The Green Bay Packers signed free-agent linebacker De’Vondre Campbell to an undisclosed deal on Wednesday and released running back Mike Weber in a corresponding move. A six-year veteran from the University of Minnesota, Campbell will help the team’s thin inside linebacker position. A fourth-round pick of the Atlanta Falcons back in 2016, he had 99 tackles and started all 16 games last season for the

The Miami Dolphins signed first-round linebacker Jaelan Phillips to his four-year rookie deal on Wednesday. Phillips was taken with the 18th overall selection in this year’s NFL draft out of the University of Miami. In his first full season in 2020, he earned All-American honors while racking up 45 tackles, eight sacks, one interception and four passes defensed. Listed as a defensive end in college,

The Houston Texans cut linebacker Duke Ejiofor with a failed-physical designation on Wednesday, according to the league’s transaction wire. The Texans drafted Ejiofor in the sixth round in 2018 out of Wake Forest. He had nine tackles (six solo), two QB hits, two passes defensed, one fumble recovery and a sack in 12 games (no starts) in his rookie season, but he hasn’t played since.

Former Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Michael Walker reached an agreement on an undisclosed deal with the Philadelphia Eagles on Wednesday, according to his agent. Walker went undrafted out of Boston College but signed with Jacksonville in 2019. The 24-year-old had just two catches for 15 yards and returned 18 kickoffs for 411 yards and three punts for 13 yards in seven games (no starts) in

The Dallas Cowboys signed first-round linebacker Micah Parsons to his fully guaranteed four-year rookie deal on Wednesday, according to a source. The Cowboys selected Parsons 12th overall in this year’s NFL draft out of Penn State. With Sean Lee retiring and Leighton Vander Esch unable to stay healthy, Parsons will become an immediate starter in Dallas’ new-look defense in 2021 under former Atlanta Falcons head

The Las Vegas Raiders are signing former Atlanta Falcons cornerback Blidi Wreh-Wilson to an undisclosed deal on Wednesday. Wreh-Wilson was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in 2013 out of Connecticut and spent his first three NFL seasons in Nashville. The 31-year-old veteran spent the last five seasons with the Falcons, where he recorded 33 tackles (nine solo), three interceptions and 14 passes defensed in 41

New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley (knee), who missed the final 14 games of last season after tearing his ACL, declined to provide a timetable for his return when speaking to the media on Wednesday. “You know me, I’ll take it one day at a time. It’s going to be whenever my body tells me I’m ready,” Barkley said. There’s no question that the

Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson has been getting recruited by former teammates and players across the NFL after he requested a trade earlier this offseason. Watson remains open to several options, including the Denver Broncos. Broncos safety Kareem Jackson said that Watson wants to be in Denver, but NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport doesn’t think Denver is where Watson ultimately wants to end up. It’s a

The Arizona Cardinals signed first-round linebacker Zaven Collins to his four-year rookie contract on Tuesday, according to a source. Collins was selected 16th overall in this year’s draft out of Tulsa. They added to a position of strength, as the Cardinals also have last year’s first-rounder Isaiah Simmons, an aging Chandler Jones and Jordan Hicks. Collins will be an interesting chess piece alongside Simmons and

The New Orleans Saints converted cornerback Marshon Lattimore’s $10.2 million fifth-year option to a $990,000 base salary and the rest in a roster bonus with voidable years on Tuesday in order to create more salary cap room for the 2021 season. The two sides will also continue to work on a contract extension. The 11th overall pick out of Ohio State in 2017, Lattimore has

Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Calvin Ridley (foot) recently underwent minor foot surgery from Dr. Robert Anderson in Green Bay, Wisconsin, according to a source. The surgery was a minor cleanup. Ridley will not take part in minicamp, but he should be fine for training camp later this summer. It sounds like it won’t impact his 2021 season at all, but it’s worth keeping an eye

Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Urban Meyer said that rookie quarterback Trevor Lawrence (hamstring) is dealing with some hamstring tightness on Tuesday. Lawrence should be fine to return to the practice field on Thursday after an off day on Wednesday. The No. 1 overall pick of this year’s draft wasn’t expected to do much in organized team activities and minicamp to begin with after having surgery

San Francisco 49ers offensive tackle Justin Skule (knee) tore his ACL during Monday’s practice, while safety Tarvarius Moore (Achilles) tore his Achilles during the same practice. Neither Skule nor Moore have been established starters for the team, but they both played prominent roles in recent seasons. Skule played 31 regular season games in the last two years, with 12 starts at tackle and guard. He

The Tennessee Titans are doing a simple restructure of quarterback Ryan Tannehill’s contract for the 2021 season to facilitate the completion of the trade for wide receiver Julio Jones to create more than $15 million in salary cap space, according to a source. Jones will make $15.3 million guaranteed this year. The addition of the perennial Pro Bowler in Jones, in addition to having A.J.

New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley (knee) is at the team’s facilities and is doing well in his rehab, but he will not take part in organized team activities. Barkley tore his ACL early last season and missed the rest of the year, but he hasn’t had any setbacks in his rehab and is expected to be ready to go for the start of

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady (knee) is practicing during organized team workouts on Tuesday. It’s unclear exactly to what extent Brady is practicing, but it’s good news after he had knee surgery back in February. The Buccaneers are likely to play it safe with the future Hall of Famer during minicamp, as head coach Bruce Arians stated last week that Brady would be more

It’s bad enough for Tennessee Titans tight end Anthony Firkser that the team traded for wide receiver Julio Jones on Sunday, but general manager Jon Robinson said Sunday that the team is also still evaluating options at tight end, suggesting that Firkser doesn’t have the firm grasp on that job that many expected he had. Taken together, these two things have made Sunday a rough

Arizona Cardinals wide receiver A.J. Green left the Bengals this offseason, signing a one-year, $8 million contract with the Cardinals. In the high-powered Cardinals offense, a prime A.J. Green could have had a huge season, but he’s coming off a year where he turned 104 targets into just 47 catches for 523 yards, with the worst yards per reception mark of his NFL career, as

While the trade isn’t official yet as the teams finalize the compensation, Ian Rapport of the NFL Network reports that the Atlanta Falcons will be trading wide receiver Julio Jones to the Tennessee Titans for a 2022 second-round pick. There could still be other pieces, but this is the main part of the deal. For Tennessee, the team’s largest hole — a No. 2 receiver

Denver Broncos wide receiver Jerry Jeudy said he feels more confident heading into Year 2 after catching 52 passes for 856 yards and three touchdowns in his rookie season in 2020. Drops plagued Jeudy at times last season, but he said those issues were from a lack of concentration and that he was “so quick to catch and run to hurry up and make a