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The latest quarterback-contract domino has fallen
The latest quarterback-contract domino has fallen.
According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, the Los Angeles Chargers and quarterback Justin Herbert have come to terms on a “landmark” contract extension. As reported by Schefter, the parties have agreed on a five-year, $262.5 million extension that keeps him in Los Angeles through the 2029 season.
Herbert is the latest young quarterback to reach agreement on a long-term extension this offseason.

The Red Sox sent utility man Kiké Hernández back to L.A. in a trade with the Dodgers on Tuesday.

The Chargers and quarterback Justin Herbert have agreed to a five-year, $262.5 million extension through the 2029 season, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports. In the deal, Herbert could get $218.7 million guaranteed and $133.7 million fully guaranteed.
The deal makes Herbert the highest-paid quarterback by average annual value and second-highest by total value, trailing only Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
Herbert’s contract is worth just $2.

The Browns aren’t shy about singing Garrett’s praises, so much so that they’re building their defensive revamp around him.

There’s a new vibe in Washington as training camp begins.

Broncos coach Sean Payton did not hold back on his thoughts about the NFL’s gambling policy that has led to a series of players suspended for violating the league’s mandate, including his own defensive lineman Eyioma Uwazurike.
Payton told USA Today Sports on Tuesday that as more players have been suspended recently, the league must look at its own communication of the gambling protocol.
“When you have a bunch of players getting D’s, you have to start looking at the message,” Payton told Jarrett Bell of USA Today Sports.

Another $304 million was wasted Tuesday; surprisingly, it did not end up in Ukraine.
Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown signed a ‘supermax’ contract extension, totaling a tremendous five-year, $304 million deal — the biggest contract signed in NBA history.
Now, if you were to take a step back and ask yourself who the highest-paid player in the NBA is (assuming you’re that bored), you’d probably guess LeBron James.
Or Giannis Antetokounmpo. Maybe Nikola Jokic, considering he’s the ‘head-and-shoulders’ best player in the league right now.
Turns out it’s actually the No.

Good start to my camp trip in Allen Park, Mich., a short drive west of Detroit. My takeaways from Lions camp …
1) One particular area where there could be a tangible difference is in the flexibility defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn will have on the back end, with Cam Sutton, Kerby Joseph, C.J. Gardner-Johnson and second-round pick Brian Branch among the pieces with the malleability to move all over the secondary. That should give Glenn a green light to be aggressively creative in playing mind games with quarterbacks.

Last month, Sports Illustrated’s Tom Verducci stated that despite the MLB season being less than halfway completed, the AL MVP race was an absolute done deal.
Many sports bettors were in complete agreement as they flooded sportsbooks to wager on the Angels’ Shohei Ohtani to win the Most Valuable Player Award in the American League. The dominant talent, who opened as the +200 favorite at SI Sportsbook prior to the start of the season, has now become a massive prohibitive favorite at -1099.

After Sean McVay considered retiring, he chose to return to the Rams instead of taking some time off. However, McVay got some big news during the offseason away from football.
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles coach revealed his wife is pregnant with their first child, and he spent most of the offseason preparing for his arrival.
“It was great to be able to spend time with my wife, especially because it’s exciting we have a little boy coming here in a few months and my appreciation for her and just that process in general is significant,” McVay said, via ProFootballTalk.