7:48 AM ET A pair of key Detroit Lions defenders will be in attendance when the team opens training camp this week. A source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter that cornerback Darius Slay and defensive tackle Damon Harrison will report for the start of training camp. Both players had skipped the Lions’ mandatory minicamp last month
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10:56 PM ET Former Kansas City Chiefs defensive end Allen Bailey is signing a two-year, $10.5 million deal with the Atlanta Falcons, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Bailey’s contract will pay him $6 million this season, including $3.5 million guaranteed, the source said. Bailey, 30, was one of the longest-tenured Chiefs, having arrived as
10:44 PM ET New York Giants first-round pick Daniel Jones officially signed his rookie contract Monday night. The No. 6 overall pick was slotted for a four-year deal worth $25.7 million fully guaranteed, which includes a signing bonus of $16.7 million. The Giants’ rookies reported to training camp on Monday afternoon. Rookies and select veterans
8:45 PM ET FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Atlanta Falcons safety J.J. Wilcox suffered an ACL injury on the first day of training camp, a source confirmed to ESPN. Wilcox is scheduled to get a second opinion on his right knee to determine the severity. The Falcons won’t address the severity of the injury until coach
6:14 PM ET ESPN News Services BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Bills have placed running back Frank Gore on the non-football injury list due to what is considered a minor injury, the Associated Press reported. The nature of Gore’s injury or how he was hurt remains unclear. Gore was placed on the list Monday, three
8:00 AM ET Inside a Denver recording studio not far from his offseason home, Carolina Panthers All-Pro Christian McCaffrey, one of the most versatile gridders in a league full of elite hybrids, reveals the off-field obsession that could one day add a few new hyphenates to his job title: RB-pianist-songwriter-music producer. As McCaffrey, 23, tickles
4:59 PM ET ESPN News Services The New York Jets have agreed to a deal with free-agent tight end Ryan Griffin, ESPN’s Rich Cimini has confirmed. The move comes after tight end Chris Herndon was handed a four-game suspension by the NFL for violating the NFL’s substance abuse policy, stemming from a June 2018 drunken-driving
2:38 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN Seattle Seahawks defensive tackle Jarran Reed has been suspended for the first six games of the 2019 season for a violation of the NFL’s personal conduct policy. The violation stems from a 2017 domestic violence case in which Reed was accused of assault. Reed was not charged or arrested. However,
12:37 PM ET FLOWERY BRANCH, GA. — Atlanta Falcons coach Dan Quinn expressed support for DJ Durkin, the former Maryland coach who was placed on leave following the practice-related death of Terrapins player Jordan McNair and subsequently fired. Durkin was one of four coaches announced as assistants for training camp. Lance Schulters, Jamel Mutunga and
11:45 AM ET Odell Beckham Jr. revealed in a new GQ cover story that he felt “disrespected” by the New York Giants when they traded him to the Cleveland Browns earlier this offseason and that things got so bad at times the past few years that he had contemplated stepping away from the game. The