12:08 PM ET COSTA MESA, Calif. — The Los Angeles Chargers agreed to terms with safety Jaylen Watkins on a one-year deal, keeping him in the fold for the 2019 season, sources confirmed to ESPN on Saturday. The NFL Network first reported the news. A possible candidate to earn a starting job at free safety
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4:28 PM ET The Buffalo Bills have released tight end Charles Clay, the team announced Friday. Clay, 30, was scheduled to count $9 million against the Bills’ salary cap in the final season of a five-year, $38 million contract. He finished last season with a career-low 184 receiving yards while averaging a career-low 8.8 yards
3:49 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Art Rooney II wanted Antonio Brown‘s side, and he’ll now get it. The Pittsburgh Steelers‘ team president is scheduled to meet with Brown in person, a source confirmed. That meeting is expected to take place next week, a source told ESPN. NFL Network first reported on the meeting. Brown, who
4:15 PM ET Kevin SeifertNFL Nation Close ESPN.com national NFL writer ESPN.com NFC North reporter, 2008-2013 Covered Vikings for Minneapolis Star Tribune, 1999-2008 The announcement came Friday, seemingly out of nowhere. Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid have settled their joint collusion grievance with the NFL, ending with little fanfare a case that has transcended the
2:33 PM ET After becoming one of the most consistent players on the Detroit Lions over the past six seasons, safety Glover Quin announced on Instagram Friday that he is not going to be returning to the team in 2019. There were questions about the 33-year-old’s status throughout the season — and Quin often danced
3:15 PM ET Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and Carolina Panthers safety Eric Reid have reached a settlement with the NFL concerning their collusion grievances against the league, it was announced Friday. “For the past several months, counsel for Mr. Kaepernick and Mr. Reid have engaged in an ongoing dialogue with representatives of
12:44 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — A federal judge says the 6-year-old daughter of the late NFL player Aaron Hernandez missed a 2014 deadline to opt out of a $1 billion concussion settlement and can’t separately sue the league over his diagnosis of a degenerative brain disease. Yet Hernandez’s death in 2017 came too
10:56 AM ET The Atlanta Falcons have informed nickel back Brian Poole that he won’t be tendered as a restricted free agent meaning he’ll become a free agent, a source confirms to ESPN. ProFootball talk first reported the news. The source told ESPN the Falcons would like to bring back Poole, but just not at
10:27 AM ET The Denver Broncos have notified linebacker Brandon Marshall that they are most likely not going to exercise his option and he will be a free agent on March 13, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. He acknowledged the news on Twitter and noted ankle and knee injuries that limited him the past
12:00 AM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — It has been six-plus weeks since that postseason “no-holds barred” conversation between New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning and general manager Dave Gettleman. And yet, there’s still no definitive public decision about whether the two-time Super Bowl winner will return for his 16th season. &• Will Eli return