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2:43 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jaguars cornerback C.J. Henderson returned to practice Tuesday after being excused from Sunday’s scrimmage for personal reasons, and the team is optimistic that the second-year player can make up for all the time he has missed in training camp before the Sept. 12 season opener. Henderson was placed on

3:58 PM ET ESPN staff The first full slate of preseason games is nearing, starting with two on Thursday night. As 2021 NFL training camps continued on Tuesday, word about who will play — and who will sit out — in those games started to spread. Don’t expect to see Deshaun Watson or Aaron Rodgers

1:27 PM ET WESTFIELD, Ind. — Indianapolis Colts rookie Sam Ehlinger has closed the gap against Jacob Eason to be the team’s starting quarterback if Carson Wentz is not ready for the start of the regular season. Ehlinger, who was selected in the sixth round of this year’s draft, split first-team practice snaps with Eason

12:40 PM ET Veteran cornerback Patrick Robinson has informed the New Orleans Saints he plans to retire, his agent, Ron Butler, told ESPN’s Mike Triplett. Robinson’s decision adds to a pressing need at cornerback for the Saints that coach Sean Payton had said his team “must” address at the start of training camp. The Saints

9:23 AM ET New England Patriots tight end Hunter Henry is expected to miss “a couple of weeks” with a shoulder injury he suffered last Sunday, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The injury appeared to have occurred during a one-on-one blocking drill in the Patriots’ full-pads practice. Henry later left for the locker room

11:38 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Green Bay Packers‘ 2021 preseason will be the Jordan Love show. Coach Matt LaFleur said Tuesday that quarterback Aaron Rodgers will “most likely not” play at all in the preseason. That likely has little or nothing to do with Rodgers’ offseason in which he voiced concerns about

10:16 AM ET HOUSTON — Deshaun Watson is “unlikely to play” in the Texans‘ preseason opener against the Green Bay Packers “based on the limited reps he’s had in practice,” coach David Culley said Tuesday. Earlier in the morning, Texans general manager Nick Caserio told Sports Radio 610 that he doesn’t expect Watson to travel

8:47 AM ET PITTSBURGH — Entering the last year of his contract, Steelers Pro Bowl cornerback Joe Haden made it clear he wants to remain in Pittsburgh. Drew Rosenhaus, Haden’s agent, has approached the team regarding an extension for his client, Rosenhaus told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Tuesday. “Joe wants to finish his career with

7:30 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Fans won’t have to wait much longer to get their hands on highly coveted nonfungible tokens featuring Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback and seven-time Super Bowl winner Tom Brady. DraftKings Marketplace, the NFT ecosystem that will house Brady’s Autograph platform, is now live, with Autograph’s first preseason pass collection dropping

6:00 AM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Clearly, New York Jets coach Robert Saleh had done his research, an indication he anticipated a question about the early struggles of rookie quarterback Zach Wilson. “There was a Hall of Famer [Sunday] that was inducted that had a 71 quarterback rating his rookie year,” Saleh said Monday.

7:42 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN DETROIT, Mich. — After hosting free agent cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman for a workout, the Detroit Lions announced Monday that they have signed the veteran while waiving safety D’Angelo Amos. The Lions need help in the secondary with cornerback Quinton Dunbar out due to personal reasons and Corn Elder also sidelined

5:51 PM ET ESPN staff With the first full slate of preseason games kicking off on Thursday, teams continued to work in training camps across the NFL on Monday. That included Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson, who practiced for the first time in five days and running back Saquon Barkley, who was activated off the

6:00 AM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Before John Elway made Jerry Jeudy his final first-round draft pick as chief football decision-maker of the Denver Broncos back in April of 2020, it had been 16 years since the Broncos had used any draft pick on any player from the University of Alabama. But the Broncos have

6:00 AM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — If you’ve followed the NFL long enough, you’ve read a story or 10 about a player who reported to training camp in the best shape of his career. You’ve also read about the former first-round pick who’s trying to finally live up to expectations … about the

12:40 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — One year ago, without a team and preparing to serve an eight-game suspension for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy, Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Brown didn’t know where his NFL journey would lead or if he would even get the chance to continue playing. Fast forward to

9:26 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots tight end Hunter Henry sustained a shoulder injury in Sunday’s practice and is having an MRI, according to a source. While initial indications are that the injury doesn’t appear serious, it is painful and Henry could miss time in the preseason, sources say. The Patriots host

11:57 AM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson was noncommittal on whether he would get vaccinated after being infected with COVID-19 twice in the past eight months, saying it was a “personal decision.” “I just got off the COVID list,” Jackson said after Monday’s practice when asked if he would get

10:45 AM ET HOUSTON — For the first time in a week, quarterback Deshaun Watson was back at practice for the Houston Texans. Watson, who reported to camp on July 25 after requesting a trade in January, practiced for the first five days of training camp and then was not on the field for the