8:22 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — The New York Jets are expected to hire Adam Gase as their new head coach, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Jeff Darlington. The Jets reached out to Gase soon after he was fired by the Miami Dolphins on Dec. 31. He was only 23-25 in three seasons,
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6:14 AM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — In hiring Vic Fangio, the Denver Broncos are returning to a formula they trust. From the time Pat Bowlen hired Mike Shanahan in 1995, the Broncos have had five head coaches. The three who won AFC West titles during their tenures — Shanahan, John Fox and Gary Kubiak —
12:34 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — It took only one Pro Bowl experience for Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers to get a taste of what it is like to play for legendary New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick. It was 2011 in Hawaii, and the AFC team was getting its doors blown off in
7:36 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — In the hours before the Green Bay Packers offered their job to Matt LaFleur on Monday, his phone rang, and it was Aaron Rodgers on the other end. “That’s kind of how I had an idea that maybe I was in the running for it,” LaFleur said. Now,
7:09 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton had quite the display waiting for his players this week when they started preparing for Sunday’s NFC divisional playoff opener against the Philadelphia Eagles. Payton brought three armed guards, a stack of more than $200,000 in cash, the Lombardi Trophy and a Super
6:40 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — Kliff Kingsbury’s first priority as the Arizona Cardinals‘ new head coach is to hire a staff, he said during his introductory news conference Wednesday. He’ll be starting from scratch, which has put his timeline in overdrive. “Yeah, today if we could,” Kingsbury joked. Kingsbury, a first-time NFL coach who
4:39 PM ET COSTA MESA, Calif. — Los Angeles Chargers defensive tackle Brandon Mebane said that his 7-week-old daughter Makenna died Thursday. “I’m still thankful, and I thank God every day,” Mebane said. “I still pray. We’re taking it one day at a time.” Makenna was born Nov. 12 with trisomy 13. Because of her
4:14 PM ET New York Jets tight end Chris Herndon faces a likely NFL suspension after pleading guilty Wednesday to driving while intoxicated, a Rockaway, New Jersey court source confirmed. Herndon, who made an appearance in court, was arrested June 2 after he was involved in a two-car crash about 20 minutes from the Jets’
4:30 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Former New York Jets coach Todd Bowles will be joining mentor Bruce Arians as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers‘ defensive coordinator despite a strong push by the Chicago Bears, sources told ESPN’s Chris Mortensen and Josina Anderson on Wednesday. When Arians’ hiring was announced by the Buccaneers on Tuesday, it
3:05 PM ET NFL Nation reporters assess the biggest injuries across the league for the divisional round of the NFL playoffs. Read through all eight teams, or skip ahead to a particular matchup by clicking on the logos here: In a quarterback-driven league, it’s not a shock that the top seven QB situations belong to