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When does the NFL preseason kick off?
The Chicago Bears and Houston Texans will meet in the 2024 Hall of Fame Game on Thursday, Aug. 1 at 8 p.m. ET in Canton, Ohio. The game will be broadcast on ESPN and ABC.
The preseason ends on Sunday, Aug. 25, and NFL roster cutdown day is Tuesday, Aug. 27.
What are each team’s preseason and regular-season schedules?
The entire preseason and regular season schedule can be found right here on Yahoo Sports.
What are the top storylines of 2024 NFL training camps?
Lions and left tackle Taylor Decker have agreed to a three-year contract extension worth $60 million, including $31.83 million in guarantees according to his agency @SportsAmdg. A big offseason of taking care of their own in Detroit continues.
“The fact that the 49ers could practically run it back with the same roster after a Super Bowl appearance is rare. They were able to do that because Purdy’s contract is still one of Mr. Irrelevant. His cap hit this season is a little more than $1 million. That will change soon, assuming the 49ers extend him. For now, it keeps the 49ers’ window wide open.”
The 49ers have been heartbreakingly close to a Super Bowl over the past 5 seasons without winning it all. They were the first team ever to lead in overtime of a Super Bowl and not win it. The good news is just about the entire roster returns to try again. https://t.co/bVAJmQmDP6
1. Hard to believe we’re still nitpicking Justin Herbert’s leadership style. But I think as he grows into a veteran role and learns from Harbaugh, that will end.
3. Wideout Quentin Johnston seems to be coming out of whatever the 2023 issues were.
4. Fantasy outlook: I buy that the #Chargers are working hard to establish a sustained run balance. I think in the short-term — if they’re successful — it will curb some of Herbert’s numbers. pic.twitter.com/8nh5yTnFt7
5. I can’t get over the (kinda) ghost train that runs by the practice fields constantly. I fully buy that it will eventually fuel some paranoia.
6. #Chargers defensive coordinator Jesse Minter is working to achieve scheme complexity…but also role simplicity. Very tricky work. pic.twitter.com/qXjgkrwuWP
7. Of all the analogies of #Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh, it’s the “gliding to 30,000 feet” that matters most. This franchise can be retooled correctly and sustainably with Harbaugh and GM Joe Hortiz…if everyone has a little patience. Column: https://t.co/tD41MpK4Vm
Anthony Richardson + Jonathan Taylor = Colts fans excited
Christian Barmore would be huge loss for Patriots defense
Patriots DT Christian Barmore recently signed a four-year extension with the team worth up to $84 million. He also turned 25 on Sunday.
Barmore had a breakout third season in 2023 after the Patriots drafted him in the second round of the 2021 NFL Draft. The former Alabama player appeared in all 17 games and had 65 tackles with 8.5 sacks and 13 tackles for loss. The extension he signed with the team included over $40 million in guaranteed money.
Christian Barmore is a centerpiece of New England’s defense. (Photo by Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
Cowboys DE Sam Williams reportedly feared to have torn ACL
Patriots’ Christian Barmore diagnosed with blood clots
There’s currently no timetable for the fourth-year DT’s return. It’d be a big loss for a Patriots defense that’s expected to be the strength of the team.
Packers make Jordan Love deal official
Dotted line = signed
Yahoo Sports hits Colts camp
Chiefs’ Chris Jones sits out of Sunday practice with groin strain
Kansas City Chiefs star defensive lineman Chris Jones sat out of practice Sunday, dealing with a groin injury that isn’t believed to be serious, per NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero.
#Chiefs coach Andy Reid says Pro Bowl DL Chris Jones, who missed practice today, is dealing with a groin strain.
Cowboys DE Sam Williams carted off during practice
Williams has 8.5 sacks his first two seasons since being drafted in the second round by Dallas in 2022
Tua has so many people to thank after earning new contract
Come for Tua Tagovailoa giving his thanks to all Dolphins figures that helped him get to earning this massive contact extension. Stay for his adorable son, Ace, wanting to be close to his dad on stage. pic.twitter.com/KIznBkgy4R
Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa (featuring his son Ace stealing the show) on securing generational wealth for his family with 4-year, $212.4 million extension. pic.twitter.com/QPijlnbkSU
*His spatial awareness has also caught OC Shane Waldron’s eye
*Tyson Bagent (whose play recall really impressed me, BTW) tells me they’re encouraged to scramble without hesitation (yes sounds paradoxical to pocket poise but QBing is often paradoxical) pic.twitter.com/8lmNUA58sj
Caleb Williams shows why Bears drafted him No. 1 overall
LAKE FOREST, Ill. — July practices are the time to learn each other’s tendencies and trying new things.
But as Caleb Williams found wide receiver Tyler Scott for yet another deep touchdown in training camp, members of the coaching staff thought to themselves: Look at his ability to extend the play. Look at his grasp of the field.
“He had that natural feeling, that natural spatial awareness [that], ‘Hey, there’s a void that shouldn’t have been there based on what the coverage structure might have played out as, but it played out a little different,” offensive coordinator Shane Waldron said. “He’s starting to feel the tight-window throws that are a part of the NFL.
aleb Williams is already flashing his potential. (CAP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Check out this D’Andre Swift catch
The Bears’ new running back got UP
Lamar Jackson is back at Ravens practice
Anthony Richardson –> Michael Pittman Jr.
It’s just camp, and it’s just against air, but this could absolutely be one of the NFL’s top QB-WR duos this season
Reminder: Bears have TWO top-10 rookies to be excited about
WR Rome Odunze is turning heads in camp so far as well, which is great news for Caleb Williams.
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Revisiting Cowboys camp
1. Dak Prescott had a little moment of public negotiation. Pretty subtle, but that’s Dak.
2. Rookie first rounder Tyler Guyton isn’t a fixture with the first team OL yet. But he will be eventually. Or has to be, so long as he can keep Dak safe. pic.twitter.com/rF9HO6AvGN
3. Trey Lance looks like…well, does it really matter yet? He’s going to get some work in preseason games and that will say far more than anything right now.
5. I can’t remember the last time I was at a camp-opening presser for Dallas and there wasn’t a surreal moment in the Jerry Jones experience. Thursday was no different.
6. Cowboys are going to try like hell to get 2023 first round pick Mazi Smith on track. There’s a ways to go. pic.twitter.com/9RjVpeSGwW
Jerry Jones said sometimes he can’t afford what he wants. Dak Prescott said he doesn’t fear potentially leaving. And the Dallas #Cowboys 2024 season will remain focused through that dynamic until some kind of resolution develops. Camp column: https://t.co/uMePEszqW9
The initial numbers for Tua Tagovailoa put him at $53.1 million per year, which makes him the third-highest paid QB in the NFL in annual value, behind Joe Burrow and Trevor Lawrence (both at $55M/year).
The 5th-year QB led the NFL with 4,624 passing yards last season along with a career-high 29 touchdown passes and 14 interceptions. He’d been a limited participant in training camp practices thus far, but that will surely change now that he has a fresh contract secured.
The #Dolphins and their QB Tua Tagovailoa have a deal!
Sources tell me and @MikeGarafolo they’ve agreed to terms on 4-year, $212.4M contract extension to lock him in long-term. At long-last, Miami’s franchise QB is paid like it. 💰 💰 💰 pic.twitter.com/rW5sTJzBQo
QB Lamar Jackson remains sidelined with an illness and will not practice today. He continues to undergo further evaluation and receive care from our medical team.
For the fourth time in five camp practices, QB Lamar Jackson isn’t practicing because of an illness. Per team, Jackson “continues to undergo further evaluation and receive care from our medical team.”
The 28-year-old Peppers is entering his eighth NFL season and second with New England. In two seasons with the Patriots he has 127 tackles and two interceptions in 32 games.
Lions K Michael Badgley tore hamstring during Thursday’s practice
Vikings rookie Dallas Turner on late Khyree Jackson: ‘As long as I’m alive, I’ll rep his name’
Before practice today, Vikings rookie LB Dallas Turner kneeled at one of the memorials the team has for Khyree Jackson. Stayed there for about a minute. He’ll attend Jackson’s funeral tomorrow, he said. pic.twitter.com/ZdB0eCSmt3
Vikings rookie linebacker Dallas Turner played two seasons with Khyree Jackson at Alabama before reuniting as part of Minnesota’s 2024 draft class.
“I talk to him all the time … and get the chills every single time I talk to him,” Turner said Thursday. “So, I know he’s watching over me.”
“As long as I’m alive,” Turner added, “I’ll rep his name.”
Jackson, the Vikings’ fourth-round pick out of Oregon, was one of three people killed in an automobile accident in Maryland earlier this month. Also dying in the crash were Isaiah Hazel, who played at Maryland and UNC Charlotte, and Anthony “AJ” Lytton, who played his college ball at Florida State and Penn State.
Vikings players will honor Jackson this season with “KJ” decals worn on their helmets. Additionally, coaches and staff will wear pins matching the design of the decal.
The Vikings announced that they will pay Jackson’s full signing bonus to his family. According to Spotrac, Jackson would have been paid a $827,148 bonus as part of his contract. For the 2024 season, he was set to receive $206,787.
Jim Harbaugh getting in some work with the Chargers
J.K. Dobbins ready for a return
J.K. Dobbins on Achilles status: “This injury, I don’t feel nothing. I actually feel faster.”
Dobbins, 25, has suffered a torn ACL and a torn Achilles tendon since 2021. He had 134 carries for 805 yards and 9 touchdowns in his only full NFL season, which happened to be his first in the league in 2020.
Raiders GM Tom Telesco on Michael Gallup’s retirement: ‘That just kind of came up out of the blue’
“I didn’t see that one coming at all,” Las Vegas Raiders GM Tom Telesco said, via The Athletic’s Tashan Reed. “That just kind of came up out of the blue. When I talked to him, it seemed like he had a pretty clear vision. He’s ready to move on. It’s too bad.”
Gallup, 28, played six seasons in the NFL, all of them with the Dallas Cowboys. He signed a one-year, $3 million contract with the Raiders as a free agent this offseason and projected to play in a backup role.
Notes from Cowboys camp: Dak’s curious comments, Jerry Jones oddities and more
1. Dak Prescott had a little moment of public negotiation. Pretty subtle, but that’s Dak.
2. Rookie first rounder Tyler Guyton isn’t a fixture with the first team OL yet. But he will be eventually. Or has to be, so long as he can keep Dak safe. pic.twitter.com/rlZFX6zo3J
3. Trey Lance looks like…well, does it really matter yet? He’s going to get some work in preseason games and that will say far more than anything right now.
5. I can’t remember the last time I was at a camp-opening presser for Dallas and there wasn’t a surreal moment in the Jerry Jones experience. Thursday was no different.
6. Cowboys are going to try like hell to get 2023 first round pick Mazi Smith on track. There’s a ways to go. pic.twitter.com/rtSWV4DmNa
“Whatchya gonna do” when Hulk Hogan shows up to camp?
The Detroit Lions are the training camp to be at these days, with celebrities of all kinds stopping by. Legendary WWE wrestler Hulk Hogan cut a promo with head coach Dan Campbell:
And multi-class boxing champion Claressa Shields also made an appearance:
Interesting moment from Dak Prescott
Speaking to the media after practice, Prescott grinned and stopped, then said:
“I’m gonna say it. I want to be here, but when you look [it] up, all the other great quarterbacks that I watched played for other teams [than their first team]. … That’s not something to fear.”
The Raiders have a Patrick Mahomes/Kermit the Frog puppet
Do what you will with this information
Ja’Marr Chase not practicing with Bengals for second straight day
Chase, one of the NFL’s best wide receivers, wants a new contract, likely in line with Justin Jefferson’s record-setting deal earlier this summer.
The fourth-year Pro Bowler is set to make $1 million in base salary this season and $4.86 million overall. Bengals team owner Mike Brown said the team will “try hard” to extend Chase earlier this week, though his comments have only cast more cloudiness on the situation.
Definitely something to watch.
Developing story in Cincinnati: Ja’Marr Chase is not practicing as it gets underway on Thursday for a second consecutive day. He is standing on the sidelines as his team stretches in uniform w/ no helmet. He was at practice yesterday but didn’t participate.
Deshaun Watson getting work in with new WR Jerry Jeudy at Browns camp
Notes from Rams camp: Run game, sixth-round rookie to watch and much more
1. The running game will be better. The interior OL will be better. Two more things that could keep Matthew Stafford around for a while.
2. 6th round wideout Jordan Whittington won’t replicate Puka’s breakout rookie year. But long term development? “Deebo Samuel”-esque tools. pic.twitter.com/jiYmhoFiKk
3. It’s going to be an important year for Stetson Bennett’s young NFL career in terms of showing maturity every day.
4. Fantasy outlook, rookie Blake Corum is going to get some looks, but Kyren Williams is unquestionably the guy at running back. He’ll carry the load if healthy. pic.twitter.com/p7Zfndu1lQ
3. It’s going to be an important year for Stetson Bennett’s young NFL career in terms of showing maturity every day.
4. Fantasy outlook, rookie Blake Corum is going to get some looks, but Kyren Williams is unquestionably the guy at running back. He’ll carry the load if healthy. pic.twitter.com/p7Zfndu1lQ
5. The #Rams win the career earnings race at QB, with Matthew Stafford and Jimmy Garoppolo having earned the GDP of a small country (and counting): $476.9 million.
6. The staff is thrilled with free agent signing Kam Curl. A modest addition they think will pay major dividends. pic.twitter.com/HFP3KJg1QT
The #Rams and Matthew Stafford moved some money around and found a financial balance that helps both moving forward. Now they can get to work with an offense that might be the best since Stafford arrived. Column: https://t.co/omIuSXi6XH
Here’s the reason Russell Wilson was held out of Steelers camp today
#Steelers coach Mike Tomlin told reporters that QB Russell Wilson is dealing with a calf issue that he woke up with and he’s considered day-to-day. Justin Fields took the first-team reps.
Cowboys CEO Stephen Jones comments on star players’ contract situations
Cowboys CEO Stephen Jones: Both wideout CeeDee Lamb and edge rusher Micah Parsons believe they’re worthy of being the highest paid non-QB in the NFL.
My thought: So there’s that in terms of salary crunch. Along with Dak Prescott potentially being the highest-paid player in the NFL.
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