6:00 AM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — It wasn’t the most pressing issue for the Miami Dolphins this offseason, but it was arguably the most prevalent for fans: What would the team do with Tua Tagovailoa’s fifth-year option? The deadline to exercise a fully guaranteed team option was still two months away when the team
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4:53 PM ET NEW ORLEANS, La. — New Orleans Saints quarterback Derek Carr is ready to reinvent himself. The Saints introduced Carr in a news conference that spanned 45 minutes on Saturday. Carr sat next to Saints coach Dennis Allen, with his family and the Saints front office in attendance. He talked about his nine-year
4:36 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Preparing for free agency and the possible addition of quarterback Aaron Rodgers, the New York Jets created $13.1 million in salary cap room by restructuring three veteran contracts. They reworked the contracts of three players from their 2022 free agent class — guard Laken Tomlinson, cornerback D.J. Reed
3:33 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill showed off his transcendent speed Saturday, winning the USA Track and Field indoor championship in the 60 meter sprint. Hill, widely believed to be the fastest player in the NFL, donned a speed suit from his alma mater, Coffee High School, and won the
12:23 PM ET Bud Grant, the Hall of Fame coach who led the Minnesota Vikings to four Super Bowl appearances, has died at the age of 95, the Vikings announced Saturday. In Grant’s 28 seasons as a head coach in Canada and with the Vikings, his teams reached the playoffs 20 times, played in 10
9:55 AM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball COSTA MESA, Calif. — The Los Angeles Chargers have solved their salary cap woes without having to release any formidable playmakers ahead of the new league year
8:17 PM ET David Newton Close David Newton ESPN Staff Writer Covered Panthers, NFL for 11 years More than 25 years experience covering NFL, college football and NASCAR Joined ESPN in 2006 Courtney Cronin Close Courtney Cronin ESPN Staff Writer Covered the 49ers, Raiders and Warriors for the San Jose Mercury News. She joined ESPN
9:20 PM ET About a dozen NFL teams seeking flashes of the Odell Beckham Jr. of old attended his free agency workout Friday in Arizona, a source told ESPN. According to the source, coaches and scouts from the Kansas City Chiefs, Buffalo Bills, New England Patriots, New York Giants and Baltimore Ravens were among the
9:24 PM ET DJ Bien-AimeESPN HOUSTON — The Houston Texans have agreed to a contract with wide receiver Robert Woods, sources confirmed to ESPN on Friday. The Texans signed Woods to a two-year, $15.25 million deal with $10 million fully guaranteed, sources said. The contract’s max potential is $17 million. Last season, Woods caught 53
6:29 PM ET The NFL Players Association is urging the NFL to avoid a rule change prohibiting the “hip-drop” tackle technique, the union said Friday afternoon in a statement. Officials from the NFL’s health and safety department presented data last month to the competition committee that suggested the method causes injuries at a higher rate