1:07 PM ET The New Orleans Saints got back to work Monday at their temporary home in Dallas after Hurricane Ida devastated Southern Louisiana on Sunday. Saints coach Sean Payton said he was unaware of any significant damage to the team’s practice facility in Metairie, Louisiana. But he expects the team to practice away from
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1:02 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — As speculation swirled Monday regarding the Miami Dolphins‘ interest in embattled quarterback Deshaun Watson, coach Brian Flores said the team wants players with “high character.” The Dolphins have declined to confirm or deny reports they have engaged in trade talks to acquire Watson, the Houston Texans‘ star who
2:12 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. – John Harbaugh said Monday that it’s a legitimate question to ask why running back J.K. Dobbins played in the preseason finale, but he emphasized that the Baltimore Ravens are among the teams who play their starters the least. Dobbins suffered a season-ending injury in the opening drive of
1:34 PM ET EAGAN, Minn. — Minnesota Vikings tight end Irv Smith Jr. will undergo surgery this week to repair a meniscus injury he suffered in Minnesota’s preseason finale at Kansas City, coach Mike Zimmer announced Monday. “We’ll see how that surgery goes, but [Vikings head team physician] Dr. [Christopher] Larsen is one of the
2:11 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants traded defensive lineman B.J. Hill to the Cincinnati Bengals for offensive lineman Billy Price on Monday. Hill, a 2018 third-round pick out of NC State, did not play in Sunday night’s preseason finale against the New England Patriots with the trade in the works.
6:50 AM ET ESPN staff We are closing in on the 2021 NFL season, and that means it’s time for our annual ranking of the league’s top 100 players. What can we expect from the game’s best, and how do they stack up? To create our list, we asked an ESPN panel of more than
6:50 AM ET Michael DiRocco Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered University of Florida for 13 seasons for ESPN.com and Florida Times-Union Graduate of Jacksonville University Multiple APSE award winner Tim McManus A little more than three years ago, the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Philadelphia Eagles were two of the top four franchises in the NFL.
7:32 AM ET The Detroit Lions have released Breshad Perriman just five months after signing the veteran wide receiver, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Perriman signed a one-year, $3 million deal with Detroit in March and was expected to team with fellow newcomer Tyrell Williams to stabilize a completely overhauled Lions receiving corps. But
11:41 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick isn’t ready to name his starting quarterback for the regular-season opener Sept. 12 against the Miami Dolphins. “No, we still have a lot of decisions to make,” Belichick said after Sunday night’s 22-20 win over the New York Giants in the preseason
1:06 AM ET ATLANTA — For the past two years, Josh Rosen has bounced around the country, from Arizona to Miami to Tampa Bay to San Francisco, and now to Atlanta. And at each stop, even if the on-field success didn’t come, the former first-round pick felt like he was growing. He knew when he