8:57 AM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN Despite hinting that he would opt out of the NFL season, Buffalo Bills cornerback Tre’Davious White has decided to play. White would have been the third Bills player to opt out. The 2019 first-team All-Pro spoke candidly to reporters as he weighed his decision this week, citing concerns about his
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1:20 PM ET HOUSTON — Despite missing two games last season after sustaining two concussions in a 25-day span, Houston Texans wide receiver Brandin Cooks said he has “zero” concerns about his concussion history. “For me, I’m not worried at all,” Cooks said on Thursday. “If there is any hesitation or worry, I wouldn’t be
2:18 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Veteran cornerback Rashaan Melvin on Thursday became the third Jacksonville Jaguars defensive player to opt out of the 2020 season. Melvin, who signed a one-year contract worth $1.75 million in March, was expected to compete with third-year player Tre Herndon to start opposite rookie first-round pick C.J. Henderson. He
1:00 PM ET ESPN staff Tom Brady in red and pewter. Philip Rivers in blue and white, no yellow to be found. Joe Burrow in Cincinnati. Chase Young in Washington. The 2020 NFL season is going to look different. There’s just something about old faces in new places … and about new faces. Hope springs
10:10 AM ET PITTSBURGH — After watching Ben Roethlisberger throw for two days at Heinz Field, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin is pleased with his quarterback’s progress following elbow surgery to repair three torn elbow tendons. “I didn’t see anything that was alarming in any way,” Tomlin said on a Zoom call Thursday morning. “His
7:20 AM ET When New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick was considering how to proceed with the team’s backup quarterback spot prior to the 2019 season, preseason games were critical in his analysis. Tom Brady was locked into the top spot, with Brian Hoyer providing veteran insurance and fourth-round draft pick Jarrett Stidham offering developmental
6:00 AM ET Cliff Harris would be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame this year, joining Dallas Cowboys teammates such as Roger Staubach, Bob Lilly, Randy White, Mel Renfro and Rayfield Wright, if not for the coronavirus pandemic causing a change in plans. Harris would carry with him a distinction his teammates did
8:00 AM ET HE KEPT HIS helmet on and his mouth shut, which led the players at Midway High School in Waco, Texas, to wonder who he was and what he was doing on their practice field. He’d pull up in his pickup, walk onto the football field, fire lasers from sideline to sideline and
6:00 AM ET The Kansas City Chiefs thought they had two advantages over most of their competition heading into training camp, one being startling continuity for the salary-cap era and the other a high-scoring offense led by quarterback Patrick Mahomes. Those advantages might still be there, though not in the abundance they were before the
6:23 PM ET The New York Giants took another hit at a position of concern when cornerback Sam Beal decided to opt out of the 2020 NFL season. According to the NFL’s daily transaction wire, linebacker Josiah Tauaefa was also removed from the reserve/COVID-19 list one day after being placed on it. Beal becomes the