3:44 PM ET The NFL and NFL Players Association have agreed to extend their two-tiered COVID-19 protocols into training camp and the preseason, maintaining severe restrictions on unvaccinated players but removing almost all of them for those who are fully vaccinated. In a memo distributed Wednesday, teams also received details on fan and media access
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12:37 PM ET BEREA, Ohio – Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield said Wednesday that he’s in “no rush” to get an extension done with the team and that his focus remains on the field. “Everything happens for a reason and it’ll handle itself,” said Mayfield, who became eligible for an extension this offseason. “So, just
6:00 AM ET ESPN staff Welcome to the 2021 ESPYS presented by Capital One, where you, the fans, get to help decide the stars of the show (aka the award winners). The nominees for Best NFL Player don’t get much better than this — Super Bowl champion Tom Brady, MVP Aaron Rodgers, Defensive Player of
4:49 PM ET DAVIE, Fla. — Tua Tagovailoa brushed off a very rough Day 1 of Miami Dolphins minicamp — one that included five interceptions — as a product of emphasizing more aggression in the passing game. It was the closest thing to real football for the Dolphins, who wore helmets for the first time
5:28 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Carolina Panthers wide receiver Robby Anderson sees something in quarterback Sam Darnold that he didn’t in their two years together with the New York Jets. “When I walked in the building I could see a new energy out of him, like a glow, charisma that I didn’t really see
4:15 PM ET CINCINNATI — The best-case scenario occurred for Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow on his road to recovery: absolutely nothing. Burrow’s surgically repaired left knee showed no troublesome signs through the team’s 10 offseason practices, including Tuesday’s mandatory minicamp. Burrow’s optimism for playing in Cincinnati’s season opener against the Minnesota Vikings remains intact.
5:43 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — While opting out of last season during the pandemic to work in a long-term care facility more than 1,000 miles from Kansas City and across an international border, Laurent Duvernay-Tardif had one thing to connect him to the Chiefs: watching their games on TV. “Being able to watch
2:48 PM ET HENDERSON, Nev. — Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Derek Carr, an annual subject of trade rumors and innuendo, re-asserted his desire to remain with the team that selected him in the second round of the 2014 NFL draft. “I’d probably quit football if I had to play for somebody else,” Carr said following
4:05 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots quarterback Cam Newton said Tuesday that there is no extra motivation for him after the team selected Alabama’s Mac Jones in the first round of the NFL Draft, 15th overall. “Absolutely not. He was the right pick in my opinion. He was the best player available,
2:56 PM ET LAKE FOREST, Ill. – Chicago Bears tight end Jimmy Graham admitted on Tuesday that he was fortunate to avoid serious injury when he was involved in a single-vehicle rollover crash in Miami back in early March. Before the start of Chicago’s mandatory three-day minicamp, Graham calmly recanted the harrowing story of how,