Free Agency Rumors: Raiders, Murphy, Moehrig, Bynum, Holland, Jets, Conklin, Dalman, Bears, Falcons, Moores
1 month ago | 
profootballrumors.com | Camryn Bynum |Byron Murphy |Sam Robinson
Byron Murphy was on the 2023 market, but the four-year Cardinals starter settled for a midlevel two-year deal. After a productive Vikings run, the former No. 33 overall pick has set himself up for a second payday. On a market featuring a host of third-contract-seeking corners, Murphy may be in the best shape due to going into an age-27 season. A suitor has emerged for the six-year vet in the Raiders, with The Athletic’s Tashan Reed labeling him a top priority for the Silver and Black.
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1 month ago | 
atozsports.com | Byron Murphy |Wendell Ferreira
Cornerback is one of the most valuable positions in football. However, general managers should be scared about putting too many resources on it. First, cornerback play is wildly volatile, and players tend to regress fairly quickly. Second, defensive backfield is a weak-link system, so paying top money to a cornerback doesn’t guarantee you a great secondary, even if the player does play well.
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2 months ago | 
steelersnow.com | Byron Murphy |Alan Saunders
Steelers News The Pittsburgh Steelers could be active in free agency at the cornerback position, where a deep class is expected, but on Tuesday, the Minnesota Vikings took a step to prevent one of the top cornerbacks set to hit free agency this March from making it to the open market.
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2 months ago | 
atozsports.com | Byron Murphy |Wendell Ferreira
The franchise tag has been a common tool for NFL teams to keep some of their top players, and also to limit the free agent market. Without truly elite pieces, free agency is always less expensive—and at the same time, it's frequent to see good players receive great contracts. However, there are fewer realistic candidates to the franchise tag than normal.
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2 months ago | 
lastwordonsports.com | Byron Murphy |Michael Hanich
Byron Murphy fell right into the Seattle Seahawks’ hands during the 2024 NFL Draft. Murphy fell to the 16th overall pick due to the other team’s needs on the offensive side of the ball. The Seahawks might not be so lucky in the 2025 NFL Draft starting on April 24 due to the wide variety of talent on both sides of the ball. This draft process might be the best and only chance for the Seahawks to draft the best players available in key position needs.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
yardbarker.com | Byron Murphy
The 2024 season saw the Minnesota Vikings massively overachieve. They were projected to win just 6.5 games by the sportsbooks and won 14 games to just four losses, but they lost their two games with the biggest stakes . In fact, they lost to just two teams and they did so back-to-back twice: Detroit Lions and Los Angeles Rams. It wasn't a great way to finish the year, but a 27-9 loss to the Rams is how it happened and it's time for the Vikings to turn the page.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
yardbarker.com | Byron Murphy |Tommy Fradenburg
Led by Sam Darnold and an elite receiving corps, the Minnesota Vikings bring the ninth-highest scoring offense into their Wild Card clash with the Los Angeles Rams. But going up against an offense featuring Matthew Stafford, Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua, the Vikings defensive backfield that allowed the fifth-most passing yards-per-game will need to step up. Which brings us to today's quiz.
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
yardbarker.com | Byron Murphy
The Minnesota Vikings face the Los Angeles Rams in an NFL Wild Card game played under the pale of a much larger story. The game, originally scheduled for SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on Monday night, has been moved to State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, due to the deadly wildfires that have devasted the LA area. These still-raging fires have affected many members of both teams. Their own homes and their family and friends’ homes are threatened or have been engulfed in the devasting flames.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
yardbarker.com | Byron Murphy
Bears president/CEO Kevin Warren on the upcoming HC search: “Ryan Poles is the general manager of the Chicago Bears and will remain the general manager of the Chicago Bears. … Ryan will serve as our point person on our (search for head coach).
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
thevikingage.com | Adam Carlson |Byron Murphy
Week 13 brought the Arizona Cardinals to U.S. Bank Stadium after the Minnesota Vikings spent their previous three weeks on the road. At 9-2, the purple and gold needed a win to keep pace with the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers in the NFC North since both those teams won on Thanksgiving. The Vikings needed nearly every minute of the clock to put away Arizona. In the end, it was a 23-22 victory that moved Minnesota to 10 wins and likely raised the blood pressure of many fans around the globe.
