The Minnesota Vikings have acquired Cam Akers in a trade with the Los Angeles Rams.

In exchange for the running back, the teams will swap 2026 draft picks, with the Vikings also getting a conditional seventh-round pick and the Rams getting a conditional sixth-rounder.

The Vikings have an NFL-low 69 rushing yards this season.

The Los Angeles Rams are looking to trade Cam Akers after making the running back inactive for Sunday's game against the San Francisco 49ers, according to a report.

A former second-round pick, Akers helped the Rams win the Super Bowl during his second season after recovering from an Achilles injury.

He rushed for a career-high 786 yards and seven touchdowns last year despite asking for a trade during the first half of the season.

Akers rushed for 29 yards and a touchdown on 22 carries in Week 1.

Mike Evans and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have reached an impasse in talks on a new contract.

Evans will enter "what likely will be his final season" with the team that drafted him in 2014, according to a report.

The wide receiver is believed to be targeting a deal similar to the one Cooper Kupp received from the Los Angeles Rams. Kupp signed a three-year, $80.1 million deal in 2022.

Evans currently is playing under a contract that pays an average amount of $16.5 million.

He has a cap number of $23.698 million for 2023, and the Buccaneers will take a dead-money charge of $12.198 million in 2024.

The Indianapolis Colts discussed Jonathan Taylor with multiple teams before this week's soft deadline to trade the running back.

Reports immediately surfaced that the Colts were seeking a significant haul for Taylor, notably a first-round pick. Now a Miami Herald report states that Indianapolis wanted wide receiver Jaylen Waddle "and more" from the Dolphins in exchange for Taylor.

Waddle was the sixth overall pick in 2021. The Colts placed Taylor on the physically unable to perform list Tuesday, immediately lowering his trade value.

The San Francisco 49ers remain confident they'll sign Nick Bosa to a lucrative contract extension and that there's no scenario in which they would trade the defensive end.

Kyle Shanahan said recently that Bosa's extension negotiations have gone about how he expected, even though Bosa has not been with the team since it opened training camp July 25.

"I thought it would come probably at this time, just looking at the history of those things," Shanahan said. "And I'm really hoping it gets done. I know they're working tirelessly at it ... but hopefully we can get him in here sooner than later."

Asked if there was even a percentage chance he'd consider trading Bosa, John Lynch minced no words.

"No," Lynch said. "Real simple."

Chris Ballard admitted on Wednesday that the situation between the Indianapolis Colts and Jonathan Taylor "sucks" for the team, player and fans.

The Colts placed Taylor on the physically unable to perform list after they were unable to trade him prior to Tuesday's self-imposed deadline.

"I'm not going to sit here and give you some rosy picture, like, 'Oh, everything's OK,'" Ballard said. "It sucks for the Colts. It sucks for Jonathan Taylor. And it sucks for our fans. It just does. It's where we're at and we've got to work through it and we're going to do everything we can to work through it. Relationships are repairable. They're repairable."

Taylor is entering the final year of his contract and the Colts told the running back in May that they would not be giving him an extension prior to the 2023 season.

The running back requested a trade when reporting for training camp and, last week, was given permission to seek a trade partner. 

"I want everybody to know, Jonathan is a well-respected and a really good human being and a damn good football player," the general manager said. "I think we all know this. Things like this happen. I tell every rookie that comes in, there's going to be a point when we disagree and it's usually about money and it's going to be hard. And just know that doesn't change my care level for you. I care deeply for Jonathan Taylor.

"I won't quit on the relationship."

Chris Jones continues to hold out, but the Kansas City Chiefs remain hopeful that the defensive star could play in the Sept. 7 season opener against the Detroit Lions at Arrowhead Stadium.

"We're certainly hopeful of that," general manager Brett Veach said. "We're looking forward to next Thursday and hopefully he's in the lineup and he's ready to go."

Jones has one season remaining on the four-year contract he signed with the Chiefs in 2020 but has been absent from all of this season's practices in an effort to get a new deal.

Veach said communication between the Chiefs and Jones has picked up in recent days, though he wouldn't say whether he thought the sides were making progress toward a new contract.

"We're going to continue to press on," Veach said. "We're just going to keep working on this thing."

The Miami Dolphins and Green Bay Packers were two teams with legitimate interest in trading for Jonathan Taylor.

The Indianapolis Colts entertained offers on Taylor up until their self-imposed deadline of Tuesday.

There is still interest in Taylor from other teams, but he will miss the first four games of the season on the PUP list.

The Packers have three running backs on their initial 53-man roster: veterans Aaron Jones and AJ Dillon along with undrafted rookie Emanuel Wilson.

The Chicago Bears have two quarterbacks on their roster after Tuesday's cuts, starter Justin Fields and undrafted rookie Tyson Bagent.

P.J. Walker and Nathan Peterman were roster casualties, but that doesn't mean the Bears won't add a quarterback as insurance behind Fields.

"Yeah, that's a good thought. We're certainly looking at that option," Matt Eberflus said. "We're looking at other options, too. But that's a good thought when you can have somebody with experience in there to help younger quarterbacks. It's something that we've talked about."

Chicago has the No. 1 waiver position, so they have space to sign a veteran free agent as well as their pick of discarded players to use as avenues to add to their quarterback room. 

The Indianapolis Colts did not trade Jonathan Taylor on Tuesday as they did not receive any offers that meet their value of him.

Taylor will remain on the physically unable to perform list, which rules him out for at least the first four games of the season.

The Colts' next-best opportunity to deal Taylor could be before the NFL's Oct. 31 trade deadline.