Football

3/3/2026 |  2026 NFL free agency primer: Projected free agents, top needs, cap space for all 32 teams this offseason (CBS Sports) The 2026 NFL offseason is about to go from zero to 100 miles per hour in the blink of an eye. 
Tuesday at 4 p.m. ET is the deadline for the league's 32 teams to decide whether or not to utilize the franchise tag and/or transition tag. Pending free agents are allowed to talk to other teams in the NFL's legal tampering period beginning at noon ET on March 9 and ending at 3:59:59 p.m. ET on March 11. That's also when players can enter contract negotiations and begin to hammer out terms on a new contract. At 4 p.m. ET on March 11, the 2026 league will officially begin. That means contracts for 2025 will be completed, so teams can officially sign free agents to new pacts. 

3/3/2026 |  2026 NFL combine: One thing we learned about every NFC team in Indianapolis (CBS Sports) The 2026 NFL combine is in the rearview mirror, and free agency is now one week away. Though the combine's main attraction is the prospect group itself -- an in-depth job interview of sorts in which players meet with teams, get medically evaluated, talk with the media and, of course, do the on-field drills and testing -- much, much more goes on in Indianapolis. Coaches and front office members meet with player representatives, with the media and among themselves. Trades, releases, deals and other transactions get hashed out.

3/3/2026 |  NFL Combine Winners and Losers: Who Boosted Their 2026 Draft Stock? (DEADSPIN) There is a notion that NFL teams set their draft board in February, and only the truly remarkable — positive or negative — individual performances inspire adjustments between the start of the NFL Scouting Combine and the draft in April.
At this time last year, Titans GM Mike Borgonzi said his board was essentially set. After drafting Cam Ward No. 1 overall in April, he reiterated the board at the top never moved in Nashville.

3/3/2026 |  Jerry Jones Promises Free Agency Splash as Cowboys Seek End to Super Bowl Drought (DEADSPIN) Thirty years ago last week, quarterback Neil O’Donnell jetted Pittsburgh for the greener pastures of a big free agent contract from New York’s AFC team.
One month before, the Dallas Cowboys harassed O’Donnell while defeating Pittsburgh in Super Bowl XXX. The Cowboys haven’t played for a championship since.

3/3/2026 |  NFL announces Falcons will play in Madrid this season (NBC Sports) The Falcons will be playing in Madrid, Spain, in 2026.
The NFL announced today that the Falcons will be one of the participants in the previously announced Madrid game. It is expected to be a Falcons home game, and the Falcons will play eight games in Atlanta. NFC teams have nine home games in 2026.