The Lions had added some depth to their secondary.
Detroit announced on Tuesday that the club has signed safety Chuck Clark.
Clark, who turns 31 in April, spent last season with the Steelers. He appeared in 15 contests with five starts, playing 44 percent of defensive snaps and 48 percent of special teams snaps in games played.
Clark previously played the 2024 season with the Jets, starting 12 games. While he missed the 2023 season with a torn ACL, Clark played his first six seasons with the Ravens, starting 63 games for the club.
In 123 career appearances with 80 starts, Clark has registered five interceptions, 37 passes defensed, seven forced fumbles, and 4.5 sacks.
With Patrick Mahomes on the mend from a torn ACL suffered late in the 2025 season, there’s certainly a chance he won’t be ready for the start of the regular season.
That’s part of why Kansas City traded for Justin Fields to be the team’s backup QB.
The No. 11 pick of the 2021 draft, Fields has plenty of experience for a backup, having started 53 games for the Bears, Steelers, and Jets over the last five seasons.
But while Fields has been more effective as a runner than a passer in the league, Chiefs head coach Andy Reid noted on Tuesday how the different elements of Fields’ skillset can fit within the offense.
“I like his game,” Reid said at the annual league meeting on Tuesday. “He can do the drop back game, he can do the movement stuff, play-action — whether it’s a naked or a sprint-out game. He has that whole package that he can do. He understands the screen game, understands how to set it up. He obviously — he’s going to be one of the better athletes on the field when he’s out there. He’s fast, big, likes to play the game. So, I mean, all the stuff I like.”
Given Fields’ athleticism, talk seems to follow the quarterback wherever he goes that there could be some sort of package to get him on the field at a different position. Reid effectively said he’s not planning much for that, but the head coach also didn’t close the door on that idea.
“We’ll see how that goes. I’ll talk with him and see where he’s at with that,” Reid said. “But he’s more than a gadget guy, that’s not how I’m looking at it. That’s not why we brought him in. We brought him in to play quarterback if he’s needed to play quarterback.
“And then whatever goes from there — if he gets bored, we’ll have a couple of things for him,” Reid added with a chuckle.
Fields rushed for 1,143 yards with eight touchdowns in 2022, leading the league at 7.1 yards per carry.
Last season for New York, Fields started nine games, compiling a 2-7 record. He completed 62.7 percent of his passes for 1,1259 yards with seven touchdowns and one interception. He took 71 carries for 383 yards with four TDs, which works out to 5.4 yards per attempt.
NFL owners approved the Steelers’ resolution to permanently allow teams to have a video or phone call with as many as five free agents during the two-day negotiating period before the start of the league year.
Previously, teams could talk only to agents during what has become known as the “legal tampering window” except for players who are self-represented.
Now, teams can speak to as many as five impending free agents.
It allows a limited chance for a team and a player to get acquainted during negotiations and also makes it easier to facilitate travel for players who have agreed to a contract.
The Steelers proposed the resolution last year, and it was approved for a one-year trial basis for this offseason.
Carson Beck and Ty Simpson are making some of the same stops as they make the pre-draft rounds of NFL teams.
NFL Media reports that Beck and Simpson are both slated for meetings with the Cardinals and Dolphins ahead of next month’s draft. Both quarterbacks have also spent time with the Jets already.
Simpson had a brief meeting with the Cardinals at the Combine as well and their head coach Mike LaFleur called him a “good dude and we’ll see where it goes.”
Beck has also met with the Steelers while Simpson has spent time with the Browns as he works to find a home in the NFL.
Mike McCarthy has answered enough Aaron Rodgers’ questions to last a lifetime. He was asked more on Tuesday at the NFL owners meetings in Scottsdale, Arizona.
But the Steelers head coach still doesn’t have an answer from the quarterback about his playing future.
“I’m confident,” McCarthy said. “But at the end of the day, it’s a personal decision. I think we’re in a good space.”
McCarthy and Rodgers talk regularly, most recently on Monday night.
“He says hello,”’ McCarthy quipped.
Rodgers is expected to return for a second season in Pittsburgh, his 22nd season in the NFL and his 14th with McCarthy as his coach. Like last offseason, though, Rodgers is taking his sweet time.
McCarthy said he was not going to “get into the timeline,” but it seems like McCarthy knows which way the wind is blowing already.
“It’s going good,” McCarthy said. “It’s been very positive, and we’ll just continue to talk. We talk regularly.”
The Steelers, for a second consecutive offseason, are Rodgers’ only option. He will either sign with Pittsburgh or retire.
