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2:35 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Defensive back Tyrann Mathieu was activated by the Kansas City Chiefs off the reserve/COVID-19 list, making him eligible to play in Sunday’s game against the Cleveland Browns at Arrowhead Stadium. Mathieu, who is listed as questionable on the team’s official injury report, missed the full week of practice,

2:07 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Left tackle Austin Jackson was activated by the Miami Dolphins from the reserve/COVID-19 list Saturday, making him eligible to play in the team’s opener at New England. The Dolphins said a final determination on Jackson’s playing status will be made before Sunday’s game. He was traveling

12:49 PM ET The Philadelphia Eagles are signing left tackle Jordan Mailata to a four-year, $64 million extension, Mailata’s agents confirmed to ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Saturday. The deal, which runs through the 2025 season, could be worth up to $80 million and includes $40.85 million guaranteed, agents Jeff Nalley and Graylan Crain told ESPN.

6:20 AM ET NFL Nation reporters You hurried and scurried, hustled and bustled. You scoured everything ESPN had to offer, and it was, is and will continue to be a metric ton of news, tidbits and useful information. Football is back, and many of you have returned to the fantasy football waters. Now whether you’re

6:00 AM ET EAGAN, Minn. – When the Minnesota Vikings kick off their season opener at Paul Brown Stadium on Sunday (1 p.m., ET, Fox), they’ll start answering the questions they’ve been publicly and privately pondering for months. Is this team built to make the playoffs? And did they gamble in the right places when

5:18 PM ET NFL NationESPN Rejoice, football fans! The first Sunday of the NFL regular season is here! The 2021 season got off to a great start thanks to the thrilling game between the Dallas Cowboys and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The other 30 teams are making the final adjustments to their roster before Week 1,

5:19 PM ET Field YatesESPN Insider Close Field Yates has previous experience interning with the New England Patriots on both their coaching and scouting staffs. A graduate of Wesleyan University (CT), he is a regular contributor to ESPN Boston’s Patriots coverage and ESPN Insider. The Indianapolis Colts and RB Nyheim Hines have agreed to a

4:17 PM ET PITTSBURGH — After months of contentious negotiating and a fast-approaching deadline to get a deal done with the Steelers, T.J. Watt on Friday expressed joy that the saga was over. The 26-year-old star edge rusher officially signed a five-year deal with the team Friday to become the NFL’s highest-paid defensive player. The

5:16 PM ET ASHBURN, Va. — Washington Football Team receiver Curtis Samuel will miss three weeks after being placed on injured reserve as he recovers from a lingering groin injury that he first suffered in the spring. Samuel reinjured his groin while going through warm-up drills Wednesday and did not practice Thursday, though he did

2:11 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh chalked up his team’s latest season-ending injuries to bad luck. In Thursday’s practice, running back Gus Edwards and cornerback Marcus Peters tore their ACLs without making contact with teammates, continuing Baltimore’s awful run on injuries. Both have been placed on injured reserve. Edwards,

4:38 PM ET Dallas Cowboys right tackle La’el Collins has been suspended five games for violating the NFL’s policy on substances of abuse, the league announced Friday. Collins, 28, missed all of last season with a hip injury. He had started 47 of 48 games from 2017 to 2019 and was coming off his best

2:54 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Colts quarterback Carson Wentz will start Sunday’s game against the Seattle Seahawks nearly six weeks after having surgery on his left foot, which could have kept him out well into the regular season, coach Frank Reich said Friday. There was a lot of uncertainty about what Wentz’s availability would be

1:53 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — The Miami Dolphins announced a celebration of the life of late former head coach Don Shula to be held on Oct. 2 at Hard Rock Stadium. The free event is open to the public and will take place the day before the team plays the Indianapolis Colts. This

11:50 AM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — New York Jets quarterback Zach Wilson will make his NFL debut Sunday without one of his top receivers. Slot receiver Jamison Crowder, who tested positive last week for COVID-19, was ruled out Friday for the season opener against the Carolina Panthers. He remains on the reserve/COVID-19 list. The

9:12 AM ET Free-agent quarterback Cam Newton said he didn’t see his release from the New England Patriots coming in his first remarks since the team cut him 10 days ago. “Did it catch me by surprise being released? Absolutely,” Newton said in a video released Friday morning. Newton’s remarks came in a YouTube Live

9:28 AM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens reached a one-year agreement with running back Latavius Murray as they quickly scramble to patch up an injury-ravaged backfield before the regular season begins, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Friday. The deal is worth up to $2 million, the source told Schefter. Murray,

6:30 AM ET William Ricks There’s been a lot of change in the NFL as the 2021 season gets underway. The league added a 17th game to their regular-season schedule, permitted alternate uniforms for the 2022 season and gave players more freedom in picking their jersey numbers. The league has relaxed its once-stringent rule on

12:14 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — The “Tommy and Gronky” show with Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady and tight end Rob Gronkowski picked up right where it left off a mere seven months and two days ago: with two touchdowns, or “tuddies,” as they call them, matching their two “tuddies” from Super Bowl LV,