PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Eagles agreed to terms with wide receiver DeVonta Smith on a three-year contract extension through the 2028 season on Monday.
The move included the Eagles picking up the fifth-year option on Smith's 2025 season.
Smith has 240 receptions for 3,178 yards and 19 touchdowns in three seasons with the Eagles. Smith was the 2020 Heisman Trophy winner who helped Alabama win two national championships in his four seasons with the Crimson Tide.
He'll get a reported $75M contract extension that includes $51M guaranteed with his new deal. His best season came in 2022 when he helped lead the Eagles to the Super Bowl with 95 catches and 1,196 yards.
Smith's extension continues a busy offseason for the Eagles.
They signed former Giants running back Saquon Barkley and linebackers Bryce Huff and Zack Baun, three key free-agent additions that were part of a rapid roster overhaul in the wake of the Eagles’ late-season collapse. Safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson is back a year after the team let him walk away in free agency. Wide receiver DeVante Parker will receive a $4.69 million guarantee in his one-year deal, and the Eagles also signed offensive lineman Matt Hennessy.
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Three-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle DeForest Buckner and the Indianapolis Colts have agreed on a $46 million, two-year contract extension through 2026, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press.
The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity Monday because the team didn’t release the terms.
Buckner had eight sacks, 11 tackles for loss and 21 quarterback hits in 2023. A first-round pick by San Francisco in 2016, the 30-year-old Buckner was traded to the Colts in 2020 and enters his fifth season in Indianapolis.
He has 61 sacks and 80 tackles for loss.
Commanders hire Gardi
ASHBURN, Va. — The Washington Commanders hired Dave Gardi as senior vice president of football initiatives on Monday, bringing a respected member of the NFL office into the fold as part of their new-look front office.
Gardi spent 21 years working for the league, including the past 10 as senior VP of football operations. His responsibilities with the Commanders are expected to range from in-game management to compliance with league protocols, officiating trends and safety guidelines.
“Dave has been one of the most highly regarded executives at the NFL league office and is someone with an immense knowledge of the game," new general manager Adam Peters said in a statement. “He will be an invaluable resource to our front office as we continue to usher in a new era of Washington Commanders football.”
Gardi at the NFL played a role in developing competitive balance and integrity policies and procedures and helped oversee rules administration on game days.
Giants' Jones hopes to be ready for camp
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Quarterback Daniel Jones is now throwing while moving in his rehabilitation from major knee surgery and he hopes to be ready to play when the New York Giants open training camp in late July.
Speaking after the Giants reported for the opening phase of organized team activities on Monday, Jones said he has not had any setbacks in rehabilitating his right knee and that the neck injury that sidelined him early in the season is no longer an issue. He called it a stinger.
The soon-to-be 27 year-old who was the No. 6 overall pick in the 2019 draft believes he gives the Giants their best quarterback option for the 2024 season, provided he is healthy. He said he hopes to take part in some drills during the OTAs.
There has been a lot of speculation that the Giants, who are coming off a 6-11 season, are hoping to draft a quarterback at the end of the month, particularly because of Jones' injury history and the fact New York has been to the playoffs once (2022) in his five seasons as a starter.
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CHIEFS: Coach Andy Reid says wide receiver Rashee Rice will participate in the team’s voluntary offseason program beginning this week. Rice is facing one count of aggravated assault, one count of collision involving serious bodily injury and six counts of collision involving injury as the result of a sports car crash in Texas. The Chiefs have gone to holding virtual meetings during the early part of their offseason program in part because they have played into February.
JETS: New York is bringing back the “New York Sack Exchange” — at least the look of it. The Jets unveiled their “legacy collection” two months after team chairman Woody Johnson told fans new uniforms were in the works. The collection features three versions: legacy green, legacy white and legacy black.
MEDICAL SUMMIT: The NFL implemented new rules, banned another type of tackle and introduced equipment aimed toward improving player safety. Keeping players healthy is a top priority for a league that had many star players suffer significant injuries in 2023. Figuring out the best ways to help players stay on the field is a collaborative effort for the league and its teams.