Welcome to Week 5 of the NFL regular season. Our power panel — a group of more than 80 writers, editors and TV personalities — evaluated how teams are stacking up through four weeks and named a new No. 1 team for the second week in a row. The updated rankings reflect that the Dallas […]
Continue readingThe weekly fantasy football cheat sheet provides a rundown of the best tips from all of the fantasy football content that ESPN has posted over the last seven days. You’ll find answers to the biggest start/sit questions of the week and other pertinent matchup advice from our team, including Field Yates, Mike Clay, Eric Karabell, […]
Continue readingHENDERSON, Nev. — The Las Vegas Raiders waived 2021 first-round draft pick Alex Leatherwood on Tuesday. Also on Tuesday, the Raiders traded 2019 second-round pick Trayvon Mullen to the Arizona Cardinals. Las Vegas gets a 2023 conditional seventh-round pick that could become a sixth-round pick in the trade. Leatherwood, an offensive lineman taken with the […]
Continue readingThe Hall of Fame Game between the Las Vegas Raiders and the Jacksonville Jaguars was a tasty appetizer last week, but now comes the main course. With a full schedule of preseason games on the menu beginning Thursday, teams are readying to put some of what they’ve been practicing on display for fans across the […]
Continue readingThe news was first reported by NFL Network, which said Hayward agreed to a two-year, $11 million contract. Hayward joins a young secondary with the Falcons and could end up replacing veteran Fabian Moreau, who the team signed to a one-year deal last season. He could be a good No. 2 corner to emerging star […]
Continue readingIn the end, the best of the best of the 2021 NFL rookie class was found largely on the first two days of the draft. Four of the top 10 players in our final rookie rankings of the season — which factored in only regular-season performance — were selected in the 2021 draft’s top 10 […]
Continue readingBut that hasn’t stopped the Raiders from potentially looking elsewhere. The team has requested permission to interview New England Patriots inside linebackers coach Jerod Mayo for the head coach position, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. In addition, Las Vegas has asked to talk with Patriots director of player personnel Dave Ziegler for the general manager […]
Continue readingHENDERSON, Nev. — Mike Mayock has been fired as general manager of the Las Vegas Raiders after three tumultuous seasons that produced a combined record of 25-24, the team’s first playoff appearance since 2016 (and only its second since 2002) and numerous on- and off-the-field controversies. “We have relieved Mike Mayock of his duties as […]
Continue readingNFL Network first reported the season-ending nature of the injury. Abram suffered the injury late in the game and was replaced by Roderic Teamer, who figures to replace Abram in the starting lineup in the Raiders’ final three games — against the Denver Broncos (7-7), at the Indianapolis Colts (8-6) and against the Los Angeles […]
Continue readingCOVID-19 has had quite an impact on the NFL schedule for Week 15, and the same goes for fantasy football. Instead of the traditional Monday night finishing off Week 15, two games were moved to Tuesday night and the Raiders-Browns game, originally scheduled for Saturday, was moved to 5 p.m. ET on Monday. While many […]
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