It seems inevitable that the NFL will move to an 18-game schedule in the near future.

When Roger Goodell admitted as much recently, Joe Burrow was quick to suggest that the league also add an additional bye week.

The Cincinnati Bengals quarterback has since taken the idea further, suggesting that the NFL borrow something from the NBA schedule.

"Maybe you could do something like, the first bye is kind of how we have it now, and the second bye everybody has it at once, and you make it like the Pro Bowl Week, like an All-Star break for the NBA," Burrow said. "I don't know. People get paid a lot of money to have those discussions and make those decisions. But, we'll see how it plays out."

The Las Vegas Raiders nearly selected Terrion Arnold with the 13th overall pick in the NFL Draft last month, says the cornerback.

Instead, the Raiders used the pick on tight end Brock Bowers. According to Arnold, Las Vegas used a coin toss to determine whether to take Arnold or Bowers.

"(The Lions) knew that the Raiders were a possibility," Arnold told "The Next Round" podcast this week. "And actually the Raiders coach, they called me after the draft, and they were like, 'We actually had a coin toss between you and Brock Bowers. It landed on him.' I was like, 'Oh wow.'"

Raiders general manager Champ Kelly told reporters Wednesday he "can't confirm" whether an actual coin toss occurred, commenting only that Las Vegas is "excited to get Brock here" as part of the offense. 

Devin Funchess has made professional sports history.

Funchess, 29, is the first former NFL player to join a professional basketball club. The wide receiver agreed to a deal with the Caribbean Storm Llaneros of the Professional Colombia Basketball league. 

Funchess played in his last NFL game with the Indianapolis Colts in 2019.

The New York Jets' athletic care and performance department has undergone a shake-up in the aftermath of another injury-plagued season.

Three experts hired to lead the department are no longer with the organization, according to sources.

The department was created three years ago to combat a high injury rate.

Brad DeWeese, who was named the director of high performance in March 2021, has been let go. Also gone are his top assistants -- Robert Sausaman, the assistant director of high performance, and Matt Sams, the director of sports science.

A Jets spokesman declined comment, saying the team doesn't discuss the status of employees.

The departures weren't performance-related, a source said. Sams left on his own accord, another source said.

The New York Giants have signed veteran wide receiver Allen Robinson II.

Robinson was released by the Pittsburgh Steelers on March 8 in a cost-cutting move.

The Steelers acquired Robinson, 30, in a trade with the Los Angeles Rams in April 2023.

The San Francisco 49ers and Brandon Aiyuk continue to discuss a contract extension and a trade is considered unlikely.

Wide receivers such as DeVonta Smith and Amon-Ra St. Brown have signed extensions recently, which helps set Aiyuk's market. Aiyuk is entering the final season of his current contract with the 49ers.

The 49ers drafted Ricky Pearsall in the first round, which increased speculation that Aiyuk or Deebo Samuel could be traded this offseason.

Philadelphia Eagles director of scouting Brandon Hunt interviewed Tuesday for the New England Patriots' lead personnel job, according to a report.

Three other candidates declined to interview with the Patriots -- Buffalo Bills director of player personnel Terrance Gray, former Arizona Cardinals vice president of player personnel Quentin Harris and Cincinnati Bengals senior personnel executive Trey Brown.

Patriots director of scouting Eliot Wolf has served as the de facto General Manager since Bill Belichick's departure earlier this offseason, and his expected candidacy for the job could explain the interview rejections.

Lamar Jackson has been hard at work this offseason.

Jackson revealed on an "I Got Time Today" segment from Complex Sports on Instagram that he's down to 205 pounds.

The Baltimore Ravens quarterback read a series of social media posts about him, including one from that said, "Lamar Jackson is definitely 2019 MVP slim now. ... It may get spooky."

Jackson answered, "Most definitely. I was 230 two years ago. I was 215 last season, but now I'm like 205."

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice is a suspect in an alleged assault that injured a man at a Dallas nightclub earlier this week, police have confirmed.

The Dallas Morning News reported that officers were dispatched early Monday morning to the nightclub after reports of an assault. A man was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, including swelling on one side of his face.

Rice, 24, was arrested in Dallas in March for his involvement in a seven-car crash that left at least seven people with injuries. He is facing one count of aggravated assault, one count of collision involving serious bodily injury and six counts of collision involving injury, according to police.

Rice was driving 119 mph before the crash on a Dallas freeway, according to an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by the Morning News.

Chris Snee is rejoining the New York Giants as a scout, according to sources.

Snee played his entire career for the Giants from 2004 to 2013 and was a three-time Pro Bowler from 2008 to 2010. He won two Super Bowls with the team.

In his post-playing career, Snee worked as an offensive line-specific scout for the Jacksonville Jaguars and spent the past two years as an analyst at Boston College.