5:12 PM ET Due to the proliferation of the COVID-19 delta variant and the rise of “breakthrough” positive cases among vaccinated individuals, the NFLPA will recommend to the league that vaccinated players and staff be tested every day they enter a club facility. The recommended protocols would exempt vaccinated individuals from some of the stricter
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3:06 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Aaron Rodgers talked about how important it was to stay in touch with Jordan Love during his offseason absence from the Green Bay Packers, said he and coach Matt LaFleur have picked up where they left off last year and revealed that receiver Randall Cobb moved in with
1:23 PM ET The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are giving Todd Bowles a new three-year contract that keeps him as the NFL’s highest-paid defensive coordinator, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Bowles had one year left on his current deal, but this contract replaces that and doesn’t preclude him from taking another head-coaching job. In January,
3:00 PM ET EAGAN, Minn. — Minnesota Vikings quarterbacks Kirk Cousins and Nate Stanley are expected back at practice on Thursday after completing a five-day stint on the reserve/COVID-19 list, according to coach Mike Zimmer. Cousins and Stanley went into COVID-19 protocols on Saturday after they were designated high-risk close contacts upon rookie quarterback Kellen
2:09 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Veteran offensive lineman Joe Looney has decided to retire, sources told ESPN. He had signed with the New York Giants late last week. The move comes as a surprise. Looney is 30 years old, having played nine seasons with the San Francisco 49ers, Tennessee Titans and Dallas Cowboys.
6:00 AM ET METAIRIE, La. — New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton was sort of joking — but not really — when he said he told quarterbacks Taysom Hill and Jameis Winston, “Every time you guys check a ball down to the running back, you’ll get an article written.” Payton has obviously been paying attention
8:19 AM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants are “optimistic” about wide receiver Kenny Golladay‘s leg injury, a source told ESPN. Early indications are the injury is not believed to be serious. Golladay will undergo more tests Wednesday to determine if this will be a missed time scenario. The Giants’ prized offseason
6:39 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — The record-breaking play some 17 years ago was like something drawn up by kids in the dirt. But it further established Peyton Manning as the NFL’s greatest quarterback at the line of scrimmage. Manning secretly told receiver Brandon Stokley he would give him the “smash symbol” — a universal call
6:00 AM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Just a few days into the San Francisco 49ers‘ 2021 training camp, many of the adjectives used to describe their quarterback situation have taken a synonymous tone: unique, strange, weird. But there’s one word that’s been unanimously rejected by the two quarterbacks — Jimmy Garoppolo and Trey Lance
6:00 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — The first week of training camp here has revealed an early test of the Green Bay Packers‘ shadow general manager, aka quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Two slot receivers — one a veteran whom Rodgers campaigned to acquire, the other a rookie drafted when Rodgers was contemplating his future —