You'll have to continue waiting for the 2021 NFL preseason, regular season and ultimately the playoffs, but you won't have to twiddle your thumbs any longer as it relates to getting important dates for next offseason, such as the start of free agency. The entire NFL offseason calendar was upheaved in 2020 -- by the first waves of Mike Condon Women Jersey the COVID-19 pandemic -- to the point of near-full cancellation. And while the league was able to succe sfully complete its regular season and postseason (and despite a slew of scheduling hiccups caused by the very same pandemic), the calendar for 2021 also remained uncertain as vaccines were still being finalized and distributed.Now, as teams Tampa Bay Lightning Men Jersey wrap minicamp after having also undergone OTAs that followed the 2021 NFL Draft in Cleveland, OH, things are mostly chugging along around the league and that's led to an early agreement with the NFLPA on what the offseason will look like one year from now.To that point, the NFLPA reportedly sent the following calendar to agents, per Tom Peli sero of , presumably locking in operational deadlines from January through April:February 22 through March 8: Franchise/Transition Player designation periodMarch 16: 2021 NFL league year ends at 3:59 p.m.

is officially a free agent again, and he had no clue it would happen. The Washington Football Team notified the future Hall of Fame running back on Thursday afternoon of its decision to release him in favor of the younger Nolan Patrick Kids Jersey guys at the position, sending the 35-year-old to the open market le s than a week ahead of the 2020 regular season kickoff. Peterson did good things in his time in Washington, including leading the team with 898 rushing yards plus five touchdowns, making for a two-year tally in Washington of 1,940 rushing yards and 13 total touchdowns.

Who's PlayingLos Angeles @ BuffaloCurrent Records: Los Angeles 3-7; Buffalo 7-3What to KnowThe Buffalo Bills should come into this matchup well-rested after a week off from action. They will take on the Los Angeles Chargers at 1 p.m. ET Sunday at Bills Stadium. Los Patrik Elias Jersey Angeles will be strutting in after a victory while the Bills will be stumbling in from a defeat. It was a hard-fought matchup, but Buffalo had to settle for a 32-30 lo s against the Arizona Cardinals two weeks ago. A silver lining for Buffalo was the play of QB , who pa sed for two TDs and 284 yards on 49 attempts in addition to picking up 38 yards on the ground and snatching one receiving TD.

The haven't reached the level of dominance the 2007 maintained in their blitzkrieg of opponents in their 2007 undefeated regular season, but in Week 5, they accomplished a feat last accomplished by that Pats team during their perfect regular season -- against the same opponent no le s. During their42-16 beatdown of the previously undefeated , the Titans made NFL history. Radko Gudas Jersey , the Titans became the first team to score a touchdown on every red zone po se sion (minimum six red zone po se sions), have zero turnovers, Lars Eller Women Jersey and allow no sacks since the Patriots in 2007.New England reached that milestone in a 56-10 blowout of Buffalo in Week 11 of the 2007 season.

The main storyline surrounding the ' minicamp was the absence of cornerback , who is holding out in hopes of having his contract restructured. The league's leader in interceptions (10) and pa ses defensed (20) last season, Howard has four years remaining on a five-year, Derrick Pouliot Men Jersey $75.25 million extension he signed in May in 2019. Howard if the two sides fail to come to an agreement, according to the .Fellow Dolphins cornerback -- who signed a five-year, $82.5 million contract with the club last offseason after leaving the -- recently addre sed his teammate's situation during a media se sion.

The National Football League is officially back for 2019, and with one game already in the books -- I hope you took the Packers -- there are only 255 more chances to pick winners in the regular season.Each week, we'll collect all of the best picks and gambling content from CBSSports.com and SportsLine in one place, so you can get picks against the spread from our CBS Sports experts as well as additional feature content for each game, including plays from top SportsLine experts and the SportsLine Projection Model, best bets from our staff, survivor picks and more.Enjoy our run through of Week 1, and good luck in your games! Falcons at Vikings Time:Sunday, 1 p.m.

It'll be the and who'll duke it out with a Lombardi Trophy on the line. With the dust now settled on the AFC and NFC championships, we know and company will look to become the first team to win back-to-back Super Bowls since the 2003-04 . The man trying to stop him from mounting that feat is the quarterback who helped bring New England those consecutive titles in , who is now finding similar succe s as a member of the Bucs.With the stakes so high, this game will be di sected more than any other this season. As we begin peeling back different aspects of this head-to-head, we'll start Auston Matthews Men Jersey to get a clearer picture as to who may have the edge.

Throughout the 2020 offseason, the prevailing line of thought regarding the was that they clearly had one of the best rosters in football, but that it's po sible their quarterback play would hold them back. It made sense to think that way. , in 27 games as a starter acro s his first two seasons, had simply not performed very well. He Denis Potvin Jersey made strides from Year 1 to Year 2, to be sure, but he was still below-average in almost every aspect of quarterback play.Fast forward to right now, and the Bills are 4-0. They began the season with a light schedule featuring games against the , Dolphins, and so perhaps that is not too surprising for a team considered an AFC playoff contender coming into the year.

Some NFL teams, like the and , are entering the 2020 season.Many of those same teams are also loaded with offseason needs, meaning they'll have reason to spend up in free agency.But what Erik Karlsson Youth Jersey about the clubs hurting for cap space? What about those who might actually have to make moves in order to make more? The NFL is famously a league of parity, but one look at teams' makes clear that some are, in fact, much better positioned than others in terms of financial flexibility. Consider, for example, that the Dolphins own more than $90 million in available cap space, whereas the -- the worst team in terms of cap space -- are $12 million the cap, meaning they're roughly $112 million behind the Dolphins in terms of available money.In advance of 2020 free agency, here's a look at the 10 teams with the least amount of salary cap space, per Spotrac's estimations, as well as some potential ways for the teams to free up money: 10.

, but you're well aware of that by now. , something else you know by now, and the return of those three starters at cornerstone positions set the up to potentially return to their post as the No. 1 offense in the NFL -- as they were in 2019 and in 2020 prior to losing Prescott Chris Lykes Jersey to his season-ending ankle injury. That po sibility has drooling all over his jersey, having been forced into a taking a step back statistically due to a merry-go-round of poor quarterback play in Week 6 through Week 17, but having the talent to still finish with 843 receiving yards and five touchdowns in Year 3.Sharing the load with rookie first-round pick (who finished with just under 1,000 yards receiving) also had an impact, but Prescott being back under center means Gallup -- easily one of his favorite targets -- could again find a way to surpa s 1,000 yards receiving as he did in 2019 (1,106).