5:40 PM ET Tory BarronESPN Editor Close Tory Barron is a Bristol-based writer and editor for ESPN.com. After retiring from playing lacrosse at UConn, the DC native decided to try her hand at writing about people playing sports. Will the Kansas City Chiefs make it three straight trips to the Super Bowl, or will second-year
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2:00 PM ET ESPN staff The NFL regular season is behind us, and we have five head-coaching openings. The first two hires of this job cycle were made on Thursday with the Denver Broncos‘ hiring of Nathaniel Hackett and the Chicago Bears‘ hiring of Matt Eberflus. The New York Giants followed on Friday by hiring
4:20 PM ET Tory BarronESPN Editor Close Tory Barron is a Bristol-based writer and editor for ESPN.com. After retiring from playing lacrosse at UConn, the DC native decided to try her hand at writing about people playing sports. Will the Kansas City Chiefs make it three straight trips to the Super Bowl, or will second-year
1:46 PM ET The Las Vegas Raiders are expected to hire Josh McDaniels as their new head coach and Dave Ziegler as their new general manager, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The Raiders and McDaniels are still finalizing a contract, the sources said. The 44-year-old Ziegler, the New England Patriots‘ director of player personnel, would
11:33 PM ET Kansas City Chiefs safety Tyrann Mathieu is “good to go” for Sunday’s AFC title game against the Cincinnati Bengals, a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. Mathieu suffered a concussion in Kansas City’s win over the Buffalo Bills last week, but has had no setbacks in the concussion protocol and is set to
10:00 PM ET The Chicago Bears are expected to hire Green Bay Packers quarterbacks coach Luke Getsy as their offensive coordinator, league sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Saturday. Getsy, 37, will join new Bears head coach Matt Eberflus, the former Indianapolis Colts defensive coordinator who was hired Thursday. Getsy will be tasked with helping
6:00 PM ET Dear Tom, Thank you. These were the first words that came to mind. They aren’t too profound. But when thinking about what covers the bases for all in the NFL community — fans, reporters, rivals and the like — it seems to do it in the clearest, most concise and compelling manner.
3:26 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — A misty rain began to coat the field at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on a Sunday night in October. A chill set in — a reminder that, just like the fall months in New England, life’s seasons are ephemeral and time stops for no one. There were signs
4:44 PM ET Bobby Engram, the former NFL wide receiver who has been on the Baltimore Ravens‘ coaching staff for the past eight seasons, has bee hired as offensive coordinator for the Wisconsin Badgers, a source told ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg on Saturday. The contract to join Paul Chryst’s coaching staff was approved by the Wisconsin
2:32 PM ET Jeff Darlington Adam Schefter Close ESPN Senior Writer ESPN NFL Insider Joined ESPN in 2009 Former president of the Pro Football Writers of America and the author of four books Tom Brady is retiring from football after 22 seasons in which he won a historic seven Super Bowl titles, sources told ESPN.
1:53 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs released cornerback Damon Arnette from his futures contract, a source confirmed to ESPN, after the former first-round draft pick was arrested on gun and drug charges in Las Vegas early Saturday morning. Arnettte’s contract with the Chiefs wasn’t to start until the 2022 league
6:00 AM ET CINCINNATI — In the private room of a restaurant in the Cincinnati neighborhood of Hyde Park, Bengals coach Zac Taylor went with his gut. And that meant trusting the gut of the chef at E+O Kitchen. It was a fall night in 2021, and as Taylor’s party settled in, he knew one
6:00 AM ET Adam Teicher Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered Chiefs for 20 seasons for Kansas City Star Joined ESPN in 2013 Ben Baby Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN Staff Writer Previously a college football writer for The Dallas Morning News University of North Texas graduate KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs seemingly
7:22 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Amped up and ready to start the hunt for touchdowns, Nathaniel Hackett was formally introduced Friday as the Denver Broncos‘ 18th head coach in franchise history. Hackett, who’d been the Green Bay Packers‘ offensive coordinator for the past three seasons, called his hiring “a dream.” The 42-year-old arrives as
8:45 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — This is one way to make sure the communication problems New York Giants co-owner John Mara admitted were an issue over the past few years won’t last much longer. The Giants hired Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll on Friday night to be their head coach. This comes
6:34 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants have hired former Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll as their new head coach, the team announced on Friday. Daboll replaces Joe Judge, who went 10-23 and was fired after two seasons. He was the third consecutive Giants coach to be fired after two
6:39 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — For the third straight day, San Francisco 49ers left tackle Trent Williams did not participate in practice Friday as he continues to recover from a right ankle injury. Williams, who suffered the ankle sprain in the second half of last week’s win against the Green Bay Packers, is
6:11 PM ET Public perception varies in the way that three athletes — Kyrie Irving, Aaron Rodgers and Novak Djokovic — have handled their decision not to be vaccinated for COVID-19 over the past several months, according to a survey conducted for ESPN. A majority of fans approve of how Irving has handled his decision,