The 2022 NFL season will kick off a week from Thursday as the Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams host the Buffalo Bills (8:20 p.m. ET, NBC) — which means teams are cutting their rosters in preparation. Teams were required to cut to 53 players by 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday. Cuts came earlier as […]
Continue readingMIAMI — On Nov. 3, one day after the NFL’s trade deadline expired, Miami Dolphins general manager Chris Grier walked briskly into a small room filled with as many reporters as the league’s COVID-19 protocols would allow. This was his first time speaking to local media in an official capacity since the 2021 NFL draft, […]
Continue readingMIAMI — Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and head coach Brian Flores speak “every day,” but it’s what Flores told the rest of the team during a meeting Tuesday that resonated with him. One day after Flores confirmed the Dolphins’ confidence in Tagovailoa despite rumors of the team’s interest in trading for Houston Texans quarterback […]
Continue readingEvaluating NFL trades in the moment is, to put it nicely, an inexact science. Teams have more information about their players than the public does. The more honest organizations around the NFL will tell you that even they don’t know how a guy they’re acquiring might fit in their scheme or with his new teammates. […]
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 readingThe Miami Dolphins have upended the NFL draft order for 2021, sending the No. 3 pick to the San Francisco 49ers for the No. 12 pick, which the Dolphins then traded to the Philadelphia Eagles. As a result, the Dolphins finished Friday’s moves with the No. 6 pick in this year’s draft and multiple future […]
Continue readingTennessee Titans defensive end Teair Tart and Cincinnati Bengals safety Shawn Williams were suspended for one game without pay for violations of unnecessary roughness and unsportsmanlike conduct rules, the league announced on Monday. Tart was deemed to purposely step on an opponent in the second quarter of Sunday’s loss to the Cleveland Browns, while Williams […]
Continue readingCoach Brian Flores said he will have to watch Tagovailoa’s practice film to judge his effectiveness with that thumb before making a final decision on if he will play Sunday. Tagovailoa did practice every day this week in a limited capacity and wants to play Sunday. “Anytime there’s anything, you have to make a declaration,” […]
Continue readingAs we unveil the first regular-season edition of the NFL Power Rankings, we keep in mind the unique circumstances that led to Week 1. This was the first action of any kind for the rookie class of 2020. For a rookie, seeing regular-season game action for the first time is a sink-or-swim proposition in normal […]
Continue readingThe Miami Dolphins are ranked No. 27 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 […]
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