NFL RUMORS AND NEWS

Pro Football Talk "The Cowboys have not drafted in the top 10 since 2016 when they selected running back Ezekiel Elliottfourth overall. They moved up in 2012 to take cornerback Morris Claiborne with the sixth overall choice a year after remaining at ninth overall to draft left tackle Tyron..." April 19

Yahoo! Sports "The Dolphins have already acquired the third overall pick in the draft in a trade with the Texans, then moved down from 3 to 12 in a trade with the 49ers, then moved up from 12 to 6 in a trade with the Eagles. And Miami may not be done. The Dolphins are considering trading down from..." April 19

Pro Football Rumors "After four seasons with the Giants, Wayne Gallman is exploring his options in free agency. The 49ers are interested in the former fourth-round pick. The 49ers are hosting Gallman on a visit, according to ESPN.com’s Field Yates (on Twitter). Gallman served..." April 19

CBS Sports "More than a week after defending his client amid public accusations of sexual assault and misconduct, the attorney of Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson has filed an official response to 22 civil lawsuits pending against the NFL star. As..." April 19

TMZ "Patrick Mahomes says he's fully vaccinated ... telling reporters Monday he took the shots in the arm to try to help ensure his newborn baby daughter stays healthy. "To me, it was more of a personal decision with having a baby girl and knowing that I was going to be..." April 19

Pro Football Talk "Players on the Broncos were the first team to release a statement through the NFL Players Association saying they would not attend voluntary offseason workouts. But plenty of players on the team were there at the facility when the offseason program started today. Mike Klis of 9 News..." April 19

Yardbarker "With how much technology and film is available now for NFL teams ahead of the draft, many fans have wondered if pro days are more of a tradition than a necessity. In theory, there is probably nothing NFL scouts or coaches would see at a pro day that they can’t see on game film or..." April 19

Larry Brown Sports "Mac Jones has quickly risen up draft boards since the end of the college football season, and scouting reports like the one NFL legend Joe Namath gave him on Monday will only solidify the quarterback’s stock. Namath was asked during an appearance on NFL Network if he could make..." April 19

The Big Lead "Trey Lance is the biggest question mark among the top quarterbacks available in the 2021 NFL Draft. The North Dakota State product has every tool you could possibly want in a signal-caller, but only started 17 collegiate games and shut things down to focus on the draft after one..." April 19

The Score "The majority of the NFL's teams are banding together to skip the voluntary offseason workouts that are set to begin April 19. The Denver Broncos became the first club to opt out of the workouts last week, citingconcerns over a lack of "adequate protocols"..." April 19

TMZ "NFL star Sam Darnold was crushed to learn his former USC teammate Chris Brown died over the weekend ... saying Monday the 24-year-old O-lineman was the "greatest dude EVER." Brown passed away Sunday, according to Trojans football head coach Clay..." April 19

Heavy "In what proved to be otherwise disastrous showing in Super Bowl LV, it was Tyrann Mathieu who provided the most on-field fireworks for the Kansas City Chiefs that night. After the loss that included multiple verbal exchanges with Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady, the..." April 19

USA Today "A full quarter of the NFL's teams heavily modified or at least tweaked their uniforms in 2020. This year, not so much, though the Cincinnati Bengals unveiled a much-needed streamlining Monday. Their helmet (thankfully) remains unaltered, but gone are the shoulder..." April 19

Pro Football Talk "The 49ers used the No. 1 overall choice on quarterback Alex Smith in 2005. Smith retired Monday after 16 NFL seasons, the first eight spent in San Francisco.  Smith went 38-36-1 with the 49ers, passing for 14,280 yards with 81 touchdowns and 63 interceptions. The 49ers..." April 19

MSN.com "The Panthers placed linebacker Jordan Mack on the reserve/retired list Monday. Mack is moving on to the post-football phase of his life, his agent, Adam Seifer, told Joe Person of TheAthletic.com. Mack opted out of the 2020 season after signing with the team as an undrafted free..." April 19

Pro Football Rumors "D.J. Fluker is joining the Dolphins. The offense lineman is set to sign with Miami, reports Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald (via Twitter). Following a four-year stint with the Chargers to start his career, the former first-round pick has bounced around the NFL recently. He..." April 19

Bleacher Report "Veteran quarterback Alex Smith told Outside the Lines Monday he considered signing with the Jacksonville Jaguars this offseason before ultimately deciding to retire (via Field Yates of ESPN).  Smith announced his retirement in..." April 19

Total Pro Sports "Trevon Diggs might be receiving a call from the league about accusations from a young lady. Insanely popular Instagram model Chinese Kitty took to her Instagram story and called out Dallas Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs for not only assaulting her, but riding around and threatening..." April 19

Heavy "The Jimmy Garoppolo-to-New-England-Patriots trade speculation won’t ever die, at least not until he takes his first snap in 2021 as a member of the San Francisco 49ers. Most recently, ESPN personality Mike Greenberg, the host of Get Up, suggested the prime time for the..." April 19

The Big Lead "Teddy Bridgewater appears to be the odd man out in Carolina after the Panthers traded for Sam Darnold and picked up his fifth-year option, all but guaranteeing he would be first in line for a shot at the starting spot under center. Bridgewater was fine in 2020 in his first full year..." April 19

TMZ "Deshaun Watson's girlfriend is making it abundantly clear she's sticking with the quarterback despite the NFL star's massage therapy scandal. Jilly Anais -- who's been dating the 25-year-old Texans signal-caller for the past couple years -- joined up with Watson..." April 19

Click 2 Houston "Attorneys for Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson have filed a response in at least one of the 22 civil cases filed against the football star. In a court document filed Monday morning, attorney Rusty Hardin, who is representing Watson, wrote that his legal team has already..." April 19

Larry Brown Sports "NFL free agency has come and gone, with most of the attention turning to the draft. To say there were a few surprise signings would be an understatement. In fact, most of the signings came as a surprise because there were far more multi-year deals handed out than the one-year deals so many..." April 19

Raiders.com "The Las Vegas Raiders have signed unrestricted free agent CB Rasul Douglas, the club announced Monday. Douglas, a 6-foot-2, 209-pound cornerback joins the Raiders after stints with the Philadelphia Eagles (2017-19) and Carolina Panthers (2020). Originally the Eagles'..." April 19

Total Pro Sports "Von Miller now seems to be on board with having a kid. His relationship with his former girlfriend might be over, but now they will have to co-parent to make sure their child has the best upbringing. Just days into the new year, things were all bad as Megan Denise took to..." April 19

The Sports Daily "The 2021 NFL Draft is just around the corner and Green Bay Packers fans are eager to know who the team will select with their first-round pick. As of right now, the Packers have the 29th pick in the first round although GM Brian Gutekunst has made a trade in the first round of each of his..." April 19

NBC Sports Washington "  As the NFL world reacted to ex-Washington quarterback Alex Smith's retirement, the Burgundy and Gold made a small, yet still notable, transaction involving an intriguing former draft pick who simply never panned out.  On Monday afternoon, the..." April 19

The Score "The Baltimore Ravens are still discussing a potential extension for star quarterback Lamar Jackson, general manager Eric DeCosta said Monday. "(Extension talks are) ongoing, that's definitely a fluid thing," DeCosta told reporters. "Lamar and I..." April 19

Essentially Sports "Los Angeles Rams secured a major coup by trading for Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford. The Florida-born player is a proven talent in the NFL over the last decade or so. But the same can’t be said for Jared Goff. The 2016 1st overall pick threw for 3,952 yards with 20..." April 19

USA Today "Could the Sean McVay-Kliff Kingsbury rivalry be escalating? McVay, the Los Angeles Rams coach, will be working with general manager Les Snead and their staff from a fancy Malibu beach house for the 2021 NFL Draft. (You can see the pictures below.) What does that have to..." April 19

The Big Lead "Michael Rosenberg profiled Trevor Lawrence for Sports Illustrated and the resulting picture was a supremely talented young man who realizes there's more to life than identifying the Mike linebacker or establishing the run in order to set up play-action to take the lid off of a defense. The..." April 19

Total Pro Sports "Just days after Aldon Smith signed with the Seattle Seahawks, he is back in the news for all the wrong reasons. The defensive end returned to the league last year for the Dallas Cowboys after being reinstated following four years out of the league. Following that season,..." April 19

Bleacher Report "Seattle Seahawks linebacker Aldon Smith is wanted on a second-degree battery charge in Louisiana. The St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Office released a bulletin saying Smith is wanted in connection with an alleged battery that took place on April 15 at..." April 19

Pro Football Talk "As teams begin offseason programs around the league, the Chiefs are one franchise whose players have not yet issued a statement on how they will proceed with in-person, voluntary workouts. With 25 players having workout bonuses totaling $3.053 million, the NFLPA is unlikely to..." April 19

ESPN "THERE WERE NO skulls available, so Trevor Lawrence grabbed a grapefruit instead. In July 2019, just a few months after he led Clemson to 2018's college football national championship, Lawrence was cajoled by his older brother, Chase, and sister-in-law, Brooke, to..." April 19

Mass Live "The NFLPA said “many” Patriots would be skipping OTAs, but Cam Newton isn’t one of them. The quarterback is actually leading the voluntary workouts in Foxborough on Monday, according to ESPN’s Mike Reiss. Much has been made of..." April 19

CBS Sports "The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic isn't expected to push the NFL to the brink of a shutdown as it did in 2020, but that doesn't mean it isn't still impacting what the league would like to do. Things are much more promising in 2021 with the availability of vaccines -- to the point some..." April 19

247 Sports "Two of the most-prolific football players to have recently come out of the state of California, Sam Darnold and Christian McCaffrey, are now teammates together in the NFL on the Carolina Panthers. And the process of the two becoming acclimated with one another on the field began..." April 19

Indy Star "The Indianapolis Colts depth chart got stronger Monday morning after the team announced restricted free agents Zach Pascal and George Odum have signed their tenders and will return to the club in 2021.  The news wasn't exactly a surprise. Restricted free..." April 19

Giants "The Giants were one of four teams chosen to carry an additional overseas player on their practice squad in 2020 as part of the program. Platzgummer, 6-0 and 198 pounds, played five seasons for Austria's Swarco Raiders Tirol and won two European championships with Austria's U-19 national..." April 19

Total Pro Sports "Alex Smith is retiring from the NFL. He dropped the news on his IG. Smith engineered a remarkable comeback last season following a devastating leg injury, and his hard work paid off after he was named the Comeback Player of the Year.  " April 19

Pro Football Talk "Trevor Lawrence enters the NFL without a chip on his shoulder or an unhealthy, maniacal obsession with seizing upon (and, if necessary, conjuring out of thin air) disses or slights or whispers or insults that will give him even more motivation. In time, that could come. For now,..." April 19

Sportsnaut "Shortly after the San Francisco 49ers pulled off the blockbuster trade for the No. 3 pick, draft rumors strongly indicated Mac Jones would be their selection. With the 2021 NFL Draft closing in, it seems another quarterback might be on Kyle Shanahan’s..." April 19

NFL.com "The Baltimore Ravens spent free agency looking at the wide receiver market and have been one team discussed to select a wideout in the 2021 NFL Draft. Despite their offseason interest in the position, Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta took issue with the belief that his club needs..." April 19

Bleacher Nation "Tashaun Gipson Sr. is on his way back to the Bears. ESPN’s Dan Graziano tweets the Bears and Gipson are in agreement on a one-year deal to keep last year’s safety tandem together. Gipson, 30, started all 16 games last season and played 1,054 defensive snaps on..." April 19

Pro Football Talk "Ravens tackle Orlando Brown Jr. said last month that there were ongoing conversations with five or six teams about a trade, but no deal has been struck and Ravens General Manager Eric DeCosta didn’t offer much of an update about the chances of one coming..." April 19

New York Jets "The Jets have signed TE Daniel Brown. Brown (6-5, 247) led the team in special-teams snaps in 2020 with 335 (75.5%). He took 28 snaps on offense and had 2 catches for 31 yards, both of which resulted in first downs. " April 19

Baltimore Beat Down "On Monday morning, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported that former Steelers offensive tackle Alejandro Villanueva is scheduled to meet with the Ravens this week. Villanueva spent the last seven seasons of his career in Pittsburgh. After going undrafted out of Army in..." April 19

Niners Nation "ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reported former Baltimore Ravens safety Tony Jefferson is set to visit the San Francisco 49ers this week for a workout and a physical. Jefferson hasn’t played in the NFL since he went down with a knee injury in Week 5 of 2019 but is..." April 19

Yahoo! Sports "As the football-following world continues to wonder what the Atlanta Falcons will do with the fourth pick in the draft, it’s fair to wonder what the guy who owns the team wants them to do with the fourth pick in the draft. Falcons owner Arthur Blank, who has owned the..." April 19