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6:40 AM ET Zac Taylor, the second-year coach of the Cincinnati Bengals, was kind enough to return a call last week. His team drafted quarterback Joe Burrow with the No. 1 pick in April’s NFL draft, and I told him we were doing a story about expectations for rookie quarterbacks. His first response was basically

11:20 PM ET Let’s not undersell this: The Kansas City Chiefs‘ 34-20 victory Thursday night over the Houston Texans is one of the greatest accomplishments in NFL history. Just as its own executives (improbably) predicted in March, the league opened its 2020 season on time — even with some fans at Arrowhead Stadium — amid

first Quarter HOU KC TD 5:01 David Johnson 19 Yard Rush Ka’imi Fairbairn Made Ex. Pt 9 plays, 80 yards, 5:12 7 0 second Quarter HOU KC TD 14:13 Travis Kelce Pass From Patrick Mahomes for 6 Yrds, H.Butker extra point is GOOD, Center-J.Winchester, Holder-T.Townsend. 11 plays, 75 yards, 5:41 7 7 TD 2:26 Sammy

6:45 AM ET Fantasy football drafts signal the annual rite of fall. The NFL season is nearly upon us, and it’s time to shake the pandemic blues, bust out your tablets, do your research and plunge head-on into fantasy football on ESPN.com. Matthew Berry’s Week 1 Love/Hate column is here, with players he loves and

9:04 PM ET The Kansas City Chiefs have added an insurance policy to the record-setting, 10-year extension signed by quarterback Patrick Mahomes in July, a source told ESPN’s Field Yates. The move protects the Chiefs, who begin their Super Bowl title defense Thursday night against the Houston Texans, in the event that an injury prevents

QUINCY AVERY, WATSON’S Atlanta-based private quarterback coach, began working with Watson his junior year of high school. “He’s not the loudest or the most boastful,” Avery says, “but you’re immediately gravitating toward his energy.” Avery’s father, Wendell, was a quarterback at the University of Minnesota, the former head coach at Savannah State, current receivers coach

6:40 AM ET In advance of a 2020 NFL season in which anything and everything appears to be on the table, it only seems right to put together our annual preview of how each of the league’s 32 teams could win the Super Bowl. It might seem wild when last year’s winner wasn’t exactly an

7:57 PM ET Denver Broncos linebacker Von Miller suffered an ankle injury on Tuesday, a source told ESPN. There is fear that it’s a season-ending injury, according to sources. Miller was hurt near the end of practice, with what one person called “a freak” injury. The team is evaluating Miller’s MRI. Miller, 31, the former

6:30 AM ET NFL NationESPN The 2020 NFL schedule kicks off this week with the Texans at Chiefs on Thursday night football, and NFL Nation has you covered. Big questions. Bold predictions. Breakout fantasy football candidates. Over/under picks. Record and playoff projections. Depth charts. And in-depth schedule analysis for all 32 teams. This is what

7:17 AM ET FRISCO, Texas — Dak Prescott has always seemed ready for the moment as the Dallas Cowboys‘ quarterback. If there ever has been any uncertainty during his time with the Cowboys, he has not shown it. From his first preseason game on Aug. 13, 2016, in front of 89,140 at the Los Angeles

3:27 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — Alvin Kamara mostly sidestepped questions about his contract talks with the New Orleans Saints on Monday, insisting that his focus is on Sunday’s season opener against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. But Kamara did counter the narrative that he was holding out from Saints practices during a recent four-day stretch,

7:15 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — How in the world did Carson Wentz, the newly anointed franchise quarterback of the Philadelphia Eagles in 2016, wind up trapped inside a gas station bathroom, anyway? Wentz began cracking up when that memory was raised before practice last week — far enough back in time now that it’s just

7:00 AM ET The NFL’s last “normal” moment was the annual scouting combine, held from Feb. 23 to March 2 in Indianapolis. Amid the routine of that week, league executives focused on finalizing a new collective bargaining agreement with players. Teams locked in on scouting college players and setting plans for the start of free

10:26 PM ET PITTSBURGH — On the eve of the first regular-season game week, the Pittsburgh Steelers secured their defensive anchor for at least five more years with a historic contract. The Steelers and All-Pro defensive lineman Cam Heyward have finalized a four-year, $75.1 million extension, a league source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler late Sunday

2:02 PM ET The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have signed free-agent quarterback Josh Rosen to their practice squad, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Rosen joins his third team in as many seasons. The 23-year-old was drafted No. 10 overall by the Arizona Cardinals in 2018. He was then traded prior to last season to the

8:37 AM ET Adrian Peterson is signing with the Detroit Lions, the running back told NFL reporter Josina Anderson on Sunday. Peterson is signing a one-year, $1.05 million contract that includes incentives, a league source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The move reunites Peterson with his former offensive coordinator with the Minnesota Vikings, Darrell Bevell, and

6:56 PM ET Free-agent defensive end Jadeveon Clowney is expected to sign with the Tennessee Titans, sources told ESPN’s Dianna Russini. Clowney reunites with Titans head coach Mike Vrabel, who served as his position coach and defensive coordinator when the two were with the Houston Texans. The seventh-year veteran had his best season in 2017

3:00 PM ET NFL NationESPN Teams in the NFL must cut their rosters to 53 players by 4 p.m. ET on Saturday. Given the irregular offseason, with OTAs and minicamps occurring virtually for the first time, teams have had only training camp, which included 14 padded practices, to see their players in person. The biggest