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NFL owners have navigated through years of labor battles and escaped without having to fully guarantee contracts. Instead, teams offer huge signing bonuses and partial base salary guarantees to compete. To appease fan bases and promote ticket sale...

A change in how franchise tags are calculated has given teams more leverage, John Clayton writes.

Unlike last year, when labor woes dominated, the upcoming offseason will have plenty of real action, John Clayton writes in his latest mailbag.

Michael Vick's return to Atlanta provides drama, but San Diego-New England may be a playoff preview, writes John Clayton.

How the Eagles manage the middle of their defense is among the top training camp storylines, John Clayton writes.

NFL teams were granted the right to agree to contracts with undrafted players immediately, a source said Monday night.

Confusion continues over a few labor loose ends, writes John Clayton in his latest mailbag.

The Raiders' Nnamdi Asomugha will headline the wildest free-agency period in NFL history, writes John Clayton.

NFL owners plan to vote on whether to accept a new labor agreement by 6 p.m. ET, multiple sources said.

The rookie wage scale has been a stumbling block in labor talks, but expect the lingering issues to be resolved with relative ease, John Clayton writes.

Rookie contracts have emerged as a stumbling block in NFL labor talks, writes John Clayton in his latest mailbag.

If numbers under discussion hold, these teams face interesting salary-cap issues, John Clayton writes.

If owners and players can't reach a labor by this weekend, then you can pretty much kiss the preseason goodbye, writes John Clayton in his latest mailbag.

Time pressure is growing to reach a labor deal and save preseason games -- which are lucrative for owners, writes John Clayton in his latest mailbag.

These teams will be most helped and hurt by a proposed change in the NFL salary cap and floor, John Clayton writes.

The big-play element is missing from some of the league's most promising young quarterbacks, John Clayton writes.