10:36 PM ET The New England Patriots passed on Jordan Love with the 23rd pick, and then did the same with every other quarterback in the NFL draft, creating a clearer path for Jarrett Stidham to serve as Tom Brady‘s successor in 2020. Stidham, who was Brady’s backup last season after the Patriots selected him
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10:50 PM ET The virtual nature of this year’s NFL draft didn’t stop Rick Spielman from wheeling and dealing. In fact, the Minnesota Vikings general manager was so aggressive in stockpiling draft capital that the Vikings came away with 15 picks, the most by any team since the draft switched to a seven-round format in
10:50 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — If drafting Jordan Love started the clock on Aaron Rodgers‘ career with the Green Bay Packers, coach Matt LaFleur tried to make it sound like time would move slowly. In his first comments since the Packers traded up to the No. 26 pick in the first round to
9:04 PM ET The Washington Redskins wanted more help at tight end, so they turned to a Hall of Fame family. The Redskins will sign former LSU tight end Thaddeus Moss, the son of former NFL great and current ESPN analyst Randy Moss, as an undrafted free agent, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The
7:00 PM ET The NFL’s draft industrial complex took a hit this weekend, and I mean that in the most optimistic way possible. The 2020 virtual draft revealed a level of humanity, intimacy and spartan aesthetics that was not only pitch-perfect amid a national quarantine, but also suggestive of a new way of drafting. We
6:08 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — New Carolina Panthers coach Matt Rhule hasn’t coached a down in the NFL and already he’s a part of league history. The Panthers used all seven of their picks in the NFL draft on defensive players the past three days, the most in the common draft era to be
6:48 PM ET New England Patriots rookie kicker Justin Rohrwasser says a tattoo on his left arm is not meant to symbolize the markings of “The Three Percenters,” a right-wing militia group that first formed in 2008, and that he plans to get it covered up. The Patriots selected Rohrwasser with the No. 159 pick
6:18 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Jon Runyan Jr. was in the middle of a text exchange with his agent, Ken Sarnoff, when his phone screen switched to an incoming call. Unfortunately for the draft hopeful from the University of Michigan, his texting thumb just happened to be in the area where the bright
3:06 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Eagles are acquiring wide receiver Marquise Goodwin from the San Francisco 49ers, a source tells ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The teams flipped sixth-round picks, with the Eagles also getting Goodwin, Schefter said. Goodwin has plenty of what the Eagles have prioritized this offseason — speed — boasting a 4.27
3:37 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The Buffalo Bills may have found their backup quarterback of the future in Georgia quarterback Jake Fromm, whom the team selected with the 167th overall pick of the NFL draft Saturday. Fromm is the first quarterback Buffalo has drafted since taking current starter Josh Allen in