NEW YORK — Following the 2025 NFL draft, in which the Jets did not select a quarterback, general manager Darren Mougey was asked about the status of Jordan Travis.

Mougey said he wouldn’t speak publicly on any players who had medical issues coming into the season.

Less than a week later, the 24-year-old quarterback has informed the Jets ...Read more

ATLANTA — The Falcons played hardball with Kirk Cousins. At least from the perspective at this point of the offseason, the strategy appears to have been successful.

After the high-priced quarterback was supplanted by then-rookie Michael Penix Jr. at the end of last season and Cousins clearly wanted out so he could be a starter elsewhere, they...Read more

When it came to George Kittle, the 49ers couldn’t bring themselves to play contract hardball.

Kittle was justly rewarded with a contract extension that should enable him to end his career with the team that made him a fifth-round draft pick in 2017 with a first-time head coach in Kyle Shanahan and a first-time general manager in John Lynch.

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NEW YORK — Eli Manning has his sights on the Giants.

The two-time Super Bowl winning quarterback is putting together an ownership group to bid for a piece of the Giants, according to Bloomberg.

The report comes months after the Giants announced it was looking to sell up to 10% of the team.

Manning, 44, has spoken to individual investors, ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Giants went 3-14 and still found their way to the White House with the Super Bowl champion Eagles on Monday.

President Donald Trump claimed during the Eagles’ visit — which did not include quarterback and Super Bowl MVP Jalen Hurts — that he told the Giants not to let Saquon Barkley leave in free agency last offseason.

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MINNEAPOLIS — Vikings players came back to the team’s practice facility in Eagan for the start of offseason workouts on April 21. Soon after Jonathan Greenard returned to the Vikings’ locker room, he was greeted by a face that had been around the TCO Performance Center for months.

“A lot of people are just saying, ‘How you doing?,’ ...Read more

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — George Kittle’s days as the most prolific tight end in 49ers history are now numbered ... through at least 2029.

Kittle has signed a four-year extension on his contract, which was set to expire after the 2025 season.

The $76.4 million deal averages $19.1 million per year and makes Kittle the NFL’s highest-paid tight...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — The old Yiddish saying goes, “Man Plans, and God Laughs,” and there’s another one somewhere that says, “Quarterback Dads Make Plans, and the NFL Laughs Much Harder.”

For the first time in his life, having Deion Sanders as his father worked against Shedeur Sanders.

For the first time since he was a freshman at ...Read more

Which teams fared the best this past weekend in Green Bay, Wis., and which teams missed an opportunity to get better? Here are my draft grades for 2025:

AFC WEST

Denver

— Grade: A

— Draft picks: Round 1 (20 overall) Jahdae Barron, CB, Texas; 2 (60) RJ Harvey, RB, UCF; 3 (74) Pat Bryant, WR, Illinois; 3 (101) Sai’vion Jones, DL, LSU; ...Read more

CHICAGO — Cleveland Browns coach Kevin Stefanski said it best when addressing the story of the defensive coordinator’s 21-year-old son who pranked quarterback Shedeur Sanders on draft day by pretending to be an NFL general manager.

“People are morons,” Stefanski said. “It’s sad.”

Confirmed. Seldom has that been as evident as it ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Eagles’ campaign to prevent the Tush Push from getting banned is getting a boost from President Donald Trump.

At the Super Bowl ceremony on the White House steps leading out to the South Lawn on Monday, Trump touted the iteration of the quarterback sneak that the Eagles have popularized in recent years, which is currently ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Steelers safety Ryan Watts is stepping away from football due to the neck injury that ended his rookie season before it began.

Watts injured his neck during a preseason game against the Lions last summer and spent his rookie season on injured reserve.

"After consulting with our medical team, our medical experts, and Ryan's ...Read more

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts will miss the team’s visit to the White House and meeting with President Trump on Monday.

Hurts and other Eagles players missing the trip have “scheduling conflicts,” the White House told NBC News.

The Eagles’ White House visit, a tradition for all Super Bowl champions, has been hotly debated...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Saquon Barkley doesn’t want to hear from critics on social media after spending a large part of Sunday with President Donald Trump.

After spending time golfing and hanging out with Trump at his golf course in Bedminster, N.J., Barkley took to social media to respond to critics of his trip.

In a post on X shared Monday ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — During the NFL draft, the Rams added depth to multiple positions in their Super Bowl-ready roster.

Though not one of the most pressing: Cornerback.

Perhaps prospects that general manager Les Snead and coach Sean McVay were already off the board each time the Rams were due to select a player. Maybe they were unsuccessful in ...Read more

RENTON, Wash. — Will this draft help the Seattle Seahawks sidestep the “death zone?”

Those two words were printed on the wall beside where I sat Saturday, among rows of media members in Seattle’s defensive backs room. While fans co-opted the phrase to describe Mike Macdonald’s defense, it’s also a reminder of what the 2024 Seahawks ...Read more

ATLANTA — Did it have to be the son of a Falcons defensive coordinator to be the one who prank called the most prominent draft prospect, the one whose father is one of the team’s most legendary players?

Somehow, of course it did.

Sunday, the franchise that can’t escape embarrassment and blunders found itself having to issue a statement ...Read more

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga.— The NFL is investigating a prank call to former Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders, according to the league office.

“We will look into the matter,” a league spokesman wrote in an email to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “We have no further comment.”

Profootballtalk.com also reported that the league will ...Read more