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Aug 15, 2021 Houston Texans slot receiver Anthony Miller left Saturday’s preseason opener against the Green Bay Packers with a “slight dislocation” of his shoulder, coach David Culley said. Miller injured his shoulder midway through the third quarter of Houston’s 26-7 win after he caught a pass from quarterback Jeff Driskel. He ran two yards

Aug 13, 2021 ESPN.com staff play 1:39 Matthew Berry lists Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen, Dak Prescott, Kyler Murray and Russell Wilson as the premier fantasy quarterbacks this season. It’s mock draft season, and that means trying different draft strategies to see what works and what doesn’t. 1 Related This week, the ESPN fantasy experts conducted

5:00 PM ET NFL NationESPN While the Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers opened the 2021 NFL preseason with their Hall of Fame game matchup last week, preseason kicked off in earnest this week, as all 32 teams were in action. It started Thursday with two games, as rookie quarterback Mac Jones helped lead the New

5:52 PM ET NFL NationESPN While the Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers opened the 2021 NFL preseason with their Hall of Fame game matchup last week, preseason really kicks off this week, as all 32 teams will be in action for Week 1. It started Thursday night with two games, as first-round quarterback Mac Jones

3:38 PM ET CHICAGO — Bears rookie quarterback Justin Fields reminded everyone on Saturday that it’s not how you start, it’s how you finish. Fields, the 11th overall pick of the 2021 NFL draft, entered the game against the Miami Dolphins in the second quarter to thunderous applause at Soldier Field but mostly struggled to

12:55 PM ET Michael Thomas has joined the New Orleans Saints in Baltimore for their preseason opener, a source confirmed — the latest sign that tensions have eased between the team and its star receiver. NOLA.com was the first to report that Thomas would be on the sideline for Saturday night’s game while he continues

11:53 AM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN BUFFALO, N.Y. — Rumors of a 100% taxpayer-funded stadium for the Buffalo Bills appear to have been just that — rumors. Bills owners Kim and Terry Pegula will pay at least a portion of the team’s next stadium’s construction costs, they said through a statement to The Associated Press. This

6:00 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN DETROIT, Mich. — For football fans, the “kneecap” speech was an instant classic. By now, if you follow the NFL even casually, you’ve probably heard about the off-the-cuff, entertaining news conferences given by Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell. Campbell has yet to lead the Lions out on the field for

7:00 AM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — There certainly were a lot of things for NFL teams to love about Trevor Lawrence, but there’s one thing that arguably stands above the rest: The guy hardly ever loses. Lawrence enters his first NFL preseason game on Saturday 86-4 as a starter — 52-2 at Cartersville (Georgia) High

12:06 AM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN DETROIT — For the first time in his brief NFL career, Buffalo Bills quarterback Jake Fromm took a snap with an opposing team on the other side of the line of scrimmage. The 2020 fifth-round pick saw his first NFL action Friday in Buffalo’s 16-15 win over the Detroit Lions,

12:50 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN DETROIT, Mich. — “Crazy” is the best way that Detroit Lions running back Craig Reynolds can describe the period between early-morning Thursday and Friday night. Within that time frame, he went from being a free agent, to getting a tryout, to suiting up for an NFL preseason game against the

9:17 PM ET HOUSTON — The Houston Texans placed offensive tackles Laremy Tunsil, Tytus Howard and Roderick Johnson on the COVID-19 list, the team announced Friday. The Texans will be without both of their starting tackles, Tunsil and Howard, for the team’s preseason opener on Saturday night in Green Bay. Without the three offensive linemen

6:17 PM ET ASHBURN, Va. — Former Washington Football Team running back Derrius Guice was suspended for six games for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy, according to a league spokesman. Guice was arrested last August in Loudoun County, Virginia, and charged with one count of strangulation and three counts of assault and battery, stemming

3:38 PM ET Two women told Sports Illustrated in a story published Friday that they resent some of the tactics NFL investigators used in interviews with them regarding their contact with Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson. Ashley Solis told SI that NFL investigators asked her what she was wearing when she worked with Watson, “which

11:00 AM ET Veteran running back Dion Lewis, who played eight NFL seasons over 10 years and won a Super Bowl with the New England Patriots, is retiring from the NFL, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Friday. Lewis, who played for the New York Giants last season, had fielded interest from teams as

10:00 PM ET NFL NationESPN While the Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers opened the 2021 NFL preseason with their Hall of Fame game matchup last week, preseason really kicks off this week, as all 32 teams will be in action for Week 1. It started Thursday night with two games, as first-round quarterback Mac Jones

10:52 AM ET PITTSBURGH — Dwayne Haskins understood Mike Sullivan’s directions for Thursday night. The veteran quarterback coach, who once helped Eli Manning to one of his best seasons in 2011, told the young Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback to channel guys like Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Duke Ellington when he stepped on the turf at

6:00 AM ET LAKE FOREST, Ill. — The Chicago Bears need to walk a fine line with rookie Justin Fields. Technically the second-string quarterback, the No. 11 overall pick out of Ohio State has caught the attention of some of Chicago’s front-line players and already elicited a heady comparison to one of the NFL’s best