3:12 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Aaron Rodgers is back, and one way or another, it looks like Davante Adams will be as well now that the Green Bay Packers have placed the franchise tag on the All-Pro receiver. Shortly after the news of Rodgers’ return, the Packers on Tuesday tagged their star wide
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2:02 PM ET The Los Angeles Chargers and wide receiver Mike Williams have reached agreement on a multiyear deal, the team announced Tuesday. The contract is worth $60 million over three years and includes $40 million guaranteed and $28 million in Year 1, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Williams made a base salary of
6:00 AM ET FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — When Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Calvin Ridley stood in front of the table off to the side of the practice field that October afternoon, answering questions about why he didn’t travel with the team to London, he said he knew it would be a short-term break. No one
10:00 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Two prevailing themes throughout Tampa Bay Buccaneers-related discussions among NFL executives, scouts and coaches at the NFL combine in Indianapolis last week were: 1. The uncertainty at quarterback, which won’t be answered until at least March 14 when legal tampering kicks off. 2. Wide receiver Chris Godwin is too
7:50 PM ET FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga, — The 2021 season seemed to hold much promise for fifth-year Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Calvin Ridley, but it ended in tumult. His 2022 season is over before it started, the result of a year-long suspension handed down Monday by the NFL for gambling on its games. Here is
1:00 PM ET In January, shortly after the 2021 season had ended, Atlanta Falcons general manager Terry Fontenot gave a glimpse, perhaps, into the team’s strategy for this offseason. Yes, there would be constraints once again put on by the team’s salary-cap situation. And yes, it probably would mean difficult decisions and the potential restructuring
6:09 PM ET The NFL informed its 32 teams on Monday that the salary cap for the 2022 season has been set at $208.2 million, according to a memo obtained by ESPN. It marks a significant increase from the 2021 cap, which was set at $182.5 million per team because of projected revenue for last
6:14 PM ET Former Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman, who was most recently with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the 2021 season, pleaded guilty Monday morning in Seattle to two misdemeanor charges stemming from his July arrest. Sherman pleaded guilty in King County Superior Court to negligent driving in the first
3:40 PM ET The NFL has suspended Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Calvin Ridley for at least the 2022 season for betting on NFL games during the 2021 season. The league said Ridley’s betting took place during a five-day period in November 2021 when he was not with the team while on the non-football illness list.
2:04 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots have informed veteran linebacker Kyle Van Noy of their intention to release him, a source told ESPN’s Field Yates. The move creates about $4.1 million in salary-cap space, nearly doubling the Patriots’ total space to about $9 million. Van Noy was scheduled to count $7.3