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Tucker Kraft is the new gold standard at tight end. The Green Bay Packers locked up their twenty-six-year-old pass catcher on a four-year extension worth up to ninety-two million dollars, with a signing bonus of twenty-six point five million. At twenty-three million per year at max value, Kraft is now the highest-paid tight end in the entire NFL heading into Week One.
Meanwhile out in Las Vegas, the Raiders aren't waiting around either. With Brock Bowers sidelined to start the regular season, the team moved fast to extend Michael Mayer on a multiyear deal worth forty-five million dollars. Mayer steps into a much bigger role now, and the Raiders made sure he's compensated like it.
Shifting to cycling, Enric Mas is on the doorstep of history at the Vuelta a Espana. The Spaniard, who has finished second in his home race three times, now leads four-time Vuelta champion Primoz Roglic by two minutes and fifteen seconds heading into the final stage Sunday. After years of heartbreak, Mas is finally set to claim the crown.
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