty much complete. We’re getting an early start on

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Browns free agency: Is Kenny Pickett the answer at QB? What about RB, WR?

Daniel OyefusiMar 21, 2025, 06:00 AM ET

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BEREA, Ohio — The first week of free agency came and went with minimal activity from the Cleveland Browns, save for the team’s surprising reconciliation with star pass rusher Myles Garrett, as the two sides agreed to a record-breaking extension one day before the start of the NFL’s negotiation period.

Otherwise, the team re-signed a quartet of depth pieces, added

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Source: DE Omenihu gets 1-year deal with Chiefs

Mar 20, 2025, 10:41 PM ETOpen Extended Reactions

Defensive end Charles Omenihu is returning to the Kansas City Chiefs on a one-year deal worth a maximum of $7 million, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

Omenihu, 27, played the past two seasons with Kansas City after signing as a free agent in 2023.

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He missed the first six games

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