Jayna Bardahl
Staff Editor, CFB at The Athletic
Writing about the NFL's new and trending moments @TheAthletic, talking about good restaurants and reality TV Contact: [email protected]
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3 days ago |
nytimes.com | Jayna Bardahl |Mike DeFabo
The 2025 NFL season will likely be the last for four-time MVP quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers joined Tuesday’s episode of “The Pat McAfee Show,” where he talked about signing with the Steelers, minicamp in Pittsburgh and if this year could be his last. “I’m pretty sure this is it,” Rodgers said. “That’s why we just did a one-year deal, the Steelers didn’t need to put any extra years on that or anything.
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2 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Jayna Bardahl |Paul Dehner Jr
With Cincinnati Bengals' first-round pick Shemar Stewart publicly expressing his displeasure with contract negotiations, and then leaving mandatory minicamp on Thursday over his unsigned deal, a rare rookie contract dispute looks to be brewing in Cincinnati. Of course, the Bengals' history in this department is at play - star edge rusher Trey Hendrickson is in a contract extension standoff with the organization, while Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins have resolved prior disputes.
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2 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Jayna Bardahl |Dianna Russini
Quarterback Kirk Cousins is expected to attend the Atlanta Falcons' mandatory minicamp beginning on Tuesday, league sources told The Athletic. Cousins' minicamp attendance is notable because the soon-to-be-37-year-old's future remains in limbo. For now, the Falcons have Cousins penciled in as their backup to starting quarterback Michael Penix Jr., whom they selected with a first-round draft pick last year. However, Cousins would prefer to be traded to a team where he could start.
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3 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Jayna Bardahl
Colorado coach Deion Sanders said he was "hurt" by the narratives criticizing his son Shedeur Sanders' approach to the NFL Draft process and urged naysayers to "stop lying."Shedeur entered the 2025 NFL Draft widely regarded as a top-two quarterback with eventual No. 1 pick Cam Ward, but he ended up sliding to the fifth round, when the Cleveland Browns selected him with pick No. 144.
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4 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Jayna Bardahl
If you're drafting an all-star NFL flag football team for the 2028 Olympics, one Super Bowl-winning quarterback might already be off the board. Kansas City Chiefs star quarterback Patrick Mahomes pushed off the notion that he'd petition to play flag football at the 2028 Olympic Games while speaking with reporters on Thursday.
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