5:46 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — Amid reports of the Dolphins‘ interest in trading for Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson, current starter Tua Tagovailoa was asked whether he felt wanted by the team. He smiled while he answered. “I don’t not feel wanted,” he said. “That’s what I could say.” Tagovailoa, a second-year quarterback,
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3:50 PM ET Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis broke ranks with other NFL owners Wednesday at the league’s fall meetings, saying he would like to see a written report of the investigation into the Washington Football Team. “Probably, yeah,” he said in New York. “I think that there should be, yeah. Especially with some
4:25 PM ET The attorneys for some former Washington Football Team employees rejected NFL commissioner Roger Goodell’s reasoning for not making the investigation into the organization public, saying in a letter that their clients wanted anonymity but also a written report. Goodell had said in a news conference at the league meetings Tuesday that they
5:02 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. – The week the Arizona Cardinals get one star defender back, they lost another. Defensive end J.J. Watt was ruled out of Thursday night’s game against the Green Bay Packers with a shoulder injury. He didn’t participate in the Cardinals’ only practice of the week on Tuesday. Watt has 10
2:06 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — During the portion of Wednesday’s practice that was open to the media, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott showed no ill effects from a right calf strain suffered Oct. 17 that has put his availability for Sunday’s game against the Minnesota Vikings in some question. Prescott went through an extended
2:29 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Mike White will make his first NFL start Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals, New York Jets coach Robert Saleh confirmed Wednesday. The status of their newest backup, Joe Flacco, is uncertain. Flacco, acquired Monday in a trade with the Philadelphia Eagles, wasn’t at practice Wednesday. He was excused
1:07 PM ET NEW YORK — Los Angeles Rams owner Stan Kroenke might be trying to back away from his promise to cover tens of millions of dollars in legal expenses related to his team’s 2016 departure from St. Louis, a revelation that angered many NFL owners when they learned of it Tuesday, sources told
12:17 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield said that it’s “absolutely” possible he could return Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers after missing Cleveland’s last game with a left shoulder injury. Mayfield added that the torn labrum, along with the tuberosity fracture, in his non-throwing shoulder was already feeling better after he sat
11:00 AM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers will not pursue Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson with the NFL trade deadline approaching on Tuesday, a league source confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. ESPN and multiple media outlets reported earlier this week that the Panthers (3-4) had renewed their interest in potentially pursuing a Watson
7:25 AM ET We’re seven weeks into the 2021 NFL season, and the first-year cornerbacks continue to flex their collective muscles. Three of them make the second edition of our rookie rankings. And while our top 10 has some movement, once again only one quarterback made the cut. It’s actually a pass-catcher atop the board
6:00 AM ET The unbeaten Arizona Cardinals and once-beaten Green Bay Packers meet in one of the most anticipated Thursday night games in recent memory (8:20 p.m. ET, Fox). But come Friday morning, there still might not be a clear-cut favorite in the NFC. As the NFL nears the halfway point of its first 17-game
8:36 PM ET NEW YORK — NFL commissioner Roger Goodell doubled down Tuesday on the league’s decision not to make public the results of its investigation into the workplace culture at the Washington Football Team, saying the anonymity of the people who cooperated with the investigation was too high a priority to allow the league
8:14 PM ET NEW YORK — The playing status of Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson, one of the hottest topics in the NFL ahead of next Tuesday’s trade deadline, does not sound as if it will be altered any time soon. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Tuesday at the league owners meetings that the NFL
8:09 PM ET The Los Angeles Chargers, insistent that they were confident in kicker Tristan Vizcaino despite his league-high five missed PATs this season, cut him on Tuesday and signed former Washington Football Team kicker Dustin Hopkins. It’s another chapter in the seemingly never-ending kicker saga the Chargers have been going through since Michael Badgley,
2:02 PM ET New York Jets owner and chairman Woody Johnson, apparently not shaken by his team’s 1-5 start and historic loss to the New England Patriots on Sunday, expressed “unwavering, steadfast confidence” Tuesday in general manager Joe Douglas and coach Robert Saleh. “I’ve been around for, this is going on 22 years, with my
2:45 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN SEATTLE — Pete Carroll isn’t making a change at quarterback after Geno Smith’s second uneven performance in as many starts as Russell Wilson’s injury replacement. Carroll said as much on his 710 ESPN Seattle radio show Tuesday morning when asked if Smith is still the Seahawks’ starter for this week’s
6:05 PM ET HOUSTON — Houston Texans chairman and CEO Cal McNair apologized Tuesday following a report that he made an anti-Asian comment at a team charity golf tournament in May. According to Bally Sports, which spoke to several individuals who were present for the remark, McNair said, “I’m sorry that we couldn’t get together
4:25 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Packers put Allen Lazard on the reserve/COVID-19 list on Tuesday, meaning the team could be without its top three wide receivers heading into Thursday’s game against the unbeaten Arizona Cardinals. The news about Lazard, who was added to the list as a close contact, comes one day