1:01 PM ET NFL game and replay officials can opt out of the 2020 season in exchange for a $30,000 stipend and a guarantee that their jobs will be protected in 2021, according to a preliminary agreement announced Sunday between the league and the NFL Referees Association amid the coronavirus pandemic. The agreement was approved
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10:27 AM ET The Washington Football Team activated linebacker Reuben Foster off the physically unable to perform list, less than two weeks after the team resumed work. Foster had torn the lateral collateral ligament plus the anterior crucial ligament in his left knee on the first day of organized team activity work in May 2019.
9:39 AM ET The Miami Dolphins have signed former Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Chester Rogers, the team announced Sunday. His agent, Drew Rosenhaus, told ESPN’s Adam Schefter, that Rogers signed a one-year contract. Rogers’ signing follows the decisions by Dolphins wide receivers Allen Hurns and Albert Wilson last week to opt out of the 2020
8:27 AM ET Jordan Ranaan The Giants are planning to sign CB Ross Cockrell, a source confirmed to ESPN. Short-handed at the CB position with DeAndre Baker facing armed robbery charges and Sam Beal having opted out, the Giants desperately needed reinforcements and went with a somewhat familiar face in Cockrell. The Record (N.J.) was
7:00 AM ET As NFL training camps begin to look more “normal,” with players getting on the field with their teams for the first time on Friday and pads set to come on for the first time on Aug. 17, there seems to be a natural sense of optimism around every team. Even with the
6:00 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis Colts linebacker Darius Leonard doesn’t hide his obsession with finding out who his critics are. He’ll examine articles, Twitter, Instagram or any other form of social media. “I will never shy away from it,” Leonard said. “And I will never stop trying to find it.” Leonard has been told
8:25 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Vikings linebacker Cameron Smith said he will miss the 2020 NFL season due to a congenital heart condition he only discovered after testing positive for COVID-19. Smith, a fifth-round pick in 2019, announced Saturday he will have to undergo open-heart surgery to fix a bicuspid aortic valve. It’s a
5:32 PM ET Seattle Seahawks cornerback Quinton Dunbar is being removed from the commissioner’s exempt list, a source told ESPN, confirming an NFL Network report. The move is expected to become official Sunday. Dunbar’s removal from the exempt list allows him to re-join the Seahawks at team headquarters, which he’s expected to do as early
5:40 PM ET ESPN staff As 2020 NFL training camps continue, Arizona Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald shows that age is nothing but a number while the Cleveland Browns and Detroit Lions each got key offensive weapons back in the fold. Here’s what you need to know from camps across the league: Jump to the best
4:51 PM ET Cleveland Browns wide receiver Jarvis Landry has been activated off the physically unable to perform list after passing his physical and has rejoined the active roster. Landry, who hasn’t missed a game over his six years in the NFL, underwent hip surgery on Feb. 4 after battling an injury there throughout last