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INDIANAPOLIS – The Minnesota Vikings’ goal this offseason is to keep the band together in 2024. During Tuesday’s media session at the NFL Scouting Combine, Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell and general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah spoke confidently about the club’s ability to re-sign Kirk Cousins, who is headed to free agency next month. “I believe…

INDIANAPOLIS — Sixteen days after making one of the biggest plays in the Chiefs’ latest Super Bowl triumph, Chris Jones is again a headlining topic for Kansas City. This time, though, it’s not about the past, but what lies ahead for the All-Pro defensive tackle. After finishing the 2023 season on the highest of notes,…

Pittsburgh Steelers running back Najee Harris spoke to the media on Wednesday for the first time since the team declined his fifth-year option in the spring. The former first-round pick is taking a positive mental approach to his future. “I was disappointed for a minute, but it’s nothing really where me sitting around being disappointed…

The Seattle Seahawks have a new head coach for the first time in 14 seasons, with Mike Macdonald taking over for Pete Carroll. The Seahawks’ top three coaches are all first-timers at their positions. The 36-year-old Macdonald hasn’t been a head coach outside of high school football. Offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb is making his first…

An offseason of change is underway for the Chicago Bears, who parted ways with two of their longest-tenured players on Thursday. Former Pro Bowlers Eddie Jackson and Cody Whitehair, Chicago draft picks with a combined 15 seasons of service in the Windy City, were released, the team announced. The departures of Whitehair, a starting offensive…

Kliff Kingsbury’s return to the NFL as an offensive coordinator comes with an expected catch. He arrives in Washington with his most recent coaching stop coming at USC, where star quarterback Caleb Williams played the last two seasons, and now that Kingsbury has moved to the Commanders, most everybody wants an answer to the same…

A new era in Foxborough is underway, and Patriots running back Rhamondre Stevenson has a specific role he’d like to play under head coach Jerod Mayo. “I want to be the featured back for the Patriots,” Stevenson recently told Nicole Yang of the Boston Globe. Stevenson is coming off a down campaign, which ended on…