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8:00 AM ET SHORTLY AFTER HE tucks his sons into bed, Jordan Palmer climbs into his truck and drives across Orange County to keep one of his newest appointments. It’s Wine Night. On most Wednesdays in February and March, Palmer uncorked wine bottles and watched football with men who have arms worth millions of dollars

8:00 AM ET BACK IN 2013, Kliff Kingsbury found himself with an enviable problem. His first Texas Tech team was on its way to eight wins, and heading into Year 2, the coach was about to have an embarrassment of riches at the quarterback position. During a two-year period he calls fun but “incredibly stressful,”

6:00 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — The 2020 NFL draft is now less than a week away, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ biggest priorities revolve around what they can do to help quarterback Tom Brady. The Bucs need a Day 1 starter at right tackle to protect him and a sure-handed, pass-catching running back to

8:01 AM ET Joe Klingele Action was fast and furious over the NFL offseason. New England has uncertainty at quarterback for the first time in two decades after Tom Brady opted to leave via free agency and join the Buccaneers, and the Patriots are no longer favorites to win the AFC East at Caesars Sportsbook.

6:25 AM ET Twenty years ago, the New England Patriots took Michigan quarterback Tom Brady with the 199th pick in the 2000 NFL draft. I was there — and I liked the pick. But I never could have imagined how his career has gone since. (No one could, right?) Three MVP awards, 219 regular-season wins,

8:00 AM ET Every quarterback, as he begins his NFL career, carries a unique set of burdens. Maybe he represents the hopes and dreams of his small town, which has never had a star to call its own. Maybe his college churns out a handful of first-round draft picks every year and he’s under pressure

11:21 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball Los Angeles Rams center Brian Allen has tested positive for COVID-19, he told Fox Sports. A Rams spokesperson confirmed the diagnosis Wednesday, adding that Allen felt slight

7:30 AM ET Those who have been around the NFL draft the longest — those with the deepest creases around their eyes, the most gray in their hair — will say the draft risers aren’t what they used to be. The extensive time put into finding the best players these days, along with the presence

3:26 PM ET Dallas Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones said the organization has communicated with Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott after a report of an alleged party at the quarterback’s house in Prosper, Texas, last Friday, that would have violated guidelines regarding the coronavirus. “I think they’re certainly aware now of how sensitive these

3:26 PM ET On the same day Dallas Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones said the organization has communicated with Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott after a report of a party at the quarterback’s house in Prosper, Texas, on Friday that would have violated guidelines regarding the coronavirus pandemic, a frustrated Prescott issued a statement

7:43 AM ET Former Lions defensive tackle Damon “Snacks” Harrison says he didn’t want to play in Detroit and was “hell-bent on getting out” of the Motor City. The Lions traded for Harrison on Oct. 25, 2018, sending a fifth-round pick to the New York Giants. “I was a bit angry,” Harrison said of the

5:33 PM ET Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey set a high bar when he gained 1,000 yards rushing and receiving in 2019. The 23-year-old star was rewarded for his season on Monday with a four-year extension reportedly worth $64 million. Including the two years left on McCaffrey’s rookie deal and the option, the deal

8:30 AM ET CINCINNATI — Head west on Third Street. Turn and go south on Central Avenue. Hang a right before Pete Rose Way. This is the route Anthony Munoz takes to get to his usual parking spot at Paul Brown Stadium. Parking diagonally from the entrance is one of the perks of being the

10:38 AM ET Former Minnesota Vikings and Seattle Seahawks quarterback Tarvaris Jackson died Sunday night in a car crash. He was 36. A Tennessee State spokesperson confirmed Jackson’s death to ESPN. Jackson was a member of the Tigers’ football staff for the 2019 season as the quarterbacks coach after spending a year as a quality

8:00 AM ET LEXINGTON, Ky. — Lynn Bowden reaches into his pocket and fishes out a cellphone. Leaning back in a restaurant booth on a warm afternoon in early March, he scrolls and scrolls and scrolls until he finally finds the photo he’s looking for. It’s a screenshot of a text message he received at

1:10 PM ET Several NFL teams are doing serious homework on Utah State’s Jordan Love, one of the most polarizing quarterbacks in the draft. Texas Tech coach Matt Wells — who recruited and coached Love at Utah State — told ESPN he’s discussed Love with seven NFL head coaches who called him in the past

5:49 PM ET Drew Brees appears to have his second career lined up. The New Orleans Saints quarterback has agreed to join NBC Sports as a football analyst when he is done playing, the New York Post reported Friday. Brees, 41, has not announced when he plans to retire. He plans to play the 2020

6:00 AM ET HOUSTON — In a vacuum, adding a player like wide receiver Brandin Cooks to the Houston Texans‘ offense gives quarterback Deshaun Watson a welcome threat on the outside in Houston’s passing game. Of course, it is important to take into account that last month the Texans traded perennial All-Pro receiver DeAndre Hopkins