6:00 AM ET LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Buyer’s remorse is not a phrase the Chicago Bears associate with Justin Fields. A shade under five weeks since the Bears moved up in the first round to nab the Ohio State quarterback, coach Matt Nagy held court after the team’s first open OTA workout and said Fields
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4:24 PM ET HOUSTON — Speaking to the media for the first time since he signed with the Houston Texans in March, quarterback Tyrod Taylor did not dance around the fact that he expects to be the team’s starting quarterback this season. “Of course, yes, Deshaun played at a very high level,” said Taylor when
6:35 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — The federal judge presiding over the NFL’s $1 billion settlement of brain injury claims on Thursday invited lawyers for Black players who call the settlement racially-biased to join court-led mediation over the issue. The lawyers have challenged the settlement’s use of “race-norming” in dementia testing since 2018. The
3:44 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick has declared Cam Newton the team’s top quarterback at this time, and offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels has already noticed a difference in Newton’s second year with the club. “When he got here, that was a unique situation having really no experience and exposure
4:09 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — When Jaguars coach Urban Meyer watched film of the 2020 season shortly after he was hired to get an idea about the talent on his roster, he didn’t like what he saw from wide receiver DJ Chark. Meyer expected a big, strong, physical receiver. That’s not what he saw,
3:05 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti had been searching for a way to properly salute Ozzie Newsome since he stepped down as the team’s general manager three years ago. Bisciotti came up with an idea that not only impacts the lives of Baltimore students but also touches on Newsome’s
4:02 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes won’t play in his first 2021 regular-season game for more than three months, but the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback said he’s ready for the game now. “If there was a game [today], I’d be able to play in it, I think,” said Mahomes, who had surgery
2:09 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers assistant head coach/run game coordinator Harold Goodwin offered his support to Eugene Chung following Chung’s revelation that he was called “not the right type of minority” during an NFL coaching interview. “Being a minority in this league, there’s ups and downs, and we know the process
1:49 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterbacks coach Clyde Christensen on Thursday said he believes Tom Brady‘s knee injury last season was a “nagging nuisance” that affected him all season. “I don’t think he was 100% last year,” Christensen said, relaying a conversation he had with Brady the morning after the Bucs
12:41 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Another solid running back could be headed to Motown, as Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell confirmed Thursday that the team has been in talks with free agent Todd Gurley. Gurley, who played for the Atlanta Falcons last season, was in Detroit last week to visit with the organization. “Look,
9:43 AM ET ESPN News Services The USFL is relaunching in 2022, four decades after the spring football league’s short-lived run that featured such stars as Reggie White, Herschel Walker, Steve Young and Jim Kelly, as well as future President Donald Trump as an owner. The new USFL announced Thursday that it will play next
10:45 AM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Jaguars and owner Shad Khan are proposing a plan for a development project around TIAA Bank Field that would include the stand-alone football facility desired by coach Urban Meyer. The cost for the two-phase project would be more than $441 million, with Khan paying for half of
10:07 AM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Jaguars signed former All-Pro kick returner Pharoh Cooper on Thursday. Cooper has 55 catches for 506 yards and one touchdown, 82 punt returns for 729 yards, and 104 kickoff returns for 2,523 yards and one touchdown during his career with the Rams, Cardinals and Panthers. His best
6:00 AM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — After a lost decade that included seven losing seasons, five general manager and head coach tandems, five starting quarterbacks and zero playoff appearances — the longest active drought in the NFL — the New York Jets are starting over yet again, except this time there’s a fresh vibe
6:00 AM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — It has been a while since a raucous crowd at MetLife Stadium had the opportunity to influence a truly meaningful New York Giants game. And the lack of opportunities have not all been coronavirus pandemic-related. A case can be made the last big-time Giants home game was on
8:55 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady is once again giving us the social media content we didn’t know we needed this offseason. In a slow news cycle that’s been dominated by Julio Jones trade rumors, Brady first released an Instagram video Tuesday in which he’s seen throwing and running
5:51 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson is in talks for what could become one of the richest contracts in NFL history. But Ravens quarterbacks coach James Urban said you couldn’t tell by watching Jackson in the first two weeks of offseason practices. “I don’t think it’ll be a distraction,”
5:34 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Panthers plan to move Jeremy Chinn to safety, one year after a stellar rookie season at linebacker. It’s a move designed, in part, to help prolong Chinn’s NFL career — at 220 pounds, he’s considered undersized for a linebacker — as well as shore up the