4:33 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The No. 1 pick and now a team captain as a rookie. That’s a pretty solid start to Trevor Lawrence‘s career with the Jacksonville Jaguars. The former Clemson standout was named one of seven team captains Wednesday after a player vote. He and Zach Wilson, the second overall pick
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4:00 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — The pressure of making the playoffs in his third season doesn’t bother Arizona Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury. Getting fired from Texas Tech, his alma mater, after the 2018 season prepared Kingsbury for whatever is thrown his way as a head coach. “I think going through being the head coach
Sep 7, 2021 William Ricks Fans wanting to see Tom Brady and Tampa Bay Buccaneers face Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL’s first matchup of the 2021 season will have to pay a pretty penny for tickets. According to Vivid Seats, the average cost of a ticket for Thursday night’s game at
1:33 PM ET The NFL’s high COVID-19 vaccination rates provides a “unique opportunity” to model a way out of the ongoing pandemic for the entire country, NFL chief medical officer Dr. Allen Sills said Wednesday in an interview with ESPN. “We know we are going to have positive cases this season,” Sills said a day
1:51 PM ET ESPN News Services The Minnesota Vikings signed Brian O’Neill to a multiyear extension that will make him the NFL’s second-highest-paid right tackle, the team announced Wednesday. A source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter that the five-year extension is worth $92.5 million — of which $49 million is guaranteed — and runs through the
2:25 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — Twin brothers Devin and Jason McCourty were named captains for the New England Patriots and Miami Dolphins, respectively. The brothers will face each other Sunday in the teams’ season opener. Devin entered the league in 2010 as the Patriots’ first-round pick and has spent his entire career with
11:21 AM ET PITTSBURGH — Ben Roethlisberger sent a clear message to the Pittsburgh Steelers‘ brass Wednesday morning: Pay T.J. Watt, and pay him now. “I think T.J. should get whatever the heck he wants,” Roethlisberger said. “He’s arguably the best football player in the game right now, not just on defense, just in general.
11:26 AM ET The New Orleans Saints are finally making the splash move at cornerback that they have been hinting at all offseason, as they are in the process of trading for Houston Texans veteran Bradley Roby, a source confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. Terms of the deal, which was first reported by NFL Network,
7:00 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — If recent history holds true to form, the free-spending 2021 New England Patriots should receive a bump from their seven victories earned last season. The bigger challenge will be sustaining that beyond this year. Consider that from 2016 to 2020, the team that spent the most guaranteed money in
8:44 AM ET Superstar quarterbacks Patrick Mahomes and Aaron Rodgers are the favorites to win the NFL regular-season MVP award, but Josh Allen is receiving the most support from bettors at sportsbooks around the nation. Allen, the Buffalo Bills‘ fourth-year quarterback, has attracted more bets to win the Associated Press MVP award than any other