5:06 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Say this for the Kansas City Chiefs: When they see a weakness on their roster, they go all-in on fixing it. The Chiefs couldn’t afford to overlook the mess their offensive line had become, not after the way quarterback Patrick Mahomes was harassed during last season’s Super Bowl
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4:44 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN With the 2021 NFL draft less than a week away, new Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes says the franchise is open to trading its No. 7 overall pick. “Yeah, there has been discussion with other teams,” Holmes said during Friday’s pre-draft news conference. “I will keep those in-house, but
3:09 PM ET The Kansas City Chiefs are trading their first-round pick Thursday night, along with three other picks in the 2021 and 2022 drafts, to the Baltimore Ravens in exchange for Pro Bowl offensive tackle Orlando Brown and one pick in the 2021 draft and another in 2022, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The
2:58 PM ET Fully vaccinated NFL players and other staffers will no longer face daily COVID-19 tests, one in a series of modified protocols the league and the NFL Players Association agreed to Friday. The NFL isn’t requiring vaccination for any employees but has pledged to offer incentives for doing so. In a memo outlining
1:33 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers have talked to “at least five teams” about trading back from the No. 8 pick in Thursday’s NFL draft. “We’re very open to moving back,” general manager Scott Fitterer said Friday in a pre-draft Zoom call with coach Matt Rhule. “It just depends on how the
12:59 PM ET CHICAGO — Steve McMichael, the charismatic former Chicago Bears Super Bowl champion defensive lineman and ex-WCW professional wrestler, revealed in an interview with the Chicago Tribune that doctors diagnosed him with ALS three months ago. “I promise you, this epitaph that I’m going to have on me now? This ain’t ever how
11:46 AM ET After an all-virtual 2020 NFL draft, commissioner Roger Goodell and the league are ready to embrace a return to normal. Goodell has been vaccinated and given the go-ahead to hug, high-five, shake hands and dap up players selected in next week’s draft. Last year, the COVID-19 pandemic forced players to celebrate the
10:07 AM ET Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Justin Layne was arrested Friday morning. Layne was arrested on suspicion of felony transportation of a firearm inside of a vehicle, according to jail records in Lake County, Ohio. He was also charged with two misdemeanors — driving with a suspended license and exceeding speed limits. Layne was booked
10:07 AM ET BEREA, Ohio — The Cleveland Browns have exercised the fifth-year option on the contract of quarterback Baker Mayfield, a source told ESPN. The move extends Mayfield’s contract in Cleveland through 2022, when he’ll make $18.86 million. Last season, Mayfield — the No. 1 pick of the 2018 NFL draft — quarterbacked the
6:00 AM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — If history is any indication, the San Francisco 49ers‘ move up in the NFL draft to take a quarterback with the No. 3 pick isn’t going to work out. Armed with a loaded roster they believe can get them back to contention next season, Niners coach Kyle Shanahan