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One of the New England’s most-used defenders and special teamers will not be back in 2026. Jack Gibbens, a reserve linebacker and core special teamer during the Patriots’ 2025 season, has decided to sign a two-year contract with the Arizona Cardinals. The Cardinals announced the signing on Monday night, just five days after the Patriots […]
The Arizona Cardinals continue to add to a defense that was miserable in 2025. Today, they announced they have signed linebacker Jack Gibbens to a two year contract, while signing veteran defensive tackle Andrew Billings to a one-year contract. From the team: Gibbens (6-3, 242) played all 17 games (eight starts) last season with the Patriots […]
Cleveland Browns general manager Andrew Berry was at a crossroads with the tight end position heading into free agency. Berry had secured a talented pass catcher at the position with the selection of Harold Fannin Jr. in the third round of the 2025 NFL Draft. All Fannin did as a rookie was lead the team […]
Mock draft season is in full swing. This week, the Dallas Cowboys made a move to add another top-100 pick, trading defensive tackle Osa Odighizuwa to the San Francisco 49ers for the 92nd selection in the upcoming draft. With the Odighizuwa trade now official, Dallas now owns three top-100 picks coming at 12, 20, and […]
Indianapolis Colts will take Jacob Rodriguez with 47th pick! Thad Matta retires! IU needs reboot, or…!
The second week of NFL free agency saw the New England Patriots continue to add to their roster as they signed long snapper Niko Lalos. Let’s break down what the moves mean for the team from a big-picture perspective. Snapper competition After being selected in the seventh-round of the 2025 NFL Draft, Julian Ashby went […]
We are now into Week 2 of free agency and while the New Orleans Saints have made several moves, according to head coach Kellen Moore, there are still some players that they would like to add. The Saints came into free agency needing to address a few weak spots and holes in their roster, but […]
The Los Angeles Rams have done well to address many of their immediate needs during free agency. They no longer have an immediate need at cornerback after trading for Trent McDuffie and signing Jaylen Watson. Addressing the cornerback position in free agency has opened up the draft and allowed them to be much more flexible. […]
Since the start of free agency, it’s clear the Las Vegas Raiders are attempting to get better under rookie head coach Klint Kubiak. General manager John Spytek was a smooth operator this past Monday landing impact free agents on both offense — center Tyler Linderbaum the prized catch — and on defense — Las Vegas […]
Most NFL general managers have two well-understood career goals. The first is to obviously bring home a Lombardi trophy for the team and its fan base. The other goal is to find the ever-elusive franchise quarterback who brings stability to a football team for at least a decade, in a perfect world. Yet, as Buffalo […]
If you need a little help finding a rooting interest for this year’s tournament, we took the time to find all of the Green Bay Packers connections between the team’s current roster and the colleges participating in March Madness this year. I’m not much of a college basketball guy myself, but I’m going to try […]
On Friday, in the wake of the announcement of his new six-year contract, Reece James told reporters that physically he was in a “really good place”, able to consistently play two-three games a week after several years of battling hamstring injuries and not being able to stay consistently fit. On Monday, head coach Liam Rosenior […]
Since the Green Bay Packers traded for their new projected starting Mike linebacker Zaire Franklin, he had no remaining guarantees left on his deal. In theory, he could have been a very flexible piece for the Packers this summer, as they could have chosen to move off him, via a release or trade, before his […]
NFL insider Jordan Schultz reported the San Francisco 49ers are signing veteran wide receiver Christian Kirk to a one-year deal for $6 million. Kirk, 29, spent 2025 with the Houston Texans. The former second-round pick caught 28 passes for 239 yards and a touchdown. Looking at Kirk’s injury history, he missed two games during the […]
The San Francisco Giants have now sent out 9 players from their 19 Spring Training invitees following today’s cuts of catcher Logan Porter, infielder Nate Furman, and lefty Nick Margevicius. They join Friday’s cuts of lefty reliever Juan Sanchez, righty Wilkin Ramos, and Thursday’s cuts of relievers Will Bednar and Trent Harris, catcher Diego Cartaya, […]
A month removed from the Seattle Seahawks winning the Super Bowl, the next major event on the American sports calendar is March Madness. The NCAA men’s and women’s college basketball brackets are now set, with play-in games starting on Tuesday and the main draw beginning on the men’s side on Thursday. Many brackets will be […]
The New England Patriots will enter the spring with a second long snapper on the roster. The organization announced the signing of free agent Niko Lalos on Monday, as previously reported by Patriots on SI’s Ethan Hurwitz. Lalos, 28, was among a group of specialists in Foxborough for workouts and now joins 2025 seventh-round draft […]
Today, the NFL announced the annual performance-based pay distributions that were earned by players during the 2025 season. In total, $542 million of wealth is being dispersed out to players, none of which impacts teams’ salary caps. The league used to provide breakdowns of all the distributions a team’s players received, but lately, they have […]
This past week here at Buffalo Rumblings, we were curious to learn more about how Buffalo Bills fans felt following the failed trade for defensive end Maxx Crosby between the Las Vegas Raiders and Baltimore Ravens. After failing his physical conducted ahead of his officially joining the Ravens, the idea of Crosby landing elsewhere was […]
The Dallas Cowboys made a shrewd move moments before free agency unofficially began last week, trading for Green Bay Packers EDGE Rashan Gary. The former 12th overall pick out of Michigan has topped seven sacks in six of his seven regular-seasons in the league. He’s also a natural fit at the outside linebacker role in […]
The Steelers welcomed a few more wideouts to Pittsburgh for pre-draft visits as they look to continue to add to their wide receiver room during April’s draft. Wide receivers Jeff Caldwell and and Kendrick Law met with the team on Monday. Caldwell played his college ball at the University of Cincinnati and burst onto the […]
The 2026 NFL Draft is just over a month away, and Baltimore Beatdown is proud to introduce our Top 51 Big Board! We are also excited to bring Yuri (@Yuri_Ravens on X) aboard to help us scout the 2026 class! Our Big Board is Ravens-centric, meaning it is weighted based on positions and skillsets Baltimore […]
The New England Patriots’ coaching staff for the 2026 season has been finalized, and it includes some changes compared to last year. The most prominent among those are the previously confirmed promotion of Zak Kuhr to defensive coordinator as well as former DC Terrell Williams taking on a new role. That role now comes with […]
The Miami Dolphins have been busy rebuilding the front office, coaching staff and roster ahead of the 2026 NFL season, however one former player has more than a million reasons to look back at the 2025 season one more time. On Monday, the National Football League announced the top-25 performance based payouts — money given […]
The Miami Dolphins were quiet over the past weekend, but Monday saw them hit the free agency market to add depth to the offensive line.