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Arizona Cardinals 2020 season preview: The DeAndre Hopkins difference
The Arizona Cardinals are ranked No. 22 in ESPN’s Football Power Index ahead of the 2020 NFL season. With no preseason games this year amid the coronavirus pandemic, Week 1 is the first time we’ll see new acquisitions and rookies for every team. Week 1 will also give us the first NFL games since Super […]
Continue readingNFL Rank: Predicting the best 100 players for the 2020 NFL season
The 2020 NFL season is just over a week away, so it’s time for our annual ranking of the league’s top 100 players. What can we expect from the game’s best players? We asked a panel of 46 ESPN NFL experts to rate players based on how good they will be in the 2020 season […]
Continue readingSources: DE Yannick Ngakoue agrees to pay cut as part of trade to Vikings
The Jacksonville Jaguars have agreed to trade franchise defensive end Yannick Ngakoue to the Minnesota Vikings for a 2021 second-round draft pick and a conditional 2022 fifth-round draft pick that could go as high as a third-round pick, league sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Ngakoue has agreed to a one-year, $12 million deal with the […]
Continue readingHow Cardinals QB Kyler Murray got bigger but stayed fast for Year 2
TEMPE, Ariz. — When Kyler Murray returned home to Texas after his rookie season with the Arizona Cardinals, he took two weeks off to rest, recover and recuperate, then it was off to the daily grind of preparing for Year 2. Waiting for him was his longtime trainer, Stephen Baca. The two started working together […]
Continue readingSource: Jaguars’ Yannick Ngakoue, yet to sign franchise tag, parts ways with agent
Ngakoue has yet to sign his non-exclusive franchise tag tender with the Jacksonville Jaguars and has not been at training camp. Ngakoue has been adamant that he no longer wants to play for the franchise because he feels the Jaguars offered him a contract last season far below what he believes he’s worth. NFL Network […]
Continue readingProjecting future Hall of Famers for all 32 NFL teams
In a normal universe, we would be celebrating the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2020 right about now. Instead, legendary players and coaches like Troy Polamalu and Jimmy Johnson will wait until next year to give their speeches in Canton, Ohio. The Hall of Fame Game, like the rest of the preseason, has […]
Continue readingChargers, Joey Bosa agree on extension; 5 years, $135M, sources say
Sources said the deal includes $78 million guaranteed at signing and $102 million guaranteed, a record for a defensive player. The Chargers announced the agreement but not the terms. Bosa’s extension also amounts to the largest contract ever awarded by the Chargers and is the first contract to reach $100 million in franchise history. Bosa […]
Continue readingRanking the NFL’s 20 biggest outlier contracts in 2020: A fullback blows away the competition again
Most public conversations about NFL contracts tell only a fraction of the story. We talk about the total number when only a portion of most multiyear deals are guaranteed. We compare players based on skill when contracts are a product of leverage. The salary cap has been less of a hindrance in recent years thanks […]
Continue reading260 players who could win 2020 NFL MVP: Patrick Mahomes, Deshaun Watson, kickers and more
Picking an MVP in advance of a typical NFL season is difficult. Remember last year? The trendiest candidates heading into the regular season were Carson Wentz, Baker Mayfield and Russell Wilson one obvious example, but Mahomes is the only one with the sort of airtight accomplishments to be added to this list. Although this is […]
Continue readingNFL franchise tag tracker for 2020: 14 players who could get long-term contracts
The deadline for teams to sign franchise-tagged players to extensions is Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET, and 14 players still are awaiting new deals, including Dak Prescott and Derrick Henry. If the players do not agree to new contracts, they will play this season on the tag. Only three players have not signed their franchise […]
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