7:17 AM ET NFL NationESPN Whether you are a fantasy football hawk, a super fan of your favorite team or prepping to place NFL bets in 2021, figuring out who will come out on top of key position battles is an important part of the preseason. The New Orleans Saints, New England Patriots and Denver
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6:00 AM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — For San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, this offseason provided plenty of reasons to vent his frustrations with some salty language. But when Garoppolo finally let one fly at the podium in the opening days of training camp, it had nothing to do with the trade up for
11:49 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — The Seattle Seahawks have made another contract offer to Pro Bowl strong safety Jamal Adams and are waiting on him to accept it, a source tells ESPN. In the meantime, the organization and Adams’ agent have not spoken in several days, a source confirmed. Adams is in
9:37 PM ET ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs will be without guard Laurent Duvernay-Tardif for about four weeks because of a broken bone in his hand, a source confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. Duvernay-Tardif will not need surgery and the Chiefs are hopeful he will be available to play in their regular-season
Aug 5, 2021 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One of the things Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes longed for after moving from his native Texas to KC was an order from Whataburger, one of his favorite fast food chains. So Mahomes is bringing Whataburger to him. He’s an investor in a group that over the
4:32 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Acknowledging T.J. Watt‘s hold-in for the first time, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said his edge rusher’s situation is not all that uncommon. “Not unique at all, really,” Tomlin said Tuesday. “That negotiation process is going to run its course. Some run their courses faster than others. If I remember
2:19 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN BUFFALO, N.Y. — The highest-drafted player on the Buffalo Bills‘ roster is not recently extended quarterback Josh Allen — it’s former Chicago Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky, who signed with Buffalo this offseason after four seasons in the Windy City. The Bears declined Trubisky’s fifth-year option despite drafting him at No.
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
4:16 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — With the quarterback competition still “even-steven,” Denver Broncos coach Vic Fangio said Tuesday that Drew Lock will start Saturday’s preseason opener against the Minnesota Vikings. Teddy Bridgewater will start the second preseason game, an Aug. 21 road contest against the Seattle Seahawks. Fangio has consistently said through the opening
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
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.