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Five offseason moves to improve all 16 AFC teams
More Teams. More Games. Victor Cruz says the Bengals should draft LeSean McCoy and is a replacement-level back at this point of his career. Bodine’s spot at center already has been filled by Spencer Long, who signed a three-year, $12.6 million deal earlier this month. The team can free up about $4.5 million in cap […]
Continue readingNFL free-agency tracker: Latest signings, trades, cuts, news and rumors for 2021
Who’s ready for 2021 NFL free agency? With Super Bowl LV in the rearview mirror, one of the strangest NFL offseasons ever is just getting started. We’ve already seen quarterback trades and other drama around star signal-callers, and the franchise tag window has come and gone with 10 players getting tagged. Free agency kicks off […]
Continue readingCleveland Browns DE Olivier Vernon out for playoffs with ruptured Achilles
Coach Kevin Stefanski said that Vernon will undergo surgery. Vernon suffered the injury in the fourth quarter of the 24-22 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers, which clinched a playoff spot for the Browns. Cleveland will face the Steelers again in Pittsburgh on Sunday night. Vernon, in the final year of his deal with the Browns, […]
Continue readingArizona Cardinals LB Haason Reddick records 5 sacks in win over New York Giants
The magnitude of the moment hit Reddick at the end of the game, when he said he broke down in tears. “Filled with joy; felt blessed,” Reddick said. “This whole year has just been important to me and to see things going the way that I want them to go, to see today happen is […]
Continue readingIs this the end of the New England Patriots’ dynasty? How we got here, what’s next, why it’s not an easy fix
Forecasting the end of the New England Patriots’ dynasty has not gone well. The Patriots were supposed to be falling apart before the dynasty really started in September 2003, when they lost 31-0 to the Bills in the Lawyer Milloy game. In January 2007, it looked like they were finally giving way to the Colts […]
Continue reading2020 NFL quarter-season awards: Picks for MVP, rookies of the year, top coach, best catch, more
If it weren’t for the Steelers-Titans game getting postponed, we would be through exactly 25% of the NFL’s regular season. As is custom, with (something close to) the first quarter in the books, I’m taking stock of the league by handing out quarter-season awards for the best performances over the first month of the campaign. […]
Continue readingLessons from Selma march as important as ever to Falcons’ Ricardo Allen
Numb — that was the first word Atlanta Falcons captain and safety Ricardo Allen used to describe his emotions as he watched the video of a fellow black man, George Floyd, being killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis. Allen’s heart ached as the officer kept his knee on Floyd’s neck as Floyd said, […]
Continue readingDebunking the Dak Prescott contract debate: The facts and fiction, and why the Cowboys should pay him
The Dallas Cowboys and Dak Prescott are locked in the highest-stakes game of chicken in NFL history. The team has until 4 p.m. ET on July 15 to sign its quarterback to a long-term extension. If the two sides fail to come to terms, Prescott will likely sign his franchise tag and play out the […]
Continue readingTitans sign former Falcons DL Jack Crawford
Crawford, 31, joins linebacker Vic Beasley in heading to the Titans from the Falcons this offseason. Crawford played in all 16 games last season for Atlanta, with four starts. A fifth-round draft pick for the Raiders out of Penn State in 2012, Crawford, who also played for the Dallas Cowboys, had his best season in […]
Continue readingSunday’s fantasy football inactives watch: Who’s in and who’s out?
To help you set your lineups and avoid starting a player who won’t take the field, we will post fantasy-relevant updates and analysis here as NFL teams release their inactives lists, typically about 90 minutes before kickoff. Any rankings cited in this column come from our ESPN Fantasy staff ranks. Refresh often for the latest […]
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