10:12 AM ET The Atlanta Falcons released quarterback Marcus Mariota on Tuesday in a move to both free up more salary cap space and move on from a player who had lost his starting position. Mariota started the first 13 games of the 2022 season for the Falcons before being benched at the bye for
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8:48 AM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers will meet with free agent quarterback Derek Carr this week at the NFL scouting combine, a league source confirmed to ESPN. Carr, who is expected to arrive Tuesday in Indianapolis, already has visited the New Orleans Saints and New York Jets this offseason and is expected
9:29 AM ET Alaina GetzenbergESPN Buffalo Bills defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier is taking a year off from coaching, the team announced Tuesday. Frazier plans to return for the 2024 season, according to the team. The team did not announce a replacement for Frazier or plans at the position. Frazier has been the Bills’ defensive coordinator
7:00 AM ET DANIEL SNYDER’S FINAL breakup from his longtime minority partners in Washington’s NFL franchise began with a footnote in an April 2020 financial report. The note revealed a $55 million credit line the team had taken out 16 months earlier without the knowledge and required approval of Snyder’s minority partners — the three
6:35 AM ET The Washington Commanders placed the franchise tag on defensive tackle Daron Payne on Tuesday, making Payne the first player to receive the tag this offseason, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. If Payne plays on the franchise tag, he is projected to receive $18.937 million. It is a nonexclusive tag, meaning other teams
6:45 AM ET NFL Nation reporters We’re quickly approaching the NFL‘s version of Silly Season, as the free agency negotiating period will start March 13 in the lead-up to the start of the league year on March 15. Many players will be getting paid by their current teams, while others will be on the move.
3:38 PM ET The Washington Commanders released quarterback Carson Wentz on Monday, in a move that had been long expected. The move saves Washington $26.176 million on the salary cap this offseason. Wentz had two years remaining on his contract but had no guaranteed money. The Commanders also released defensive back Bobby McCain on Monday,
4:37 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — NFL executive vice president Jeff Miller said the health & safety innovation committee will recommend an expanded use of the Guardian Cap to the competition committee after favorable results in 2022. According to Miller, concussions were down 52% for offensive and defensive linemen, tight ends and linebackers who wore the
3:05 PM ET The Washington Commanders will release veteran defensive back Bobby McCain, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The move frees salary cap space but Washington also likes its young secondary, making this move doable. Washington will save $2.32 million on the salary cap by releasing McCain, who started the past two seasons at
9:29 AM ET Longtime New England Patriots captain Devin McCourty passionately defended Mac Jones as the team’s quarterback of the future, adding that team leaders such as Jones are encouraged by coach Bill Belichick to speak up. “What I love about Mac is that Mac came into a leadership role as a quarterback and he