SAG -Aftra, the union that represents 160,000 US media professionals, including voice artists, has launched two new agreements: the students’ interactive exemption agreement and the exemption agreement of Jame Jam.
The union said the new agreements “provide video game developers at each stage of their careers the opportunity to work with union artists, even while the video game strike continues.”
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The Interactive Exemption Agreement for Students has been designed for students who currently take video game courses in accredited educational institutions and “provides an opportunity for students to work with SAG-AFTRA artists to meet the requirements of the course during games development”, provided that the project is completely recorded in the US. UU. And it is owned by the student.
Jame Jam’s exemption agreement, on the other hand, is designed for developers contributing to Jame Jams. According to this agreement, participants can work with SAG-AFTRA artists and session rates and secondary payments differ “provided that the project does not generate income” and the material is not registered before the start of the event.
In the event that a project generates income, SAG-AFTRA will work with the participants to “sign the project to the appropriate agreement.”
“With these new agreements, SAG-AFTRA can help support games developers at all levels that wish to work with union talent and who want to learn more about the production of video games under a union contract. In addition, our members are passionate about this industry and want to participate in this type of projects where the future of video games is being formed of Duncan Crabtree.
Earlier this month, the actors union declared that the strike would continue due to “alarming lagoons” that allow “AI abuse.” Meanwhile, the negotiators on behalf of the negotiation video game companies declared that a “significant progress” had been made, but the voice actors in games like Genshin Impact and Zenless Zone Zero have been replaced due to the strike of the Union of actors of actors of actors in progress.
For more information about why the strike is still ongoing, see our interview with Jennifer Hale of Mass Effect, who told our ED that AI was “an existential problem for all of us.”
Tony Hawk has affirmed that the decision not to bring many classic songs for the next 3+4 soundtrack was his, after some fans expressed their disappointment for the revealed song list.
This week, Activision revealed the next wave of tracks for the next Remaster, and many fans rushed to point out notable absences of the original games, of people like Iron Maiden and Alien Ant Farm.
When commenting on Instagram, Tony Hawk said he personally decided to introduce a mixture of new and classic clues for Pro Skater 3+4, stating that he expected the players to enjoy discovering new music, as with the original games.
“It was my choice to choose some different songs from the same artists that appear in THPS3+4 OST,” he wrote. “I hope the discovery is half of the fun, and a great reason why these sound bands resonated first. So listen and enjoy the trip. More to come … both old and new.”
The 3+4 soundtrack is not the first theme that has caused fans intrigued: earlier this month, it was observed that Bam Margera, known for his roles in Jackass, lives the BAM and the Tony Hawk series, apparently missing the list of skaters.
However, now it seems that Margera will now be included in the next professional skater of Tony Hawk 3 + 4, after Hawk himself allegedly demanded his inclusion.
The 3 + 4 pro skater skater of Tony Hawk will be launched on July 11, 2025, although the editions of the Digital Deluxe game and more expensive collectors will offer three days of early access, as of July 8.
With the multiplatform multiplayer mode, the game will be available for Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PS5, PS4, Nintendo Switch and PC through Battle.net, Windows and Steam. It will also be released on the first day in the Ultimate Pass and PC game Pass.
Taw-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick has been asked why Grand Theft Auto 6 still does not have a release date, despite the fact that the editor recently insisted that he is on the way to launch this fall.
In statements to Bloomberg in a recently published interview, Zelnick said that Rockstar Games’s father wanted to keep the anticipation for GTA6, which according to him was greater than for any release in history.
“The anticipation for that title can be the greatest anticipation that I have seen in an entertainment property, and I have been around the block several times, and I have been in all entertainment businesses,” he said. “And we want to maintain anticipation and emotion.
“We have competitors who will describe their launch calendar years in advance, and we have discovered that it is best to provide marketing materials relatively close to the release window to create that emotion on the one hand and balance emotion with dissatisfied anticipation. We do not always do well, but that is what we are trying to do.”
Grand Theft Auto 6 will officially launch this fall, and although it still does not have a confirmed launch date, the Matrix Take-Two company recently said that GTA6’s release date is on its way.
Market analysts expect GTA6 to be the largest entertainment launch of 2025 and, according to a recent game business report, multiple important editors are prepared to move their own releases to avoid it.
“Rockstar games always stink a lot of money and, more importantly, time outside the market,” said the head of one of the world’s largest game editors. “We don’t want to be close to that. We are working on multiple different plans for our titles.”
It is said that another senior executive added: “Even without GTA. It is immensely difficult to find free time to shine new games. Time is the real shortage for us, not money. It is difficult out there.”
Arsenal has announced the appointment of Andrea Berta as the new sports director of the club, assuming the role that is vacant after Edu’s renunciation surprise in November.
A long and competitive hiring process led the Gunners to light for Berta, previously from Atlético de Madrid, after conversations with several other main candidates throughout Europe. Dan Ashworth, recently departed at Manchester United, was considered while Thiago Scuro de Monaco and Roberto Olabe in the Royal Society were explored. Two of the main contestants, according to sports sources of CBS, were Berta and Jason Ayto, the sports deputy director that had served as an interim replacement for Edu. Finally, it was the man from outside the Arsenal who won.
Berta brings great experience to the role. After having previously worked in Italian clubs Carpenedolo, Parma and Genoa, he spent almost 12 years with Atlético de Madrid, where two titles of the League were won with a significantly lower budget than that of the Real Madrid and Barcelona rivals. The man who helped bring Antoine Griezmann, Rodri and Jan Oblak to the Spanish capital leads an equally successful soccer department in northern London.
“I am delighted to join Arsenal in what is a very exciting period for the club,” said Berta. “I have observed with great interest the way in which Arsenal has evolved in recent years and I have admired the arduous work that has been dedicated to restoring the club as a great strength in European football with a passionate of followers worldwide.
“The club has great values and a rich story, and I am anxious to play my part in the configuration of a successful future with a great team. I can’t wait to start in my new role and I am anxious to experience my first game in Emirates Stadium along with our followers.”
The Arsenal recruitment process for this greatly important role was directed by Richard Garlick, the newly appointed CEO who had been promoted after Vinai Venkatesham left in the summer. Berta is expected to work alongside Mikel Arteta instead of the first team manager to inform him, the same modus operandi That ED had. The final choice would have been that of Josh Kroenke and the co -president believes that Berta will help the search for the arsenal of the main roofs.
“Anyone who knows that football knows Andrea is an impressive figure,” Kroenke said. “He has a vast knowledge of the game, a great history, a strong network and an insatiable desire to build winning teams. Andrea will be a great addition to our club. He understands our values and what we defend and we have no doubts that it will help us to follow and take the next steps in our attempt to gain great trophies.
“We pushed an exhaustive recruitment process and we were greatly impressed by the level of all other candidates, but it was Andrea’s experience and the success that has enjoyed what he stood out. We are really eager to work together and welcome the Arsenal family.”
Berta arrives at a significant moment in the recent history of Arsenal. The injuries derailed their swing for the title of the Premier League and is expected to be a summer of significant recruitment, especially in the striker’s market. Alexander Isak seems to be the acquisition of dreams in N5, while the interest in Benjamin Sesko of RB Leipzig remains. In the center of the countryside, Martin Zubimendi is expected to arrive from the real society, while more strengthening can be required in the flanks. Then there are the contractual matters to address: William Saliba, Gabriel, Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli are approaching the last two years of their agreements with the club, although the latter has an option to extend.
Spanish soccer expert Guillem Balague told BBC Sport: “He is quite unique compared to other sports directors.
“He did not have a career as a player, he started in the bank, and only entered football later, first in Carpenedolo, an amateur club, then in Parma and Genoa, where he built key connections with Peter Kenyon and Jorge Mendes.
“Under his watch, Atlético won two titles from the League (2013-14, 2020-21), a Copa del Rey (2013), a Europa League (2017-18) and an UEFA Super Cup (2018).
“It is seen as the architect of the reconstructed team after the 2014 -title winning team vanished.”
Working with the manager Diego Simeone, Berta helped Atlético to make some cunning acquisitions during that reconstruction.
The France of France Griezmann was signed of Royal Socity for £ 24.8 million in 2014 and five years later it was sold to Barcelona for £ 103 million. Atlético then bought it in 2021 for only £ 16.5m.
The midfielder of Spain, Rodri, now winner of Ballon d’Or, was signed by £ 16.5 million in 2018 and sold to Manchester City the following year for £ 62.5 million, while the Slovenian goalkeeper Oblak signed from Benfica in 2014 for only 13 million. It is now widely considered one of the best goalkeepers in the world.
More recently, striker Julian Álvarez joined Manchester City last summer for £ 81.5 million and has scored 23 goals for Atlético this season.
“He brought key players like Griezmann (twice), Luis Suárez, Kieran Trippier, Llorente, Paul and Julian Alvarez,” Balague added.
“But he also had some failures, such as Joao Felix, Kalinic, Arias, Torreira, but always worked within the club’s financial limits.
“In total, he made 52 signings since 2017, spending around 828 million euros (£ 692 million), leaving a great mark in the Atlético squad. An end of an era for them.”
Katherine Terrell returned to ESPN to cover the New Orleans Saints in the summer of 2022. He left the company in 2019 after joining in 2016 to cover the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine graduated from LSU and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Native, and has covered the NFL since 2013.
New Orleans – The open receiver of the New Orleans Saints, Brandin Cooks, believes he still has a lot to offer.
The impulse of cooks to demonstrate that it goes back to when it was selected by the Saints with the number 20 in the 2014 Draft. Now, at the age of 31, that impulse still drives it while heading for its second period in New Orleans after signing a two -year agreement of two years and $ 13 million with the Saints last week.
Cooks played in 10 games last year with the Dallas Cowboys due to a procedure in his right knee that was infected. It ended with 26 trapped for 259 yards, both minimal race.
Cooks said his body feels “incredible” after a season in which seven consecutive games of weeks 5 to 11 were lost due to the infection.
“I’m always investing in my body,” Cooks said. “I get some injections, such as Normenokine, stem cells … I see it as maintenance. They told me that it would be maintenance and an incorrect moment, I suppose. And that happened. And then I had to clean it from the infection.”
Cooks was changed to New England patriots in 2017, only three years after their rookie agreement.
The Saints already sent him a fourth round selection to the Patriots in exchange for the first and third New England round selections. Nueva Orleans used these selections to select Futures All-Pres Ryan Ramczyk and Trey Hendrickson, while the Patriots lost their choice due to punishments with deflate.
Cooks had 1,082 reception yards and seven touchdowns in New England that season and appeared in the defeat of the Super Bowl Lii of the Patriots, but was changed to Los Angeles Rams in 2018, where two seasons spent and appeared in the loss of the Super Bowl Liii of the team. It has been changed four times in total, landing with the Houston Texans in 2020 and then with the cowboys in 2023 until the 2024 season.
Cooks said “don’t regret” about how his first period with the Saints ended. He has always maintained that there was no bad blood between him and the organization, despite his frustration with his role in the offensive towards the end of the 2016 season.
After not obtaining a goal in the victory of the Saints against the Rams in week 12 of the 2016 season, he expressed his desire to be more than a deep threat, and said he felt he had to express his opinion because “the closed mouths do not feed.” Three weeks later, he had seven trapped for 186 yards and two touchdowns against the Arizona cardinals, one of the best games in his career.
Cooks said that after commerce many things were misunderstood, but that he only thanked things about the then coach Sean Payton and General Manager Mickey Loomis in 2017 and beyond.
Cooks was not sure what to expect in free agency. I knew I wanted to play with a team that could improve it with a field marshal in which I believed.
“I say this more, only from a level of trust, not too confident, but I believe what I bring to a team and I was not surprised that Saints and others would like to sign,” Cooks said. “Mickey and I have a lot of respect for each other … everything is part of that … I was young, I was a child at that time and I do not regret anything. I really do not. I have gone and I had a lot of success. They were very successful and it is great that it can point out an example where a bridge is really not burned because obviously if that were the case, they would not call and would not be returning.” “
Because he had never gone through free agency, Cooks was not sure exactly what to expect. I knew I wanted to play with a team that I felt I could do better and with a field marshal in which I believed.
“[Quarterback] Derek [Carr]Someone in whom I really believe, we are in the same class and I think there are some great things that can happen among all of us, “said Cooks.” Obviously, the pieces around them continue to be better and stay healthy. “
The incorporation of Ted Wrath, the new director of Sports Sciences of the Saints, attracted him after his paths crossed with the Rams. Cooks also said that open receiver coach Keith Williams played an important role in his signature.
Williams worked in the state of Fresno when he tried to recruit the 17 -year -old cooks, who chose the state of Oregon.
“I simply believe in his training style, his mentality. He gets the best of his players,” Cooks said. “I have a lot of respect for him, and he is from the same city. So I think it’s a great and unique connection there too.”
When the chefs arrived at the Saints facilities to sign their contract last week, he said he felt a complete circle for him.
“Walking through the halls, it was special, definitely, because the last time, without a wife, without children,” Cooks told ESPN. “This time I also have a wife and children jumping too … it was a great feeling.”
Some things felt relatives when they stopped in their old parking space. Others were completely different: the costume had been renewed after its departure in 2017; The new cafeteria ended in 2024. The defensive wing Cameron Jordan was the only player who was still in the list of the new rookie year.
But with a great contingent of the main office, Cooks said it will be “great” to demonstrate why they were right to sign it again.
“I can see that now it goes through practice, going through the games. The people who were there in the main office when I was there when I was a child, it will be like, ‘wow, there is something true as development and it is actually better than when we had it before.’ I think it’s great, because obviously the more you stay in this league, you learn more, right?
Cooks has no specific objectives in his mind on how long he wants to play or what numbers he wants to present. He said he just wants to work and show that he still has it.
“My goal is to show myself, the world, the caliber player I am … I’m just going to play my best ball in the year 12 and put it on tape,” Cooks said. “I don’t care everyone. It is more likely for myself. As for how long I want to play, I want to play many more years and while I continue to take care of my body and have a great process, I really believe in my heart that I can do that.”
As the 2024-25 NBA regular season winds down, teams turn their attention to the postseason. Others began strategizing for the lottery.
The NBA regular-season awards are also right around the corner, with the biggest storyline being which Western Conference superstar will claim MVP.
It appears there are no clear winners for any of these major awards, with Defensive Player of the Year wide open and Sixth Man of the Year up for grabs.
NBA insiders Zach Kram, Tim MacMahon, Chris Herring, Jamal Collier and Tim Bontemps answer some of the biggest questions surrounding the league’s biggest regular-season awards, including their picks.
Jokic and SGA are the front-runners for MVP. Who deserves it more?
Zach Kram: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is on pace to become the 10th player in NBA history to win the scoring title while leading his team to the league’s best record. Eight of the previous nine players who did so won the MVP; the only exception was Michael Jordan’s second-place finish in 1996-97, when Karl Malone won the award in a massive upset. But Gilgeous-Alexander has also broken Nikola Jokic’s seemingly ironclad grip on the top of the advanced stats leaderboards. Even the all-in-one metrics that factor in Jokic’s league-leading on/off differential, like estimated plus-minus and LEBRON, say SGA has been a slightly more valuable player this season.
Tim MacMahon: There isn’t a single valid knock against the cases of Jokic or Gilgeous-Alexander, but you can only pick one. Michael Malone and Denver Nuggets fans don’t want to hear this, but if it’s even, I’d go with the guy who hasn’t won the award yet over the three-time MVP, mainly because the former’s team has a double-digit cushion in the West standings. Gilgeous-Alexander leads the league in scoring by 352 points and with a plus/minus of 911 — both loud indicators that this is his season.
Chris Herring: Part of me feels this whole season — the dominant winning, the four 50-point showings — has been a deserving coronation for Gilgeous-Alexander, whose team is lapping the field in the West. Traditionally, he’d be a crystal-clear MVP choice. On the other hand, Jokic is playing some of the best basketball of his career, one that already includes three MVPs and an NBA championship. His team has been worlds better with him on the court, whereas OKC has been better with SGA, but still great when he’s off the court. Depending on how you parse out “value,” I’d understand Joker being the pick. But I’d have a tough time not handing the award to SGA this season.
Tim Bontemps: This might seem like a funny answer coming from the person who conducts multiple straw polls throughout the season to gauge where the MVP race sits, but this award rarely is about who deserves it more, and it isn’t the case this year. Both guys fully deserve it and are having remarkable seasons. But that’s also what makes the choice so complicated in most seasons, and especially in this one: You’re choosing between two people who have pretty unassailable cases.
Jamal Collier: SGA and the Oklahoma City Thunder have been on a dominant path all season, lapping the field in an extraordinarily tight Western Conference while Gilgeous-Alexander is on pace to win the scoring title and is near the top of the leaderboards in most of the advanced metrics. He’s been the favorite for some time, and this feels like his year to be crowned.
Draymond Green says the DPOY race is wide open with Victor Wembanyama out. Who has the best case?
MacMahon: Luguentz Dort is the most dominant and impactful defender on by far the league’s stingiest defense. In a season with no clear-cut favorite, he’s the candidate that I would lean toward. He doesn’t have the eye-popping numbers typically required for this award, averaging 1.1 steals and 0.6 blocks, but a poll of the Thunder would result in a unanimous vote for Dort. His physical tenacity while always taking the toughest defensive assignment sets the tone for Oklahoma City, which has allowed only seven 30-point games to opposing players this season. The league’s elite scorers rarely test Dort in isolation — and for good reason, as he has allowed only 0.64 points per possession in those situations.
Bontemps: This is one I’m still trying to get my arms around with a couple of weeks left in the regular season. Evan Mobley has a case, as does Jaren Jackson Jr. I would also say Green has an argument, and would put Clippers center Ivica Zubac in that conversation, too. Mostly, though, I’d agree with his assessment that it’s as wide open as any award conversation in recent memory, and I’m very curious to see how it unfolds.
Kram: This is such a tough call because the top five teams by defensive rating — the Thunder, LA Clippers, Orlando Magic, Houston Rockets and Boston Celtics — are all so effective because of group efforts and coaching, rather than being led by a single standout stopper. In the absence of any obvious favorite, I wonder if Dort could win as a representative for the Thunder’s dominance, in the same way that Marcus Smart took home the award in 2021-22. But it’s far more likely (and understandable) for a big man to win DPOY, which is why Mobley and Green are the leading candidates for now.
Herring: I think I’d lean toward Draymond for now. His IQ and effort have shown through all season for a team that desperately needed to be good, if not great, on defense with Stephen Curry being the lone offensive leader for much of the season. Shooters have managed just a 54% success rate around the basket when Green is the one defending it, down more than nine percentage points from their averages. The 35-year-old, averaging more than one steal and one block per game, would be the oldest player to win the award. I think whoever wins will benefit from OKC having so many noteworthy defenders that no single Thunder player has a real chance to finish first.
Collier: It is really a shame Wemby won’t get to be rewarded for what he’s done on defense in his first two seasons in the league. I’ve still never seen anyone change the shot selection for so many NBA players simply by his mere presence in the paint. With him out, this award feels like it is without a clear front-runner. Memphis Grizzlies’ Jaren Jackson Jr. and Cleveland Cavaliers’ Evan Mobley, especially with a projected lack of award winners from the rest of the Cavs roster, seem like the two best bets.
Which player in the running for the Most Improved award has the biggest runway to becoming a solidified superstar?
Herring: Cade Cunningham, I guess? He’s arguably already a superstar, and that’s my issue. To me, Cunningham — who averaged 23, 4 and 8 last season — was already a star, one so good that considering him for Most Improved this season feels odd. I haven’t loved the recent trend of choosing guys who were already averaging 20 or more the prior season. I guess it depends on what you see as the tougher mountain to scale: going from an obscure, end-of-bench guy to a legitimately good player, or going from borderline stardom to superstardom. I’ve always preferred the former for the MIP award.
Collier: I’m with Herring in that I don’t think a player like Cunningham should even be considered for this award. Or a guy like Amen Thompson, a top-five pick in his second year in the league. The guy I’d point to, who has a slightly higher upside than I would have projected a year ago, is Tyler Herro. Herro was a deserving All-Star this year and did a good job carrying the Miami Heat earlier this season with Jimmy Butler III out.
Bontemps: This is another one where both of my leading choices — Cunningham and Evan Mobley — can make this argument. Cunningham has led the Detroit Pistons to its best season in a generation and has assumed deserving All-Star status as a big lead guard for the Pistons. Mobley, meanwhile, has also taken a big step forward this season, becoming a deserving All-Star as one of the more versatile bigs in the league.
Kram: The combination of Mobley’s offensive improvements — he’s posting career-best numbers in usage rate and efficiency — and defensive brilliance give him the highest two-way ceiling of any player in this category. Last year’s concerns about Mobley’s apparent stagnation look foolish in retrospect; he made his first All-Star team this season and should be a mainstay for years to come.
MacMahon: Cunningham proved this season that he can be the engine of a winning team. He finally had a chance to play on a competitive team, thanks to the arrival of Coach of the Year candidate J.B. Bickerstaff and the additions of some competent veteran shooting threats (Tobias Harris, Tim Hardaway Jr. and Malik Beasley), who provided Cunningham room to breathe in half-court sets. A big guard with a great feel who averages 25.7 points and 9.2 assists as a 23-year-old can claim he’s on a superstar trajectory.
Since 2012, there have been only two Sixth Man winners to become All-Stars (James Harden, Tyler Herro). Which candidate this year could buck that trend?
Bontemps: My list is going to start and end with Celtics guard Payton Pritchard, so I would argue no one is going to buck the trend this year. Pritchard has been a terrific story and has developed into a core piece for Boston on one of the best contracts in the league. But even his most ardent supporters wouldn’t be touting him as a future All-Star.
Kram: I agree with Bontemps that nobody is likely to buck the trend this year, as none of the top candidates for the award — Pritchard, Malik Beasley and the underrated Ty Jerome — are likely to become All-Stars at any point. So I’ll cheat and pick Russell Westbrook, who has a strong case for down-ballot consideration as the effective sixth man for the Nuggets, and who might receive an honorary All-Star berth in his eventual final season, a la Dirk Nowitzki and Dwyane Wade.
MacMahon: Houston Rockets’ Amen Thompson would have been a good answer, but he moved into the starting lineup for good midway through the season. I don’t see a rising future All-Star among the top Sixth Man of the Year candidates this season.
Herring: Pritchard will win easily. But for this question, I’d put my money on someone like Naz Reid, who could garner some down-ballot votes after having won the award last season. He’s versatile on both ends, highly efficient and has proved to do serious damage when he gets starter’s minutes. In the 17 games he’s started this season, the 25-year-old has logged 18.3 points, nine rebounds and 3.2 assists. In a more featured role, he could be an All-Star someday.
Collier: Talk to anyone around Minnesota and they’ll start raving about Naz Reid. He’s unlikely to win the award this year after winning it last season, but Reid has become so important to the Minnesota Timberwolves ecosystem that it’s possible he could break through one day and join Anthony Edwards for an All-Star appearance.
Fact or fiction: The league should tweak the 65-game rule — or lose it entirely?
Herring: Fact. I never loved the implementation of the rule anyway. I’ve liked it even less after hearing someone like Tyrese Haliburton acknowledge that he’s pushed to play through discomfort for the sake of award eligibility, which triggers supermax eligibility. More than anything, I take issue with the fine print of the 65-game rule, which still leaves a handful of players — like Donte DiVincenzo, who played in 81 games last season — ineligible for stuff they would otherwise be clear candidates for.
Kram: Fact, especially for honors with multiple “winners,” like the All-Defensive and All-NBA teams. Through no fault of their own, many defensive specialists don’t play enough minutes across 65 games to qualify for consideration. And the league’s brightest stars can provide more overall value in, say, 60 games than lesser players can produce in 82, so it’s not a proper account of the season if they can’t be rewarded. The All-Rookie teams already don’t abide by the 65-game rule, and All-Defense and All-NBA should follow suit.
MacMahon: Keep it but drop the minutes limit, especially for the All-Defensive teams. It’s unfortunate that the league needs to encourage its stars to play as often as possible — or perhaps incentivize their teams not to sit the stars — but it’s a reality in the modern NBA.
Bontemps: Fact. I’ve never been in favor of it and the rule hasn’t had a massive impact on things because people typically didn’t vote for a player below the 65-game threshold anyway. I would just trust the voters to make informed decisions, as they have proven it year after year.
Collier: Fact. Never been a fan, it’s a rule that solved an issue that didn’t exist.
Quarterbacks often make the NFL turn. And this low season has not been the exception. Sam Darnold charged one of the main free agency offers, obtaining $ 100 million from the Seattle Seahawks. Geno Smith moved to the Las Vegas Raiders to give without City some additional spices. And Aaron Rodgers has brought many headlines at age 41, despite approaching April without a definitive plan for the 2025 season.
The NFL 2025 draft is now just around the corner, but even with most equipment tentatively established in the field Marshal, the position remains a conversation catalyst. Cam Ward will go No. 1 in general? Sanders will leave the board immediately after? And what about Rodgers? Will you really wait until summer, or even later, to make a decision about what your NFL campaign would be? Many alignment movements could expect both rookie and veteran fronts.
With that in mind, we decided to put our limit of thought and re -evaluate five of the most juicy field marshal stories, projecting if the last rumors are more made than fiction:
Aaron Rodgers wants the Vikings (and vice versa)
Verdict: Buy
Why is this future field marshal of the Hall of Fame? unemployed? He is 41 years old, to begin with, with a decrease in mobility and a presence of huge celebrities. But here there is another reason: he wants the perfect opportunity. Minnesota is registered as that, with talent, training and playoff caliber facilities. The Vikings, of course, are in the uncomfortable position of desire both instant stability and a longer term commitment to their first round of JJ McCarthy, so it is understandable that they doubt to go to an aging and renowned rental. However, the fact that they have He continually left the door open For additional rodgers talks, and that Rodgers continues to go through the clear interest of the Pittsburgh Steelers, he suggests that in the background there is a mutual attraction here. Will you say to a real association? Maybe. Maybe not. But everyone can dream.
Verdict: Sale
There are no disputes to the connections here: Cleveland’s coach Kevin Stefanski was once Cousins’s offensive coordinator with the Vikings, and even after acquiring Kenny Picytt through trade, Browns need a great need for proven field marshal help, with Deshaun Watson left side indefinitely. However, Atlanta hawks could have easily cut ties with cousins if they only wanted future financial relief. The fact that they have retained their swollen contract suggests that they expect an emergency that leads another team to deliver legitimate compensation through trade. Why, after treating Philadelphia Eagles for Picktt, the Browns would not prefer to add a rookie in an even cheaper agreement through the draft?
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Cam Ward goes to the Titans
Verdict: Buy
For a while, it seemed that Tennessee preferred to sell general selection number 1 in the 2025 draft, with the New York giants informed as Favorite to acquire the selection. Even recently, ESPN reported that the Titans were still open to offers, despite the increase in interest in Ward, the Miami prospect. And that is probably true; Why would a reconstruction franchise interwoven an expansion of its 2025 draft capital? However, no one else appears so in love with Ward that they would be willing to pay a premium to ascend. And at the end of the day, the Titans still need a signal container of the future. Is Ward the best or most player ready for NFL in the draft? Perhaps not, but its advantage as a talented solid may require its landing in Nashville.
The colts will celebrate a legitimate competition of QB
Verdict: Buy
Indianapolis partially showed his hand in regard to 2023, Anthony Richardson, during the 2024 season, when the colts took the talented but erratic perspective inside and outside the initial alignment. Richardson is not completely guilty of his first professional struggles, but coach Shane Steichen almost declared that Florida’s product was not prepared after his initial bank. Cue this low season, when the team paid a surprisingly elevated price by former New York Giants Castoff Daniel Jones. The money speaks, and the contract of $ 14 million Jones places it well above the standard backups. We hope that Richardson has the advantage as a starter when the work in the field begins, but this time works will not be promised.
Aaron Rodgers rumors: This All-Pro predicts that QB will retire instead of signing with Steelers for the 2025 NFL season
Cody Benjamin
Steelers have a trick under the sleeve in QB
Verdict: Sale
Pittsburgh was unusually proactive in Quarterback in the low season of 2024, throwing Kenny Pickett and doubling Russell Wilson and Justin Fields as a hopeful antidote for the post-ben roethlisberger blues. This year, the Steelers have followed the other address, letting both the fields and Wilson walk while prioritizing … A Mason Rudolph meeting? Aaron Rodgers remains his most proven option for 2025. The fact that it has not happened but means that Steel City could really enter 2025 with Rudolph as a position score, except for a surprise surprise and/or a sensational summer for a novice bet. Maybe everything will work out, but its operation has felt much more accidentally casual than deliberately patient.
This was the first game for both parties after an international break and it seemed that the additional miles toured by the players recently affected.
Brighton players traveled a total of 86,208 miles during the break, while Forest players combined for a total of 83,054 miles.
In a cautious match, the players seemed fatigued with both disorderly teams in possession and without quality in the last third.
“Football needs to address this. I know that people will say that players are paid a fortune, yes, they do it,” said former England striker, Gary Lineker.
“But it is not just about the well -being of the players, but the public who pays will suffer, since you are not going to get players at their best.”
When the initial alignments were announced before the start, there were question signs about Nuno’s decision to rest the Callum Hudson -odoi and Anthony Elanga attackers, especially with the top scorer Chris Wood lacking injury.
It almost seemed that the Chief of the Forest had an eye at the Premier League meeting on Tuesday against Manchester United, an opportunity for Forest to solidify his place among the top four and increase his commitment to the football of the Champions League next season.
Hudson-odoi and Elanga arrived just after the brand of the hour, and although they had problems having an impact during the game, the first annulled the second kick of the forest.
“You have to give Nuno a loan,” said former Manchester United Wayne Rooney forward.
“We said before the game, we thought he made a mistake resting to some players, but when they pass, you have to give them credit.”
Alaina Getzenberg covers the Buffalo Bills for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2021. Alaina was previously a Beat reporter for Charlotte Observer and has also worked for CBS Sports and Dallas Morning News. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley.
Buffalo, Ny-Los Bills continued their philosophy and their low season tendency to sign their own draft selections to long-term extensions, agreeing with terms with the corner Christian Benford in an extension of the contract of four years and $ 76 million, its agents, Hadley Engelhard and Jim Ulrich of Enterrsports Management, they told Adam Schefter of ESPN on Saturday.
Benford, 24, was entering the last year of his rookie agreement and will now be under contract until season 2029. The agreement is the last in the Bills prioritization retention players who have become headlines before they become free agents: “Draft, develop and sign again,” as the General Manager Brandon Beane says.
The selection of the sixth Round of Villanova becomes the third member of the 2022 Bills Draft class to sign an extension of four years in this low season, joining the open receiver Khalil Shakir and supporter Terrel Bernard. The Bills have also signed the defensive wing Greg Rousseau (four years) and the Marshal of Campo Josh Allen (six years) to extensions this low season.
“I love Christian and excited to return this season, and we will see if it works now, later, in the future, to keep it here,” Beane said earlier this month. “Which, again, you know for what I have always said, we want to write, develop and sign ours again, and so excited that it will be here this year, especially knowing … we are thin in the position at this time.”
Benford has been a clear headline for the team in the last two seasons: he started five games as the Bills resolved the initial situation in his rookie year. Then he took a step forward in 2024 and has become the number 1 corner of the team. Benford has 34 regular season openings in three seasons and has published 5 interceptions, 25 defenced passes and 4 forced loose balls and two loose ball recoveries.
The average annual value of the New Deal alone puts the average annual value of Benford tied in 13º among the corners.
Benford’s firm in part addresses the largest position of the team in the external corner for the future. However, there is no clear opener against Benford on the list with the draft less than a month after Rasul Douglas became a free agent this low season. In terms of depth in the position, the team changed Kaiir Elam of the first round of 2022 to the Dallas Cowboys this month and brought Dane Jackson.
The remaining interrogation sign among possible extension candidates for Bills is the runner of the second round of 2022, James Cook.
