7:22 PM ET Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana’s Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments on whether the man who killed a former NFL player in a road rage incident in 2016 can be tried again for murder after his conviction on a lesser charge was overturned. Authorities in the New Orleans suburb of
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3:37 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Houston Texans coach Lovie Smith said he has “no idea” if quarterback Deshaun Watson will be on the team’s roster next season, but that he thinks both parties will eventually “benefit from the situation.” Watson, who requested a trade from the Texans in January 2021, faces 22 lawsuits alleging sexual
4:01 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Matt LaFleur won’t blow up Aaron Rodgers‘ phone with calls, texts, emojis and GIFs telling his quarterback how much the Green Bay Packers want him back for another season. LaFleur knows Rodgers has plenty to ponder. But the Packers’ coach also wants to keep the lines of communication open while
4:24 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Liberty’s Malik Willis believes he should be the first quarterback off the board in next month’s NFL Draft. But, he admitted, it’s not exactly up to him. “I don’t make those decisions,” he said Wednesday morning at the NFL Combine. And then after a beat, Willis dryly added “I hate
3:51 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — As San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo prepares to have surgery on his right shoulder, the question of when he will return to throwing is superseded only by the uncertainty over where he will be doing it. Speaking to media at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis on
3:47 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll on Wednesday said the team has “no intention” of trading star quarterback Russell Wilson this offseason. But in his first comments to the media at large since the Seahawks’ disappointing 7-10 season, Carroll again stopped short of shooting down the possibility entirely. “At this time
3:45 PM ET Baltimore Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta indicated there has been no movement in contract talks with Lamar Jackson because the star quarterback hasn’t shown much interest in getting one done. Jackson, who is entering his fifth year with the Ravens, is one of the few players in the NFL without an agent
3:16 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — While Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Derek Carr is primed to enter the final year of the then-record five-year, $125 million contract extension he signed in 2017, new head coach Josh McDaniels acknowledged Wednesday at the combine that no new extension talks have taken place. “But that doesn’t mean that’s not
3:14 PM ET Philadelphia Eagles general manager Howie Roseman doubled down Wednesday on his support for Jalen Hurts amid speculation the team could pursue a standout veteran quarterback this offseason. “There’s no doubt about it,” Roseman said at the NFL combine in Indianapolis, when asked whether the organization still feels Hurts is Philadelphia’s starting quarterback.
2:46 PM ET The New York Jets‘ stated goal this offseason is to help quarterback Zach Wilson, who struggled in his rookie year, but that doesn’t mean the focus is adding pass-catchers and blockers. On Wednesday, team officials made a case for bolstering their 32nd-ranked defense to reduce the pressure on Wilson. “Absolutely,” coach Robert