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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
Jaxon Smith-Njigba
WR · SEA · 24 yrs · exp 3 · Ohio State
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Leonard Williams becomes latest Seahawks star to get paid with three-year, $90 million extension, per report
Leonard Williams signs a 3-year, $90 million extension with the Seattle Seahawks
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2026 Fantasy football predictions at Polymarket: Josh Allen, Jahmyr Gibbs favored as overall points leader
Josh Allen and Jahmyr Gibbs are favored to be the overall points leaders in fantasy football for the 2026 NFL season at Polymarket
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Agent's Take: Why early extensions for NFL first-round picks are becoming the new normal
A growing trend sees NFL teams extending contracts of first-round picks after their third season, with 10 such deals in 2026, potentially reaching 11 with Christian Gonzalez and the Patriots. Many of these extensions have set new pay records for their positions, including Will Anderson Jr., Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Devon Witherspoon, Jalen Carter, Peter Skoronski, Bijan Robinson, and Jahmyr Gibbs
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A new Seahawks 53-man roster projection after Week 1 of preseason
Did any Seahawks players help or hurt their case for a roster spot after the Cowboys game?
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Mike Macdonald: Seahawks’ ‘Established starters’ won’t play vs. Cowboys
Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald has announced that established starters, including Sam Darnold and Jaxon Smith-Njigba, will not play in Saturday night's game against the Cowboys. They will only participate in warm-ups
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Cowboys' Dak Prescott on George Pickens' future contract: 'He should get every dollar that he deserves'
Count Dak Prescott among the many people in Dallas who think the Cowboys should back up the Brinks truck and pay George Pickens his money. CeeDee Lamb already spoke earlier this week about his desire to see the Cowboys keep his running mate around over the long term, and on Thursday, it was Prescott's turn to advocate for the team to spend up and keep one of the league's best receiver duos intact. "George, you know he loves football. And at the end of the day, it's not for the money," Prescott said during an appearance on Up & Adams . "However, he should get every dollar that he deserves because he's a hell of a player. And we should probably give it to him sooner than later because [the price] is only gonna go up." Alas, the Cowboys actually cannot pay Pickens anytime soon. The deadline for franchise-tagged players to sign a long-term deal with their team passed back in July, and Pickens signed his franchise tag. He will play this season on a fully guaranteed, one-year, $27.3 million contract, and the Cowboys won't be able to give him a long-term deal until after the Super Bowl . Prescott is correct, though, about the price only going up. The wide receiver market has exploded over the last few years, and Jaxon Smith-Njigba set a new high-water mark at the position with the four-year, $168.6 million contract extension he signed this offseason. If Pickens comes anywhere close to replicating what he did in Dallas last year, when he caught 93 passes for 1,429 yards and nine touchdowns and was named both a Pro-Bowler and Second Team All-Pro, he is going to get paid at or near the top of the market by somebody, whether it's the Cowboys or another team. That is going to happen. (Unless the Cowboys use the franchise tag on Pickens for a second time.) As we wrote earlier this week, investing in both Lamb and Pickens on long-term deals wouldn't exactly be unheard of. The Bengals paid both Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins , the Lions paid both Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jameson Williams , the Dolphins paid both Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle before later moving on from both of them and the Eagles paid both A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith before trading Brown this offseason. The difference, of course, is that the secondary receivers among those duos got paid quite a bit less than the No. 1s, whereas if Pickens has a season that's even close to representative of his talent, he might earn a contract that pays him even more than Lamb. Paying two wideouts at that level would be somewhat unprecedented -- and somewhat complicated for a team that is also paying Prescott, Tyler Smith and the recently-extended Quinnen Williams near the top of the market at their respective positions. Still, the Cowboys can absolutely afford to do it if they want to. We've seen plenty of teams pay numerous players at or near the top of the market for their positions by massaging cap hits with bonuses and void years, kicking the can down the road on the cap.(The Eagles are experts at this, and the Lions will soon have to be as well, given how many players they have paid in recent years.) The salary cap can be manipulated in pretty much any way you want to do it in the short term, as long as you're willing to eat dead cap hits somewhere down the line. Jerry Jones himself admitted that it's realistic for the Cowboys to pay Pickens. The only open questions here are whether Pickens will keep his head on straight and perform like he did last year, and whether the Cowboys will be willing to open the checkbook if and when he does
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Agent's Take: Why NFL tight ends have been left behind by contract boom, plus 3 stars who could reset market
The 2026 league year, which began on March 11, has been great financially for most major offensive positions. Patrick Mahomes became the first quarterback to break the $60 million-per-year barrier. Jaxon Smith-Njigba topped Ja'Marr Chase as the NFL's highest-paid wide receiver . Saquon Barkley dropped to fourth on the running back pay scale, with Jahmyr Gibbs , who now leads the way, Bijan Robinson and Jonathan Taylor joining him in the $20 million-per-year club last week. Offensive tackle Laremy Tunsil's contract extension made him the first and only $30 million-per-year offensive lineman. Peter Skoronski just established a new benchmark for offensive guards at $25 million per year. It may be short-lived if the Indianapolis Colts sign Quenton Nelson , who is in a contract year, to a new deal. The most shocking development has been Tyler Linderbaum resetting the center market by a whopping 50% when he signed a three-year, $81 million contract averaging $27 million per year with the Las Vegas Raiders in free agency. Tight ends are the exception to this offensive salary boom. A career-high 88 receptions, nearly 1,000 receiving yards and a second-team All-Pro selection in 2025, leading to a franchise tag, weren't enough for Kyle Pitts to move the needle for tight ends . His three-year, $53 million deal with the Atlanta Falcons in June made him the NFL's third-highest-paid tight end at $17,666,667 per year. Pitts did establish a new tight end record with $36 million fully guaranteed at signing. A stagnant tight end market isn't anything new. Jimmy Graham became the league's first $10 million-per-year tight end in 2014 when he signed a four-year, $40 million contract with the New Orleans Saints as a franchise player. The mark wasn't eclipsed until 2020, when Austin Hooper got a four-year, $42 million deal averaging $10.5 million per year from the Cleveland Browns as an unrestricted free agent. The massive reset came later in 2020 during training camp. George Kittle signed a five-year, $75 million contract extension averaging $15 million per year with the San Francisco 49ers . Travis Kelce quickly followed suit with a team-friendly four-year, $57.25 million extension averaging $14,312,500 per year from the Kansas City Chiefs . Six years later, the tight end market has yet to hit the $20 million-per-year mark. Kittle is currently the highest-paid tight end with the backloaded four-year, $76.4 million extension averaging $19.1 million per year that he signed with the 49ers in April 2025. There's $22.4 million in Kittle's 2029 contract year, when he will be 36. The first three new years of Kittle's extension average $18 million per year. Kittle's deal came about a month after Trey McBride signed a four-year, $76 million extension averaging $19 million per year with the Arizona Cardinals . The first three new years of McBride's extension average $19,333,333 per year. McBride's $43 million in overall guarantees are the most ever for a tight end. There's a big drop-off in tight end salaries after Kittle, McBride and Pitts. Isaiah Likely is next at $13,333,333 per year. The three-year, $40 million deal Likely signed with the New York Giants is worth a maximum of $47.2 million through incentives. It wasn't too long ago that nearly three times as many tight ends as today were making $13.5 million per year or more. Eight tight ends on multiyear contracts were above that mark in 2023. A subset of the overall tight end market has reached new heights in 2026. Charlie Kolar became the first blocking tight end to eclipse the $8 million-per-year mark when he signed a three-year, $24.3 million deal with the Los Angeles Chargers during free agency in March. Darnell Washington took blocking tight end salaries to an unprecedented level in June. He received a four-year, $42 million extension from the Pittsburgh Steelers , making him the first blocking tight end to reach the $10 million-per-year mark. The gap between the highest-paid tight en [... truncated ...]
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Jaxon Smith-Njigba Almost Unstoppable at Seahawks Camp
Jaxon Smith-Njigba impresses at Seahawks camp with multiple touchdown passes and praise from head coach Mike Macdonald
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Jadarian Price Will Be Hard to Keep Off the Field
Seattle Seahawks running back Jadarian Price could be pressing for a bigger role in the team's backfield rotation right away
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Stephen Jones believes 'it's realistic' to keep CeeDee Lamb, George Pickens long term
The Steelers all but gave away George Pickens in the 2025 offseason, trading him to the Cowboys for a third-round pick. The wide receiver set new career highs with 93 catches for 1,429 yards and nine touchdowns and made his first Pro Bowl. CeeDee Lamb, the Cowboys’ No. 1 wideout, had 75 receptions for 1,077 yards and three touchdowns in 14 games last season. The Cowboys have both back for this season, but with Pickens playing 2026 under the one-year, $27.3 million franchise tag, the team will have a decision to make in 2027. Do the Cowboys try to keep both? If they keep only one, which one? The Cowboys have $94 million a year currently committed to Dak Prescott and Lamb. If Pickens has another season like last season, he will want to be paid at the top or near the top of the wide receiver market, which is led by Jaxon Smith-Njigba’s $42.150 million per season. Executive vice president Stephen Jones noted that the Cowboys will pay defensive tackle Quinnen Williams but said he believes they can find a way to keep Lamb and Pickens. “Yeah, just you got to tell me the rest [of our spending], too,” Jones told Jori Epstein of Yahoo Sports. “At some point, you’ve got to figure that out. But no, I think it’s realistic .” In 2021, Lamb’s second season, he passed Amari Cooper as the team’s No. 1 wide receiver. The Cowboys shipped Cooper to the Browns for a fifth-round pick and spent the next four years looking for a No. 2 wide receiver until they acquired Pickens. Dallas had three different wideouts (Noah Brown, Brandin Cooks and Jalen Tolbert) as their second-leading wideout behind Lamb in the three seasons from 2022-24. The Cowboys’ 4,527 passing yards in 2025 ranked second only to the Rams and, with all 11 starters back, prompted Prescott this offseason to name the team’s offense the Greatest Offense There Is (GOTI). Few teams have the duo that the Cowboys have in Lamb and Pickens. “I’d say the two of them did pretty damn good,” Jones told Epstein. “Would you take that again? Hell, yeah, you would. But can they be better? I think they can. And the good news is it’s not like we’re naked without them.” Lamb already is campaigning the Cowboys to find a way to keep Pickens, knowing it makes his job easier. “I’m sure we can make a way,” Lamb told Epstein. “I know it’s going to be a little crazy, but I know we can make a way for this one. Listen, this is my advocation: '@ Jerry, can you please figure out a way? Let’s figure it out. I don’t care what needs to happen.’ “‘Let’s figure it out and it’s going to get you a couple more championships.’”
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Jadarian Price Without Timetable for Return
Jadarian Price's return is uncertain due to a lower body injury
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Bears' Luther Burden III sidelined with groin injury: Here's when breakout candidate could return
The Chicago Bears experienced a scary moment during Saturday's practice when second-year wideout Luther Burden III and cornerback Tyrique Stevenson suffered injuries after a one-on-one rep in the red zone. Stevenson felt good enough to return to practice, while Burden did not. He was spotted walking gingerly toward the locker room with trainers. CBS Sports' Matt Zenitz reports that Burden suffered a groin injury and is expected to miss about a month. The Bears hope he can return for the Sept. 13 season opener against the Carolina Panthers . With DJ Moore in Buffalo, Burden is expected to headline Caleb Williams ' receiving corps along with Rome Odunze . With Burden sidelined, Zavion Thomas and Jahdae Walker should be in line to receive more reps. Burden missing the entire preseason is not ideal, but it could have been much worse. Chicago has high hopes for its former No. 39 overall pick this year, and head coach Ben Johnson said earlier this offseason that he's "buying stock" in him. "Just how he's approached his offseason, it's been electric," Johnson said. "He showed up yesterday, he had numerous explosive plays. I loved how in Phase 2 he was finishing every single rep that he took, and that really translated over to yesterday as well. So, he's in a really good spot. He's still developing and growing his route tree ... "He's been extremely coachable, so I'm really happy with him." In his first NFL season, Burden caught 47 passes for 652 yards and two touchdowns in 15 games played. He missed two games with a concussion and an ankle issue. Burden ranked third among wide receivers in yards per route run with 2.71 (min. 200 routes), trailing only Offensive Player of the Year Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Puka Nacua . According to CBS Sports Research, those 2.71 yards per route run were the most by a rookie wide receiver in the past 10 seasons. 2025 Luther Burden III 2.71 2019 A.J. Brown 2.68 2020 Justin Jefferson 2.66 2023 Puka Nacua 2.60 2021 Ja'Marr Chase 2.51 The CBS Sports Fantasy Football team ranks Burden as WR27, projecting he will catch 73 passes for 1,057 yards and six touchdowns in 2026
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With a new contract due, Puka Nacua makes agent change
Rams receiver Puka Nacua has changed agents as he heads into negotiations for a new contract. Nacua is currently on his rookie deal, earning $5.767 million in 2026, a figure significantly lower than other receivers drafted in his class. His contract situation is further complicated by a lawsuit alleging he bit a woman, which could lead to a suspension and impact any new deal
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Show me the money: The next seven NFL players to get paid big bucks, including Rams' Puka Nacua
It has felt like the summer of extensions, hasn't it? Super Bowl champion Jaxon Smith-Njigba became the highest-paid wide receiver in NFL history with a new deal that averages $42.15 million per season, while Will Anderson Jr . is set to make a whopping $50 million per year rushing the passer down in Houston. Drake London of the Atlanta Falcons signed a massive $141 million extension that places him in the top three of highest-paid wide receivers, and there's Darnell Wright of the Chicago Bears , who is your new highest-paid right tackle of all time. NFL fans may be ready to turn their attention to actual football now that the calendar has flipped to August, but we are not done with contract extensions just yet. Front offices around the NFL are working feverishly to give their star players the long-term security they are after, and there are multiple position markets that could be reset in the coming days. Below, we will break down seven players who could cash in in the very near future. These are the guys that are next in line for the big bucks. The former fifth-round pick out of BYU has established himself as one of the best wide receivers in the NFL. Puka Nacua led the NFL in receptions (129), receiving yards per game (107.2) and yards per route run (3.71) last season. He actually boasts the highest receiving yards per game total (95.3) in NFL history. Back in March, I pointed out there was an " extension race" between the Seattle Seahawks and the Los Angeles Rams with their star wideouts, and the Seahawks beat their rivals to the punch with JSN's record-breaking deal. You have to wonder how much tougher that made life for Les Snead and Co. Nacua is set to make $5,767,000 on the final year of his rookie deal, which is a ridiculous bargain. When he does sign his extension, it will be worth more than the $42.15 million AAV Smith-Njigba secured. Highest-paid player at position : Jaxon Smith-Njigba ($42.15 million) We saw a similar "extension race" between the Detroit Lions and Falcons this offseason, and Atlanta won said race by agreeing to a three-year extension with Bijan Robinson that carries a maximum of $75 million. The deal reportedly includes $51 million in guaranteed money, which is the highest total for a running back on a second deal. Robinson had been "holding in" at training camp as he awaited this contract, and so is Jahmyr Gibbs in Detroit. Lions head coach Dan Campbell said Robinson's extension "is certainly not gonna hurt" Gibbs' situation, but I disagree. The running back market was just reset by about $2 million per year, and by much more when it comes to guaranteed money. The price to extend Gibbs just went up. There's motivation to get a deal done and get Gibbs back on the practice field. He's one of the best running backs in the NFL and a pillar of the Lions' offense. No player has scored more touchdowns in their first three seasons in NFL history (49). How long could this hold-in last? Is Gibbs going to show signs of rust by the regular season? Highest-paid player at position : Bijan Robinson ($22.5 million) I was confident that Devon Witherspoon was going to reset the cornerback market in July, and then boom, Denzel Ward comes out of nowhere with a two-year, $62.2 million extension. The former No. 5 overall pick out of Illinois is just the third defensive back in the last 40 years to be selected to the Pro Bowl in each of their first three seasons, joining Charles Woodson and Patrick Peterson . Pro Bowls aren't the ultimate indicator of success, but it's not hard to see that Witherspoon is a stud. What really stands out about him is that he's just as competitive and effective in blitzing the quarterback and serving in run support as he is in covering wide receivers downfield. An absolute menace for this new-look "Legion of Boom" who deserves to reset the corner market. Highest-paid player at position : Denzel Ward ($31.1 million) Christian Gonzalez is another cornerback who should reset the [... truncated ...]
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Ravens extending Zay Flowers: Baltimore retaining Lamar Jackson's top target with reported four-year deal
The Baltimore Ravens took care of one of their own on Tuesday by coming to terms with two-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Zay Flowers on a four-year, $140 million contract extension with $108 million guaranteed, per ESPN . The new deal matches Minnesota Vikings 2022 NFL Offensive Player of the Year wide receiver Justin Jefferson's four-year, $140 million deal as being tied for the fourth-highest average per year salary ($35 million) at the wide receiver position. Flowers is reportedly signing for just $2 million fewer guaranteed dollars, $108 million, than Jefferson did, $110 million. "Great day for the Ravens. Shoutout to Zay Flowers," new Baltimore head coach Jesse Minter said Tuesday . "When your best players are just the right type of people, and they bring the right type of mentality and everything marries together. Those are the types of guys it's such a great thing when stuff like that happens for them. Nothing better as a coach to see those guys get what they deserve. Really happy for Zay and excited for him. Can't wait to see him thrive in our offense." We have agreed to terms with WR Zay Flowers on a multi-year contract extension!! pic.twitter.com/DtQRwIVVfr Flowers earned Pro Bowl selections in each of the last two years thanks to consecutive 1,000-yard receiving seasons, including a career-high 1,211 in 2025 -- the seventh-most in the league and second-most in a single season in Ravens history. Tight end Mark Andrews holds the team mark with 1,361 yards in 2021. The 25-year-old is clearly entrenched as two-time NFL MVP quarterback Lamar Jackson's top target after his receiving yardage accounted for 36.9% of Baltimore's team total, the second-highest rate in the entire league. Only 2025 NFL Offensive Player of the Year wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba , accounting for 44.1% of the Seattle Seahawks ' receiving yards with a league-leading 1,793, was more than Flowers' team rate. Jaxon Smith-Njigba (SEA) 44.1% Zay Flowers (BAL) 36.9% Puka Nacua (LAR) 36.4% Ja'Marr Chase (CIN) 33.3% Justin Jefferson (MIN) 32.7% Tetaiora McMillan (CAR) 30.7% Baltimore chose to extend Flowers in the first offseason he was eligible to sign an extension, after his third NFL season, so the Ravens now reap the rewards of this contract likely aging nicely over the next few years as the league's salary cap continues to rise
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Zay Flowers, Ravens agree to four-year extension
The Ravens have locked up one of their young offensive players. Baltimore and receiver Zay Flowers have agreed to a four-year contract extension, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports. The deal is worth a reported $140 million, with $108 million guaranteed. Flowers’ deal puts him just behind Drake London in terms of average new money per year at $35 million. Jaxon Smith-Njigba’s contract leads the market at $42.15 million per year. The No. 22 overall pick of the 2023 draft, Flowers was already under contract through 2027 after Baltimore exercised his fifth-year option in the spring. Flowers became the first wide receiver in Ravens franchise history to be selected to the Pro Bowl in 2024. He was again selected to the Pro Bowl in 2025, having caught 86 passes for 1,211 yards with five touchdowns in 17 games. Overall, Flowers has caught 237 passes for 3,128 yards with 14 TDs in 50 games over his three seasons. He’s also registered nine receptions for 156 yards with a touchdown in two playoff games
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Trade: Luther Burden, Jeremiyah Love, Jaxon Smith-Njigba
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$20 Hot Boy Gang Gang trade — SteelCity757 received: Jeremiyah Love and Luther Burden. Milkbro52 received: Jaxon Smith-Njigba and 2027 2nd round pick (orig SteelCity757)
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