1:28 PM ET The Chicago Bears have agreed to a one-year contract with running back Damien Williams, a source confirmed to ESPN. He will join a Bears depth chart at running back that is led by starter David Montgomery and includes Tarik Cohen. Williams has familiarity with Bears offensive coordinator Bill Lazor, who was his
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2:38 PM ET The Jacksonville Jaguars signed free-agent quarterback C.J. Beathard on Wednesday. Beathard spent the past four seasons in San Francisco and has thrown for 3,469 yards and 18 touchdowns in 19 games (12 starts). The 49ers drafted him in the third round in 2017. The Jaguars now have three quarterbacks on the roster:
11:43 AM ET Washington Football Team owner Dan Snyder will gain almost complete control of the franchise after the NFL’s finance committee cleared the way for him buying out his minority investors. The NFL finance committee approved Snyder’s application for a $450 million debt waiver, an NFL spokesman confirmed. The other owners will vote at
12:40 PM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University Former Tennessee Titans offensive lineman Isaiah Wilson was arrested and charged with multiple offenses after a high-speed car chase in Georgia on Jan. 7. According to the police report, an officer was
1:12 PM ET The Dallas Cowboys have informed free-agent pass-rusher Aldon Smith that they are not going to re-sign him after one season, a source told ESPN’s Ed Werder on Wednesday. After serving an indefinite suspension from 2016 to 2019 for multiple off-field incidents and violations of the league’s substance abuse policy, Smith joined the
12:23 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers had four key in-house free agents they hoped to keep as the new league year began. After re-signing three of them, the 49ers made it a perfect 4-for-4 on Wednesday, as they reached a deal with nickel cornerback K’Waun Williams. Williams agreed to terms
9:21 AM ET The Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers continued their busy offseason Wednesday, agreeing to a two-year, $31.8 million contract extension with offensive tackle Donovan Smith while finalizing a one-year, $10 million deal to bring back defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Smith’s extension runs through 2023 and includes $30
10:52 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Veteran running back James White has agreed to a one-year deal to remain with the New England Patriots, a league source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. White, 29, has spent the first seven years of his career with the Patriots, who selected him in the fourth round of the 2014
11:12 AM ET NFL owners hope to resume in-person offseason workouts this spring, sources tell ESPN’s Chris Mortensen, but the NFL Players Association is continuing to advocate for another fully virtual program. The sides have begun a complex set of negotiations to determine the parameters of offseason work as vaccinations against COVID-19 become widely available.
10:37 AM ET The Detroit Lions have moved around some of the money owed to new quarterback Jared Goff to give the team some salary-cap relief for the 2021 season and offseason. The Lions, according to ESPN’s Field Yates, have converted $20 million of Goff’s $25.65 million base salary into a signing bonus, opening up