6:00 AM ET Tessa Grossman was about to get into her mother’s white Mazda on May 3 when a notification popped up on her cell phone. Home in California for a couple of weeks after the spring semester of grad school at Illinois State, she saw whom the email was from and started getting nervous
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1:40 AM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — Aldon Smith declined to answer questions Saturday about his pending legal case in Louisiana or how it might impact his availability this season with the Seattle Seahawks. “I can’t comment on that right now,” he said. In his first interview since signing with the Seahawks in April,
9:53 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — The Seattle Seahawks are signing free-agent quarterback Sean Mannion, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Saturday. The signing adds apparent competition for one of the backup jobs behind Russell Wilson and reunites the 29-year-old Mannion with new Seahawks offensive coordinator Shane Waldron. Waldron was an assistant
8:19 PM ET GLENDALE, Ariz. — A few days after the Arizona Cardinals drafted linebacker Zaven Collins 16th overall on April 29, general manager Steve Keim called Jordan Hicks, one of the team’s starting inside linebackers the past two seasons, and told him he couldn’t compete for a starting job this season, Hicks said Saturday.
7:22 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — The Cleveland Browns and star running back Nick Chubb have reached an agreement on a three-year, $36.6 million contract extension, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Saturday. Chubb’s $20 million in guaranteed money is the seventh-highest total in the league among running backs. He will be a free
8:05 PM ET MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Xavien Howard is leaving the door open for the Miami Dolphins to fix his contract issues. “It’s up to them,” Howard, an All-Pro cornerback, said on Saturday in his first public comments since requesting a trade. Howard on Tuesday night posted an Instagram statement in which he questioned
4:46 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Trevor Lawrence never expected to automatically become the Jacksonville Jaguars‘ starting quarterback, even though they drafted him first overall. He should have to beat out Gardner Minshew, C.J. Beathard and Jake Luton in order to take the first snap in the Sept. 12 season opener in Houston. Just like
6:12 PM ET EAGAN, Minn. — The Minnesota Vikings will be without multiple players for Saturday evening’s practice at TCO Stadium due to a COVID-19 interruption, the team announced. NFL Network reported that Vikings rookie quarterback Kellen Mond has tested positive for COVID-19 and as a result, fellow quarterbacks Kirk Cousins and Nate Stanley —
5:30 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — The New Orleans Saints bolstered a position of strength on Saturday, agreeing to a one-year deal with former Atlanta Falcons running back Devonta Freeman. Freeman’s agent, Drew Rosenhaus, confirmed the deal to ESPN’s Adam Schefter after Freeman tried out for the Saints on Saturday. The Saints’ current backfield is
6:46 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — Apparently, Jameis Winston has taken his No. 1 lesson from Drew Brees to heart. Winston said earlier this offseason that the main thing he learned as Brees’ backup with the New Orleans Saints last year was the value of “making the right decision” instead of trying to force things