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Saints’ Tyrann Mathieu comes full circle against Cardinals team that took a chance on him
METAIRIE, La. — Tyrann Mathieu felt like an idiot. Two weeks before the 2013 NFL draft, Mathieu was touring the Arizona Cardinals facility in a three-piece suit on the advice of former LSU teammate Patrick Peterson. Mathieu was 20, on the heels of missing the 2012 season after his dismissal from LSU and being arrested […]
Continue readingJalen Thompson’s extension with Arizona Cardinals includes $24.5 million guaranteed, source says
His new deal is worth up to $40 million, including $24.5 million guaranteed and a signing bonus of $10 million, a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. Thompson, who was taken out of Washington State in the 2019 supplemental draft, has started 25 of the 37 games he’s played in over the past three seasons. He […]
Continue readingNFL Rank 2022: Predicting the top 100 players, with stats, notes and quotes for the league’s best
The 2022 NFL season kicks off Thursday, Sept. 8, and that means it’s time for our annual ranking of the league’s top 100 players. What can we expect from the game’s best this season, and how do they stack up against each other? To create our list, we asked an ESPN panel of more than […]
Continue readingArizona Cardinals place WR Marquise Brown on active/non-football injury list with hamstring issue
The Cardinals announced the move about 90 minutes after coach Kliff Kingsbury said “everyone showed up” and “everybody passed” the conditioning test earlier Tuesday. Arizona reports for its first practice Wednesday. During his opening news conference of training camp, Kingsbury said he expects Brown to be a “really big part” of the Cardinals’ offense after […]
Continue readingNFL training camp previews for all 32 teams: Predictions, fantasy battles, players to watch
Thirty-one NFL training camps open this week after the Las Vegas Raiders got an early start last week, and there is no shortage of compelling storylines across the league. There was plenty of movement in the offseason, from quarterbacks such as Russell Wilson and Matt Ryan to elite wide receivers such as Davante Adams and […]
Continue readingDerwin James says he plans to report to Los Angeles Chargers camp with or without contract extension
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Chargers are scheduled to open training camp next week, and All-Pro safety Derwin James is prepared to report regardless of whether he has a contract extension in hand. “Oh, yeah, I will definitely be there,” James told ESPN on Friday after surprising students at Jordan High School in Watts […]
Continue readingArizona Cardinals star Kyler Murray agrees to $230.5 million deal, is now among NFL’s richest QBs, source says
Arizona Cardinals star Kyler Murray has agreed to a five-year extension worth $230.5 million, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter, a deal that makes him one of the NFL’s highest-paid quarterbacks. The deal, which runs through the 2028 season, includes $160 million guaranteed for injury, the source told Schefter. Murray will make $105 million fully […]
Continue readingLamar Jackson and Kyler Murray tweet both sides of Ravens-Cardinals Hollywood Brown trade
The 2022 NFL Draft delivered on everything from flashy outfits, to surprising picks, and, of course, blockbuster trades. One major move involved the Baltimore Ravens trading wide receiver Marquise Brown and their 100th overall pick for the Arizona Cardinals’ sole first round pick. Read More: 2022 NFL draft trade tracker: Every deal for a first-round […]
Continue readingNFL playoff officiating decisions: What happened on controversial calls — right and wrong — and what came next
Your instincts were correct if you felt like NFL officials were throwing more flags in 2021. Penalties ticked up to 13.88 per game during the regular season, a bit higher than in the 2020 season (13.14) but still way below where they were in 2019 (16.17) and 2018 (15.87). That’s the longer-term context as you […]
Continue readingArizona Cardinals safety Budda Baker leaves field on stretcher after third-quarter collision
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Arizona Cardinals safety Budda Baker was taken off the field on a stretcher after a violent collision late in the third quarter of Monday night’s NFC wild-card game against the Los Angeles Rams. He was ruled out of the game with a concussion but did have movement and feeling in his extremities […]
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