By this time of year in the NFL Power Rankings, most teams, star players and overarching subjects have been discussed. That is why we’re devoting the rankings before Christmas to highlighting players on each team who have been overlooked in 2020. From players who should be bigger stars than they are to “glue” guys to […]
Continue readingThe Kansas City Chiefs, Green Bay Packers, Baltimore Ravens and Seattle Seahawks each had seven players selected to the 2021 Pro Bowl teams on Monday. The Dallas Cowboys were among the teams without a Pro Bowl player. This is only the third time in franchise history that Dallas didn’t have at least one Pro Bowl […]
Continue readingSeattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll confirmed Monday that linebacker Bruce Irvin and nickelback Marquise Blair will both need season-ending ACL surgery, calling their losses a “really big blow.” Blair was injured in the second quarter of the Seahawks’ win over the New England Patriots on Sunday when his right knee was hit hard by teammate […]
Continue readingPete Carroll made the announcement Friday without elaborating on why Schneider is stepping away. Larry Izzo will take over in the interim. The 49-year-old Schneider is entering his 11th season as the Seahawks’ special teams coordinator, having followed Carroll from USC to Seattle in 2010. Izzo, the longtime Patriots linebacker, has been Seattle’s assistant special […]
Continue readingThe 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 readingIn 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 readingThe start of a new decade is upon us with the 2020 NFL season. But before we get rolling with the ’20s, ESPN is taking a look back at the best — and worst — of the 2010s and naming the top players of the decade for all 32 teams. From the social media star […]
Continue readingHOUSTON — The Texans have signed Pro Bowl left tackle Laremy Tunsil to a three-year deal, the team announced Friday. The deal is worth $66 million with $50 million guaranteed, making Tunsil the highest-paid offensive lineman in the NFL, a source confirmed to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Tunsil, 25, negotiated his extension without using an agent. […]
Continue readingThe addition of Fant signals the start of a massive rebuild on the offensive line. The Jets plan to play him at left tackle, meaning Kelvin Beachum — the starter since 2017 — won’t be re-signed. The Jets went into the offseason with the hope of improving the line play to help quarterback Sam Darnold, […]
Continue readingBefore NFL free agency, there’s some business that each of the 32 teams must address: whether they will place a franchise tag on veteran players to keep them off the open market. The franchise tag is a labor designation that restricts a player’s potential movement in exchange for a high one-year salary. Each team can […]
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