Dianna Russini

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Senior NFL Insider at The Athletic

Podcast Host at Scoop City: A show about the NFL

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Aaron Rodgers to sign with Steelers on 1-year deal, attend minicamp next week: Sources

1 day ago | nytimes.com | Mike DeFabo |Dianna Russini

Aaron Rodgers has finally picked a new home. After a long public flirtation, the four-time MVP quarterback plans to sign a one-year deal with the Pittsburgh Steelers, league sources told The Athletic on Thursday, joining his third NFL team. Rodgers is expected to attend mandatory minicamp next week. Rodgers, who spent 18 years with the Green Bay Packers and the past two with the Jets, was released by New York on March 12, hitting free agency for the first time in his career.
Vikings, general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah agree to multiyear extension

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Alec Lewis |Dianna Russini

The Minnesota Vikings announced Friday that they have agreed to a multiyear contract extension with general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah. The deal comes four months after the Vikings agreed to terms on a new contract with head coach Kevin O'Connell. Neither the team nor Adofo-Mensah's representatives disclosed the terms of the new contract. The Vikings and GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah have agreed to a multi-year extension, per sources.
How Jeffrey Lurie, Jason Kelce and the Eagles saved the tush push

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Dianna Russini

The tush push remains alive after Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie and future Hall of Fame center Jason Kelce led a last-ditch effort to save Philly's signature play. Despite, according to league sources, the NFL's competition committee and health and safety committee voting unanimously to ban the play, the final decision would be the owners' vote. Only 22 teams cast a vote in favor of the ban, two short of the 75 percent threshold.
Key NFL committees recommend 'Tush Push' ban ahead of vote on Eagles' signature play: Sources

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Brooks Kubena |Dianna Russini

The NFL's competition committee and health and safety committee have recommended the league ban the "tush push," the Philadelphia Eagles' signature QB sneak, ahead of a league vote on Wednesday, according to league sources. The development suggests team owners will vote in favor of a proposal to ban the play. That proposal, put forth by the Green Bay Packers, was originally tabled on April 1 during the league meeting.
Roger Goodell expected to receive contract extension approval from NFL owners: Sources

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Dianna Russini |Amos Morale III

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is expected to receive approval Wednesday from the 32 team owners on a contract extension, according to league sources. Goodell's current deal, which was last extended in 2023, is set to expire in 2027. If the approval goes through as expected, it will mark the fifth time the NFL's compensation committee has extended Goodell. Before 2023, he previously re-upped with the league in 2009, 2012 and 2017.
49ers, Fred Warner agree to contract extension: Source

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Dianna Russini |Matt Barrows

The San Francisco 49ers and linebacker Fred Warner have agreed to a new deal that will keep the All-Pro in San Francisco through 2029, a league source told The Athletic. The new deal adds three years to Warner's deal and will see him earn the highest annual salary at his position, surpassing Roquan Smith. The 49ers have agreed to a new deal with All-Pro LB Fred Warner that will keep him in San Francisco through 2029, per source.
Eagles calling teams to lobby for 'tush push' to not be banned: Sources

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Dianna Russini |Tess DeMeyer

The Philadelphia Eagles are campaigning to protect the "tush push" play that faces a potential ban following a proposal from the Green Bay Packers. Ahead of a vote at the NFL owners meetings in Minneapolis this week, the Eagles continue to call around the league to discuss why the play should remain legal, per league sources. The play involves a QB taking a snap under center and diving forward while teammates push him from behind in a rugby-like scrum.
Brock Purdy, 49ers agree to 5-year contract extension: Sources

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Matt Barrows |Dianna Russini

Brock Purdy has gone from Mr. Irrelevant to Mr. Moneybags. Purdy and the San Francisco 49ers on Friday agreed to terms on a five-year, $265 million contract extension that makes him the wealthiest player in franchise history, league sources told to The Athletic. For perspective, the 49ers gave their former quarterback, Jimmy Garoppolo, a five-year, $137.5 million deal in 2018 that briefly made Garoppolo the highest paid player in the NFL.
49ers Sell Six Percent Of Franchise At $8.3 Billion Valuation

3 weeks ago | football.realgm.com | Matt Barrows |Dianna Russini

The San Francisco 49ers are selling a total of six percent of the franchise to three separate families based in the Bay Area at a valuation above $8.5 billion. The York family had owned approximately 97 percent of the 49ers, which will now bring their ownership stake to 91 percent. Vinod Khosla, 70, was the co-founder of Sun Microsystems and is currently the managing director of Khosla Ventures out of Menlo Park. The Khosla family will own 3.1 percent of the 49ers.
San Francisco 49ers to sell minority stake in team to trio of local families

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Matt Barrows |Dianna Russini

The San Francisco 49ers are in the process of selling 6.2 percent of the team to a trio of Bay Area families, according to a league source familiar with the proposal. The York family, who own the 49ers, would sell 3.1 percent to the Khosla family, 2.1 percent to the Deeter family and 1 percent to William Griffith. The league's finance committee has recommended approval of the transactions at next week's NFL owners meeting in Minnesota.