6:56 PM ET The NFL’s coaches, scouts and personnel executives will not descend on Indianapolis in February for the annual scouting combine as the league has altered the event to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. The combine, which has been held in Indianapolis since 1987, will be altered due to COVID-19 precautions. In a memo
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7:03 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson expressed his gratitude Monday to the Buffalo Bills fan base, whose donations have reached $360,000 to one of his favorite charities. “Appreciate that Bills Mafia,” Jackson wrote on Twitter. “Means a lot not to only me but those kids as well.” The outpouring
4:40 PM ET Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is in the NFL’s concussion protocol, and that’s really all we can say about his status six days before the AFC Championship Game. We don’t know how long he will be sidelined. We don’t know if he will be able to play Sunday. We don’t even
3:01 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid said Monday he didn’t know whether Patrick Mahomes would clear the NFL’s concussion protocol in time to play in next Sunday’s AFC Championship Game. But Reid indicated Mahomes may have felt well enough to have returned to Sunday’s divisional round game. After
12:02 PM ET For now, the Kansas City Chiefs remain the team to beat, but things could change quickly depending on the status of quarterback Patrick Mahomes. The Chiefs begin the week as 3-point favorites over the Buffalo Bills in the AFC Championship Game on Sunday in Kansas City. The line reflects oddsmakers’ expectations that
12:57 PM ET HOUSTON — Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson tweeted on Monday, asking fans who planned a protest on his behalf to cancel the event “for the sake of public safety.” “Although I am humbled I ask that whoever is organizing the march cancel for the sake of public safety,” Watson tweeted. “Covid is
11:33 AM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers said goodbye to two of their top assistants last week but are keeping two more with a couple of in-house promotions that had been in the works for a while. With former defensive coordinator Robert Saleh and passing game coordinator Mike LaFleur headed to
12:15 AM ET NEW ORLEANS — Drew Brees was still on the Superdome field nearly two hours after what was probably his final game in the New Orleans Saints’ historic home building. Brees, who is widely expected to retire after 20 seasons, did not officially announce his intentions after a disappointing 30-20 loss to the
10:33 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball COSTA MESA, Calif. — The Los Angeles Chargers will hire Brandon Staley as head coach, sources confirmed to ESPN. The NFL Network first reported the move. Staley
10:00 PM ET The Buccaneers signed quarterback Tom Brady this offseason for moments like this: to go head-to-head with a New Orleans Saints team that has had an unrelenting grip on the NFC South, to get Tampa Bay back to the postseason for the first time in 13 years, and to become the first team