EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — In his first NFL start, Mike White delivered one of the most improbable passing performances in NFL history, heard his name chanted by the home crowd and rallied the New York Jets to a stunning 34-31 upset Sunday over the Cincinnati Bengals. Replacing injured rookie Zach Wilson, the No. 2 overall […]
Continue readingDolphins coach Brian Flores told reporters it was a “tough decision” and one his staff and the front office “went back and forth on.” “I have a lot of appreciation for his hard work. There is a lot that goes into it. Position, salary cap, kicking game,” Flores told reporters, according to the Miami Herald. […]
Continue readingTeams in the NFL are required to cut their rosters to 53 players by 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday. Cuts come earlier this season as teams had three preseason games — not four — to accommodate the 17-game regular season schedule. The biggest names let go are New England Patriots quarterback Cam Newton and New […]
Continue readingThe New York Jets are replacing one Lawson with another. After losing defensive end Carl Lawson to a season-ending ruptured Achilles, the Jets acquired Shaq Lawson (no relation) in a trade Sunday with the Houston Texans, sources said. The Jets are sending a 2022 sixth-round pick to the Texans, according to a source. They received […]
Continue readingThe best prediction you can make about the NFL is that things are never going to stay the same. With what was a 16-game season — and now is up to 17 — we’re always going to overreact to things we saw in the small sample. Too often, we end up using that as our […]
Continue readingMIAMI — The Miami Dolphins have agreed to terms to trade starting left guard Ereck Flowers to the Washington Football Team in a deal that includes a swap of late-round NFL draft picks, sources confirmed to ESPN. The Dolphins will receive the first of Washington’s two seventh-round picks (244th overall) with Miami sending the second […]
Continue readingWith 2021 NFL free agency winding down, we are looking back on what went down and looking forward to what’s ahead. While there were a number of significant free-agent signings such as the Tennessee Titans picking up a pair of edge rushers, the Baltimore Ravens upgrading their offensive line and the Super Bowl champion Tampa […]
Continue readingDAVIE, Fla. — The Dolphins and Texans have agreed to a swap of starting linebackers, with Miami sending Shaq Lawson to Houston and receiving Benardrick McKinney in return, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The teams are also swapping late-round picks in the deal. Miami is sending out a 2021 sixth-round pick and receiving back a […]
Continue readingMIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Emotions were boiling Sunday between the Miami Dolphins and Cincinnati Bengals when two separate scuffles led to five players’ being ejected, including Dolphins star cornerback Xavien Howard, lead receiver DeVante Parker and Bengals receiver Tyler Boyd. The most significant of the skirmishes came early in the fourth quarter in what had […]
Continue readingDAVIE, Fla. — Watching Tua Tagovailoa wiggle on a crucial fourth-quarter third-down play, delivering a dead-leg juke on Arizona Cardinals safety Budda Baker last Sunday, it’s easy to forget all that the Miami Dolphins rookie quarterback has endured to get here. Monday will mark one year since Tagovailoa suffered a scary hip injury at Alabama […]
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