4:23 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Denver Broncos president of football operations/general manager John Elway called the staff of his team’s IT department “heroes” in the run-up to this week’s draft and said he expects any problems when the picks are officially made to be minimal. Elway and representatives from every other team went through
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2:41 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The gloves have come off. Yannick Ngakoue‘s frustration that the Jacksonville Jaguars have yet to trade him bubbled over on Monday afternoon and he went on a short social media rant in which he called the team owner’s son a clown and urged the team to get “this s—
7:30 AM ET Anthony OlivieriESPN.com By now, we know what many of the top prospects set to be selected in the 2020 NFL draft can do on the field. But you might not know too much about them beyond their “elite closing burst” or “strong wrap-up tackling skills” or “explosive ability with the football.” Past
12:43 PM ET Peyton Manning said Sunday that likely No. 1 overall pick Joe Burrow is going to take his lumps in his rookie year, but that those rough times can help propel him to success in his later years. Manning, who was the No. 1 overall pick by the Indianapolis Colts in the 1998
6:00 AM ET Quick-hit thoughts around the New England Patriots and NFL: 1. Draft intrigue starts at QB: The Patriots hired Eliot Wolf as a personnel consultant in February, bringing an outside perspective to their scouting process. Wolf’s arrival, and his experience in the 2005 NFL draft with the Green Bay Packers, coincidentally intersects with
5:55 PM ET The Jacksonville Jaguars have had trade discussions with other teams about running back Leonard Fournette, league sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Saturday. The Jaguars have until May 4 to exercise their fifth-year option on Fournette, who is scheduled to make $4.16 million in base salary in 2020. Fournette ran for a
3:03 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Denver Broncos linebacker Von Miller, who is now quarantined in his Denver-area home with the COVID-19 virus, said Friday that he’s “proof anybody can get it.” The 31-year-old Miller, an eight-time Pro Bowl selection, told ESPN’s NFL Live on Friday that he had tried to take every precaution over
5:42 AM ET Jonathan Taylor had never heard of Zoom before March 13. But when the NFL banned in-person visits due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Taylor — like the rest of the country — got a crash course in video chat platforms. The former Wisconsin running back was already five minutes late to a 2020
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 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
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