12:34 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens officially placed the franchise tag on outside linebacker Matthew Judon on Friday, keeping the team’s top pass-rusher from hitting free agency. Judon, 27, reached the first Pro Bowl of his four-year career after leading the Ravens with a personal-best 9.5 sacks and recording the fourth-most
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6:00 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — It was the morning of the second day of the NFL’s free-agent negotiating period last March, the so-called legal tampering days, when a high-ranking member of the Green Bay Packers‘ administration, a vice president, walked into Brian Gutekunst’s office with a message. He told the general manager that
9:40 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Del Shofner, the wide receiver who combined with Hall of Fame quarterback Y.A. Tittle to give the New York Giants one of the NFL’s most prolific passing threats in the early 1960s, has died. He was 85. Shofner’s daughter, Laurie Shofner Corwin, confirmed the death Thursday in
8:37 PM ET The XFL canceled its regular season Thursday amid the spread of the coronavirus. The move followed similar cancellations and postponements by the NBA, NHL, NCAA, MLS and Major League Baseball. In its first season since its aborted debut in 2001, the XFL completed half of its scheduled 10-week season. It had been
8:27 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The Buffalo Bills agreed to a three-year contract with offensive lineman Quinton Spain on Thursday, a league source confirmed to ESPN, in a move that ensures the team will return its entire starting offensive line in 2020. NFL Network, which first reported the news, reports the
6:00 AM ET In the summer of 2007, Joe Douglas attended a University of Delaware practice and fell hard for a lanky, strong-armed quarterback named Joe Flacco, a relative unknown. Douglas, a Baltimore Ravens area scout, had studied Flacco’s game tape from the previous year. Now, watching him live for the first time, he was
7:00 AM ET Kendrick Brinson for ESPN In the NFL, where so many players live in mini-mansions and luxury apartments, Baltimore Ravens starting guard Bradley Bozeman‘s home for the past year is on wheels and features 600 square feet of living space, not including the makeshift screened-in porch under the 15-foot outdoor awning where he
12:33 PM ET The NFL said Thursday it has “no plans to move the start of the league year” as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The NFL’s statement comes after several teams have restricted travel for their coaches and scouts because of the virus. The Washington Redskins, New York Jets and Minnesota Vikings were
12:42 PM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Titans have informed running back Dion Lewis that he will be released, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Lewis signed a four-year, $19.8 million contract in 2018
7:30 AM ET In this most unusual NFL offseason, a familiar sight awaits. The 2020 free-agent market is set to open Monday with a three-day negotiating period for players with expiring contracts. Deals can be formalized beginning Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET. To be clear, however, 2020 is no ordinary year for the free-agent market.