3:50 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Perhaps it shouldn’t come as a surprise that San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel told ESPN’s Jeff Darlington on Wednesday he has requested a trade. There were signs over the past month or so that Samuel was increasingly unhappy with the 49ers, including scrubbing the team from
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6:00 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — One of the great parts about working at ESPN is all of the fun, useful tools at a writer’s disposal to help make sense of things. Our sports analytics department has come up with another one: the Draft Day Predictor, which breaks down the likelihood of a player being selected
12:51 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — For the past few months, the San Francisco 49ers have repeatedly said they’d like to keep receiver Deebo Samuel for a long time. On Wednesday, it became clear that Samuel and the Niners don’t quite see things the same way. Samuel, who is entering the final year of
1:05 PM ET A new way to experience the NFL from a gaming perspective is coming, as the league’s first officially licensed game for virtual reality platforms will be available this fall. NFL Pro Era is being developed by StatusPRO and is scheduled to debut on Meta Quest and PlayStation VR. The game is also
6:35 AM ET It’s time for one of my favorite annual traditions. After reading dozens of NFL mock drafts without a single trade in sight, I’m compelled to go way too far in the opposite direction. I present the 2022 mock draft of trades, where I’ll provide a plausible (to me) swap for each of
6:00 AM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — At some recent informal workouts in Texas, quarterback Patrick Mahomes threw passes to a group of receivers that included Marquez Valdes-Scantling and JuJu Smith-Schuster, two recent free-agent signings by the Kansas City Chiefs. Mahomes threw some passes he initially thought would be well over the heads of Valdes-Scantling
6:43 PM ET Los Angeles Rams star wide receiver Cooper Kupp said Tuesday that he’s not looking to reset a wide receiver market that’s already exploded this offseason with his new contract. Kupp, who is coming off a season in which he was named Super Bowl MVP and Offensive Player of the Year, is signed
5:36 PM ET LAKE FOREST, Ill. – Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields acknowledged feeling different at the start of his second NFL offseason given the uncertainty he isn’t facing with his status as the team’s starting quarterback. “It feels good just having that mindset,” Fields said. ‘It’s definitely a different mindset than last year, so
3:02 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — New Carolina Panthers offensive coordinator Ben McAdoo emphatically said “yes” on Tuesday when asked whether Sam Darnold was his starting quarterback and added that the third pick of the 2018 draft was one reason he took this job. Seconds later, the former New York Giants head coach tempered his
3:21 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht said Tuesday that despite reports that quarterback Tom Brady was prepared to be named a minority owner of the Miami Dolphins and possibly play for them before coming out of retirement to rejoin the Bucs, he and the seven-time Super Bowl winner