3:01 PM ET Alaina GetzenbergESPN BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Bills are hiring former Carolina Panthers offensive coordinator Joe Brady as the team’s new quarterbacks coach, a source told ESPN, confirming multiple reports Wednesday. Brady was fired by Panthers coach Matt Rhule in December after almost two years with the franchise. A year ago, Brady
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12:45 PM ET ASHBURN, Va. — Washington team president Jason Wright sat at his desk last summer, pondering the five letters from fans in front of him. To Wright, they represented the challenge the team faced as it entered its rebranding efforts in search of a nickname and logo. One letter focused on the former
1:30 PM ET With the announcement Wednesday of Washington’s new nickname, the NFL club took another step in an effort to repair its image. Now, the team’s owners must continue the momentum: For the good of the franchise, it’s time for Daniel M. Snyder and his family to step aside and hire someone to run
1:19 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht said the team’s two years with quarterback Tom Brady, which began as covert free-agency pursuit under the code name “Operation Shoeless Joe Jackson” and culminated in Super Bowl and NFC South titles, “an unbelievable fairy-tale story we’ll be talking about forever.” Licht
12:23 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Newly hired Denver Broncos coach Nathaniel Hackett continued to fill out his staff, as Green Bay Packers tight ends coach Justin Outten has agreed to be the team’s offensive coordinator and former Minnesota Vikings offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak has agreed to be quarterbacks coach/passing game coordinator, sources told ESPN
1:22 PM ET The Chicago Bears have hired Alan Williams as their defensive coordinator, the team announced Wednesday. Williams, the Indianapolis Colts‘ safeties coach, follows new Bears head coach Matt Eberflus from Indianapolis to Chicago. The Bears also hired Dave Borgonzi on Wednesday as linebackers coach. Borgonzi was the Colts’ linebackers coach the past four
11:00 AM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN The day after announcing his lawsuit against the NFL, New York Giants, Miami Dolphins and Denver Broncos, Brian Flores elaborated on his allegations of racial discrimination and unethical practices. Specifically pertaining to his time with the Dolphins, Flores, the team’s former coach, said owner Stephen Ross explicitly offered him $100,000
10:20 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts is having surgery on his left ankle Wednesday, league sources confirmed to ESPN. Hurts is expected to recover in time for the Eagles’ offseason training program in April, sources said. The NFL Network was first to report Hurts’ scheduled surgery. 2 Related Hurts suffered a high-ankle
10:23 AM ET MOBILE, Ala. — New York Jets offensive lineman Cameron Clark, who missed the season after suffering a spinal cord injury in training camp, is ending his football career, his agent told ESPN. “Based on the advice of Dr. Andrew Hecht, a prominent orthopedic surgeon at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York, Cameron
9:17 AM ET NFL NationESPN The Dallas Rangers? It almost happened. That was franchise owner Clint Murchison Jr.’s first choice back in 1959, but a minor league baseball team already had that name. Murchison settled instead on Cowboys, changing the course of one of the world’s most valuable and recognizable brands in sports. But team