Month: July 2020

2:09 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Eagles wide receiver Marquise Goodwin has opted out of the 2020 season due to coronavirus concerns, a league source confirmed. Family is top of mind for Goodwin. His wife, Morgan, had a baby girl in February after suffering multiple miscarriages. NFL Network was first to report Goodwin’s decision to opt
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2:04 PM ET EAGAN, Minn. — Dalvin Cook‘s holdout is effectively over. The Minnesota Vikings running back showed up at TCO Performance Center on Tuesday, the team’s mandatory reporting date for veteran players, to take his initial COVID-19 test, a league source told ESPN. Cook is expected to take part in Tuesday afternoon’s virtual meetings,
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1:40 PM ET Associated Press Ohio State will limit home crowds to about 20,000 and prohibit tailgating if the football season is played this fall. Fans inside Ohio Stadium will be required to wear masks and observe social distancing to help stem the spread of the coronavirus. Concessions will be limited. The traditional “Skull Session”
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12:13 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN Defensive tackle Star Lotulelei will opt out of the 2020 season, a league source confirmed, becoming the first Buffalo Bills player to exercise their option to do so. The news was first reported by NFL Network. Lotulelei signed a five-year, $50 million deal with the Bills in 2018 and has
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12:01 PM ET Washington football team coach Ron Rivera said he’s confident in what quarterback Alex Smith has done but wants to see more before he can pass the football physical. But if that happens, Rivera said, Smith becomes part of the quarterback competition. Washington placed Smith and linebacker Reuben Foster on the physically unable
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12:27 PM ET Patrick Mahomes, the star quarterback of the Kansas City Chiefs and reigning Super Bowl MVP, has become a member of the new ownership group of the Kansas City Royals. The Royals announced Mahomes’ partial ownership Tuesday, noting that he “spent a lot of time in clubhouses as a kid.” Mahomes is the
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12:27 PM ET Chicago Bears starting defensive lineman Eddie Goldman plans to opt out of the 2020 season due to health concerns related to the coronavirus, sources confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. NFL Media first reported the news. Goldman, 26, has been a stalwart on Chicago’s defensive line since he entered the league as a
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1:12 PM ET Cincinnati Bengals rookie quarterback Joe Burrow is on the verge of finalizing his first NFL deal. The recent No. 1 overall pick agreed to terms with the Bengals for his four-year rookie contract worth $36.1 million on Tuesday, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The contract is pending a physical that will
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