Franchise-tagged running back Tony Pollard isn’t expected to sign a long-term deal with the Dallas Cowboys before Monday afternoon’s deadline, multiple outlets reported.

In fact, NFL Network reported that no long-term discussions were held between Pollard and the Cowboys with the understanding he’d play this season on the tag. Pollard signed the franchise tender and will earn $10.09 million in 2023.

Teams and their franchised players have until 4 p.m. ET on Monday to agree to contracts or sign the franchise tender.

All eyes are on fellow RBs Saquon Barkley of the New York Giants and Josh Jacobs of the Las Vegas Raiders. Neither Barkley or Jacobs have signed their franchise tender for this season.

Dallas’ running game will go through Pollard, who is taking over RB1 from the released Ezekiel Elliott. Pollard took part in offseason activities as he recovered from ankle surgery, and he is expected to be ready to go when training camp opens July 26.

Pollard, 26, was selected to his first Pro Bowl after last season, in which he ran for a career-high 1,007 yards. He added 39 receptions for 371 yards, and he scored a combined 12 touchdowns in 16 games (four starts).

In the Cowboys’ postseason loss to the San Francisco 49ers in January, he sustained the high ankle sprain and underwent a “tightrope” procedure to repair his ankle. He also broke the fibula in his left leg.

The Cowboys took Pollard in the fourth round of the 2019 NFL Draft. In 62 career regular-season games (six starts), Pollard has 2,616 rushing yards, 1,008 receiving yards and 22 combined touchdowns.

–Field Level Media

Wide receiver Tyreek Hill has set lofty goals for both himself and the Miami Dolphins in the upcoming season.

Hill said on his podcast, “It Needed to be Said,” that he will become the first pass catcher in NFL history to break the 2,000-yard receiving mark. Hill also added that the Dolphins will win the Super Bowl for the first time since they captured back-to-back titles in the 1972 and 1973 seasons (Super Bowl VII and VIII).

“I will break 2,000 yards next year, bro,” Hill told co-host Julius Collins. “I’m just checking it off my bucket list. All I’m going to say is 2,000 yards was on my bucket list to get before I leave this league. You all think the Cheetah gonna leave without doing something he promised himself he was going to do as a kid? 2,000 yards and another Super Bowl. We’re getting that. Believe that.”

Hall of Fame member Calvin Johnson holds the receiving yards record with 1,964, set in 2012. He averaged 122.8 receiving yards per contest while playing in all 16 games that season for the Detroit Lions.

Hill, 29, was on pace to eclipse that receiving yards total through his first nine games in 2022 before settling for career highs — and franchise-best totals — in catches (119) and receiving yards (1,710). The four-time All-Pro and seven-time Pro Bowl selection caught balls from three different quarterbacks: Tua Tagovailoa, Teddy Bridgewater and Skylar Thompson.

“I feel like I’ve got the right tools around me,” Hill said. “I’ve got obviously the most accurate quarterback in the NFL (in Tagovailoa), I’ve got one of the best head coaches in the NFL (Mike McDaniel) and also my position coach is a monster also (Wes Welker). So just having those three things and me just keeping the same mindset each and every day that I want to get better and I want to break the record and I do want to break the record.

“So I feel like this is one of those years that I can achieve it.”

–Field Level Media

The Jacksonville Jaguars reached agreement on a three-year contract with franchise-tagged tight end Evan Engram, the player’s agent confirmed Sunday.

There is a deadline of 4 p.m. ET on Monday for teams to reach long-term deals with players who received a franchise tag.

Agent Mike McCartney of Vayner Sports did not divulge financial details, but ESPN said it was a $41.25 million deal with $24 million fully guaranteed.

Engram, 28, would have earned $11.345 million playing on the franchise tag in 2023.

Engram had 73 catches for 766 yards and four touchdowns in 17 games (14 starts) in his first season with the Jaguars in 2022.

The 2017 first-round pick (23rd overall) played his first five seasons with the New York Giants, earning a selection to the Pro Bowl in 2020.

Engram has recorded 335 receptions for 3,594 yards and 20 touchdowns in 82 games (65 starts) with the Giants and Jaguars.

With Engram’s deal, there are three players remaining on franchise tags: running backs Saquon Barkley of the Giants, Tony Pollard of the Dallas Cowboys and Josh Jacobs of the Las Vegas Raiders.

–Field Level Media