5:44 PM ET PITTSBURGH — With his offensive line in the midst of a rebuild, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin made it clear Sunday that no one has a guaranteed starting spot. Kevin Dotson, projected to be the starting left guard after a solid rookie season filling in for injuries on the line, didn’t work
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3:45 PM ET CLEVELAND — Baker Mayfield reiterated Sunday that he’s not worried about his contract situation. But the Cleveland Browns quarterback also noted that the six-year, $258 million extension Josh Allen recently signed with the Buffalo Bills is “good for the quarterback position overall.” “I’d be lying if [I] said otherwise,” Mayfield said following
10:57 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Green Bay Packers receiver Devin Funchess apologized early Sunday morning after he used an anti-Asian slur and gesture during a news conference Saturday night. “I want to apologize for the disparaging remark I used tonight,” Funchess tweeted. “It was not ok. I have grown to develop deep personal
12:56 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jaguars receiver DJ Chark had surgery to repair a broken finger but head coach Urban Meyer said Chark should return in time for the season opener. Chark had a plate inserted into the finger, Meyer said after Sunday’s scrimmage. Chark had missed the two practices before the scrimmage. Chark
10:02 AM ET The Miami Dolphins have restructured Xavien Howard‘s contract after the All-Pro cornerback requested a trade last month. Coach Brian Flores said the organization was “excited” to have reached the agreement but did not disclose details of the contract. “In any negotiation compromise is important,” Flores said. Howard’s 2021 base salary of $12.785
8:28 AM ET Indianapolis Colts linebacker Darius Leonard is signing a five-year, $98.5 million extension that makes him the highest-paid inside linebacker in NFL history, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Leonard passes San Francisco 49ers linebacker Fred Warner, who signed his new deal at the outset of training camp that made him the NFL’s highest-paid
7:30 AM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — At the 2001 owners meetings, NFL Films founder Steve Sabol approached the Baltimore Ravens with a request that broke the biggest commandment in the super-secretive league. Let cameras inside locker rooms, meeting rooms and the homes of players and coaches for an entire training camp. The footage would
6:00 AM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Coach Joe Judge can look around his New York Giants meeting rooms and see familiar faces who take him back to a previous life, coaches who were with him when they were low-level assistants on the University of Alabama staff from 2007 to 2012. They called themselves the
6:00 AM ET WESTFIELD, Ind. — The broad timeframe for the recovery of Indianapolis Colts quarterback Carson Wentz and guard Quenton Nelson from foot surgery is nothing to be alarmed about, ESPN injury expert Stephania Bell said. Wentz and Nelson had the same surgery on back-to-back days — Aug. 2 and 3 — to have
11:09 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — After three months of build-up, New York Jets rookie Zach Wilson made his debut Saturday night at MetLife Stadium. It was a dud. In the annual Green & White practice before a crowd of nearly 20,000, Wilson, the No. 2 overall draft pick, threw two interceptions and led