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Getty Images Browns General Manager John Dorsey has made no secret that he’s a fan of Mississippi State defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons, talking Simmons up at the Senior Bowl, the league meeting and again at his pre-draft press conference. Whether Dorsey will get a chance to draft Simmons...

Getty Images From 2013 through 2016, the quarterback market stagnated. From 2017 through now, the quarterback market has exploded. Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers enjoyed an extended stretch as the highest-paid player in the NFL, with a new-money average of $22 million per year, until Colts...

Getty Images Eli Manning was watching TV on March 12 when he saw the breaking news that the Giants had traded receiver Odell Beckham Jr. “I just came across the [tracker] at the bottom of the screen,” Manning said, via Michael Eisen of the team website. “Started to get a few texts. That is how...

Getty Images The first European player to be drafted into the NFL without playing at an American college has another chance. Per the league’s transaction wire, tight end Moritz Boehringer has been allocated to the Bengals as an exempt/international player. That means he can hang around as a...

Getty Images In short order, John Manziel was thrown out of one league and saw another one fold beneath his feet. Now, he says he hopes to get back to the big one. The former Browns first-rounder wrote on social media (where he’s still Johnny, apparently) that his goal remained to play in the...

Getty Images It may not take long for Odell Beckham Jr. to make a return trip to play football in the New York area. Beckham posted on his twitter account Wednesday night that he’s apparently seen the Cleveland Browns schedule for the 2019 regular season. The regular season schedule has yet to...

Getty Images The Vikings knew they needed to upgrade their offensive line, and tried to make a big deal. At least, until someone else made another one. Writers Andrew Krammer and Ben Goessling said during a Minneapolis Star Tribune podcast that the Vikings were hoping to turn defensive end...

Getty Images While we tend to focus our attention on the visits top prospects make with teams before the draft, it’s important to remember teams get 30 of them, which allows a deeper dive into later-round picks. And the Browns used one of theirs on an interesting possibility. According to Tom...

Legendary Packers offensive lineman and longtime NFL coach Forrest Gregg has passed away at the age of 85. The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced his passing this morning, and said the flag at the Hall would be at half-staff until he has been laid to rest. One of the foundations of the...

Getty Images The unexpectedly robust pipeline from the AAF to the NFL continues to flow. Safety Ed Reynolds will work out with the Falcons today, per a league source. This is just the first stop; other teams have interest in Reynolds. A fifth-round draft pick of the Eagles in 2014, Reynolds...

Getty Images Quarterback John Manziel (he told Dan Patrick on Monday that the name “Johnny” has been retired) currently doesn’t have a football league. His next home could come in the XFL. Appearing on Monday’s #PFTPM podcast, XFL Commissioner Oliver Luck did not rule out employing Manziel...

Getty Images John Dorsey isn’t afraid to swing big. Which is why the lack of a first-round pick at the moment doesn’t mean he won’t have one by the end of the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft. Via Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Browns General Manager made it clear on...

Getty Images When wide receiver Odell Beckham was on the market, 49ers General Manager John Lynch made no secret of his interest. And while he wasn’t willing to part with the No. 2 overall pick in this year’s draft, there were talks that might have kept him in the first round. In a detailed...

Getty Images Broncos pass rusher Von Miller is close friends with Odell Beckham and was with Beckham after he found out he’d been traded from the Giants to the Browns. At first, Beckham didn’t feel good about it. Miller told NFL Network that Beckham was unhappy to find out that the Giants were...

Getty Images Former Cleveland receiver Ricardo Louis missed all of the 2018 season with a neck injury. He’ll continue his career in Miami. Per a league source, Louis has agreed to terms on a one-year deal with the Dolphins. Louis, who turned 25 last month, as a fourth-round pick of the Browns...

Getty Images From the moment the 2018 regular season ended, the possibility existed of the 49ers making a run at trading for Giants receiver Odell Beckham Jr. Ultimately, the 49ers did. At the end of the day, however, the 49ers didn’t get a chance match or beat the package the Giants got from...

Getty Images Morgan Burnett is staying in the AFC North. The former Steelers safety will sign on Friday with the Browns, according to Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com. Burnett is expected to compete with Eric Murray, the former Chief acquired in the Emmanuel Ogbah trade, for the strong safety...

Getty Images The Browns have unearthed a receiving prospect. The team announced the signing of wide receiver Damon Sheehy-Guiseppi. According to the Browns, he’s from Phoenix College, which isn’t an online school, but is apparently one of the country’s oldest community colleges...

Players from the Alliance of American Football were given the green light to sign with NFL teams on Thursday and eleven of them have found new homes already. The Panthers have shown the most interest in players with experience in the short-lived league. They signed wide receiver Rashad Ross on...

Getty Images Baker Mayfield is unhappy with those who think Odell Beckham Jr. is unhappy in Cleveland. The Browns quarterback made Colin Cowherd of FOX his target on Friday night. “Nobody will just say the truth,” Cowherd said earlier Friday, via Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer...