2:24 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — A 48-7 loss to the New Orleans Saints in Week 11 was the low point of the season for the Philadelphia Eagles, but quarterback Nick Foles says it was also the turning point. “That game has helped us become the team we are today,” Foles said Wednesday as the Eagles
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1:43 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — The NFL is dropping efforts to fight certain dementia diagnoses in a landmark concussion case after lawyers for players accused the league of trying to delay payments and rewrite the $1 billion settlement. A federal court hearing set for Thursday on the NFL’s appeal has been canceled. Instead,
4:00 AM ET Not since 2014 had an NFL franchise hired a coach directly from college. But Tuesday, the Arizona Cardinals changed that, appointing former Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury to be their head coach. Below are five things the Cardinals and the NFL need to know about Kingsbury: 1. He unearthed, then developed, Patrick
6:46 AM ET CLEVELAND — Who really is ready to be a head coach? The Cleveland Browns believe that Freddie Kitchens is ready. After a lengthy and exhaustive search, the Browns confirmed Kitchens’ meteoric 12-month rise on Wednesday, hiring him as their head coach. In January, Kitchens was hired by Hue Jackson as running backs
1:33 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS — One day after his contract expired, Kevin Stefanski is set to return to Minnesota to take over offensive coordinator duties for the Vikings on a full-time basis, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Stefanski, who was promoted from quarterbacks coach to interim OC ahead of Week 15 when the Vikings fired
4:20 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS — One day after his contract expired, Kevin Stefanski is returning to Minnesota to take over offensive coordinator duties for the Vikings on a full-time basis, the team announced Wednesday. Stefanski, who was promoted from quarterbacks coach to interim OC ahead of Week 15, when the Vikings fired John DeFilippo, was
12:08 PM ET The Denver Broncos have reached an agreement with Chicago Bears defensive coordinator Vic Fangio to become the team’s next head coach, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Dan Graziano. Fangio will receive a four-year contract that includes a team option for a fifth year, a source said. The 60-year-old Fangio interviewed for
12:32 PM ET The Cleveland Browns will hire Freddie Kitchens to be the 18th coach in team history on Wednesday, sources told ESPN’s Chris Mortensen. Kitchens earned the job with his work as interim offensive coordinator the final eight games of the 2018 season. That and his relationship with and development of Baker Mayfield were
12:14 PM ET Former Minnesota Vikings coach Brad Childress, who had recently been hired by the Alliance of American Football, abruptly resigned from his post as head coach of the Atlanta Legends. The Legends, meanwhile, named Kevin Coyle as their new coach to replace Childress. Five hirings have been made in the 2019 cycle, but
11:27 AM ET Associated Press New Jersey’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the National Football League didn’t violate state consumer fraud laws with its ticketing policies for the 2014 Super Bowl at MetLife Stadium, a decision that likely will spell defeat for a federal lawsuit that seeks potentially millions of dollars in damages. The case