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11:21 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Aaron Rodgers was not among the group of players who reported to Lambeau Field on Monday for the start of organized team activities, a source told ESPN. That came as no surprise to the team, given that Rodgers did not participate in phase 1, which the Packers held

6:00 AM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — While some teams are pulling back on offseason workouts, coach Matt Rhule says they hold added importance for the Carolina Panthers. It’s because the Panthers had the sixth-youngest roster in the league, behind the Los Angeles Rams, Green Bay Packers, New York Jets, Minnesota Vikings and Indianapolis Colts, at

6:00 AM ET PITTSBURGH — Illinois offensive lineman Kendrick Green‘s goal seemed simple enough: complete one Nordic curl by the end of his pre-draft training with offensive line guru Duke Manyweather. Just one curl in 12 weeks. But in reality, releasing his 6-foot-4, 312-pound frame from kneeling perpendicular to the ground to descending until his

6:00 AM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — With a school deadline bearing down, four-time Super Bowl champion Keena Turner and his daughter Ella sat, stared at and tweaked the first slide of a project. Minutes turned to an hour, and an hour turned to two. That night in 2019 was slipping away fast, and there

6:00 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Quick-hit thoughts/notes around the New England Patriots and NFL: 1. Harrison high on Dugger: A benefit of Bill Belichick being in his 21st season as Patriots coach is the ability to connect his current players with some of the greats from the early years of his tenure. One example

2:41 PM ET Former NFL offensive lineman and assistant coach Eugene Chung, who is Korean, says he was told he was “not the right minority” while interviewing for an NFL coaching job this offseason. “It was said to me, ‘Well, you’re really not a minority,'” Chung said during a webinar Thursday, according to The Boston

6:00 AM ET COSTA MESA, Calif. — Move over, Peyton Manning. There’s another quarterback-turned-actor on the scene — this one plays on Sundays — and might be the most unlikely of television stars. Presenting Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert offering his “advice” on everything from haircuts to fishing lures. “Whoa, not that one,” Herbert

10:48 PM ET Mike DiRocco JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Former Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker Telvin Smith, who was arrested in April 2020 and charged with unlawful sexual activity with certain minors, has pleaded no-contest to child abuse and has been given three years probation, his attorney said. As part of the plea agreement, the Fourth Judicial Circuit

6:13 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville Jaguars special teams coordinator Brian Schneider is stepping away from the team indefinitely for personal reasons, the Jaguars confirmed Friday evening. It’s the second time in less than 10 months that Schneider has taken time away for personal reasons. He left the same position with the Seattle Seahawks

3:51 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — The New England Patriots‘ team plane has delivered 500,000 Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccines to El Salvador — and in the process inadvertently inserted itself into a testy geopolitical fight for influence in Latin America. The “Pats Plane” was greeted upon arrival in San Salvador early Wednesday, just after midnight,

3:03 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The timetable for Patrick Mahomes to participate in team drills after his offseason turf toe surgery has been accelerated, as the quarterback will take part when the Chiefs begin offseason practice next week, a source confirmed to ESPN. The initial plan after the surgery in February was for

1:50 PM ET The San Francisco 49ers waived veteran wide receiver Marqise Lee on Friday, four days after they signed him to a one-year contract. Lee had received the contract Monday after trying out last weekend at the 49ers’ rookie minicamp, where he caught passes from rookie quarterback Trey Lance on Friday during the portion

6:00 AM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan hired a head coach with no NFL experience and gave him total control. Khan also got more involved in the major football decisions, including the roster, and was part of building the team’s draft plan. And he had the final say on whether the

6:00 AM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs have been looking for tight ends to complement Travis Kelce in recent years, but that search has led them to players unlike their All-Pro. Many of the tight ends the Chiefs have brought in have been blockers, while a few have had some receiving

May 18, 2021 ESPN.com staff The NFL draft and free agency are behind us, coaching staffs and rosters are set, and training camp is just a couple of months away. That means it’s time for fantasy football fanatics to start gearing up for the 2021 campaign! With that in mind, we gathered our fantasy football

4:45 PM ET The Washington Football Team released longtime starting right tackle Morgan Moses on Thursday after granting him permission to seek a trade earlier in the week. Washington saves $7.75 million in salary-cap space by releasing Moses. The move will result in $1.9 million in dead cap room. Moses, a 2014 third-round pick, just

12:47 PM ET A civil lawsuit was filed against the New York Giants by their former video director in the fallout following an alleged physical altercation involving two other employees at the team’s facility. Dave Maltese was fired in March for what the suit describes as “retaliatory purposes” in violation of CEPA, New Jersey’s whistleblower

11:04 AM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Bills have hired two women to full-time positions and brought on another two as interns, according to the team and NFL director of football development Sam Rapoport. Sophia Lewin will work as an offensive assistant for the Bills while Andrea Gosper will serve as a player