3:47 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Speaking to the media for the first time since signing with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, wide receiver Antonio Brown expressed gratitude Wednesday for the opportunity to rejoin a team after a year and a half away from football. “Being away from the game for a year and a half,
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3:56 PM ET HOUSTON — The Houston Texans are 1-6, have already fired their head coach and general manager and do not have a first- or second-round draft pick in 2021, but defensive end J.J. Watt said he is not interested in a rebuild. Watt, who was a first-round draft pick by the Texans in
3:25 PM ET CINCINNATI — Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow is notoriously tough when it comes to his self-evaluation. But at the midway point of his rookie season, Burrow is pleased with what he’s done, telling reporters that the first eight games of his pro career are just a glimpse of his potential. “I’m just
1:26 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — With a third positive COVID-19 test result in the last two days, the Denver Broncos canceled Wednesday’s practice and closed the facility to coaches, players and most other team employees. Broncos president and CEO Joe Ellis and president of football operations/general manager John Elway tested positive for the coronavirus
2:20 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN Defensive end Carlos Dunlap agreed to a reworked contract as part of his trade to the Seattle Seahawks, according to ESPN’s Field Yates. The restructure allowed the Seahawks to fit Dunlap’s contract fit under the salary cap and offers the 31-year-old Dunlap a potential path to free agency after this
11:47 AM ET FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys will go with either Garrett Gilbert or Cooper Rush at quarterback for Sunday’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, according to coach Mike McCarthy. Rookie Ben DiNucci completed 21 of 40 passes for 180 yards with four sacks and two lost fumbles in his first start, a
12:39 PM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University Outside linebacker Takk McKinley added to an already uncomfortable season for the Atlanta Falcons when he turned to social media Wednesday to offer his thoughts on the team not trading him. McKinley
11:53 AM ET The NFL has upheld its two-game suspension of Chicago Bears wide receiver Javon Wims, the league announced Wednesday. Wims was suspended Monday for two games for punching C.J. Gardner-Johnson, shortly after the New Orleans Saints safety denied instigating the incident in Sunday’s game. Wims appealed the suspension. The league said that hearing
11:24 AM ET The San Francisco 49ers have shut down their facility because of COVID-19 test results, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The 49ers were conducting contact tracing Wednesday morning, the source told Schefter. Multiple sources told ESPN that the league’s current plan is to play Thursday night’s Green Bay Packers-Niners game as scheduled
7:15 AM ET The first eight weeks of the 2020 season have featured, in many ways, the best streak of cumulative quarterback play in NFL history. It has been easy to miss amid daily updates of coronavirus pandemic protocols and super-early coaching changes, but the league’s aggregate Total QBR of 65.6 is nearly 10% higher