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Colts pick up Kwity Paye’s fifth-year option

The Colts announced they have exercised the option, which means Paye has a guaranteed salary of $13.387 million for the 2025 season.

Paye arrived in Indianapolis out of Michigan with the 21st pick in the 2021 NFL draft He has developed into a solid player, and last year he recorded 8.5 sacks and played 60 percent of the Colts’ defensive snaps.

This year Paye has a very affordable cap hit of $4.3 million. Next year he’ll be a lot more expensive, but the Colts think he’s worth it.

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Report- No criminal charges against Dak Prescott over 2017 sexual assault allegation - NBC Sports

WFAA.com reports that prosecutors will not pursue the matter, and that Dallas police “found no evidence to support” the alleged victim’s claims.

“Corroborate” would be the better term, since the alleged victim’s version obviously counts as evidence. The question is whether prosecutors believe they can prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. If the only evidence is her claim and Dak’s denial with nothing more, it becomes difficult to meet the very high standard for a criminal conviction.

The decision not to pursue criminal charges has no impact on the civil claims that are pending between the parties. Prescott sued first, accusing the alleged victim and her lawyers of extortion, among other things, after the alleged victim’s lawyers sent a demand letter seeking payment of $100 million.

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Chargers add WR DJ Chark - NBC Sports

The second-round pick in 2018, who spent four years with the Jaguars, has his third team in three seasons. Via Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, he has agreed to terms with the Chargers.
It’s a one-year deal, worth “up to” $5 million. Which means, as we’ve learned especially this year, that the only way to get there is to hit some incentives that, at times, can be hard to achieve.
In 2022, Chark played for the Lions. Last year, the Panthers.
He was a Pro Bowler in 2019, his second season. It was his only 1,000-yard campaign, at 1,008. Last year, he had 525 yards in 15 games with the Panthers.

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NFL Network apparently pulls plug on Total Access - NBC Sports

First came the bizarre decision to take a popular morning show off the air for months (at a minimum) and relocate it from one coast to the other. Now comes a round of post-draft layoffs that apparently will end Total Access, the nightly studio show devoted to all things NFL.

Ben Axelrod of AwfulAnnouncing.com reports that “the majority of the show’s staff” was laid off on Friday.

The show remains on NFLN’s online schedule.

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Michael Irvin is out at NFL Network - NBC Sports

Irvin is out, as reported by Ryan Glasspiegel of the New York Post.

The league confirmed the news to Andrew Marchand of TheAthletic.com.

It’s no surprise, given the events of 2023. Irvin was sent home from the Super Bowl after an employee of a Marriott hotel complained about Irvin. He sued the hotel but not the league. The league, as we understood it at the time, wanted the case to go away before bringing Irvin back.

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Eagles sign fifth-round pick Johnny Wilson

Eagles put Le’Raven Clark on IR, sign seven undrafted rookies