The status of some big-name players is in doubt entering Week 9 in the NFL, including Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford, who was put on the reserve/COVID-19 list, and Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott, who was a limited participant in Wednesday’s practice because of a hamstring strain. They join Los Angeles Chargers defensive end […]
Continue readingORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Since the offseason, the Buffalo Bills have proclaimed their goal of winning the AFC East this season, with the acknowledgment that they needed to beat the New England Patriots to do so. Midway into the season, they’ve proved themselves capable of doing both. Buffalo snapped a seven-game losing streak to the […]
Continue readingBuffalo Bills general manager Brandon Beane has put the team in better position to win in 2020 than it was in when he arrived in 2017. Still, in his fourth season with the franchise, he refuses to see the Bills’ rebuild as on track until they reach a milestone they haven’t hit since 1995: winning […]
Continue readingThe extension is for $70 million and includes $55 million guaranteed, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Jeremy Fowler. The total value of the deal, which runs through the 2025 season, is $82.1 million and will make White the highest-paid cornerback in the NFL when it goes into effect. The 27th overall pick in the […]
Continue readingYoung players around the league follow the contract-year playbook: Ball out in college, make splash plays on a rookie NFL deal, land life-altering wealth via an extension from the team that loves keeping homegrown talent. Just last week, San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle, Buffalo Bills left tackle Dion Dawkins and Green Bay Packers […]
Continue readingOn a day when three elite talents signed massive, multiyear contract extensions, players at every income level around the NFL continued to do some work with helmets on at training camps across America. And, oh yeah, we found some photos of the adoptable dogs that will be available at the Cleveland Browns’ “Puppy Pound” tomorrow. […]
Continue readingThis week, I’m going to check in with progress reports for quarterbacks from the 2018 NFL draft. Five quarterbacks were drafted in the first round that year, and I’ll take detailed looks at Lamar Jackson (Tuesday), Josh Allen (Wednesday), Baker Mayfield (Thursday) and Sam Darnold (Friday). Sorry, Josh Rosen; I’ll get to you another time. […]
Continue readingLACKAWANNA, N.Y. — Stefon Diggs hasn’t played a down for the Bills, but that hasn’t stopped the Buffalo fan base from embracing the team’s newest wide receiver — local restaurants, included. Burger joint Stack Burger introduced its “craziest creation yet” on Facebook last week, a four-patty burger named “Can you DIGGS it?” after the Bills […]
Continue readingNFL free agency kicks off next week, and the 2020 salary-cap space for all 32 teams is close to being locked in. Teams are permitted to start contract negotiations Monday with agents of players who will be free agents. Teams can sign players beginning at 4 p.m. ET Wednesday. Which teams have the most money […]
Continue readingWhile the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers might just have finished a thrilling Super Bowl, the NFL is only going to get busier in the weeks to come. The league’s 32 teams are planning their offseason agendas, identifying targets in free agency and beginning to narrow down prospects they’ll want to pay close […]
Continue reading