Archives for March 2023

Sam Darnold agreed to sign a one-year deal with the 49ers this week and he joins a quarterback depth chart that also includes Trey Lance and Brock Purdy. Lance opened last season as the starter, but a broken ankle knocked him out of the lineup. Purdy took over after Jimmy Garoppolo went down with an [more] … [Read more...] about Sam Darnold: Winning’s the only thing that matters to me

When veteran safety Jordan Poyer was heading into free agency, he mused about signing with a team that played in a warmer climate and more advantageous tax rate than Buffalo but he didn’t wind up leaving town. Poyer agreed to a two-year deal with the Bills this week and said on Thursday that he was [more] … [Read more...] about Jordan Poyer: I came to Buffalo to win championship, goal hasn’t changed

The Packers have made another move to create some flexibility this offseason. Per Field Yates of ESPN, Green Bay has restructured cornerback Rasul Douglas‘ contract to create $3.3 million in cap space for 2023. Douglas signed a three-year, $21 million deal with the Packers last year. The 27-year-old cornerback initially joined Green Bay off of [more] … [Read more...] about Packers restructure Rasul Douglas’ contract for cap space

When it comes to the deliberate disclosure of significant information by a multi-billion-dollar organization, there are no coincidences and there are no accidents. This week, the NFL chose to drop the array of team-based rule proposals into the late afternoon of the first de facto day of free agency for a reason. And that reason [more] … [Read more...] about NFL buried rules proposals from teams into free-agency frenzy

Josh Lambo isn’t the first name sports fans think of when they hear “two-sport athlete,” but he is among the small fraternity of athletes who have played in two American pro leagues, and now he’s hanging up the cleats. Lambo, who was an NFL kicker and also a goalkeeper in Major League Soccer, announced on [more] … [Read more...] about NFL kicker and soccer player Josh Lambo announces retirement from both sports