Month: February 2020

1:54 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — The hype machine around Ben Roethlisberger‘s return isn’t slowing down any time soon. If anything, it picked up speed at the NFL combine when Pittsburgh Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert spoke with the media Tuesday morning and told reporters there was a chance the 37-year-old quarterback could be even better

2:45 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Stefon Diggs is very much a part of the Minnesota Vikings‘ plans for the 2020 season. In the wake of recent trade rumors and speculation over the wide receiver’s future, Vikings general manager Rick Spielman dispelled the notion that the team is attempting to move on from Diggs. “He’s not

1:49 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — The Denver Broncos have no intention of letting safety Justin Simmons hit the open market. John Elway, the Broncos’ president of football operations and general manager, said Tuesday at the scouting combine that Denver will use the franchise tag on Simmons if they can’t work out a long-term deal. Simmons,

1:45 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — The fourth pick in this year’s NFL draft can be had for the right price. The New York Giants are “open for business,” according to general manager Dave Gettleman. The Giants join the Detroit Lions, who pick third overall in this April’s draft, as willing to at least listen to

1:09 PM ET Matthew Stafford will be “full-go” for the start of offseason workouts in April, Detroit Lions general manager Bob Quinn said at the NFL combine on Tuesday, after broken bones in his back forced the quarterback to miss the last two months of the 2019 season. Quinn said he recently spoke with Stafford

1:09 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady shared a five-paragraph essay Tuesday that he wrote on how he has been “deeply affected” by the death of Kobe Bryant, Bryant’s daughter Gianna, and seven others in a January helicopter crash. In the piece posted on social media titled “What’s really important?”