Update: Ralph Vacchiano of the New York Daily News reports that the Giants most recent offer to restricted free agent Victor Cruz was worth close to $8 million annually and includes something in the range of $15-18 million guaranteed. The Giants are still hoping to get a deal finalized at some point, but Cruz’s asking price could still be much [...]
April 24, 2013
Nate Bouda
Giants
Update: ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports that the Packers did not ask TE Jermichael Finley‘s to take a pay cut or even structure his contract. He will now be paid a $3 million roster bonus due on Tuesday, along with a base salary of $8.25 million for the 2013 season. Finley, 25, is in the final year of his [...]
March 25, 2013
Nate Bouda
Packers
NFL Draft Utah DT Star Lotulelei posted a 5.15 in the 40-yard dash and did 38 reps on the bench press during Pro Day on Wednesday. (Joe Schad) 49ers K Phil Dawson receives a one-year deal worth $2.25 million that includes a $1 million signing bonus. (Adam Schefter) Bears The Bears have reportedly offered free agent CB Captain Munnerlyn a [...]
March 20, 2013
Nathan J. Rivera
49ers, Bears, Broncos, Buccaneers, Cardinals, Chiefs, Colts, Cowboys, Dolphins, Eagles, Giants, Jaguars, Jets, Lions, NFL Draft Rumors, Packers, Patriots, Raiders, Ravens, Redskins, Seahawks, Texans, Titans, Vikings
Update: Greg Bedard reports that a league source has informed him that the Patriots did not make Greg Jennings an offer. The news was a little surprising to be honest. There wasn’t a lot of buzz regarding the Patriots being a potential landing spot for Jennings. ———————— Update: Bob McGinn of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel [...]
March 17, 2013
Nate Bouda
Dolphins, Packers, Patriots, Vikings
Here’s our running list of the days news, rumors, visits and signings. Be sure to check back throughout the day. 49ers 49ers signed LB Dan Skuta to a two-year contract. Free agent S Craig Dahl will visit the 49ers. (Howard Balzer) Bears Bears re-signed CB Zackary Bowman to a one-year contract. (Sean Jensen) Bengals Free agent TE [...]
March 15, 2013
Nate Bouda
49ers, Bears, Bengals, Bills, Broncos, Buccaneers, Cardinals, Chargers, Chiefs, Colts, Cowboys, Dolphins, Eagles, Giants, Jaguars, Jets, Lions, Packers, Panthers, Patriots, Raiders, Ravens, Saints, Seahawks, Steelers, Texans, Titans, Vikings
49ers WR Mario Manningham agreed to a pay cut to remain with the 49ers. His base salary has been reduced from $3.6 million to $1.8 million.(Matt Maiocco) CB Nnamdi Asomugha is visiting the 49ers Thursday. (Adam Schefter) LB Dan Skuta is visiting with the 49ers. (Adam Caplan) Bears Bears signed Nate Collins to a one-year deal, according to [...]
March 14, 2013
Nate Bouda
49ers, Bears, Bengals, Browns, Buccaneers, Cardinals, Chiefs, Dolphins, Eagles, Falcons, Giants, Jaguars, Jets, Lions, Patriots, Raiders, Rams, Ravens, Redskins, Saints, Seahawks, Steelers, Titans, Vikings
Update: Tom Pelissero reports that the Vikings have HC Leslie Frazier, GM Rick Spielman and DE Jared Allen in attendance for their dinner with WR Greg Jennings. This looks to be a pretty serious sales pitch by the Vikings. Bob McGinn reports that there have been no negotiations between the Vikings and WR Greg Jennings. He adds that Jennings’ reps haven’t [...]
March 14, 2013
Nate Bouda
Packers, Vikings
Update: Rob Demovsky reports that the Packers have discussed a three-year deal with free agent RB Steven Jackson. Demovsky adds all he’s told to this point is that the Packers and Jackson are “talking.” Green Bay appears to be the clear favorites at this point, but things can change quickly, as the Packers aren’t known for [...]
March 13, 2013
Nathan J. Rivera
Packers, Rams
ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports that the Minnesota Vikings have re-signed WR Jerome Simpson to a one-year deal. This is probably the type of signing that Vikings fans were hoping for after they traded Percy Harvin to the Seahawks yesterday. Minnesota is reportedly considering a number of free agent receivers including Mike Wallace and Greg Jennings, and there’s [...]
March 12, 2013
Nate Bouda
Vikings
Update: Mike Chappell reports that Colts have not expressed an interest in free agent WR Greg Jennings, despite the previous reports that have mentioned them as a potential landing spot. ————— Ian Rapoport reports that the Green Bay Packers are still trying to negotiate free agent WR Greg Jennings. Rapoport adds that Jennings has ”significant interest” from teams like the Colts, [...]
March 11, 2013
Nate Bouda
Browns, Colts, Packers, Vikings
Here are some of the rumors circulating around now that the three-day window for NFL teams to contract free agents is open. We’ll have updates throughout the day. NFL RB Rashard Mendenhall and QB Drew Stanton are already drawing interest. (Albert Breer) Bears Bears tendered exclusive rights free agent RB Armando Allen. (Chicago Tribune) Broncos [...]
March 9, 2013
Nate Bouda
Bears, Bills, Broncos, Browns, Buccaneers, Cardinals, Chargers, Chiefs, Colts, Cowboys, Dolphins, Eagles, Falcons, Jets, Lions, Panthers, Patriots, Rams, Redskins, Saints, Steelers, Titans, Vikings
Update: According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, the Dolphins are the “team to beat” in regards to signing free agent WR Mike Wallace. Jeff Darlington reports that that “if all goes as planned” for the Dolphins next week, they’ll have a receiving corps that consists of Mike Wallace, Brian Hartline and Davone Bess. Darlington adds that the Dolphins “covet” [...]
March 6, 2013
Nate Bouda
Dolphins, Steelers, Titans, Vikings
Alex Marvez reports that a source has informed Fox Sports that the Green Bay Packers will not use their franchise tag on WR Greg Jennings. This isn’t exactly a surprising move, despite a report from last week that the Packers were considering the idea of franchising Jennings. It would have cost them close to $11 [...]
March 4, 2013
Nate Bouda
Packers
Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk reports that “scuttlebutt in league circles” is that impending free agent WR Greg Jennings is targeting a deal that would pay him $12 million per year. Previous reports indicated that Jennings could be looking for as much as $14 million annually in his next contract, which would have put him [...]
March 1, 2013
Nate Bouda
Colts, Dolphins, Packers, Vikings
Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel expects to see the Packers to have long-term contract extensions in place with QB Aaron Rodgers and OLB Clay Matthews before the start of the 2013 season. “Rodgers is going to wind up the highest-paid player in the league (more than $20 million per year) and Matthews is going to be one of the [...]
February 28, 2013
Nate Bouda
Packers
Ian Rapoport tweets that ”it looks like” the St Louis Rams will allow WR Danny Amendola to test the free agent market in the coming weeks. “The Rams have their value on him. We’ll see if he beats it in [free agency],” added Rapoport. Amendola, 27, has been very productive when healthy for the Rams, and you could [...]
February 28, 2013
Nate Bouda
49ers, Patriots, Rams
Ben Volin of The Palm Beach Post reports that a “well-placed league source” has informed him that the Dolphins were “active in meetings” with potential free agents at this year’s NFL Combine. Volin’s source added that GM Jeff Ireland was looking “pretty hard” at the wide receiver position in particular. No specific players were named as targets for the Dolphins, but [...]
February 27, 2013
Nate Bouda
Dolphins
Bob McGinn of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports that Miami Dolphins head coach Joe Philbin is not a “huge fan” of free agent WR Greg Jennings as a player. McGinn also reported that an AFC executive informed him that Jennings is likely to command a deal that would pay him $7-9 million annually. The Packers are reportedly considering whether or not [...]
February 25, 2013
Nate Bouda
Dolphins, Packers
Bob McGinn of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports that the Green Bay Packers are ”torn” as to whether or not they should keep TE Jermichael Finley. McGinn mentions that GM Ted Thompson is in favor of retaining Finely, but other “members of the personnel department” would prefer to see them release him. Vaughn McClure of the Chicago Tribune mentions that the Chicago Bears [...]
February 25, 2013
Nate Bouda
Bears, Packers
Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network reports the Green Bay Packers are actually considering the idea of placing their franchise tag on impending free agent WR Greg Jennings. Jennings, 29, seemed like an obvious candidate to be playing elsewhere next season, as there hasn’t been any reported communication between the Packers and Jennings’ reps. Then again, it [...]
February 24, 2013
Nate Bouda
NFL Rumors
Jermichael Finley Jason Wilde of ESPN Milwaukee writes that it’s “almost impossible” to imagine the Packers releasing TE Jermichael Finley after listening to head coach Mike McCarthy at yesterday’s Combine presser. “I thought Jermichael had probably the tale of two seasons,” McCarthy said, echoing his comments from immediately after the season ended. “I thought in the first [...]
February 23, 2013
Salvador Borboa
Packers, Panthers
NFL Free agent ILB Bart Scott is reportedly ”drawing interest from a few teams.” (NFLTR) Free agent JaMarcus Russell will hold workout for teams around April 10. (Tony Pauline) NFL Draft Dr. James Andrews mentioned that RB Marcus Lattimore suffered “as bad a knee injury as you could possibly get.“ 49ers Retaining WR Ted Ginn is not one [...]
February 22, 2013
Nate Bouda
49ers, Bears, Browns, Buccaneers, Chargers, Cowboys, Dolphins, Eagles, Falcons, Giants, Jaguars, Jets, Lions, NFL Draft Rumors, Packers, Patriots, Raiders, Rams, Ravens, Redskins, Saints, Steelers, Titans, Vikings