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Jamison Hensley
OWINGS MILL, Md. — Pro Bowl wide receiver Zay Flowers said Tuesday he has fully recovered from a right knee injury that sidelined him for both of the Baltimore Ravens’ playoff games last season.
“My knee is great,” Flowers said at the start of the Ravens’ second week of organized team activities. “I feel 100%. I feel like I’m ready for the season. No limits.”
Last season, Flowers became the the first player in Ravens history to reach the Pro Bowl as a wide receiver. He was Lamar Jackson’s top target, leading Baltimore with 74 receptions and 1,059 receiving yards.
But Flowers didn’t play in the Ravens’ postseason after injuring his right knee during Baltimore’s regular-season finale on Jan. 4 against the Cleveland Browns. It marked the first time that he missed consecutive games.
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Nick Wagoner
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers’ defensive line renovation continues as they traded for Philadelphia Eagles edge rusher Bryce Huff, the team announced on Monday.
The trade includes a restructured contract for Huff, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Huff was slated to make $16.75 million in fully guaranteed money in 2025, but the Eagles will take on $9.05 million in salary, leaving the Niners to handle the remaining $7.95 million. San Francisco will send a middle-round draft pick to the Eagles for Huff.
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Upon landing in San Francisco, Huff will be reunited with defensive coordinator Robert Saleh, who was Huff’s coach with the New York Jets for three seasons. There, Huff had his best NFL season in 2023, posting a career-high 10 sacks and 68 pressures on 312 pass-rush snaps. That 21.8% pressure rate was the best in the NFL, according to NFL Next Gen Stats.
That breakout season resulted in Huff landing one of the biggest free agent deals of 2024 when he signed a three-year, $51 million deal with the Eagles. But Huff never got his footing in Philadelphia, finishing last season with 13 tackles and 2.5 sacks in 12 games with just six starts.
With the 49ers, Huff is joining a team that has undergone an extensive defensive makeover in the offseason, especially on the defensive line. Star defensive end Nick Bosa is the only surefire starter returning after the team released defensive tackles Javon Hargrave and Maliek Collins and defensive end Leonard Floyd.
San Francisco restocked the line largely through the draft, spending the 11th pick on defensive end Mykel Williams and second- and fourth-round choices on tackles Alfred Collins and CJ West, respectively.
Huff provides not only experience on the edge opposite Bosa but also could allow the team to move Williams around the line in sub packages after Williams played about 36% of his snaps inside during the 2024 college season.
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Alaina Getzenberg
Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen made quite the catch, marrying his fiancée, musician and actress Hailee Steinfeld, on Saturday, according to multiple reports.
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The pair announced their engagement in November with the proposal taking place during the Bills’ bye week. The following week, Allen described his bye as “fantastic.” They were first linked together publicly in the spring of 2023.
The reigning MVP quarterback was in attendance and participating in Tuesday’s voluntary organized team activities with the Bills, while Steinfeld is coming off the success of her latest film, “Sinners,” which surpassed a $200 million domestic total.
Coach Sean McDermott was asked whether he had seen any jitters from Allen on Tuesday.
“Jitters from Josh? I’m not going to get into any of that,” McDermott said. “Good try on that. But he is as confident and as calm, cool and collected as he always is.”
Dak Prescott’s family has welcomed a new member.
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On Saturday, the Dallas Cowboys quarterback announced on social media that his fiancée, Sarah Jane Ramos, gave birth to a baby girl on May 22. The couple named their daughter Aurora Rayne.
“I love you [Sarah Jane] and the family we’ve created,” Prescott wrote in the post.
The couple’s other daughter, Margaret Jane Rose Prescott, was born on Feb. 22, 2024.
“I love you and our sweet girls more than anything,” Ramos commented under the announcement.
Cowboys defensive end Micah Parsons and singer Jessie James Decker were among the many who congratulated Prescott and Ramos on their newborn.
During the 2023 season, in which Prescott threw for a career-high 4,516 passing yards, he credited fatherhood for his dominance on the field.
“It’s dad strength is why I’m playing that way,” Prescott said.
Prescott amassed 1,978 passing yards, 11 touchdowns and eight interceptions in eight games in 2024 before suffering a hamstring avulsion that required surgery, cutting his season short.
