Michael Smith

4 days ago | nbcsports.com | Michael Smith |Michaël Smith

Many NFL players have expressed interest in competing in flag football in the 2028 Summer Olympics, but they won’t just be handed roster spots on Team USA. Experienced flag football players will get an opportunity to show that their knowledge of the flag game makes them better-suited to win gold in Los Angeles than the NFL players who are superior athletes but haven’t played flag football before.

4 days ago | nbcsports.com | Michael Smith |Michaël Smith

Free agent cornerback Rasul Douglas is still looking for a new team. He doesn’t think that team will be the Packers. Asked by a Packers fan on social media whether he’ll sign with Green Bay after the departure of cornerback Jaire Alexander, Douglas indicated that the Packers have shown no interest. “Don’t think that will happen buddy,” Douglas wrote. Douglas played some of his best football for the Packers, intercepting 10 passes in his 36 games in Green Bay.

4 days ago | nbcsports.com | Michael Smith |Michaël Smith

Ravens safety Kyle Hamilton is thrilled that Baltimore signed cornerback Jaire Alexander last week. “Great addition,” Hamilton said, via BaltimoreRavens.com. “He’s been one of the best in this league since he got in it. To have anybody like that, no matter what position, especially as a DB, it’s super valuable.”Alexander arrives in Baltimore after seven years in Green Bay, where he was the Packers’ first-round pick in 2018.

5 days ago | nbcsports.com | Michael Smith |Michaël Smith

The Dolphins are trying to trade cornerback Jalen Ramsey, but Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill thinks it’s not too late to keep Ramsey around for this season. Hill said at Fanatics Fest that he is going to visit with Ramsey and try to persuade him to work out whatever he needs to work out with the Dolphins to stay in Miami. “I’m going to hang out with Ramsey,” Hill said. “I’m going to get him back, full-court press, I’m getting him, Ramsey, back in a Dolphins jersey.

5 days ago | nbcsports.com | Michael Smith |Michaël Smith

Pete Carroll strongly opposed the proposal that would have taken away a guaranteed home playoff team from division winners, a stance rooted in his own coaching history. For decades, NFL division winners have earned the right to open the playoffs on their home fields, regardless of their records, while wild card teams hit the road. A proposal this offseason suggested that if a division winner had a losing record, the wild card could be the home team when they met in the playoffs.