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Getty Images The Rams’ deal with Jared Goff is official. The team announced a a four-year extension Tuesday night. It will keep the former No. 1 overall pick under contract through the 2024 season. Ian Rapoport of the NFL said the four-year deal is worth $134 million, with a record $110...

Getty Images The Los Angeles Rams added center Coleman Shelton to their roster on Monday after placing linebacker Justin Lawler on injured reserve. Shelton spent last season bouncing across the league after initially signing with the San Francisco 49ers as an undrafted free agent out of the...

Getty Images The Rams announced 18 roster moves on Friday and they announced 19 more on Saturday to get down to the 53-man limit. Linebacker Dakota Allen is among the players that have been placed on waivers. Allen was a seventh-round pick this year and is the only member of the team’s 2019...

Getty Images The Rams upgraded at backup quarterback this offseason, so one of last year’s had to go. According to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network, the Rams have released quarterback Brandon Allen. Allen was on the practice squad in 2018, and spent 2017 as their third quarterback, but was...

Getty Images [Editor’s note: We’re keeping track of the moves as NFC teams make them this weekend, as they have to get to their 53-man roster limit by Saturday at 4 p.m. Check back throughout the weekend, as we’ll update throughout.] Dallas Waived nine players, including running back Darius...

Getty Images It’s not quite the Holy Trinity of a football team, but it’s close. The three key coaches — the head coach, the offensive coordinator, and the defensive coordinator — go a long way toward determining how good a team will be. On Thursday’s PFT Live, we drafted the best such trios...

Getty Images NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says interest from outside the United States in hosting NFL games is growing. Four games are scheduled to be played in London and one in Mexico City for the second straight year — the Mexico City game was scrubbed last year due to poor field...

Getty Images The Panthers have left “cautiously optimistic” in the rear view mirror. Via Joe Person of TheAthletic.com, Panthers coach Ron Rivera just said there was “no doubt in my mind” quarterback Cam Newton would play in the regular season opener against the Rams. That’s fantastic news...

Getty Images The days preceding the start of an NFL regular season often entail a stream of news reports regarding contract extensions finalized before the real games start. In L.A., that’s not likely to be happening. Asked Monday by reporters whether progress has been made on contracts for...

Getty Images Clay Matthews is from Southern California, went to college at the University of Southern California, and is working for the hometown Rams now. Life is good. But the veteran linebacker also admitted he wasn’t prepared to leave Green Bay, until he was told he wasn’t wanted...

Getty Images The Rams had two big injuries in Saturday’s preseason win over the Broncos, losing linebacker Josh Carraway for the season and offensive lineman Aaron Neary indefinitely. Carraway tore an Achilles, coach Sean McVay announced Sunday, and Neary fractured an ankle. “It’s unfortunate...

Getty Images Rams coach Sean McVay will have to wonder how much of Cam Newton he has to prepare for in the opener, after the Panthers quarterback suffered a mid-foot sprain last Thursday. What he won’t have to worry about is his own players, since he has maintained his policy of protecting his...

The Panthers went from breath-holding to “cautiously optimistic,” and now they seem downright confident about the status of quarterback Cam Newton. Newton created a scare when he left Thursday’s preseason game in a walking boot after suffering a mid-foot sprain. But according to Jourdan...

Getty Images The latest Cam Newton injury shines a bright light on a trio of backup options who may not currently be ready for prime time. Behind Newton on the Carolina depth chart are Kyle Allen, rookie Will Grier, and Taylor Heinicke. So if Newton ends up missing time with a foot/ankle...

The Panthers are feeling optimistic. Or at least buying themselves a minute to come up with a Plan B. Via Jourdan Rodrigue of TheAthletic.com, Panthers General Manager Marty Hurney confirmed that quarterback Cam Newton has a “mid-foot sprain in his left foot.” Hurney also said “we are...

Getty Images Rams coach Sean McVay won’t play his starters in the preseason. And he won’t apologize for it. McVay knows that there are people out there who think the preseason is increasingly becoming a ripoff for fans, who buy tickets to watch a bunch of players who will get cut at the end of...

Getty Images Most teams are playing their third preseason game of the summer this weekend and that is generally the time when starters see their most extensive playing time of the exhibition season. The Broncos played in the Hall of Fame Game, though, and that means Saturday’s game is their...

Rookie Drew Lock will have to watch from the sideline Sunday when Kevin Hogan and Brett Rypien play in the Broncos’ fourth preseason game. He continues to recover from a right thumb injury. Since he can’t throw, all Lock can do for now is work on virtual reality at the Broncos’ facility. Lock...

Getty Images Jaguars wide receiver Dede Westbrook likes Blake Bortles. As a friend. As a football player, he knows the Jaguars have traded up, with the offseason acquisition of Nick Foles. ″Nothing against Blake at all. I mean, Blake is a great friend of mine. But to be out there with Nick, a...

Getty Images Linebacker Micah Kiser was expected to be a starter for the Rams this year. A pectoral injury from Saturday’s preseason game against the Cowboys will delay that, indefinitely. “There’s no timetable on that,” coach Sean McVay told reporters on Tuesday regarding Kiser’s absence. “It...