Only four days separate the football world from the unofficial start of the NFL’s 2025 free agency period with the legal tampering window beginning on March 10. That’s why now is as good a time as any to look at the top of the market, specifically the top 10 listed in CBS Sports senior NFL writer … Read more
The franchise tag deadline has come and gone with only two players getting tagged in 2025. This is a significantly lower amount than last season, as nine players earned the franchise and transition tag designation. With the rising salary cap, six players reached extensions, two players were traded and signed extensions with new teams, and … Read more
The 2024 Philadelphia Eagles’ offseason will largely be remembered for one thing, and that’s signing Saquon Barkley. That was crucial in the team winning Super Bowl LIX. Barkley didn’t get the biggest contract among the Eagles’ signings last year. Not even close. That went to Bryce Huff, a pass rusher who turned a career year … Read more
The NFL offseason is set to enter one of its notable thresholds on Tuesday, as the window will open for teams to deploy the franchise tag. Beginning at 4 p.m. ET on Feb. 18, teams may designate the franchise tag onto players, ensuring that they’ll be with the team for the upcoming season on a … Read more
2024 season: 14-3, second in NFC North, lost to Rams in wild-card round Overview: Before it fell apart in the end, this was the best Vikings season in years, which is remarkable considering their rookie quarterback didn’t play a single snap. The Vikings had a chance at landing the No. 1 seed in the NFC, … Read more
For six seasons, Sam Darnold largely toiled in NFL mediocrity. The 2018 top five draft pick struggled through his first three seasons as the New York Jets starting quarterback, then spent two uninspiring years with the Carolina Panthers and one season as a backup with the San Francisco 49ers. Very little was expected from Darnold … Read more
Last August, in the midst of NFL training camps, I visited the Minnesota Vikings and found myself camped out with a member of the team’s brain trust. Not far away, Sam Darnold and J.J. McCarthy were alternating in 11-on-11 drills when the conversation turned into an art versus science debate about when to turn a … Read more