1:52 PM ET One of the early storylines from the New England Patriots‘ season-opener against the Dolphins is quarterback Cam Newton‘s presence as a runner: His 4-yard touchdown run early in the second quarter gave New England a 7-0 lead as he made it look easy. Newton aligned in the shotgun, and the Patriots put
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10:50 PM ET SoFi Stadium hosts its first live event Sunday night when the Dallas Cowboys visit the Los Angeles Rams, and there couldn’t be stranger circumstances surrounding the grand opening of a $5 billion stadium. There will be no fans at the game, even though NFL commissioner Roger Goodell will be present. NFL games
12:00 PM ET Week 1 of the 2020 NFL season is here. The world has changed just a bit since the last NFL regular-season Sunday. It was December 29, 2019, and the NFL was looking forward to a postseason that would deliver the first Super Bowl victory in Kansas City Chiefs history. Eight months later,
1:40 PM ET Six NFL teams remained in the locker room Sunday during the singing of the national anthem, a stark visual reminder of the league’s pivot toward social justice issues. Elsewhere, many players and some coaches kneeled, sat on the bench and or raised their fists when on the field for the anthem. For
10:16 PM ET When Drew Brees opens his 20th NFL season Sunday afternoon against Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, there’s every chance that this will be the New Orleans Saints quarterback’s last season. For a while, the Saints thought the 2019 season was Brees’ last — especially when Brees told them after the
7:26 AM ET NFL Films has been collecting multichannel surround audio recordings from every NFL stadium for the past four years, and those sounds will be used Sunday. Over the past few months, NFL Films’ sound mixers spent hundreds of hours harvesting and cataloging sounds from each of the NFL’s stadiums that they had been
11:16 AM ET Doug Williams endured some painful blindside hits as an NFL quarterback, but he embraced a recent one when he was informed that a certain foundation had endowed a scholarship in his name at his alma mater, Grambling State University. “When I asked who did this, I was told the donor wished it
9:31 PM ET Adam Schefter Close ESPN Senior Writer ESPN NFL Insider Joined ESPN in 2009 Former president of the Pro Football Writers of America and the author of four books Jeff Darlington Had Drew Brees retired after last season, as the Saints believed he might do, New Orleans’ backup plan was to sign Tom
4:38 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN The Buffalo Bills have placed cornerback Josh Norman on injured reserve, keeping him out of at least the team’s next three games. Norman suffered a hamstring injury during the first week of training camp, but returned to practice in a limited fashion on Sept. 3. However, he suffered a setback
5:29 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — As recently as Friday morning, the San Francisco 49ers held out hope that wide receiver Deebo Samuel would be able to practice before Sunday’s season opener against the Arizona Cardinals. As it turns out, the Niners won’t have Samuel for at least the first three games. San Francisco