6:07 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN Ever the defense-minded head coach, Pete Carroll says he believes that an NFL roster can never have enough pass-rushers. It’s why his Seattle Seahawks spent a second-round pick on Frank Clark in 2015 even though they had recently extended Michael Bennett and Cliff Avril, and had Bruce Irvin under contract
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5:05 PM ET GRAPEVINE, Texas — Dallas Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones said the team is “off and running” in contract talks with quarterback Dak Prescott and Amari Cooper, and Jones also mentioned the desire to sign Ezekiel Elliott to an extension. The talks have been mostly preliminary so far without much back and
5:24 PM ET GRAPEVINE, Texas — Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott will pay for the funeral expenses of Jaylon McKenzie, a promising eighth-grade football player who was killed by a stray bullet as he left a party near St. Louis on Saturday night. Elliott, who grew up in St. Louis, reached out to the
12:54 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. – Former Green Bay Packers general manager Ted Thompson said he is suffering from an autonomic disorder, a condition that causes weakness and cognitive issues, and revealed that it was the reason he is no longer in that role with the team. Thompson, 66, issued a statement on Wednesday
12:59 AM ET “For some reason, you thought it was right to go and gun down my brother that morning of Oct. 14. You had that choice. My brother, at gunpoint, didn’t have a choice to live. It wasn’t up to him. He lost the two greatest things God gives us as people: He lost
7:30 AM ET Hank Gargiulo Close ESPN Analytics Data management analyst at ESPN Graduate of Sacred Heart University Seth Walder Patrick Mahomes already is the reigning MVP. Now he’s a Super Bowl favorite, too. Mahomes, Andy Reid and the rest of the Kansas City Chiefs have a 16 percent chance to hoist the Lombardi trophy
5:56 PM ET Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Two of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft’s defense attorneys are being accused of lying by prosecutors in his solicitation of prostitution case. The Palm Beach County State Attorney’s Office filed a motion Tuesday asking that attorneys Alex Spiro and William Burck be held in contempt.
1:42 PM ET The New England Patriots plan to sign veteran offensive tackle Jared Veldheer, who visited with the team last week, a source confirmed to ESPN’s Mike Reiss on Tuesday. This signing has been anticipated since Veldheer’s visit, with the deal always expected to come after Tuesday’s compensatory pick deadline, which means the team
1:39 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — A claims administrator for the NFL concussion fund says it has paid out $485 million since its start in 2017. But some retired players’ lawyers at a court hearing Tuesday in Philadelphia say there aren’t enough doctors in the approved network to diagnose dementia cases. They oppose a
12:43 PM ET Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul suffered a potential season-ending fractured neck injury in a single-car accident last week in South Florida, league sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Tuesday. Pierre-Paul will likely need surgery, a source told Schefter. He will be visiting with neck specialists at some point this week