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Getty Images Free-agent linebacker Clay Matthews has two million reasons to create the impression that he’s willing to play in 2020. Matthews has $2 million in guaranteed compensation from the Rams this year, subject to reduction based on money earned elsewhere. As the potential argument would...

Getty Images Add Rams cornerback Jalen Ramsey to the list of players getting their contract extensions done before the start of the regular season. Ramsey and the Rams have been talking about a deal for some time and the Rams announced that it was done on Wednesday morning. The team announced...

Getty Images Longtime cornerback Aqib Talib announced his retirement Wednesday morning, despite what he said was an attractive job offer. The 34-year-old Talib went on IR for the Rams last October, and was then traded to the Dolphins to not play there. But he said that he got a call from “my...

Getty Images Rams rookie linebacker Terrell Lewis will have to wait to make his NFL debut. The third-round pick was placed on the non-football injury list on Wednesday. He’ll need to be out at least six weeks before he will become eligible to return to the active roster. Lewis is dealing with...

USA TODAY Sports Amari Cooper spent much of last season on the Cowboys’ injury report. He begins this season on their injury report, too, but the good news is that he had a full practice Wednesday. The receiver missed the last four full practices of training camp with an unknown injury. The...

Getty Images Tuesday’s PFT Live featured a three-man draft for one of the top individual awards eventually to be named after the NFL season ends. Defensive player of the year. Won in 2019 by Patriots cornerback Stephon Gilmore, who will win it this time around? Peter King, Chris Simms, and I...

Getty Images The folks who create the video game that enjoys the exclusive license from the NFL not only has welcomed quarterback Colin Kaepernick back to the game but also has given him an 81 overall rating. That number is higher than the initial rating for more than half of the league’s...

Getty Images Just before the start of last season, the Rams signed quarterback Jared Goff to a four-year, $134 million contract. Then, 2019 happened. The buzz of a Super Bowl run the year before quickly subsided, the Rams backslid to 9-7, and Goff’s own play wasn’t to the level they expected...

Getty Images The Rams have a problem. It easily can be solved, but it’s still a problem. The Rams are currently $400,000 over the salary cap. They have until 4:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday to get under the cap. The “or else” is irrelevant; they’ll do it. It won’t take much elbow grease to create...

Getty Images Rams head coach Sean McVay didn’t say who would start at running back for his team against the Cowboys in Week One, but it doesn’t sound like being the first back up will matter all that much to the offense. McVay said the plan is for “a three-back rotation that you feel really...

Getty Images Panthers owner David Tepper remains the NFL’s richest single owner, according to the list of the 400 wealthiest Americans compiled by Forbes magazine. Tepper’s 41st on the overall list, with an estimated net worth of $13 billion. That’s the kind of wealth that allows you to pay...

Getty Images With the regular season approaching, the time is coming for the potential completion of contracts with players closing in on the completion of their rookie contracts. On Monday, Rams coach Sean McVay was asked about the possibility of a deal being done in the coming days with...

Getty Images Rams defensive coordinaor Brandon Staley will welcome a familiar face to the team this week. The Rams claimed linebacker Justin Hollins off of waivers on Sunday. Hollins was waived by the Broncos and Staley was the team’s outside linebackers coach last season. Hollins was a...

Getty Images Some coaches, like Bruce Arians, flatly refuse to ever welcome Hard Knocks to town because they don’t want to allow cameras to invade the personal and private meetings with players whose NFL journeys have ended, at least for now. Last year, Raiders coach Jon Gruden minimized scenes...

Getty Images The Rams announced 17 cuts on Friday, so they only had 10 players to excise from the roster to get down to 53 players on Saturday. They went a little bit farther. The Rams announced that they waived nine while also placing linebacker Travin Howard on injured reserve and defensive...

Getty Images The Cowboys lost center Travis Frederick to retirement this offseason. They will lose right tackle La'el Collins to injured reserve for at least three weeks. Todd Archer of ESPN reports the Cowboys will place Collins on IR on Sunday. Linebacker Sean Lee also will go on the IR...

Getty Images The Rams have a little work left to do to get to 53 players by Saturday afternoon’s deadline, but they’re ahead of many other teams after announcing 17 cuts on Friday. Their announcement confirms that the Rams have cut kickers Lirim Hajrullahu and Austin MacGinnis. That leaves Sam...

Getty Images No wonder Cowboys owner Jerry Jones felt “positive” about Randy Gregory‘s situation. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell conditionally reinstated the defensive end Friday, a source tells PFT. The NFL confirmed Gregory can report to the Cowboys on Monday, participating in conditioning...

Getty Images Rams tight end Gerald Everett will apparently stay in Los Angeles despite some interest from other teams. The Rams have received calls from teams wanting to know if Everett trade would be available in a trade, but the Rams said no, according to Jordan Rodrigue of TheAthletic.com...