6:30 AM ET William Ricks There’s been a lot of change in the NFL as the 2021 season gets underway. The league added a 17th game to their regular-season schedule, permitted alternate uniforms for the 2022 season and gave players more freedom in picking their jersey numbers. The league has relaxed its once-stringent rule on
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12:01 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — All along everybody associated with the Dallas Cowboys said they believed Dak Prescott would be Dak Prescott in the 2021 season opener. It turns out they were right, but that was not enough to overcome Tom Brady and the defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers as the Cowboys
12:14 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — The “Tommy and Gronky” show with Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady and tight end Rob Gronkowski picked up right where it left off a mere seven months and two days ago: with two touchdowns, or “tuddies,” as they call them, matching their two “tuddies” from Super Bowl LV,
9:05 PM ET Jenna Laine Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered the Buccaneers since 2009 Joined ESPN in 2016 Todd Archer Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered NFL since 1997, Cowboys since 2003 Previously covered Bengals and Dolphins Lives in Dallas area with his wife and two children TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers‘ quest to
4:09 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens‘ horrid run of injuries continued Thursday when cornerback Marcus Peters and running back Gus Edwards both suffered season-ending torn ACLs in practice, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Peters went down with a knee injury first, and Edwards was injured a few plays later, according to
7:57 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. –- Shortly before Thursday’s practice, cornerback Marcus Peters was trying to put a positive spin on the Baltimore Ravens‘ injury-filled training camp. Peters talked up running back Gus “The Bus” Edwards, who was scheduled to be the starting running back after J.K. Dobbins recently suffered a season-ending knee injury.
4:09 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens fear they lost running back Gus Edwards and cornerback Marcus Peters to season-ending knee injuries Thursday, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The Ravens believe Edwards and Peters tore their ACLs during Thursday’s practice, sources tell Schefter. Baltimore wasn’t practicing in full pads Thursday. Both players
4:47 PM ET PITTSBURGH — After a contract negotiation that lasted throughout training camp, the Pittsburgh Steelers and outside linebacker T.J. Watt came to terms on a megadeal Thursday. Watt, 26, agreed to a four-year, $112 million extension, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The agreement includes $80 million in full guarantees, a source told
4:39 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN ALLEN PARK, Mich. — Detroit Lions running back D’Andre Swift, who had been slowed by a groin injury throughout the preseason, is expected to be ready to go with no limitations in Sunday’s season opener against the San Francisco 49ers. Lions coaches had expressed concerns during training camp about Swift’s
2:47 PM ET The New Orleans Saints have finalized their trade for cornerback Bradley Roby, sending a 2022 third-round draft pick and a 2023 conditional pick to the Houston Texans, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. In order to facilitate a trade to the Saints, the Texans converted $7.6 million of Roby’s base salary into a