PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers haven’t drafted a dynamic offensive player in four years and have had to use trades or free agency to add difference-makers.

When they previously made attempts to find them in the NFL draft, they later determined those players, Chase Claypool and George Pickens, to be more troublesome than impactful. ...Read more

SEATTLE — The more salacious and maybe more convenient reason for why the Legion of Boom-era Seahawks never got back to another Super Bowl after losing to the Patriots in 2015 was the fallout surrounding the way that game ended.

If that infamous interception in the end zone doesn’t happen, the narrative has often gone, then the Seahawks ...Read more

Miami Dolphins general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan wasn’t just answering a question this past week in saying, “That’s the beautiful part about our culture, the competition that’s going to be at the forefront of everything we do.”

He was also articulating part of this new regime’s philosophy in that answer. Just like when saying if ...Read more

Editor’s note: The Union-Tribune’s Eddie Brown is breaking down prospects, position by position, leading up to the NFL draft (April 23-25). Here are his top 10 safeties, plus players he believes will be drafted or signed as a priority free agent:

1. Caleb Downs (Jr., Ohio State, 6-foot-0, 206 pounds)

Downs was the top-ranked safety in the ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Giants have traded star defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence to the Cincinnati Bengals, sources confirm.

As one NFL source said Friday when told the Bengals were a potential destination, “they could win the Super Bowl if they got him“

ESPN’s Adam Schefter and @RapSheet report that the Giants are receiving the 10th overall ...Read more

Editor’s note: The Union-Tribune’s Eddie Brown is breaking down prospects, position by position, leading up to the NFL draft (April 23-25). Here are his top 10 cornerbacks, plus players he believes will be drafted or signed as a priority free agent:

1. Mansoor Delane (Sr., LSU, 6-foot, 182 pounds)

The former three-star recruit teased his ...Read more

BALTIMORE — One of the first conversations Zay Flowers had with new Ravens coach Jesse Minter was about how hard they’d be practicing.

Having spent four years on John Harbaugh’s staff, Minter had an idea about how the old guard managed each week. Flowers sounded exhausted just talking about it.

The 25-year-old star recently sat down with...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Doug Whaley can be honest. The Steelers weren’t in love with Troy Polamalu.

At least not yet.

When Polamalu was a senior at USC in 2003, they scouted his film and saw, as Whaley said, a “hell of a football player.” They saw an undersized 5-foot-10 safety who ran like a banshee and attacked the ball with ferocity. He was ...Read more

Editor’s note: The Union-Tribune’s Eddie Brown is breaking down prospects, position by position, leading up to the NFL draft (April 23-25). Here are his top 10 wide receivers, plus “bonus” players he believes will be drafted or signed as a priority free agent:

1. Carnell Tate (Jr., Ohio State, 6-foot-2, 192 pounds)

Tate was the ninth-...Read more

A member of Alabama's 2009 national championship team has been accused of impersonating NFL players as part of a scheme to fraudulently obtain nearly $20 million in loans to purchase real estate, vehicles and jewelry.

Luther Davis, a Crimson Tide defensive lineman from 2007-10, faces felony counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and ...Read more

NEW YORK — There is an argument for paying and keeping Dexter Lawrence. There is also an argument for trading him being in the Giants’ best interest.

Why? Because John Harbaugh’s interest is now the Giants’ interest, and Harbaugh has arrived with fresh ideas on how to build a winner in New York — something no one has done with this ...Read more

Editor’s note: The San Diego Union-Tribune’s Eddie Brown is breaking down prospects, position by position, leading up to the NFL draft (April 23-25). Here are his top 10 running backs, plus “bonus” players he believes will be drafted or signed as a priority free agent:

1. Jeremiyah Love (Jr., Notre Dame, 6-foot, 212 pounds)

Love was ...Read more

MIAMI — It’s the most predictable phrase uttered at every NFL team’s predraft news conference, before and after the team adds its bounty of new talent through the draft.

Both Jon-Eric Sullivan and Jeff Hafley, the Miami Dolphins’ circle of trust as the franchise’s newly hired general manager and head coach, have been guilty of using ...Read more

The 2026 NFL draft class has been criticized for a significant lack of elite top-end talent.

This is particularly true at the quarterback and running back positions, where only one player from each position could be selected in Round 1 (QB Fernando Mendoza and RB Jeremiyah Love).

But that doesn’t mean there aren’t underrated prospects who ...Read more

Editor’s note: The Union-Tribune’s Eddie Brown is breaking down prospects, position by position, leading up to the NFL draft (April 23-25). Here are his top 10 quarterbacks, plus “bonus” players he believes will be drafted or signed as a priority free agent:

1. Fernando Mendoza (Jr., Indiana, 6-foot-5, 236 pounds)

The former two-star ...Read more

MIAMI — The Miami Dolphins are undergoing a rebuild. Let’s call it what it is. It’s not a good thing or a bad thing, it’s a necessary thing.

The question is whether Dolphins players care about being part of a rebuild.

The answer? No, they don’t care. They embrace the opportunity for playing time, and, yes, the opportunity to win.

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CHICAGO — The Chicago Bears are busy preparing for next week’s NFL draft — and after that, the league wants to learn more about the team’s stadium plans.

The NFL’s stadium committee has called for a meeting during the week of April 27, according to a league source, to get an update from the Bears on the status of the team’s bid for ...Read more