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NFL Top 100 Players of 2026: Jaxon Smith-Njigba slots in at No. 5
Russell Wilson is the only Seahawk to ever be ranked higher
Russell Wilson
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Winners and Losers from Seahawks-Titans: Some good, some bad, some bad injuries
The Seahawks lost another preseason game, but the performance was better
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NFL survivor pool picks, advice, strategy for Week 1, 2026: Avoid the Dallas Cowboys
Week 1 NFL survivor pool picks and advice, including a team to avoid
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Stock Up, Stock Down after the Broncos’ preseason victory over the Falcons
The Broncos have completed all but a handful of their training camp practices and have started the preseason with a dominant 27-7 victory over the Atlanta Falcons. So, the push towards the regular season is in full swing, and it is a good time to take a look at which players on the Broncos’ 90-man […]
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Mike Macdonald to Jalen Milroe: "Let's go take another step"
The Seahawks used a third-round pick in 2025 on quarterback Jalen Milroe — the same round in which they acquired Russell Wilson, 13 years earlier
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Broncos at Falcons: 3 players to watch in Week 1 of NFL preseason
Here are three Denver Broncos players fans should focus on in the first preseason game against the Atlanta Falcons
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Russell Wilson says Caleb Williams reminds him of younger self: 'He's got some crazy talent'
NEW YORK -- In 2012, Russell Wilson was thrown into the fray immediately, winning the Seahawks ' starting quarterback battle as a third-round rookie. He started all 16 games that year (as he would do the next eight years) and made the Pro Bowl. One season later, he was a Super Bowl champion. Now, he's a rookie in another sense. Wilson joined CBS Sports' "The NFL Today" this offseason, and on Tuesday, he put on his analyst hat to discuss some of the NFL's most notable young quarterbacks. One he's been especially impressed by while preparing for this season? Chicago's Caleb Williams . "Watching the film, watching Caleb Williams and how talented he is and how he moves, he kinda reminds me of me when I was young and all that -- his ability to make plays, his ability to throw on the run, his ability to throw accurately on the move, how he spins out of the pocket," Wilson said Tuesday at the "NFL on CBS" media day. "I think he's got some crazy talent to him." Williams' playmaking abilities were on display, especially in crunch time. He led the NFL with six fourth-quarter comebacks in the regular season, and he added another in an epic wild-card win over the Packers . 🗣️ ROOOOOOME ODUUUUUNZE 📺: @NFLonPrime pic.twitter.com/7hfM7AaUId He then nearly led an upset of the Rams with a Wilson-esque play. CALEB WILLIAMS YOU ARE RIDICULOUS 📺: NBC pic.twitter.com/2zphVCnNbd Of course, a big part of Wilson's game as a youngster was his ability to avoid sacks (Williams took 68 as a rookie but just 24 last year) and to make defenders pay with his legs. Both also took excellent care of the ball. Caleb Williams vs. Russell Wilson -- 1st 2 Seasons Williams Wilson Pass TD 47 52 Int 13 19 Comp pct 60.3% 63.6% Rushing yards 877 1,028 Fourth-quarter comebacks 8 6 "The next step for Caleb is finishing the second quarter as strong as he finishes the fourth quarter," said former Bears offensive lineman Kyle Long , who will also be in his first season on "The NFL Today." "The second quarter is where the games will be won or lost. Going into the half, trying to steal an extra possession, that's where a lot of their games will be won or lost." When asked for his 2026 breakout quarterback, Wilson went with a slightly older player. "I'm really interested to see what Trevor Lawrence does this year," Wilson said. "The reason I bring up Trevor Lawrence is I think he's got great talent, he's got good players around him, but this is his second year with Liam Coen around. So I think that'll be a huge help, those two guys knowing each other. Lawrence played at an elite level down the stretch of last season as the Jaguars won their final eight regular-season games. Wilson's most recent team -- the Giants -- doesn't have that same continuity, with new coach John Harbaugh and new offensive coordinator Matt Nagy in tow. Still, Wilson had high praise for 2025 teammate Jaxson Dart going into Year 2. "I think his competitiveness is tremendous," Wilson said. "I think his work ethic's great. His ability to run and move is a special trait, and I think continuing to know playing the next play, he's going to do a tremendous job with that. I think John Harbaugh's gonna give him the chance to do that strategically and put him in really good positions to be successful." Dart was examined for a concussion five times last year, and one diagnosed concussion cost him two games. He did, however, earn plaudits for sliding in bounds at Giants training camp on Monday. Wilson is confident the second-year pro will continue to adjust well to his new scheme, too. "He knows how to do it, he'll be great at it, and he'll be able to ball out," Wilson said. Wilson also got to see NFC East foe Jayden Daniels of the Commanders up close and personal last year -- the two faced off in Week 1 -- but neither played in the teams' late-season meeting. Dart got the start for New York, while Daniels' season had already ended due to an elbow injury, one of three injuries he [... truncated ...]
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Have Giants, Saints finally found franchise QBs? History points to Year 2 leaps for Jaxson Dart, Tyler Shough
The Giants have spent the better part of a decade looking for Eli Manning's replacement. The Saints have taken nearly as long trying to find life after Hall of Famer Drew Brees . Different cities, different organizations, same question: did they finally get their guy? New York cycled through names like Daniel Jones , Tommy DeVito and Russell Wilson before handing the offense to Jaxson Dart . In New Orleans, the list included Teddy Bridgewater , Jameis Winston , Derek Carr and Spencer Rattler before turning to Tyler Shough . Every move started with guarded optimism and ended with the search continuing. This time feels different. Not because Dart and Shough are guaranteed to become franchise quarterbacks, but because their rookie seasons in 2025 resembled those of quarterbacks who historically took major steps forward in their sophomore campaigns. Giants and Saints fans have heard such promises before. This time, there are reasons to believe. Quarterbacks don't usually break out because they throw for 4,000 yards as rookies. They break out because they already show the traits that consistently translate -- efficiency comes before production and limiting mistakes comes before stardom. The breakout usually arrives later, a function of everything else coming together. To see how Year 2 often unfolds, I looked at every quarterback since 2010 who started at least eight games as a rookie and tracked what happened in his second season. The quarterbacks who break out in Year 2 don't all get there the same way. But history shows a few recurring paths. The Launch Justin Herbert +0.13 +0.17 Elite rookie became an even better Year 2 quarterback. The Rescue Trevor Lawrence -0.09 +0.12 Coaching change unlocked his talent. The Plateau Mac Jones +0.04 -0.09 Offensive coaching change disrupted his development. The Regression Dak Prescott +0.23 -0.04 Supporting cast and offensive environment deteriorated. The Injury Robert Griffin III +0.22 +0.02 Knee injury fundamentally altered his trajectory. The lesson isn't that every quarterback falls into one of these distinct categories. It's that context matters as much as talent. Herbert built on an outstanding rookie season. Lawrence took off once Jacksonville got the coach right. Prescott regressed when the offense around him regressed ( Ezekiel Elliott was suspended, the offensive line was banged up). Mac Jones lost momentum after an offensive overhaul that included losing coordinator Josh McDaniels. And Griffin's trajectory changed because of injury late in his rookie season. Development is rarely linear, and it's almost never isolated from what's happening around the quarterback. So where does that leave this year's class? If there's one quarterback I'd bet on to make a Year 2 leap, it's Dart. What surprised me most was how consistent the results were. Whether I looked at historical comparisons or projections, they kept pointing back to the Giants quarterback. The Giants didn't spend Dart's rookie season trying to hide him. Once he became the starter, Brian Daboll asked him to run the offense, push the ball downfield and consistently make big-boy NFL throws. As the season progressed, Dart looked increasingly comfortable doing exactly that. And while it didn't always work, the results were encouraging. Dart's rookie numbers were modest: 2,272 passing yards, 15 touchdowns and a 91.7 passer rating across 12 starts. The more encouraging story lived beneath those numbers. Dart consistently challenged defenses downfield while protecting the football -- just five interceptions on 339 attempts -- even after Malik Nabers was lost for the season in Dart's first NFL start. By November, Daboll wasn't calling games like he was trying to protect a rookie. He was calling them like he expected Dart to make NFL throws. (And, yes, also like he was trying to save his job. Both things can be true.) Dart rewarded that trust. The game never felt too big, and that's a common thread fo [... truncated ...]
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Fantasy Football AFC West Snapshot: 1 key nugget from each team going into 2026
Scott Pianowski shares one thing that stands out for fantasy football for each AFC West team going into 2026
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Josh Allen closing in on 5,000 career rushing yards
Bills quarterback Josh Allen is closing in on a rushing milestone that only four quarterbacks have previously reached: Five thousand yards. Allen, who has 4,721 career rushing yards, can become the fifth quarterback in NFL history with 5,000 rushing yards this season. If he gains yardage at his career average of 36.9 rushing yards per game, Allen would reach 5,000 yards in his eighth game of this season. With 5,000 yards, Allen would join Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson (6,522 yards) and retired quarterbacks Michael Vick (6,109 yards), Cam Newton (5,628 yards) and Russell Wilson (5,568 yards) as the only quarterbacks ever to reach 5,000 rushing yards. Allen is already the NFL’s all-time leader in rushing touchdowns for a quarterback, with 79. He has at least six rushing touchdowns in every season of his career, and if he crosses the goal line six times this year, he’ll become just the fourth player ever with at least six rushing touchdowns in nine consecutive seasons, along with Marshall Faulk (10), LaDainian Tomlinson (10) and Jim Brown (nine)
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NFL offseason power rankings: No. 8 Cowboys are in position to win big, but they actually have to do it
Any notice to Dak Prescott 's surprising comment after the Dallas Cowboys ' disappointing season came and went quickly, but maybe it shouldn't have. The Cowboys finished 7-9-1 despite an offense that was among the NFL's best. Prescott had a tremendous season. And while he didn't say anything untrue on the podium after the final game, it's not the kind of comment you'll often see from any NFL quarterback. In practical terms, he told the world that he played well enough and the defense let everyone down. "One of the first seasons, if not the first of my career where I can't directly correlate my play to the wins, the loss, or the end of the season or overall success of the season," Prescott said, via the team's site . "So that makes it frustrating." Play Yahoo's new College Fantasy Football game: Create or join a league now! Prescott has been held responsible for Cowboys losses throughout his career no matter how well he plays, so perhaps he was cutting off that inevitable and misguided criticism after a losing season. Or maybe he was sending a message: Get me some help. It wouldn't have been unjustified. The Cowboys had the worst defense in the NFL last season and, statistically, the worst defense in franchise history. It was so bad, the Cowboys allowed Russell Wilson to put up 450 yards and three touchdowns against them in Week 2. Even if you won't often see a quarterback say he did his job and wash his hands of the team's final record, Prescott wasn't wrong. It's not like the Cowboys needed to hear those words to know what the approach to the offseason had to be. And they went to work. Matt Eberflus was fired after one horrendous season as Dallas' coordinator, and was replaced by Eagles passing game coordinator Christian Parker . Then came a personnel overhaul. There are six new additions who are expected to go right into the starting lineup, The big additions were at safety. Jalen Thompson was the team's most expensive free agent addition at $33 million over three years, and Dallas traded up one spot to take talented safety Caleb Downs at No. 11 overall . The Cowboys added talent at each level of the defense. It was much needed. The offense shouldn't be a problem. Prescott threw for 4,552 yards and 30 touchdowns last season. CeeDee Lamb is a star at receiver and the team hit big on a trade for George Pickens . It's hard to depend on Pickens not creating a distraction, especially with him getting the one-year franchise tag that is well below what he would have gotten on the open market as a free agent, but Pickens showed last season he's one of the NFL's most dangerous receivers. Javonte Williams had a surprising season at running back ( which earned him a three-year, $24 million extension ) and the Cowboys offensive line is good enough to not be an issue. Let's also include kicker Brandon Aubrey , because it helps any team when reaching the 50-yard line is within field-goal range. As long as the Cowboys offense plays as well as it did last season, the only thing keeping Dallas from a big season is the defense. And it has been completely overhauled, including a full season from trade deadline acquisition Quinnen Williams at defensive tackle. The Cowboys haven't made the NFC championship game since 1995, the longest drought in the conference. Every Cowboys hater knows that fact by heart and recites it often. Dallas has teased everyone so often over the past three decades only to come up short in the playoffs so often that any optimism seems foolish. But the Cowboys are in a spot to put all that to rest. Now they actually have to do it. There wasn't one move that will transform the defense, though that might have come last midseason when the Cowboys traded for defensive tackle Quinnen Williams. This offseason there were a bunch of moves to turn over a defense that was miserable last season. The Cowboys traded with the Packers for edge rusher Rashan Gary , who has 39.5 sacks the past five seasons. He fills a big [... truncated ...]
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Cowboys 2026 roster rundown: WR George Pickens
Since the 2000s began, the Cowboys have had several trades for big-name wide receivers. It’s still too early to make an official proclamation, but so far, the trade for George Pickens is looking like it may be the most successful. Our rundown series now comes to one of Dallas ’ brightest stars, and perhaps their most talked-about player this offseason. Years in NFL: 4 Acquired by: Trade (2025) 2022 was a year of sweeping change for the Pittsburgh Steelers . Ben Roethlisberger retired, there was a new general manager, and the receiver position was also in flux. George Pickens was part of this new offensive era, a second-round pick to go with first-round quarterback Kenny Pickett . Unlike the rookie QB, Pickens was an immediate contributor in a trio with Diontae Johnson and Chase Claypool . Pittsburgh traded Claypool away in November, leaving Johnson and Pickens as the clear starting duo. For three years, Pickens’ talent was clear but so were issues with his maturity and relationship with the Steelers. The team struggled to find its next QB, going through the poo-poo platter of Pickett, Mitch Trubisky , and Mason Rudolph before bringing in Russell Wilson in 2023. While Wilson helped bring some respectability back at QB, Pickens’ status with the team was already breaking down. Criticism of his effort became public, and he went into his fourth year without a clear path forward in Pittsburgh. As it turned out, the path led to Dallas. Pickens and a 2027 sixth-round pick were sent to the Cowboys for a 2026 third-rounder and Dallas’ fifth-round pick in 2027. For the Steelers, it was a decent return on a former second-rounder who they clearly had no intention of re-signing after his rookie deal. For the Cowboys, it was an immediate upgrade at WR2 and a much-needed wingman for CeeDee Lamb , who’d been carrying too much of the receiving load since the departure of Amari Cooper and the decline of Michael Gallup . For Pickens, the fresh start was clearly needed. Whether it was a new set of coaches, the pressure from his expiring contract, finally having the right QB in Dak Prescott , or all of the above, Pickens exploded in 2025 with new career highs of 93 catches for 1,429 yards and nine touchdowns. He went to his first Pro Bowl and was a Second-Team All-Pro. In one year, Pickens went from the Steelers’ chopping block to the Cowboys’ franchise tag. A long-term deal was not reached this offseason, but Pickens reported to all mandatory activities and has said he’s ready to be at camp and play 2026 on the franchise tag. Even with the contract issue, Pickens’ relationship with Dallas seems undamaged and there’s plenty of excitement for his second season. Years Left: 1 2026 Cap Hit: $27.3 million Honestly, we’ve been waiting to do this one until we saw how the contract negotiations played out. But as of July 15th, the window for franchised players to sign a long-term deal closed and Pickens is now locked in to the franchise deal for 2026. We’ll circle back to this circus next February/March. Role: Starting WR Roster Chance: 100% We have one of those “great problems to have” with the rising debate over who the Cowboys’ true franchise receiver is between Pickens and Lamb. How you feel about it depends on what you value in a receiver, and much credit you give one guy’s presence to helping the other thrive. In the end, does it even matter? Dallas has two receivers that would be the clear number one for most NFL teams, so let’s just enjoy it. One of the fascinating things to watch in 2026 will be how defenses adjust to Pickens’ breakout. Does he get increased attention, making life easier for Lamb? Do teams commit so much to stopping the superstar receivers that guys like Ryan Flournoy and Jake Ferguson have huge years? Will Dallas’ running backs be the biggest beneficiaries from high concern over the passing attack? Without a doubt, Pickens’ presence makes all of this possible. As good as Lamb was from 2022-2024, Pickens’ arrival opene [... truncated ...]
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Seahawks, Patriots report to training camp Friday
The last two teams standing in the 2025 season will kick off their 2026 training camps on Friday. Veteran players for the Seahawks and Patriots will report to camp and both teams will hold their first practices of the summer on Saturday. The Cardinals and Panthers, who play in the Hall of Fame Game, became the first two teams to open camp earlier this week. The Seahawks and Patriots are reporting ahead of other teams because they will play the first game of the regular season on September 9 in Seattle . The Seahawks are hosting the game because they beat New England 29-13 in Super Bowl LX. The Rams and 49ers will have their full squads in camp on Saturday and the remaining 26 teams will get things going on July 28
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Former Steelers QB Kenny Pickett ‘begged’ Eagles to trade him
It’s been an eventful two years for former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett. After the Steelers went 3-0 down the stretch to close the 2023 season under Mason Rudolph , clinching a playoff berth in the process, the writing appeared to be on the wall for the University of Pittsburgh product. The Steelers signed Russell Wilson on the first day of the 2024 league year, which led to Pickett requesting a trade. Pittsburgh sent him to Philadelphia , and he was the backup quarterback to Jalen Hurts when the Eagles defeated the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX. In the 2025 offseason, Pickett was traded once again, as he was dealt to the Cleveland Browns for a fourth-round pick. According to Pickett’s former college coach, Pat Narduzzi, the trade away from Philadelphia is a move that Pickett wanted very badly. “The Eagles did not want to trade him,” Narduzzi said on 99.9 The Fan . “He begged to be traded because he wanted to compete, and he felt like he wasn’t going to have a chance to beat out Jalen Hurts.” Pickett competed throughout the spring and summer of 2025 to be the Browns’ starter alongside Joe Flacco , Dillon Gabriel , and Shedeur Sanders . When it was made clear Flacco would be the starter, the Browns traded Pickett to the Las Vegas Raiders . He now finds himself with the Carolina Panthers after signing as a free agent. Let us know what you think in the comments . Be sure to bookmark Behind the Steel Curtain for all the latest news, breakdowns, and more! Ben Roethlisberger says Steelers should release Mason Rudolph Steelers’ Mike McCarthy named coach on hot seat in 2026 Former Steelers safety Ryan Clark releases statement following ESPN firing Steelers WR Roman Wilson listed as player with most on the line in 2026 Former Steelers RB Le’Veon Bell arrested in Ohio
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50 days to kickoff, 50 things you should know going into the 2026 NFL season
With 50 days until the 2026 NFL season begins, this article provides a comprehensive refresher on key events and storylines. It covers Super Bowl LXI being broadcast by ESPN for the first time, the game's placement on Valentine's Day and Presidents' Day weekend, and its venue at SoFi Stadium. The article also highlights a Week 1 rematch between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots, noting it's the third time in recent history that Super Bowl participants have met in the subsequent season opener. It briefly touches on the four teams that have never appeared in a Super Bowl, mentioning the Detroit Lions' recent performance as the NFC's No. 1 playoff seed
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