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6:00 AM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants have a glut of receiving options. Not that quarterback Daniel Jones or offensive coordinator Jason Garrett is going to complain. After signing one of the top wide receivers on the market in Kenny Golladay and drafting Kadarius Toney in the first round of the

5:00 AM ET CINCINNATI — Nobody realized it at the start of the 2019 season, but a reckoning was coming for the Cincinnati Bengals. As they dropped 11 straight games under new coach Zac Taylor, it was painfully clear the franchise was in the depths of rebuilding. And the front office and coaching staff took

7:00 AM ET Last year at this time, the question was if the Buffalo Bills were primed to snap the New England Patriots‘ hold on the AFC East. The Bills answered that decisively. In fact, the Bills didn’t just prove to be the new kings of the division the Patriots had dominated for nearly two

10:04 PM ET Ashton Edmunds Former Cincinnati Bengals receiever Chad “OchoCinco” Johnson left another $1,000 tip on his $33.53 restaurant tab, this time at an IHOP in Portland, Oregon. Last month, Johnson left a $1,300 tip on a $107.17 tab at James Harden’s Houston restaurant, Thirteen Houston. In May, Johnson left another $1,000 tip on

4:23 PM ET Veteran wide receiver Josh Gordon has submitted his reinstatement letter to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and hopes to be with a team for training camp, a league source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The NFL has been randomly drug testing Gordon for the past three months and is said to have passed all

12:18 PM ET Associated Press The Dallas Cowboys will become the first NFL team to be featured for the third time on “Hard Knocks” in the show’s 20th anniversary season, it was announced Friday. HBO and NFL Films announced Friday that the five-episode season will debut on Aug. 10 at 10 p.m. ET. “America, America’s

7:00 AM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville Jaguars rookie Trevor Lawrence has been called a generational talent, and ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. rated him the fourth-best quarterback prospect he has ever graded. Lawrence threw for 10,098 yards and 90 touchdowns and 17 interceptions, completed 66.6% of his passes, and ran for 943 yards and 18

6:00 AM ET PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers‘ offensive line was always going to have a tough learning curve in the 2021 season. Once a stalwart unit in the NFL, it was left in flux by the departures of left tackle Alejandro Villanueva, center Maurkice Pouncey and left guard Matt Feiler. The Steelers have just

6:00 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots starting defensive tackle Lawrence Guy is on the other end of the telephone, and he’s discussing how he’s preparing his meals for the start of training camp July 28. Spaghetti squash. Cauliflower hash browns. Spiralized zucchini. Broccoli chips. Raw peach cobbler. A green shake with carrots,

8:00 PM ET ASHBURN, Va. — It was made clear by the NFL on Thursday that Dan Snyder had built a terrible workplace culture during his first 20 years as Washington Football Team owner. It was described as “toxic” by attorney Beth Wilkinson in her independent investigation after interviews with more than 150 current and

3:59 PM ET The NFL has fined the Washington Football Team $10 million as a result of the league’s investigation into the team’s workplace culture. The money will be “will be used to support organizations committed to character education, anti-bullying, healthy relationships and related topics,” the league said. In addition, Tanya Snyder, who was named

4:25 PM ET The NFL has fined the San Francisco 49ers, the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Dallas Cowboys for organized team activities violations, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The following is a breakdown of the fines, sources told Schefter: The 49ers were fined $100,000 and coach Kyle Shanahan $50,000 The Jaguars were fined $200,000

4:25 PM ET The NFL has fined the Jacksonville Jaguars, the San Francisco 49ers and the Dallas Cowboys for organized team activities violations. The following is a breakdown of the fines, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter: The Jaguars were fined $200,000 and coach Urban Meyer $100,000 The 49ers were fined $100,000 and coach Kyle Shanahan

6:00 AM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN BUFFALO, N.Y. — There was a time in recent memory when the Buffalo Bills were starving for a No. 1 wide receiver. Now, making the Bills’ final roster as a receiver might be one of the most difficult position groups to crack in the NFL. The resurgence within the Bills’

11:13 AM ET ESPN News Services The NFL says it cannot confirm Eugene Chung’s allegations that a team official made discriminatory comments during his interview for a coaching job. “After multiple discussions, including with Mr. Chung and his representative, we were unable to confirm the precise statement that was made, or by whom and under

6:00 AM ET Brady HendersonESPN SEATTLE — The issues that led to the Seattle Seahawks‘ offensive collapse in the second half of last season were largely, but not exclusively, related to scheme. The Seahawks didn’t have enough of a short and intermediate passing game to keep defenses honest once they started taking away the deep

6:00 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Better, worse or the same? Where do the Green Bay Packers fall on that subjective scale given that they return 20 of 22 starters from last year’s 13-3 team that reached the NFC title game? Of course, that 20 includes Aaron Rodgers. Rather than picking one of those

4:11 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — It has become a running joke over the past decade that the New Orleans Saints don’t believe in the salary cap. That they kept proving it didn’t really exist every time they made Drew Brees the NFL’s highest-paid quarterback or Michael Thomas the highest-paid receiver or Jahri Evans the