ESPN sources: Green Bay WR Christian Watson and the Packers reached agreement today on a four-year, $110.5 million contract extension that includes a $31 million signing bonus.
Interesting wrinkle: The 2029 3rd-round pick the #Browns received from the #Rams in the Myles Garrett trade would become a 1st-round pick if Los Angeles trades Garrett to another AFC North team (Steelers, Ravens, Bengals), per @MaryKayCabot.
I texted Aaron Donald about coming out of retirement and playing for the Rams, alongside Myles Garrett:
“I’m for sure flirting with the idea. Helluva an opportunity with the Super Bowl in SoFi this year. If I can find the fire, it’s a possibility.”
Falcons are signing WR Drake London to a four-year, $141 million extension worth up to $150 million, including $100 million guaranteed, per his agent Andrew Kessler. It makes London the third highest paid receiver in the league with the highest average per year in Falcons franchise history.
LB Nick Herbig and the #Steelers have agreed on a four-year, $100 million extension that includes $42 million guaranteed, per @AdamSchefter and me.
The deal for Herbig, off a career-high 7.5 sacks, was negotiated by Joe DiBenedetto, Andy Simms and Ken Sarnoff of @1OF1FOOTBALL.
On one June day, the NFL saw two blockbuster trades that involved three players, 12 Pro-Bowl selections and five draft picks, including two first-round picks.
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ESPN sources: The Eagles are trading Pro-Bowl WR A.J. Brown to the Patriots for a 2028 first-round pick and a 2027 fifth-round pick that is the better of New England’s two fifths. The deal that has been speculated on for weeks now finally is happening. Brown and Patriots HC Mike Vrabel are reuniting.
There are now two teams with multiple 1st-round picks in the highly anticipated 2027 NFL Draft:
🏈Jets: 3 — their own, the Colts’ pick, and the higher of the Packers’ and Cowboys’ picks.
🏈Browns: 2 — their own and the Rams’ pick.
Dallas previously had two 1st-round picks, but the higher of its own pick and Green Bay’s was sent to the Jets in the Quinnen Williams trade.
Sources: The #Patriots and #Eagles have had deep discussions on a trade that would send WR AJ Brown to New England for a 2028 1st-round pick.
Other details of the trade package are still being finalized. But the expected deal is on track to happen.
The full blockbuster trade, per @AdamSchefter:
Rams get:
• Myles Garrett
Browns get:
• DE Jared Verse
• 2027 1st-round pick
• 2028 2nd-round pick
• 2029 3rd-round pick
Cleveland views Verse as essentially another 1st-round pick in the deal.
One detail the #Rams have privately stressed: The Myles Garrett trade likely doesn’t happen if they don’t draft Ty Simpson at No. 13.
With a QB they believe can be the future already in place, the Rams are once again comfortable using future draft capital to acquire elite talent. They don’t need to worry about those picks for a QB.
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Bombshell: The Browns are finalizing a trade that will send two-time Defensive Player of the Year Myles Garrett to the Los Angeles Rams, per @rapsheet, @TomPelissero and me.
In exchange for Garrett, the Rams are expected to send Pro-Bowl edge Jared Verse, a 2027 first-round pick and other draft-pick compensation still being negotiated to the Browns.
Trade: The #Jets are trading WR and special teamer Irvin Charles to the #Seahawks for a conditional 7th round pick, per @ZackBlatt.
Charles has been with the Jets since 2022.