Month: March 2021

2:32 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots‘ unprecedented free-agent splurge at tight end has had a trickle-down effect, with the club agreeing to trade fourth-year tight end Ryan Izzo to the Houston Texans, a source confirms. The Patriots are expected to receive a late-round draft choice, with NFL Network reporting that it

1:45 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — New Arizona Cardinals wide receiver A.J. Green says he still has “a lot left in the tank” and doesn’t think he has anything to prove by signing with a different team for the first time in his career. “I still feel young,” the 32-year-old Green said Thursday during his

1:49 PM ET Tight end Jared Cook and the Los Angeles Chargers have agreed to a one-year contract worth a maximum of $6 million, a source tells ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Cook will help fill a void left when Hunter Henry left the Chargers to sign with the New England Patriots. A 12-year veteran, Cook, who

2:49 PM ET The Las Vegas Raiders are signing former Arizona Cardinals RB Kenyan Drake, his agency announced Thursday. The deal is for two years at $11 million and worth up to $14.5 million, including $11 million guaranteed, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Drake, who turned 27 in January, returned to the Arizona Cardinals

2:48 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — New Colts quarterback Carson Wentz felt like the beginning of the end of his five-year career with the Philadelphia Eagles began when he was benched in their Week 13 game against the Green Bay Packers last season. Wentz didn’t play another snap with the Eagles, and two months later he

11:17 AM ET The New York Giants are signing veteran quarterback Mike Glennon to serve as the backup to Daniel Jones, a source confirmed. Glennon replaces Colt McCoy, who is currently a free agent. The Giants had spoken to McCoy about a potential return after he filled in admirably during a pair of starts, including

10:38 AM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Running back Phillip Lindsay and the Denver Broncos have “mutually agreed” to go their separate ways. Just hours after the Broncos signed running back Mike Boone in free agency, Lindsay’s representatives and the Broncos agreed the best course was for the Broncos to rescind the restricted free-agent tender and

11:18 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Buccaneers wide receiver Chris Godwin has signed his $15.9 million franchise tender for 2021, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The move does not preclude the Bucs and Godwin from reaching an agreement on a long-term extension, however, which sources say is the goal. They have until July 15

11:03 AM ET HOUSTON — A third civil lawsuit filed against Deshaun Watson accuses the Houston Texans quarterback of sexually assaulting a massage therapist by allegedly forcing her to have oral sex with him in December 2020. The lawsuit was filed by Houston attorney Tony Buzbee on Wednesday night and appeared on the Harris County