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Getty Images The following are PFT’s top 100 free agents for the start of the 2020 league year. The rankings include prospective unrestricted and restricted free agents, as well as released players. The list will be updated as events warrant, with signings, tags and re-signings denoted when...

Getty Images Greg Olsen had ties in Washington with Ron Rivera. He had ties in Buffalo with Greg McDermott and Brandon Beane. So why did he choose Seattle? The Seahawks have made the postseason seven of the past eight seasons, and they were 9-7 in 2017 when they didn’t. They have Russell...

Getty Images The Seattle Dragons had more than 29,000 paying customers for their home opener. For their four remaining home games, they’ll have at least 10,000 tickets sold. Via the Seattle Times, the Dragons now have sold more than 10,000 season tickets. “We have had a spike in demand and we...

Getty Images Marshawn Lynch has retired and unretired from the NFL more than once. He seems to be looking for a second career, though, to make even more “chicken.” A little over a month after playing three games for the Seahawks, including the postseason, the running back apparently is...

Getty Images Greg Olsen took some time to make up his mind about what to do after visiting Buffalo, Seattle and Washington following his release from the Panthers, but he’s come to a decision. PFT has learned, via a league source, that Olsen is signing with the Seahawks. It is a one-year deal...

Getty Images The XFL had net attendance growth for its second week, thanks in large part of more than 29,000 Seattle fans who came out to see the Dragons defeat the Tampa Bay Vipers, 17-9. Via Ben Fischer of Sports Business Daily, the XFL attracted 76,285 fans in Week Two, a 9.5-percent bump...

Getty Images Seahawks running back Rashaad Penny is making progress in his recovery from the torn ACL that ended his 2019 season last December. Penny tweeted earlier this week that he had his first day back on a bike since the injury. Penny had surgery to repair the injury and head coach Pete...

Getty Images Former Dallas Cowboys wide receivers coach Sanjay Lal is joining the coaching staff of the Seattle Seahawks, a source confirmed to PFT. The move was first reported by Michael-Shawn Dugar of TheAthletic.com. The exact position Lal will hold with the Seahawks has yet to be...

Getty Images Although free agency doesn’t really heat up in the NFL for another month, the first well-known free agent is talking contract with three teams. Free agent tight end Greg Olsen is negotiating with Buffalo, Washington and Seattle, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN. Olsen is free...

Getty Images Each of the four Week One XFL games had attendance figures between 17,000 and 18,000. The Seattle Dragons make their home debut this weekend, and they’re hoping for a lot more than that. Via Scott Hanson of the Seattle Times, team president Ryan Gustafson said that ticket sales...

Getty Images XFL broadcasts include far more access to coaches and players than NFL broadcasts. One XFL coach who previously worked as an NFL coach apparently wasn’t prepared for the extent to which the XFL takes fans inside the game. Via Scott Hanson of the Seattle Times, Seattle Dragons...

Getty Images Fresh off his first Super Bowl MVP award, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is the favorite to win his second regular-season MVP award. Mahomes is listed as the +400 favorite at MGM in betting on the 2020 regular-season MVP. Mahomes was also the favorite in the Westgate odds...

Getty Images Greg Olsen spent some time in the broadcast booth during the first weekend of XFL action, but he’ll be back on the hunt for a job playing tight end in the NFL this week. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that Olsen is in Washington on Monday and Seattle on Wednesday. Olsen also...

Getty Images All four of the Week One XFL games drew between 17,000 and 18,000 fans. But only one of the four games created the impression that the stadium was nearly full. In D.C., the Dragons-Defenders game seemed like a big deal because it was a played in a small stadium. Indeed...

The XFL has returned, and it got started with a revolutionary kickoff formation. D.C. kicked to Seattle, with the D.C. kicker (not my Internet son) alone at his own 30. The rest of his teammates stood at the Seattle 35, while 10 Dragons players were standing at the 30. Prior to and after the...

Getty Images With eight years of his NFL career already in the books, Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson has become more willing to be more candid about what he’d like to see over the next eight years of his career, and beyond. (He has said on multiple occasions that he plans to play until...

Getty Images DK Metcalf put together one of the best seasons by a rookie wide receiver in Seahawks franchise history. However, he is looking to improve a certain area of his game as he prepares for year two in Seattle. According to Joe Fann of NBC Sports Northwest, Metcalf wants to address...

Getty Images Football fans like the idea of more football. But do they really want more football? The next experiment begins in only two days. The XFL is back, after a 19-year absence. Fueled by the reality that people who will be placing legal sports wagers will need more sports on which to...

Getty Images Former Panthers tight end Greg Olsen‘s kicking off his world tour, and the weather can probably only get better the longer it goes. Via Joe Person of TheAthletic.com, Olsen will visit the Bills today, the first of many visits. He’ll also go see the Seahawks and Washington, as is...

Getty Images Tight end Greg Olsen‘s long run with the Panthers officially came to an end when he was released on Monday, but Carolina was not the only team he’s played for during his NFL career. Olsen was selected in the first round of the 2007 draft by the Bears and he called Chicago home...