TAMPA, Fla. – The Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ tightly-contested quarterback competition will see Baker Mayfield get the start Friday night in the Bucs’ preseason opener against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Coach Todd Bowles announced the move Wednesday, saying that Kyle Trask will get the start in preseason Week 2 at the New York Jets. “[Baker] will start […]
Continue reading“I love it,” Mayfield said with a smile as he tilted the microphone closer in his direction. He has clearly made himself at home, whether it be warming up alongside towering defensive linemen such as Vita Vea or detailing the chronicles of his Sasquatch-hunting bachelor party at Mike Evans‘ charity event, or even having a […]
Continue readingTAMPA, Fla. — Even Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady‘s own daughter, Vivian, who turned 10 years old Monday, expressed skepticism that her father could defeat the New Orleans Saints at home on her birthday. “She was a little worried when I said, ‘We’re playing the Saints,’” Brady told the ESPN broadcast. “She said, ‘I […]
Continue readingEric Karabell ranks players for their value the rest of the 2022 season by position every week. Use the information to optimize the players on your bench for their future potential. Eric’s top 100 can be found below the positions in this column. Rankings changes: Perhaps the big newsmakers at QB are the ones leaving […]
Continue readingMUNICH — For 45-year-old Markus Jantke, there was no way he was going to miss an opportunity to witness the NFL’s first regular-season game played in Germany. Not after being a fan since the 1980s, long before NFL games were televised on a weekly basis and long before most of his friends and fellow countrymen […]
Continue readingRead ESPN’s fantasy football Daily Notes every weekday to stay caught up on the news you need to know and get a head start on the fantasy football content coming today and tomorrow to ESPN.com and the ESPN Fantasy App. The news: Cardinals QB Kyler Murray did not practice Wednesday. What it means in fantasy: […]
Continue readingEric Karabell ranks players for their fantasy football trade value for the rest of the 2022 NFL season every week until the fantasy football trade deadline (noon ET on Nov. 30). Use the information to propose or assess trades and to optimize the players on your bench for their future potential. Eric’s top 100 can […]
Continue readingThere’s more to the Green Bay Packers’ troubles than their 3-6 record and their dismal 17.1 points per game so far this season, their lowest average through nine games since 1992. They are also enduring several offensive injuries that will negatively impact fantasy managers. The trio of Romeo Doubs, Aaron Jones and Christian Watson were […]
Continue readingIt’s Week 9 of the 2022 NFL season — and as we reach the halfway point, we should start seeing whether some contenders are in it for the long haul. To start the week off, the Philadelphia Eagles remained undefeated with a 29-17 win over the Houston Texans on Thursday night. Of eight games in […]
Continue readingTAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady triumphantly pumped his fist into the air as he jogged off the field at Raymond James Stadium on Sunday night, having secured a come-from-behind 16-13 victory over the Los Angeles Rams, who not only denied his quest for an eighth Super Bowl on this very field […]
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