2:11 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants traded defensive lineman B.J. Hill to the Cincinnati Bengals for offensive lineman Billy Price on Monday. Hill, a 2018 third-round pick out of NC State, did not play in Sunday night’s preseason finale against the New England Patriots with the trade in the works.
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2:38 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Colts quarterback Carson Wentz, Pro Bowl center Ryan Kelly and receiver Zach Pascal have been played on the reserve/COVID-19 list, the team announced Monday. The three players were placed on the COVID-19 list after coming in close contact with a Colts staff member who tested positive, a source told ESPN’s
1:02 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — As speculation swirled Monday regarding the Miami Dolphins‘ interest in embattled quarterback Deshaun Watson, coach Brian Flores said the team wants players with “high character.” The Dolphins have declined to confirm or deny reports they have engaged in trade talks to acquire Watson, the Houston Texans‘ star who
1:07 PM ET The New Orleans Saints got back to work Monday at their temporary home in Dallas after Hurricane Ida devastated Southern Louisiana on Sunday. Saints coach Sean Payton said he was unaware of any significant damage to the team’s practice facility in Metairie, Louisiana. But he expects the team to practice away from
7:32 AM ET The Detroit Lions have released Breshad Perriman just five months after signing the veteran wide receiver, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Perriman signed a one-year, $3 million deal with Detroit in March and was expected to team with fellow newcomer Tyrell Williams to stabilize a completely overhauled Lions receiving corps. But
6:50 AM ET ESPN staff We are closing in on the 2021 NFL season, and that means it’s time for our annual ranking of the league’s top 100 players. What can we expect from the game’s best, and how do they stack up? To create our list, we asked an ESPN panel of more than
6:50 AM ET Michael DiRocco Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered University of Florida for 13 seasons for ESPN.com and Florida Times-Union Graduate of Jacksonville University Multiple APSE award winner Tim McManus A little more than three years ago, the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Philadelphia Eagles were two of the top four franchises in the NFL.
1:06 AM ET ATLANTA — For the past two years, Josh Rosen has bounced around the country, from Arizona to Miami to Tampa Bay to San Francisco, and now to Atlanta. And at each stop, even if the on-field success didn’t come, the former first-round pick felt like he was growing. He knew when he
11:41 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick isn’t ready to name his starting quarterback for the regular-season opener Sept. 12 against the Miami Dolphins. “No, we still have a lot of decisions to make,” Belichick said after Sunday night’s 22-20 win over the New York Giants in the preseason
10:59 PM ET Joe Fortenbaugh John Harbaugh and the Baltimore Ravens are champions of the 2021 NFL preseason after recording an unblemished 3-0 August campaign that has pushed the franchise’s record-breaking preseason winning streak to 20, with a ridiculous against-the-spread mark of 18-1-1. Which leads us to… Fade to black: For those of you wondering
9:06 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Early in training camp, San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan made it clear he intends to play rookie quarterback Trey Lance in tandem with incumbent starter Jimmy Garoppolo. In Sunday’s preseason finale against the Las Vegas Raiders, the Niners offered a glimpse of how that might work. For
5:57 PM ET Injuries to four of the Jacksonville Jaguars‘ five starting offensive linemen nearly convinced coach Urban Meyer to not play quarterback Trevor Lawrence in the preseason finale against Dallas on Sunday, but the need for Lawrence and the first-team offense to get rolling made him change his mind. It turned out to be
5:50 PM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys‘ preseason ended Sunday with a 34-14 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars, but almost immediately their attention turned to Dak Prescott, who will be playing in his first game in 340 days when they take on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sept. 9. “I mean, not to
4:22 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians said Sunday that despite his team’s recent uptick in COVID-19 cases, he believes the NFL’s proposition of testing vaccinated players every seven days instead of every 14 days “won’t help at all.” The NFL proposed this change in testing cadence during a media
4:00 PM ET ESPN News Services The New Orleans Saints are planning to practice at the home of the Dallas Cowboys for three days this week after evacuating because of Hurricane Ida, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Sunday. The team is scheduled to hold workouts Monday, Tuesday and
2:14 PM ET The New York Jets, in search of pass-rushing help after the season-ending injury to Carl Lawson, acquired Shaq Lawson from the Houston Texans on Sunday, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The Jets are sending a sixth-round draft pick to the Texans in the deal, a source told ESPN’s Rich Cimini. This
2:43 PM ET The Minnesota Vikings and All-Pro safety Harrison Smith have agreed to a contract extension, the team announced Sunday. The deal is for four years and $64 million, a source told ESPN’s Mike Golic Jr., which makes Smith the second highest-paid safety in the league behind Seattle‘s Jamal Adams. Smith’s extension also includes
10:22 AM ET Baltimore Ravens running back J.K. Dobbins is undergoing an MRI for a left knee injury sustained Saturday night, but the expectation is that the injury will end his season, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Dobbins was ruled out for the rest of the Ravens’ 37-3 rout of Washington on Saturday night after