American Football
Anything to do with American Football
Rex
@Rex -
over 3 years ago
Source: Dolphins trade LB McMillan to Raiders
10:17 AM ETThe Miami Dolphins have traded linebacker Raekwon McMillan and a 2021 fifth-round draft pick to the Las Vegas Raiders for a 2021 fourth-round draft pick, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter.The net gain for the Dolphins is a Day 3 pick swap while the Raiders get...continued
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Ezequiel
@Ezequiel -
about 3 years ago
Saint goes marching out: Brees retires from NFL
5:15 PM ETOne of the most prolific careers in NFL history has come to an end, as New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees announced Sunday on Instagram he has decided to retire after 20 seasons.Brees' four children, Baylen, Bowen, Callen and Rylen, announced in a video: ...continued
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Erik
@Erik -
over 4 years ago
Week 13 NFL playoff picture: Saints' win clinches NFC South on Thanksgiving night
11:30 PM ETThe NFL's trio of Thanksgiving Day games delivered one divisional championship and put a second team on the cusp of a playoff berth. The Saints clinched the NFC South with a 26-18 victory over the Falcons, securing the first of 12 playoff spots. They are the 15...continued
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Iva
@Iva -
about 3 years ago
Source: Cowboys tell Smith that he won't return
1:12 PM ETThe Dallas Cowboys have informed free-agent pass-rusher Aldon Smith that they are not going to re-sign him after one season, a source told ESPN's Ed Werder on Wednesday.After serving an indefinite suspension from 2016 to 2019 for multiple off-field incidents and...continued
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Alexzander
@Alexzander -
over 4 years ago
Browns trade RB Johnson to Texans for '20 pick
10:51 AM ETThe Cleveland Browns traded running back Duke Johnson Jr. to the Houston Texans, the Browns announced on Thursday.The Texans agreed to send a conditional fourth-round pick in the 2020 NFL draft to the Browns, a pick that can become a third-round selection, a so...continued
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Hank
@Hank -
almost 4 years ago
Successes and mistakes from most recent NFL expansion drafts
6:55 AM ETNFL NationESPN No matter the format or circumstance, NFL expansion is a losing proposition in the short term.There is no practical way to build an immediate winner out of remnants of other NFL teams. The four franchises to most recently enter the NFL as expansio...continued
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Cynthia
@Cynthia -
about 2 years ago
Steelers release LB Schobert after adding Jack
11:48 AM ETThe Steelers released veteran linebacker Joe Schobert on Thursday, a day after a source told ESPN that Pittsburgh had agreed to a two-year contract with linebacker Myles Jack.The Steelers will save $7.8 million on their salary cap by releasing Schobert. Jack ag...continued
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Alan
@Alan -
over 4 years ago
Lions' Darius Slay has his own version of Friday Night Lights
6:00 AM ETFARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. -- It's 20 minutes before kickoff at North Farmington High School and the line to get into the stadium is more than 100 deep. Most of the students are already inside.And the student section is anticipating an arrival.The big, gold "23" ch...continued
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Leda
@Leda -
about 3 years ago
NFL's minority hiring rate nearly doubled
1:30 PM ETAssociated Press The number of minority hires for open positions in the NFL nearly doubled to 34.6% in 2021.According to the league's demographics study obtained Friday by The Associated Press, the minority hirings included: three general managers, two head coac...continued
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Patrick
@Patrick -
over 4 years ago
Sources: Crabtree, Cardinals can't agree to terms
2:47 AM ETAfter working out for the Arizona Cardinals on Monday, free-agent receiver Michael Crabtree received an offer from the club, but the two sides could not agree to terms, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter.Crabtree, who was released by the Baltimore Ravens in Febru...continued
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Elvie
@Elvie -
over 2 years ago
Source: Giants RB Barkley (ankle) likely to play
1:03 AM ETNew York Giants running back Saquon Barkley, who returned Monday night to face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after missing four straight games with an ankle injury, is expected to play Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter on Satu...continued
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Pablo
@Pablo -
over 4 years ago
Source: Ravens sign WR Snead to 1-year deal
7:17 PM ETOWINGS MILLS, Md. -- The Baltimore Ravens signed receiver Willie Snead to a one-year, $6 million fully guaranteed extension, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter on Monday.Snead, 27, has been a valuable veteran target for quarterback Lamar Jackson this season and ...continued
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Jessika
@Jessika -
over 4 years ago
Duck tales: The surprising, duck-calling, record-breaking ride for Steelers QB Devlin Hodges
8:10 AM ETPITTSBURGH -- The legend of Devlin Hodges doesn't start on a football field.Instead, the story of the Pittsburgh Steelers' newest QB1 begins in a hockey rink in Birmingham, Alabama.Hodges was 2 years old the first time he was strapped into a pair of ice skates.A...continued
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Zetta
@Zetta -
over 4 years ago
Week 13 NFL playoff picture: Patriots lose the No. 1 seed in the AFC
11:30 PM ETWeek 13 delivered a shakeup at the top of the AFC playoff standings and set up the potential for the same in the NFC. By the end of Sunday evening, the Ravens had taken the lead for home-field advantage in the AFC playoffs, and the Saints were in position to ov...continued
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Josiah
@Josiah -
over 4 years ago
Sources: Eagles offered 2 high picks for Ramsey
9:29 PM ETThe Philadelphia Eagles came under criticism for not completing a trade for Jalen Ramsey, but it clearly was not for a lack of effort.The Eagles offered the Jaguars first- and second-round picks for Ramsey, league sources tell ESPN, and for a period of time thou...continued
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Priscilla
@Priscilla -
almost 2 years ago
Texans expect rookie Stingley ready for Week 1
11:34 AM ETD.J. Bien-AimeHouston Texans coach Lovie Smith said he expects rookie cornerback Derek Stingley Jr. to be ready for Week 1."Yes, I do," Smith said. "Whenever a player is coming out with a major injury, this ramp-up period, that's what it's for. We're going to e...continued
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Josiah
@Josiah -
almost 5 years ago
Ex-Giants lineman Petrus, 32, dies of heat stroke
9:02 AM ETESPN News Services Former New York Giants offensive lineman Mitch Petrus has died in Arkansas of apparent heat stroke, officials said. He was 32.Pulaski County Coroner Gerone Hobbs said Petrus died Thursday night at a North Little Rock hospital. He said Petrus h...continued
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Ariel
@Ariel -
almost 4 years ago
Arizona gov.: Pro sports in state can resume Sat.
9:13 PM ETAssociated Press PHOENIX -- Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has opened the door for professional sports to return to the state.Ducey said Tuesday that professional sports, including MLB, the NBA, the NHL and the NFL, can resume without fans Saturday. The state is starti...continued
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Ariel
@Ariel -
over 1 year ago
Giants earn first TD against Packers in London on funky play
10:54 AM ETThe New York Giants dug deep into their playbook to get into the end zone for the first time Sunday, late in the first half. Tight end Daniel Bellinger scored on a double-reverse from 2 yards out to make it 17-10 in favor of the Green Bay Packers with 1:15 rema...continued
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Minnie
@Minnie -
almost 2 years ago
Predicting when NFL rookie QBs will debut: How soon could Pickett, Corral, others win the...
7:00 AM ETNFL NationESPN One year after five quarterbacks were drafted in the top 15, only one was selected in the first 73 picks of the 2022 NFL draft. Three others were drafted before the end of Round 3, and only two more came off the board before Round 7. It was certai...continued
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Meggie
@Meggie -
over 1 year ago
Texans' first team president Rootes dies at 56
11:30 AM ETDJ BienAimeJamey Rootes, who was the Houston Texans' first team president, has died at the age of 56.His wife, Melissa, confirmed the news on Facebook, "after a battle with mental health issues."Rootes was hired by late Texans owner Bob McNair in 2002, the fran...continued
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Cyril
@Cyril -
almost 5 years ago
Hang Time: Christian McCaffrey does it all
8:00 AM ETInside a Denver recording studio not far from his offseason home, Carolina Panthers All-Pro Christian McCaffrey, one of the most versatile gridders in a league full of elite hybrids, reveals the off-field obsession that could one day add a few new hyphenates to ...continued
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Raoul
@Raoul -
about 3 years ago
Source: Mahomes to have surgery to fix turf toe
9:55 AM ETKANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Patrick Mahomes is scheduled for surgery Wednesday for the turf toe injury that bothered the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback late in the season and throughout the NFL playoffs, a source confirmed to ESPN.Mahomes is expected to miss most of off...continued
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Zetta
@Zetta -
over 1 year ago
Rams' Stafford out of protocol, will play Sunday
5:55 PM ETTHOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford has cleared the concussion protocol and will play on Sunday against the New Orleans Saints.Stafford, who did not play in the Rams' Week 10 loss to the Arizona Cardinals, was a full participan...continued
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Marie
@Marie -
about 4 years ago
Former Broncos CB Goldie Sellers dies at 78
10:05 PM ETENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Former Denver Broncos cornerback/kick returner Goldie Sellers died Saturday night of complications from cancer, his family announced. He was 78.Sellers played two seasons for the Broncos (1966-67) and was traded by then-Broncos coach Lou Sab...continued
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