5:16 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Upon choosing to void the final three years of his contract, Minnesota Vikings defensive end Everson Griffen put himself in line to become a free agent at the start of the new league year. However, it doesn’t appear the 32-year-old pass rusher will make it very far on the open
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2:30 AM ET The NFL’s 2020 franchise-tag window opens Thursday … with a twist. While the NFL Players Association mulls approval of a new collective bargaining agreement, a series of unique rules in the existing CBA will govern at least the start of the tag process. Let’s get into the details. First, remind me how
3:44 PM ET Washington Redskins coach Ron Rivera remains excited about quarterback Dwayne Haskins and continues to mention the plan they have to develop him. That won’t stop Rivera from looking around, however, as the Redskins plan to host quarterbacks Tua Tagovailoa and Joe Burrow in pre-draft visits. Just in case. Rivera told reporters at
3:47 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Mike McCarthy believes Dak Prescott can do for him with the Dallas Cowboys what Aaron Rodgers did for him with the Green Bay Packers: win a Super Bowl. “I think No. 1, you just look at what he’s done during his time in the league. I think he’s been impressive,”
2:15 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Happy 20th birthday to the picture that New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has joked he can’t escape. “Did they stop taking these photos after mine?” Brady once cracked on Instagram, adding two laughing emojis for effect. In 2000, when Brady attended the combine in Indianapolis as a late-round
11:20 AM ET The New York Giants have released linebacker Alec Ogletree, a team captain during his two seasons with the team. The team also said it had cut linebacker Kareem Martin. Ogletree, one of the league’s highest-paid inside linebackers over the past two years at $10 million per season, became a liability in pass
6:00 AM ET ALAMEDA, Calif. — Al Davis was chastising reporters in a hotel lobby at the 2009 NFL owners meetings for not voting Jim Plunkett into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Davis wondered aloud which other quarterback with multiple Super Bowl titles had yet to be enshrined in Canton when some funny guy
9:00 AM ET NFL NationESPN More than 300 of the top 2020 NFL draft prospects have gathered in Indianapolis for the annual NFL scouting combine, which runs through Monday. Players will undergo medical testing and be put through on-field drills at Lucas Oil Stadium. Then it’s on to interviews with team personnel and the media
1:54 AM ET ESPN News Services The NFL moved closer to labor peace for another decade early Wednesday when player representatives voted to send a new deal already approved by the owners that includes a 17-game season to the full union membership. A simple majority of some 2,000 players must accept the agreement for it
9:04 PM ET The nearly four-hour meeting between NFL owners and player representatives over a potential new collective bargaining agreement has concluded. NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy told reporters Tuesday night: “As you can tell, the meeting just concluded, and out of respect for the process, we’re not going to comment further at this time.” The