8:00 AM ET It’s Monday night, the very first night of the 2020 NFL combine and I’m at the hotel bar. It’s late and Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay, holding a water bottle, is holding court, surrounded by various media members, other coaches and members of the Rams staff. I notice Green Bay
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6:40 AM ET At some point in the next couple of weeks, the NFL’s players will vote on a proposed new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with the league’s owners. If a majority of the voting players approve, the deal will go into place immediately, as the owners already have approved it. NFLPA chief DeMaurice Smith
6:00 AM ET Since being taken with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2009 NFL draft, quarterback Matthew Stafford has been one of the most recognizable Detroit Lions. Yet this offseason, there have been rumors the Lions might try to move on from their all-time leader in almost every significant passing category. Most of
7:44 AM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jaguars will use their franchise tag on defensive end Yannick Ngakoue, league sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Monday. The tag will allow them to try to trade him if that’s what they decide or are forced to do. Ngakoue tweeted Monday morning that his time in Jacksonville
5:13 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Utah‘s Javelin Guidry stole the show in the 40s among the defensive backs at the scouting combine Sunday with an official clocking of 4.29 seconds. He was the only cornerback to run a sub-4.3 time. According to ESPN’s Stats and Information, Guidry’s time was just .01 off the fastest by
5:59 PM ET Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford and his wife, Kelly, are about to become parents again. Kelly announced on Instagram on Sunday they are expecting “Baby Stafford #4” this summer. The Staffords had twin daughters Chandler and Sawyer in 2017 and a third daughter, Hunter, in 2018. Kelly Stafford wrote in an Instagram
4:53 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Ohio State’s Jeff Okudah, who is considered the best cornerback available in this year’s NFL draft, was temporarily sidelined from combine workouts Sunday after landing hard leaping for a ball during position drills. Okudah, who had already run an official 4.48 40-yard dash in the workout, jumped for a pass
3:44 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — New Orleans Saints defensive end Cameron Jordan had surgery to repair a torn adductor muscle last month after playing through the injury late in the season, he told NFL Network on Saturday. Jordan, 30, is expected to be fully healthy by training camp if not sooner. Jordan has never
1:14 PM ET The Cincinnati Bengals currently plan to use the franchise tag on wide receiver A.J. Green, sources told ESPN’s Dan Graziano and Jeremy Fowler. The Bengals want Green in Cincinnati in 2020 no matter what, either through the tag or a longer deal, the sources said. The tag is estimated to be worth
6:00 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Quick-hit thoughts and notes around the New England Patriots and NFL: 1. Middle Tennessee visit creates a buzz: Four pictures of Patriots coach Bill Belichick working out Middle Tennessee defensive end/outside linebacker Tyshun Render on Monday spread quickly on social media. A rain-soaked Belichick putting a projected late-round draft