12:43 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN SEATTLE — The Seahawks are not expected to pick up the fifth-year option on running back Rashaad Penny, a source told ESPN. Penny is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent after the 2021 season. Monday is the deadline for teams to exercise the 2022 options for first-round picks from
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9:18 AM ET The Atlanta Falcons are not picking up the fifth-year option on tight end Hayden Hurst, meaning he’ll be a free agent after this season, a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler on Monday. Hurst had been the No. 25 pick of the 2018 NFL draft by Baltimore and then was traded last March
9:06 AM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Titans are not picking up the fifth-year option on linebacker Rashaan Evans. Evans’ agent Drew Rosenhaus told ESPN’s Adam Schefter the team declined his client’s option “due
6:00 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — If Aaron Rodgers is as dug in as it sounds and dead set on never playing for the Green Bay Packers again, then nothing the team could have done in this past weekend’s NFL draft would change that. But if Rodgers were willing to consider it, the draft
7:00 AM ET NFL NationESPN So long, 2021 NFL draft. Hello, offseason. With all seven rounds in the books, front offices for all 32 teams are surely confident that they improved their rosters over the weekend. That’s not always the case, though. Which rookie quarterbacks will actually play in Week 1, and which organizations found
6:00 AM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — A look at what’s happening around the New York Jets: 1. In Nick of time? General manager Joe Douglas did a nice job of surrounding rookie Zach Wilson with players, using his second, third and fourth draft picks to build the offense, but the “Making of a Quarterback”
12:11 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Unlike many other NFL prospects, former University of Houston linebacker Grant Stuard wasn’t sent a box of hats for the 2021 NFL draft. The only NFL hat he owned was a vintage Tampa Bay Buccaneers hat his father brought over from Spring, Texas, on Saturday. “He said something just
10:36 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Three days after the depths of Aaron Rodgers‘ disgruntlement with his team came to light, his coach over the past two seasons still “can’t fathom” the idea that the reigning NFL MVP would consider not returning to the Green Bay Packers. Like Packers team president Mark Murphy and
8:46 PM ET Former Kansas running back Pooka Williams has agreed to terms with the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent, a source confirmed to ESPN. Williams was not selected in this year’s NFL draft. In three years with the Jayhawks, he appeared in 26 games and rushed for 2,382 yards and scored 12
9:17 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The NFL draft opened for the Denver Broncos awash in Aaron Rodgers speculation and ended roughly 72 hours later with the team having passed on every quarterback on the board. General manager George Paton said Saturday night that Drew Lock and Teddy Bridgewater will formally compete for the starting