Category: Football

Mar 11, 2026, 04:15 PM ETOpen Extended Reactions

Free agent quarterback Jake Browning plans to sign a one-year deal with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler.

Browning, 29, was the Cincinnati Bengals‘ backup quarterback for the bulk of the past three seasons. He will go from backing up Joe Burrow to Baker Mayfield in Tampa.

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Browning’s most notable stretch came in 2023, when he stepped in for an injured Burrow and helped Cincinnati win four of its final seven games.

The team called upon Browning again in 2025

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Mar 11, 2026, 03:13 PM ETOpen Extended Reactions

The Washington Commanders have agreed to terms on a three-year contract with tight end Chig Okonkwo, agents Jason Chayut and Jared Fox told NFL Network.

The team also agreed to a deal with safety Nick Cross, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter, after earlier reaching a deal with former New England Patriots pass rusher K’Lavon Chaisson.

Cross’ deal is for two years and worth up to $14 million, according to NFL Network.

It isn’t immediately clear what the addition of Okonkwo means for the future of

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Mar 11, 2026, 02:49 PM ETOpen Extended Reactions

Free agent safety Kevin Byard III has agreed to sign with the New England Patriots on a one-year, $9 million deal, according to NFL Network.

The move reunites Byard with Patriots coach Mike Vrabel, who was his coach with the Tennessee Titans from 2018 to 2023.

Byard, 32, led the NFL with seven interceptions in 2025. It was the second time in his 10-year career when he was the league’s interceptions leader (2017, when he had eight), which earned the safety first-team All-Pro and Pro Bowl honors for a

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Mar 11, 2026, 03:04 PM ETOpen Extended Reactions

Veteran running back Aaron Jones Sr. has restructured his deal with the Minnesota Vikings and won’t be released, agent Drew Rosenhaus told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Wednesday.

His new one-year deal is for $5.6 million, including $5 million guaranteed.

Sources told ESPN earlier this month that the Vikings had informed Jones he would be released barring a trade. He had been scheduled to earn $10 million in 2026, with a cap number of $14.8 million.

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A beloved and respected member of the Vikings’ locker room, Jones was essentially the team’s

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New York Giants co-owners Steve, Laurie and Jonathan Tisch are requesting to transfer their stakes in the team

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Mar 11, 2026, 11:30 AM ETOpen Extended Reactions

The Indianapolis Colts and quarterback Daniel Jones reached agreement Wednesday on a two-year, $88 million contract that can be worth up to $100 million, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

The Colts had placed the rarely used transition tag on Jones before the March 3 deadline. That allowed the Colts to match any offer sheet he might have signed. If he had played on the tender, he would have been paid $37.833 million this season.

That decision allowed top wide receiver Alec Pierce to test free agency, but the Colts

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Mar 11, 2026, 09:58 AM ETOpen Extended Reactions

The NFL is exploring the possibility of playing a game the day before Thanksgiving, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

The added day to the schedule could come as early as the upcoming 2026 season, on Wednesday, Nov. 25, the source told Schefter.

It would mark the latest move by the NFL in recent years to deviate from its traditional schedule in order to add games on or around national holidays.

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The NFL has played Black Friday games since the 2023 season. Commissioner Roger Goodell told the Wall Street Journal in December that the league

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