6:47 AM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Beginning Thursday against the Houston Texans, the Kansas City Chiefs are “running it back,” as they like to say, trying to win a second consecutive Super Bowl championship with largely the same roster. It’s easier said than done, but the Chiefs have secured the core of their roster
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6:45 AM ET Fantasy football drafts signal the annual rite of fall. The NFL season is nearly upon us, and it’s time to shake the pandemic blues, bust out your tablets, do your research and plunge head-on into fantasy football on ESPN.com. Matthew Berry’s Week 1 Love/Hate column is here, with players he loves and
7:00 PM ET The 2020 NFL season opens Thursday with the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs playing host to the Houston Texans (8:20 p.m. ET, NBC). The lack of an offseason program and only 14 padded practices in training camp have contributed to a variety of soft-tissue injuries. Chicago Bears running back David Montgomery
7:00 AM ET The camera will focus first, as always, on Al Michaels. The veteran NBC announcer will welcome the audience on Thursday night to the NFL’s opening game to the 2020 season between the Houston Texans and Kansas City Chiefs. Then he’ll introduce his longtime partner, analyst Cris Collinsworth, and invite him into the
7:47 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — Drew Brees has not officially declared this his final NFL season. But like the rest of his New Orleans Saints teammates, the quarterback is not shying away from characterizing this as a “Super Bowl or bust” season. “Hey, at this time, man, I’m on borrowed time,” the 41-year-old said
9:04 PM ET The Kansas City Chiefs have added an insurance policy to the record-setting, 10-year extension signed by quarterback Patrick Mahomes in July, a source told ESPN’s Field Yates. The move protects the Chiefs, who begin their Super Bowl title defense Thursday night against the Houston Texans, in the event that an injury prevents
5:05 PM ET EAGAN, Minn. — The Minnesota Vikings have placed defensive end Danielle Hunter on injured reserve, the team announced Wednesday. A source told ESPN that Hunter has a neck injury. Hunter has not practiced since Aug. 14, the team’s first official practice. The Pro Bowler has been sidelined for nearly four weeks with
6:42 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — If it seems like the Green Bay Packers have gone unnoticed of late — at least since the hubbub over their decision to draft their possible quarterback of the future in the first round died down — then that’s just fine with their quarterback of the present. Aaron
6:40 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The ominous skies hovering over Levi’s Stadium haven’t yet forced the San Francisco 49ers to change their plans, but it’s something they and the NFL will have to keep tabs on as they head toward Sunday’s opener against the Arizona Cardinals. With more wildfires burning all over California
6:45 AM ET The 2020 NFL season is about to start, which, for those of us who feel we’ve spent the past eight months writing about nothing but collective bargaining agreement talks and COVID-19 protocols, is a startling realization. Don’t get me wrong — I’m as excited about the start of actual football games as