11:23 AM ET The New England Patriots have re-signed Nick Folk on Monday after hosting him for a visit this weekend. Folk, 35, becomes the second kicker on the Patriots’ roster after New England selected Marshall’s Justin Rohrwasser in the fifth round of the draft. Folk kicked in seven games for the Patriots last season
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10:51 AM ET Defensive end Chris Smith signed a one-year contract with the Las Vegas Raiders, agent Drew Rosenhaus told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Smith’s girlfriend, Petara Cordero, was struck and killed last September by a driver on Interstate 90 in Cleveland. She had been a passenger in Smith’s car and exited the vehicle after it
11:21 AM ET Los Angeles Chargers wide receiver Mike Williams is considered week-to-week after suffering a sprained AC joint in his shoulder during Sunday’s practice, according to ESPN and multiple reports. Williams is expected to be ready for the Chargers’ regular-season opener against the Bengals on Sept. 13, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. A source
10:22 AM ET The New Orleans Saints have released veteran linebacker Nigel Bradham less than a month after signing him, a source tells ESPN’s Adam Schefter. It seemed that Bradham would have a good chance to compete for a starting job with the Saints. But he was working behind starters Demario Davis, Alex Anzalone and
6:00 AM ET It was about 8:30 at night in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, last Monday when Nikki Godfrey’s phone started blowing up. She figured something was wrong with her cell battery and was busy wrapping up her day, so she didn’t pay it much mind. The rest of the family, including 6-year-old Alexander, was glued
6:55 AM ET If it feels like I’ve prefaced every one of my columns recently by pointing out that the 2020 NFL season is going to be weird, it’s not an accident. We’re approaching a season in which it would be a pleasant surprise if each team were able to play all 16 games. Even
8:14 AM ET The NFL has cleared all 77 individuals who tested positive over the weekend for COVID-19, following what the league believes was a testing error in a New Jersey lab, sources told ESPN on Monday morning. All of the original test results have been classified as false positives. Eleven teams were affected by
6:50 AM ET Washington Football Team defensive end Chase Young was different from the start. He was 6 years old, quarterbacking a team of 9- and 10-year olds, when he made a promise to his parents: They wouldn’t need to pay for college. In hindsight, Young, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2020 NFL
9:15 PM ET Matt Nagy’s phone buzzed Sunday at 2:51 a.m. For an NFL coach, a call at that hour means trouble. Bracing for the worst, Nagy listened as Andre Tucker, the Chicago Bears‘ infection control officer, told him that nine members of the organization had tested positive for COVID-19. Nagy was floored, he told
8:56 PM ET NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said that he wishes “we had listened earlier” to what Colin Kaepernick was trying to bring attention to when he began kneeling for the national anthem in 2016. Goodell was asked on former NFL linebacker Emmanuel Acho’s video series, “Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man,” what he would