49ers defensive end Nick Bosa cast doubt on his older brother Joey playing in the NFL in 2026 in May when he said that his brother is not “thinking too much about football” while working on his golf game.
Adam Schefter of ESPN provided more reason to think that the elder Bosa will not be signing with any team before Week 1. During his podcast, Schefter was asked about the prospect of the two brothers playing together and said that there’s a better chance of Joey Bosa playing for no one.
“It is more likely than not that Joey Bosa has played his last NFL down,” Schefter said. “Now, again, could a situation like the 49ers come along that entices him enough to come out and play again? Yeah, absolutely. We saw it happen last year with Philip Rivers, so you never know when a player is fully done and when he’s not done. But the fact of the matter is, I think if the Niners wanted to pair those two together, it probably would have happened already. I think if Joey Bosa wanted to play football, it probably would have happened already.”
Bosa had 72 sacks in nine seasons with the Chargers and had five sacks with the Bills during the 2025 season.
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Hall of Famer Jim Kelly has had a run of bad health luck since retiring from the NFL after the 1996 season. A cancer survivor, the former Bills quarterback revealed Tuesday that he had a stroke last month.
“I spent a few days in the hospital, but right now I feel good,” Kelly said, via Kim DeGeorge of WGRZ. “Eyesight’s not great. My hearing still sucks, but that’s part of life. It’s part of getting old, but I feel really good. Scans have been clean and all. Everything’s good, all good.”
Kelly is a four-time survivor of squamous cell carcinoma. He was first diagnosed in his upper jaw in 2013 and underwent multiple surgeries, radiation and chemotherapy to beat the disease after several recurrences.
Despite his health challenges, Kelly has always maintained a positive outlook.
“I’m very blessed,” Kelly said. “It’s been about a month and a half since my setback, but I feel pretty good. I feel good. I can’t wait for the first game.”
Kelly hopes to enjoy many years of football in the Bills’ new stadium.
“I pray to the good Lord that it gives me some extra years that I’ll be able to enjoy a football game right here in Highmark Stadium with my grandson,” Kelly said.
The offseason programs around the league have largely wrapped up for 2026, with players and coaches around the league now experiencing some time off.
But training camps are just a few weeks away from opening.
The NFL announced the camp report dates for all 32 teams on Monday, with the first ones opening up in less than a month.
Below are the camp locations and report dates:
Arizona Cardinals: State Farm Stadium | Rookies: 7/22 | Veterans 7/22
Atlanta Falcons: Atlanta Falcons Training Facility | Rookies: 7/24 | Veterans: 7/28
Baltimore Ravens: Under Armour Performance Center | Rookies: 7/24 | Veterans: 7/28
Buffalo Bills: St. John Fisher University | Rookies: 7/21 | Veterans: 7/28
Carolina Panthers: Bank of America Stadium | Rookies: 7/21 | Veterans: 7/22
Chicago Bears: Halas Hall | Rookies: 7/25 | Veterans: 7/28
Cincinnati Bengals: Paycor Stadium | Rookies: 7/25 | Veterans: 7/28
Cleveland Browns: CrossCountry Mortgage Campus | Rookies: 7/23 | Veterans: 7/28
Dallas Cowboys: Marriott Residence Inn Oxnard | Rookies: 7/28 | Veterans: 7/28
Denver Broncos: Broncos Park Powered by CommonSpirit | Rookies: 7/22 | Veterans: 7/28
Detroit Lions: Meijer Performance Center | Rookies: 7/25 | Veterans: 7/28
Green Bay Packers: Lambeau Field | Rookies: 7/27 | Veterans: 7/28
Houston Texans: Houston Methodist Training Center | Rookies: 7/21 | Veterans: 7/28
Indianapolis Colts: Grand Park | Rookies: 7/27 | Veterans: 7/28
Jacksonville Jaguars: Miller Electric Center | Rookies: 7/25 | Veterans: 7/28
Kansas City Chiefs: Missouri Western State University | Rookies: 7/28 | Veterans: 7/28
Las Vegas Raiders: Intermountain Health Performance Center | Rookies: 7/23 | Veterans: 7/28
Los Angeles Chargers: The Bolt | Rookies: 7/23 | Veterans: 7/28
Los Angeles Rams: Loyola Marymount University | Rookies: 7/25 | Veterans: 7/25
Miami Dolphins: Baptist Health Training Complex | Rookies: 7/21 | Veterans: 7/28
Minnesota Vikings: TCO Performance Center | Rookies: 7/26 | Veterans: 7/28
New England Patriots: New Balance Athletics Center | Rookies: 7/21 | Veterans: 7/24
New Orleans Saints: Ochsner Sports Performance Center | Rookies: 7/28 | Veterans: 7/28
New York Giants: Quest Diagnostics Training Center/The Greenbrier | Rookies: 7/23 | Veterans: 7/28
New York Jets: Athletic Health Jets Training Center | Rookies: 7/25 | Veterans: 7/28
Philadelphia Eagles: Jefferson Health Training Complex | Rookies: 7/28 | Veterans: 7/28
Pittsburgh Steelers: Saint Vincent College | Rookies: 7/28 | Veterans: 7/28
San Francisco 49ers: SAP Performance Facility | Rookies: 7/18 | Veterans: 7/25
Seattle Seahawks: Virginia Mason Athletic Center | Rookies: 7/17 | Veterans: 7/24
Tampa Bay Buccaneers: AdventHealth Training Center | Rookies: 7/27 | Veterans: 7/28
Tennessee Titans: Vanderbilt Health Football Center | Rookies: 7/23 | Veterans: 7/28
Washington Commanders: Commanders Park | Rookies: 7/24 | Veterans: 7/28
The NFL has announced the full list of joint practices that will take place during training camps this summer.
The first set of them will take place on August 11 in four different locations. The Cowboys and Rams will practice in Los Angeles, the Colts will visit the Patriots, the Bucs will work out at the Jets’ facility and the Titans will go to Santa Clara to practice with the 49ers.
All in all, there will be 28 teams working in joint sessions in August. The Lions, Steelers, Chiefs and Broncos are the teams that will not hold joint practices.
The full list of joint practices is below with the host team listed second. If there are multiple practices scheduled, the date of the first practice is listed.
August 11 — Cowboys-Rams; Colts-Patriots; Buccaneers-Jets; Titans-49ers.
August 12 — Dolphins-Commanders.
August 13 — Jaguars-Saints.
August 18 — 49ers-Chargers; Raiders-Texans; Saints-Cowboys.
August 19 — Falcons-Colts; Ravens-Vikings; Panthers-Jaguars; Eagles-Patriots.
August 20 — Bills-Browns; Bears-Bengals; Saints-Rams; Giants-Dolphins.
August 21 — Seahawks-Titans.
August 25 — Buccaneers-Jaguars.
August 26 — Cardinals-Packers; Texans-Panthers; Commanders-Ravens.
August 27 — Bears-Titans.
Joe Brady got promoted from offensive coordinator to head coach after the Bills fired Sean McDermott, but that doesn’t mean he was happy about it.
Brady said that when he learned McDermott had been fired after the Bills’ playoff loss five months ago, he was devastated, and thought his own time in Buffalo was coming to an end as well.
“I didn’t see that and think, ‘I want to be the head coach.’ I was broken,” Brady said on the Shout Buffalo Bills Podcast. “I was broken for a guy that I worked for. I was also broken for the rest of the coaching staff that is sitting there, like, we’re all out of jobs right now. There was a lot of emotion going on.”
Brady, whom McDermott hired as the Bills’ quarterbacks coach in 2022 and then promoted to offensive coordinator in 2023, credited McDermott for getting him where he is in his career.
“I’m only in Buffalo because of Sean and the opportunities that he gave me,” Brady said.
Brady says he will take a lot of the lessons that he learned from McDermott but will also be a different head coach.
“This organization is in a much better spot than when he took it over. I’m not walking into the same situation that he’s walking into, and there’s so much good that comes from that,” Brady said. “Sean was an extremely successful head football coach. I hope as I’m coaching I can accumulate the wins he had and the success he had. . . . I don’t want to be Coach McDermott — not in any negative way, but I want to be Joe Brady.”
The Bills have added a running back who was most recently starring in the UFL.
Buffalo announced on Thursday that the club has signed Ian Wheeler.
Wheeler, 24, won the UFL championship with the Louisville Kings. He was also the United Bowl MVP. He rushed for 541 yards in 83 carries in 11 games in 2026.
Wheeler was previously in the NFL, having entered the league as an undrafted free agent with the Bears in 2024. He tore his ACL in a preseason game, missing that entire season.
He then spent time with the Saints in 2025 before heading to the UFL.
Bills fans will have seven chances to see the team practice during their first training camp under head coach Joe Brady.
The team will be holding camp at St. John Fisher University in Rochester this summer and their first open practice will be held at 8:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday, July 29.
The other open practice dates will be July 30, August 1, August 3-4, and August 6-7. Season ticket holders will have the first opportunity to secure tickets for the open practices with a lottery set up to distribute other tickets to the general public.
The Bills will return to Buffalo to host the Panthers in their first preseason game on August 15. A trip to Cleveland and a home date with the Steelers are also on the books for the Bills in the preseason.
The Bills have signed all 10 members of their 2026 draft class.
They wrapped it up by getting fourth-round offensive tackle Jude Bowry under contract on Friday.
The Bills previously signed second-round defensive end T.J. Parker, second-round cornerback Davison Igbinosun, fourth-round wide receiver Skyler Bell, fourth-round linebacker Kaleb Elarms-Orr, fifth-round safety Jalon Kilgore, fifth-round defensive tackle Zane Durant, seventh-round cornerback Toriano Pride Jr., seventh-round punter Tommy Doman and seventh-round offensive guard Ar’maj Reed-Adams.
The Bills selected Bowry with the 102nd overall pick.
He played four seasons at Boston College, making 23 starts in 31 career games. He has experience at left and right tackle but played mostly on the left side for BC.
Bowry was a team captain in 2025 and did not allow a sack in 320 total dropback snaps at left tackle.
The Bills made five roster moves on Thursday.
They signed wide receivers Deven Thompkins and Max Tomczak, waived cornerback Dorian Strong with a non-football injury, waived/injured running back Desmond Reid and waived wide receiver Gabriel Benyard.
Thompkins is entering his fifth year in the NFL and was a minicamp invite with the Bills this week. The Utah State product made a memorable play on Wednesday, laying out to secure a deep touchdown pass from quarterback Shane Buechele.
Thompkins previously played for the Falcons (2025), Panthers (2024) and Buccaneers (2022-23). He has 42 catches for 162 yards and a touchdown in his NFL career.
Tomczak rejoins the Bills after signing with the team in May as an undrafted free agent. He spent his four-year collegiate career with Youngstown State. In 49 career games, Tomczak totaled a school-record 225 receptions, 3,024 receiving yards and 15 touchdowns.
Darron Lee, a first-round pick of the Jets in 2016, has formally been indicted on a charge of first-degree murder in connection with the death of his girlfriend, Gabriela Perpetuo.
Via News Channel 9, a Hamilton County, Tennessee grand jury returned the indictment on Wednesday. Previously, prosecutors did not rule out seeking the death penalty.
The case includes evidence that Lee had consulted ChatGPT on how to deal with a person who is unresponsive. Lee also allegedly asked ChatGPT about the injuries that would be consistent with someone falling in the shower.
Prosecutors have dismissed a separate charge of tampering with evidence.
Separately, Perpetuo’s estate has filed a $50 million wrongful death lawsuit against Lee.
Lee played three years with the Jets, one with the Chiefs, and one with the Bills. He last played in 2020.
