4:44 PM ET The NFL is finalizing policies for artificial crowd noise as most of its teams prepare to open the season without fans in their stadiums, league executive vice president Troy Vincent said Tuesday. The league has curated an audio track that would be played at every game without fans, Vincent said. The league’s
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5:17 PM ET The Las Vegas Raiders have placed wide receiver Tyrell Williams on season-ending injured reserve. Williams had been dealing with a torn labrum, and a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter that he will have surgery on the shoulder that will sideline him for six months. The receiver, who signed a four-year, $44 million
4:28 PM ET The Detroit Lions have agreed to terms with left tackle Taylor Decker on a six-year, $85 million contract extension, with $37.5 million fully guaranteed, his agents announced on Twitter on Tuesday. He was the 16th overall pick in the 2016 draft — the team’s first selection with general manager Bob Quinn. Decker
4:49 PM ET Leonard Fournette officially has filed a grievance against the Jacksonville Jaguars to try to recoup the $4.167 million in base salary that the team voided, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Tuesday. The Jaguars waived Fournette on Monday. They didn’t pick up his fifth-year option during the offseason and actively pursued
3:49 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 THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Los Angeles Rams linebacker Travin Howard will undergo knee surgery and will be sidelined for the season, coach Sean McVay said Tuesday. Howard
2:57 PM ET Joe Mixon and the Bengals have agreed to a four-year, $48 million extension that will keep the running back under contract with Cincinnati for five more seasons, according to ESPN sources and multiple reports. The language of the deal was still being finalized Tuesday afternoon, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. NFL
2:57 PM ET Joe Mixon and the Bengals have agreed to a four-year extension that will keep the running back under contract with Cincinnati for five more seasons, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The language of the deal was still being finalized Tuesday afternoon, the source told Schefter. Mixon, a second-round pick in the
2:25 PM ET EAGAN, Minn. — Veteran left tackle Riley Reiff began the process of restructuring his deal Tuesday so he can stay in Minnesota, helping the Vikings avoided a major shake-up late in the preseason with their offensive line, a league source told ESPN’s Field Yates. Terms of the restructure have not been released,
2:38 PM ET A total of 10 NFL players and other team personnel tested positive for the coronavirus during the league’s latest testing period of Aug. 21-29, the NFL and NFL Players Association announced Tuesday. According to the data, four of the positive tests came from players and the other six came from non-player personnel.
2:19 PM ET The Washington Football Team continues to scrub away its past, this time renaming two roads — one outside its stadium and another at its practice facility — in honor of Sean Taylor and Joe Gibbs. The organization renamed the road leading into its practice facility Coach Gibbs Drive. The previous franchise nickname