It didn’t take long to find out the structure of Seattle Seahawks outside linebacker Derick Hall’s $42 million contract extension.

OverTheCap has posted Hall’s new deal, which was agreed to earlier this week, and this contract is as team-friendly as you might expect.

Here are additional contract notes:

Derick Hall signed a three year, $42 million extension with the Seahawks on June 3, 2026. $21 million is guaranteed for injury of which $19 million is a new money guarantee. $15.27 million is fully guaranteed at signing including a $13 million signing bonus and his base salary for 2026 and...

Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield has not spoken about his current contract situation. He has no obligation to do so nor does he have to. He can leave that up to the team and his representation to figure out and not say a word.

But that changed a bit Friday.

Speaking to the media at the AdventHealth Training Center for his youth football camp, Mayfield was asked of the state of his contract talks to which he said they are ‘not anywhere close’ to where he was thinking they’d be.

“Not anywhere close to what we were thinking,” Mayfield said. “Would...

Yes, the 2026 season has yet to begin, so looking ahead to March of 2027 feels a bit premature. However, in this specific case, an exception can be made.

As it currently stands, the Pittsburgh Steelers do not have a proven long-term answer at quarterback on their roster. Regardless of how you feel about Drew Allar and Will Howard, neither has taken an NFL snap and there is far more unknown than known when it comes to both of them.

With Aaron Rodgers making it clear that this is his final season, the Steelers will once again be in quarterback...

The New England Patriots have a new top wide receiver on the roster after trading for AJ Brown from the Philadelphia Eagles. With a new team, Brown is repping a new number, and fans finally got a first look at the star wideout in his uniform.

New England held a photoshoot and posted an image of the 28-year-old star on social media wearing his new No. 1 uniform for the Patriots. Brown is standing there decked out in the uniform while holding a football in his left hand.

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— New England Patriots (@Patriots) [June...

It is no secret that the Colts brass and staff are entering a make or break season. You can only ramp up the sense of urgency so much or so often? It has been pointed out that the first five games on the schedule come with some challenges. The Colts play host to the Ravens and Texans, go to Kansas City and Pittsburgh, and have a neutral site game with the Commanders. The schedule appears to ease up a bit after that, but the truth is that we are only able to guess how teams will look next year, based...

Falcons

Falcons QB Tua Tagovailoa compared rookie WR Zachariah Branch to former Dolphins WR Jaylen Waddle.

“I mean the dude’s fast,” Tagovailoa said of Branch, via Falcons Wire. “The dude can play. Very shifty. He kind of reminds me of [Jaylen] Waddle. And he has the same number. Great kid. He’s got a good head on his shoulders. And he asks a lot of questions. I think that’s something very good that you like to see in your rookies.”

Panthers

Panthers OC Brad Idzik said rookie WR Chris Brazzell is naturally a field stretcher that can open up...

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Is there a chance Isaiah Pola-Mao misses the roster?

I don’t think Isaiah Pola-Mao is on the roster bubble, but I also don’t think he’s guaranteed a spot on the roster. Pola-Mao rose to being a starter in 2024 after playing just 211 snaps in 2022 & 2023 in his career compared to 952 in 2024...

For years, one of the most frequent debates in the AFC North revolved around who was the better pass rusher: Pittsburgh’s T.J. Watt or Cleveland’s Myles Garrett? Since entering the league together in 2017, the two players have served as an interesting Rorschach test for the league, as the two have had eerily similar production, despite having wildly different playstyles, body types, and paths to the NFL.

Upon being drafted, Garrett immediately stepped into the role of media darling as that year’s first overall pick. Garrett looks like a prototypical defensive end, the type of player some football-obsessed scientist might...

The 2026 Los Angeles Rams boast unquestionably the best roster—on paper—in the Sean McVay era and possibly ever. Those are high expectations to put on a team that has yet to play a game when others have won Super Bowls and cemented themselves in NFL history.

If the Rams do not make good on their championship promise over the upcoming season, many will point to their high profile additions as yet another example that the “dream team” model has again failed.

LA added the following notable players over the offseason:

• Myles Garrett, EDGE
• Trent McDuffie, CB
• Jaylen...

When you look at the wonkiness involving Jon Gruden and the NFL Draft, including his “kill tapes,” it’s not all that surprising to see him still without a coaching job. He got a surprise of his own when former NFL running back Ricky Williams told him about his unexpected career after football, according to a post on X by Barstool Sports.

“It’s gonna sound crazy, but I’m a professional astrologer,” Williams said. “It’s what I do for a living. If I broke down what I did on a daily basis, it wouldn’t sound that foreign to you.

“The analogy I...

An under-the-radar story out of the Miller Electric Center last offseason was the Jacksonville Jaguars’ plan for offensive tackle Anton Harrison.

After protecting the blindside for 23 of his 25 college starts at Oklahoma, the 2023 first-round pick spent his first two NFL seasons lined up on the other side of the formation. He’s done pretty okay for himself.

Houston Texans defensive end Will Anderson Jr., the league’s highest-paid non-quarterback, recently said on Randy Moss’ fishing podcast that Harrison is the first name that comes to mind when he thinks of players who give him problems.

“We in the...

The Bears have called the state of Illinois home since they began play in 1920, but they now have one foot out the door. Their board of directors voted to advance stadium development at a to-be-determined site in Hammond, Ind., chairman George McCaskey and president and CEO Kevin Warren announced in a joint statement.

“We believe a world-class stadium project in Hammond will transform the region, connecting Northwest Indiana to the South Side of Chicago through the Loop and across neighborhoods and suburbs stretching north of the city,” McCaskey and Warren said. *“It will bring Chicagoland together and deliver...