5:03 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive tackle Vita Vea never gave up hope of returning this season despite fracturing his ankle in Week 5. The 2018 12th overall draft pick was activated from injured reserve last week, and after two days of practice and a walk-through last week, he played 32
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3:37 PM ET After 11 years in Washington‘s organization, vice president of player personnel Kyle Smith has left to take a similar job with the Atlanta Falcons, becoming the second-highest personnel executive behind new general manager Terry Fontenot. Smith’s departure comes a year after he was promoted to his current position and helped lead a
3:21 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens signed tight end Nick Boyle to a two-year extension, which will create approximately $2 million in cap room this offseason. The Ravens announced the deal Friday afternoon and a source confirmed the extension is worth $13 million. By signing Boyle through the 2023 season, Baltimore
3:13 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Leonard Fournette must have known something, when he tweeted on Feb. 2, 2014, that it wasn’t a matter of if, but when he’d play in the Super Bowl. That day, the Seattle Seahawks defeated the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII and he wrote,
2:46 PM ET HOUSTON — A day after it was reported that Deshaun Watson had requested a trade, new Houston Texans head coach David Culley said during his introductory news conference that he took the job knowing Watson was the Texans’ quarterback. “He’s the quarterback of the Houston Texans, and that’s all that I was
2:02 PM ET PHILADELPHIA – New Philadelphia Eagles coach Nick Sirianni said he “can’t answer” whether quarterback Carson Wentz will be on the team in 2021, as he is in the process of “evaluating everything.” “What we need to do is evaluate the entire roster,” Sirianni said at his introductory press conference Friday. “We have
12:15 PM ET The largest reported bet on Super Bowl LV so far is on the underdog Tampa Bay Buccaneers. On Thursday night, a bettor in Nevada placed a $2.3 million wager on the Bucs +3.5 (-115) with sportsbook BetMGM. If Tampa Bay covers the spread against the Kansas City Chiefs, the bettor would win
10:36 AM ET The NFL is ramping up COVID-19 protocol leading up to the Super Bowl. Coaches and players for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Kansas City Chiefs will be tested twice daily before the Feb. 7 game in Tampa, sources told ESPN. NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy confirmed players receive a PCR (polymerase chain reaction)
9:51 AM ET The Detroit Lions have hired Mark Brunell as quarterbacks coach, the first NFL coaching job for the 19-year veteran who last played in the league in 2011. Brunell is expected to tutor the Lions’ first new full-time starting quarterback in over a decade, as Detroit is seeking to trade Matthew Stafford, the
Jan 28, 2021 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes was 6 years old when the New England Patriots won Super Bowl XXXVI and he has watched Tom Brady play quarterback on football’s biggest stage many times since. So excuse Mahomes if it seems to him like Brady has played in more Super Bowls than have