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4:53 PM ET Associated Press Quarterback Kyler Murray says he’ll be kneeling during the national anthem this season. The Arizona Cardinals‘ emerging star — who was the NFL’s Offensive Rookie of the Year in 2019 — wasn’t particularly vocal about social issues during his first season but said that would change in the aftermath of

12:46 PM ET Los Angeles Chargers coach Anthony Lynn says teams “would be crazy” not to have free agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick on their workout lists this summer. Lynn told reporters Wednesday that the Chargers haven’t made plans yet to work out Kaepernick and said he has not spoken to the former 49ers quarterback. Lynn

3:34 PM ET Lamar Jackson admitted that the Baltimore Ravens underestimated the Tennessee Titans ahead of their shocking divisional-round loss last season. The reigning NFL MVP said Tuesday on Complex’s “Load Management” podcast that he wants to focus on “not peeking ahead” this season, as that mentality got the Ravens in trouble against the Titans.

7:30 AM ET April 10 was payday at the XFL. Kurt Hunzeker hadn’t slept. As the St. Louis BattleHawks’ president, his job was to shepherd the team into a presumptive 2021 season. Kickoff to that second season was at least 10 months away — and because of the deepening coronavirus pandemic, maybe longer. COVID-19 deaths

9:10 AM ET Baltimore Ravens outside linebacker Matthew Judon criticized the timing of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell’s recent support for the Black Lives Matter movement, saying his comments were long overdue. “It’s not when Roger Goodell came out and said black lives matter, now everybody can say it,” Judon said Monday during a video conference

7:01 PM ET NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said he supports and encourages teams to sign quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Kaepernick, 32, has not played since the 2016 season, when as a member of the San Francisco 49ers he kneeled during the national anthem to protest racial inequality. In a conversation with Mike Greenberg for ESPN’s “The

7:00 AM ET The start of a new decade is upon us with the 2020 NFL season. But before we get rolling with the ’20s, ESPN is taking a look back at the best — and worst — of the 2010s and naming the top players of the decade for all 32 teams. From the

6:00 AM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — For San Francisco 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw, there wasn’t anything particularly memorable about South Carolina defensive tackle Javon Kinlaw back in October 2017. Kinlaw’s Gamecocks had just pummeled Greenlaw’s Arkansas Razorbacks 48-22, with a sophomore Kinlaw posting three tackles, including one for a loss. But a couple of

3:42 PM ET San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich criticized NFL commissioner Roger Goodell for caving to Donald Trump in the past on the issue of player protests during the national anthem. “A smart man is running the NFL and he didn’t understand the difference between the flag and what makes the country great —

5:07 PM ET HOUSTON — In a response to a person tweeting that he was “pretty sure” J.J. Watt would not be taking a knee during the national anthem, along with three American flag emojis, the Houston Texans defensive end made it clear that taking a knee is not about the American flag. “If you

9:18 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — The workouts that Tom Brady has been organizing at Berkeley Preparatory School aren’t just with his Buccaneers teammates. On Saturday, Brady put Shedeur Sanders, the son of Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders, through a workout. Shedeur Sanders is an ESPN four-star-rated quarterback entering his senior season at

6:10 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield plans to kneel during the national anthem this upcoming season to support protests of social injustice, police brutality and racism. In answering a post from a fan on his Instagram account Saturday that pleaded with him not to kneel, Mayfield responded: “Pull your

6:00 AM ET In late May, a couple of days after ESPN aired the final installments of “The Last Dance” and with the 1990s Chicago Bulls once again all the rage, who should appear in the Philadelphia Eagles‘ team videoconference meeting but the Zen Master himself, Phil Jackson. “It was cool, because that’s a legend

7:10 AM ET Doug Williams traveled a long road, not to mention an atypical one, to become the first black quarterback to win a Super Bowl. He starred at a historically black college, Grambling, before the Tampa Bay Buccaneers picked him in the first round of the 1978 draft — on the recommendation of then-offensive

3:22 PM ET HOUSTON — Houston Texans head coach and general manager Bill O’Brien says he’ll take a knee during the national anthem next season with his players to protest racial inequality and police brutality. “Yeah, I’ll take a knee — I’m all for it,” O’Brien told the Houston Chronicle. “The players have a right

3:32 PM ET Antonio Brown pleaded no contest Friday to a felony burglary with battery charge and two lesser misdemeanor charges related to a January incident with a moving truck company outside his home in Hollywood, Florida. Brown will face no jail time, though he will have two years of probation and 100 hours of

5:55 AM ET Adam Teicher Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered Chiefs for 20 seasons for Kansas City Star Joined ESPN in 2013 Nick Wagoner Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered Rams for nine years for stlouisrams.com Previously covered University of Missouri football Member of Pro Football Writers of America When the coronavirus pandemic brought the NFL

6:00 AM ET NFL NationESPN The coronavirus pandemic forced NFL teams to shut down this spring and summer, creating an offseason devoid of in-person organized team activities and minicamps. This could be especially problematic for teams that made a lot of moves this offseason, or advantageous for clubs that maintained continuity from 2019 to 2020.