5:37 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers placed starting left tackle Matt Kalil on injured reserve on Sunday with the hope the 2012 Pro Bowl selection can return after eight games. Kalil underwent arthroscopic knee surgery in Florida two weeks ago after consulting with Dr. James Andrews. Center Ryan Kalil initially said his
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5:07 PM ET Chicago Bears coach Matt Nagy said Sunday that he will be “smart” but aggressive in getting Khalil Mack up to speed in time to play next Sunday night at the Green Bay Packers. Nagy said Mack will practice on Monday and that the Bears are “going to do everything we can to
12:11 PM ET ALAMEDA, Calif. — Shocking? No doubt. Trading your best player, in his prime, definitely has a what-in-the-world-is-going-on feel to it … in the moment. But the haul the Oakland Raiders will reportedly be getting from the Chicago Bears for Khalil Mack, well, it actually makes sense and sets them up quite nicely
8:20 PM ET The NFL regular season kicks off on Thursday when the world champion Philadelphia Eagles host the Atlanta Falcons. Rosters rounded into shape Saturday as teams made their cuts from 90 players to 53. The Ravens waived wide receiver Breshad Perriman, the first time the Ravens parted ways with a first-round pick before
4:50 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers running back Jerick McKinnon suffered what is feared to be a serious knee injury on the final play of a team workout Saturday. Niners coach Kyle Shanahan said McKinnon made a cut on air and immediately went down awkwardly. McKinnon is scheduled to have an
9:01 AM ET I will write about it more later, but I just want to take a moment to thank everyone for their unbelievably kind support, understanding and for reaching out after my last Love/Hate column. I wasn’t sure how people were going to react, but the support and kind texts, tweets, DMs, emails and
6:52 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS — Three days after being arrested on probable cause in connection with domestic violence incident, wide receiver Cayleb Jones was released by the Minnesota Vikings during the first wave of roster cuts on Friday. Jones appeared in court on Thursday where he was formally charged with felony-level theft, misdemeanor domestic assault
3:12 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles released quarterback Christian Hackenberg on Friday, a source confirmed to ESPN, as NFL teams trim their rosters to 53 players prior to Saturday’s 4 p.m. ET deadline. Philadelphia boasts one of the best quarterback situations in football with Carson Wentz, Nick Foles and Nate Sudfeld holding down the
2:44 AM ET NEW ORLEANS — Teddy Bridgewater and head coach Sean Payton both said it was too soon to speculate on whether they might consider extending Bridgewater’s one-year contract beyond 2018 after the New Orleans Saints acquired him from the New York Jets in a trade Wednesday. For now, anyway, Bridgewater said he was
11:54 PM ET The NFL and NFLPA have been encouraged by their ongoing discussions on the league’s national anthem policy, and while there is optimism a resolution can be reached, one is not expected by the start of the regular season, sources told ESPN’s Dan Graziano. Members of the NFL’s executive committee met with select