5:59 PM ET Amid uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic, Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins remains hopeful that he’ll be playing football games this fall. While the NFL has pressed forward with plans to start the season as scheduled, Cousins noted Tuesday that he believes there are “creative and unique ways” to make certain that games
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4:16 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — After facing a life-threatening pulmonary embolism during the 2019 offseason, left tackle Russell Okung didn’t agree to be traded to the Carolina Panthers to be part of a total rebuild under first-year coach Matt Rhule. “I made it really clear, I’m not here to just rebuild,” Okung said Tuesday
3:26 PM ET Dallas Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones said the organization has communicated with Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott after a report of an alleged party at the quarterback’s house in Prosper, Texas, last Friday, that would have violated guidelines regarding the coronavirus. “I think they’re certainly aware now of how sensitive these
3:26 PM ET On the same day Dallas Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones said the organization has communicated with Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott after a report of a party at the quarterback’s house in Prosper, Texas, on Friday that would have violated guidelines regarding the coronavirus pandemic, a frustrated Prescott issued a statement
2:03 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 Los Angeles Chargers tight end Hunter Henry has signed a franchise tender, a source confirmed to ESPN. Henry will earn $10.6 million on the one-year deal, making
2:47 PM ET Wisconsin’s Zack Baun, the third-rated linebacker on Mel Kiper Jr.’s draft board, notified all 32 teams that he tested positive for a diluted sample at the scouting combine that he blamed on drinking too much water for weight-related weigh-in purposes, league sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Tuesday. Under the NFL’s new
12:00 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 Los Angeles Chargers coach Anthony Lynn said earlier this month that veteran quarterback Tyrod Taylor was “in the driver’s seat” to replace longtime signal-caller Philip Rivers, who
12:00 PM ET ALAMEDA, Calif. — The Las Vegas Raiders are Derek Carr‘s team … unless they’re not, right? It has become an annual rite of passage in the streets of Silver and Blackdom, fans debating the virtues of Carr as their favorite team’s $125 million franchise quarterback to the point of Carr telling ESPN.com
11:01 AM ET Joe Burrow understands what he will be tasked to overcome when he enters the NFL. During a radio interview on Tuesday morning, the former LSU quarterback and projected No. 1 overall pick in next week’s NFL draft was asked about playing for a franchise that hasn’t enjoyed recent success. The Cincinnati Bengals,
6:00 AM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — It was the week before the 2017 NFL draft, and then-Stanford offensive coordinator Mike Bloomgren was gushing so much about running back Christian McCaffrey that it begged the question: What’s his downside? Bloomgren paused and chuckled: “He left before his senior year, so I don’t get to coach him