Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores will be among the 27 participants in the NFL's fifth accelerator program.

The event is hosted by the league to strengthen the pipeline of diverse candidates for front office and coaching positions. It's held at the league meetings in Nashville, Tennessee, which will take place next week.

Flores, a longtime New England Patriots assistant before becoming the head coach of the Miami Dolphins from 2019-21, filed a lawsuit in 2022 against the NFL and several teams alleging racial discrimination in its hiring practices.

After being fired by the Dolphins, Flores spent a season with the Pittsburgh Steelers as a senior defensive assistant and linebackers coach before taking the Vikings defensive coordinator position in 2023.

The New England Patriots have signed center David Andrews to a one-year contract extension that includes $8 million fully guaranteed, according to league sources.

Andrews, 31, was entering the final year of his contract and scheduled to earn a base salary of $4.5 million. 

Under the new deal, Andrews will earn a base value of $12 million over the next two seasons, with a maximum value of $13 million, per a source.

Houston Texans defensive end Dylan Horton posted a video of himself ringing the bell on Thursday, signifying his last radiation treatment after being diagnosed with Stage 4 Hodgkin's lymphoma.

"Glory to God. Final Treatment," Horton tagged the video, which was posted to Instagram Story.

Horton stepped away from the Texans on Nov. 22, citing a "personal matter" as the Texans were preparing to play the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 12. He later learned Dec. 1 that he had Stage 4 Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Sportsbooks clearly see the San Francisco 49ers as the strongest team in the NFL entering the 2024 campaign.

The 49ers are favored in all 17 games, via the betting lines that were posted immediately after the 2024 NFL schedule was released on Thursday night.

Among the more potentially challenging games on the 49ers' schedule includes home games against the Kansas City Chiefs, Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys. The 49ers, however, will play at the Buffalo Bills and Miami Dolphins in December. 

HBO's "Hard Knocks" is back and will feature the New York Giants this offseason.

The program will debut July 2 with the five-episode series running through the end of the month.

It marks the first-ever offseason edition of "Hard Knocks," which has traditionally chronicled training camp and preseason, but also expanded with regular-season episodes starting in 2021 with the Indianapolis Colts.

Cameron Heyward has not participated in voluntary offseason workouts and does not plan to attend OTAs as he seeks a contract extension with the Pittsburgh Steelers, according to sources.

Heyward, set to become a free agent in 2025, has never missed an offseason program.

The defensive lineman, 35, has registered the most defensive stops in the league since 2019 with 242, via Next Gen Stats, and the third-most sacks among interior rushers during that span with 58.5.

The Jaguars and the city of Jacksonville have agreed to a $1.4 billion "stadium of the future" that would keep the franchise in the market for another 30 years.

The proposal calls for each side to contribute $625 million to the $1.25 billion project. Jacksonville, which won't levy any new taxes to pay for the rebuild, would chip in another $150 million to get EverBank Stadium ready for construction in 2026.

The plan was presented at a city council meeting Tuesday. Councilmembers are expected to vote on it in late June, with a simple majority of the 19 members needed to pass. It would then advance to the NFL owners meeting in October, where 24 of 32 votes would be needed for final approval.

Voluntary workouts are winding down for the Dallas Cowboys with OTAs set to kick off on May 21.

CeeDee Lamb, who led the NFL in catches in 2023 (135), has yet to show up to the Cowboys' team facility this offseason. 

The wide receiver is entering the final season of his rookie contract on a fully-guaranteed fifth-year option worth $17.991 million while in a search of a new, long-term deal. 

At this point in the offseason, Lamb's holdout isn't concerning to the Dallas coaching staff. 

"It [Lamb's holdout] doesn't matter right now. CeeDee's a pro," offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer said. "He's going to know what to do. I know [quarterback] Dak [Prescott] and the guys have some communication with him. We know he's taking care of business, and when he gets back here, we'll certainly be able to find ways to get him the ball."  

Tom Brady has regrets about the impact his recent roast had on his children.

"I loved when the jokes were about me," Brady said on "The Pivot" podcast with Ryan Clark, Fred Taylor and Channing Crowder. "I thought they were so fun. I didn't like the way it affected my kids.

"So it's the hardest part; the bittersweet aspect of when you do something that you think is one way and all of a sudden you realize 'I wouldn't do that again' because of the way it affected, actually, the people I care about the most in the world."

Kirk Cousins insists he isn't angry with the Atlanta Falcons for drafting Michael Penix, Jr.

Cousins was asked on the 'Bussin' with the Boys' podcast if there's beef between him and the Falcons over the draft.

"No, I don't think there can be. I don't think it's helpful," the quarterback said.

"We're trying to win the Super Bowl and it's hard enough. So let's all be on the same page and let's go try to win the Super Bowl."