9:02 AM ET The language of the proposed collective bargaining agreement was finalized late Wednesday night and is going out to NFL players Thursday morning, a league source tells ESPN’s Jeff Darlington. The ballots were sent out at 9 a.m. ET Thursday morning, and the voting window will stay open for seven days, a source
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8:40 AM ET The future came quickly for the New England Patriots. This time last year, Bill Belichick and Tom Brady were celebrating another Super Bowl victory. Brady hadn’t posted big numbers in the Super Bowl, and Rob Gronkowski was weeks away from retiring, but there was little to be concerned about in New England.
6:00 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Let’s start with a delay-of-compensatory-draft-pick penalty flag. That will be 5 yards, kind folks of the NFL. And we’ll continue to wait patiently for the annual awarding of compensatory choices. Last year, the New England Patriots and others around the league learned about their compensatory draft picks on Feb.
3:54 PM ET The Jacksonville Jaguars have agreed to trade cornerback A.J. Bouye to the Denver Broncos for a fourth-round selection in this year’s NFL draft, league sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Tuesday. The trade cannot be processed until the new league year begins March 18. Bouye told ESPN’s Josina Anderson that he was
2:38 PM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Hours after tornadoes hit multiple areas in and around Nashville, the city’s sports teams are working to help the community recover. Starting at 11 a.m. CT, the Nashville Predators
11:00 PM ET NFL NationESPN With the NFL combine behind us, we’re just two weeks from the start of free agency and 52 days away from the 2020 NFL draft. And after teams spent the past week in Indianapolis talking to and evaluating prospects, things are becoming more clear at the top of Round 1.
2:43 PM ET IT’S MIDAFTERNOON, and Kyle Long has everything and nothing to do. He plays video games well into the night and wakes up whenever he wants. He went off-roading in the desert south of Las Vegas recently, unfettered by contract restrictions. He has lost 50 pounds. Retiring from the NFL at 31, Long
12:39 PM ET New York Giants left tackle Nate Solder explained to NBCSports.com why he will vote yes on the proposed collective bargaining agreement, saying it’s “a great deal for the core players.” Many star players, such as Russell Wilson, J.J. Watt and Aaron Rodgers, have voiced their disapproval of the proposed CBA, which would
6:40 AM ET At some point in the next couple of weeks, the NFL’s players will vote on a proposed new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with the league’s owners. If a majority of the voting players approve, the deal will go into place immediately, as the owners already have approved it. NFLPA chief DeMaurice Smith
7:44 AM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jaguars will use their franchise tag on defensive end Yannick Ngakoue, league sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Monday. The tag will allow them to try to trade him if that’s what they decide or are forced to do. Ngakoue tweeted Monday morning that his time in Jacksonville
Dec 5, 2019 Editor’s note: This story originally ran in December, ahead of Clemson’s win in the ACC championship game. CLEMSON, S.C. — Back in high school, Isaiah Simmons would glide out to the long jump runway to a chorus of audible gasps. He was tall, with a racing singlet stretched across his lean frame,
6:00 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Sunday will be the fourth and final day of the on-field workouts at the NFL’s scouting combine at Lucas Oil Stadium, after the defensive linemen, linebackers worked out for all 32 teams Saturday. A look at what you need to know: The workouts: 2 p.m.-7 p.m. ET (NFL Network), cornerbacks
9:13 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Clemson do-it-all defender Isaiah Simmons was the brightest star of the night Saturday at the NFL scouting combine. Simmons, who lined up almost everywhere at some point in the Clemson defense, was put with the linebackers in the on-field workouts at the combine. And he blistered the turf inside Lucas
9:42 PM ET Tony Romo is staying in the CBS broadcast booth, with the sides agreeing to a long-term deal, a network spokesperson confirmed to multiple outlets Friday night. According to the New York Post, Romo will receive $17 million per year in a deal that’s “significantly” longer than five years. That would make the
5:56 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Two things in a 40-yard dash at the NFL’s scouting combine will raise plenty of eyebrows and bring plenty double takes of those in the stands at Lucas Oil Stadium. The first is rare speed, the kind of speed Alabama wide receiver Henry Ruggs III showed Thursday night. And then
8:00 AM ET THE MAN who changed the NFL combine forever celebrated arguably the greatest workout performance in league history by taking a trip to the mall. This was 1995, when the mall was still a pillar of the cultural zeitgeist, and Mike Mamula was at the peak of his football stardom. Believe it or
10:09 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Alabama wide receiver Henry Ruggs III flashed rare speed at the NFL’s scouting combine Thursday night, but he didn’t quite get the record he had hoped for at Lucas Oil Stadium. Ruggs, considered one of the fastest players available in this year’s draft, said this week he wanted to set
7:59 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones is not opposed to Dez Bryant’s return to the franchise. The wide receiver was released following the 2017 season. “I’ve been thinking about it a lot in the shower,” Jones said. “I have been. I’m not dismissing it. I don’t want to