11:37 AM ET METAIRIE, La. — The New Orleans Saints moved more than $26 million in salary-cap charges into future years by restructuring the contracts of wide receiver Michael Thomas and offensive tackle Ryan Ramczyk, a source told ESPN’s Field Yates on Saturday. Expect several more of these moves in the coming days, as New
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4:37 PM ET Associated Press AUBURN, Ala. — Former Auburn and San Diego Chargers running back Lionel James, who made a name for himself for being unstoppable despite his small stature, died Friday after a lengthy illness, the university said. He was 59. Auburn announced the death of James, a 5-foot-6 player nicknamed “Little Train,”
7:00 AM ET Marquice Williams was nervous and excited. It was Sunday morning, Jan. 17, 2021. The next day was potentially the biggest of his professional life. After years of meandering through colleges and bouncing among NFL teams, moving from positions as a Bill Walsh diversity coaching fellow to one as an assistant special teams
7:25 PM ET Coach Sean McVay is not pursuing any television opportunities and is committed to helping the Los Angeles Rams defend their Super Bowl title, he told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Friday. The New York Post, citing sources, reported Friday that McVay was set to meet with Amazon next week, with Amazon possibly willing
2:13 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Matt Nagy has reunited with Andy Reid, Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. Nagy, fired last month after four seasons as head coach of the Chicago Bears, returned to the Chiefs on Friday as senior assistant and quarterbacks coach. 1 Related Nagy, 43, was with the Chiefs
2:20 PM ET Tom Brady is going from the gridiron to the silver screen in one of his first major moves since announcing his retirement earlier this month after 22 NFL seasons. The former Tampa Bay Buccaneers and New England Patriots quarterback will play himself in “80 for Brady,” a football-themed road trip movie set
4:56 PM ET Eric Bieniemy is returning to the Kansas City Chiefs as offensive coordinator for the 2022 season, a source confirmed to ESPN on Thursday. The news was first reported by NFL Network, which also reported he will be returning on a one-year contract. Bieniemy’s contract expired after last season, and he and head
6:09 PM ET Longtime Houston Oilers wide receiver Ken Burrough, a two-time Pro Bowl selection, has died at age 73 at his home in Jacksonville, Florida, his family said Thursday. A first-round draft pick by the New Orleans Saints in 1970, Burrough was traded to the Oilers before the 1971 season. He led the NFL
12:40 PM ET Associated Press Colin Kaepernick is launching an initiative through his Know Your Rights Camp that will offer free, secondary autopsies to family members of anyone whose death is “police-related.” The initiative collaborates with a panel of board-certified forensic pathologists who perform autopsies, disclose preliminary findings and issue final reports to requesting families.
5:40 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — When Aaron Rodgers returned to the Green Bay Packers last July from his offseason hiatus, both sides made it easier to separate this offseason based on adjustments to his contract. General manager Brian Gutekunst on Wednesday, however, said that he never promised Rodgers that he would trade him
3:26 PM ET METAIRIE, La. – The New Orleans Saints are promoting assistants Ryan Nielsen and Kris Richard into the roles of co-defensive coordinators under new head coach Dennis Allen, sources told ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg. Allen previously served as New Orleans’ defensive coordinator under Sean Payton, while Nielsen was the assistant head coach/defensive line coach
6:50 AM ET NFL NationESPN Odell Beckham Jr., Chidobe Awuzie, James Conner and Zach Ertz were among ESPN’s list of players who could use a change of scenery last year. They got theirs and made it work. OBJ caught a touchdown in the Super Bowl and earned a ring with the champion Los Angeles Rams.
4:44 PM ET In his dismissal by the Miami Dolphins last month, coach Brian Flores declined to sign a non-disparagement agreement presented by team owner Stephen Ross, Flores told Bryant Gumbel of HBO’s “Real Sports.” “Just signing that separation agreement would have really silenced me,” Flores said in an episode that airs tonight. By not
3:20 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — A day after Aaron Rodgers set the NFL world into a frenzied speculation about his future because of a lengthy Instagram post, the Green Bay Packers quarterback said Tuesday that he did not have any news to report or a decision made about whether he will play in
9:19 AM ET Browns wide receiver Jarvis Landry tweeted Tuesday that he would “like to stay” in Cleveland, but added that he is confident he can still be a piece for another team in “winning a championship.” Landry struggled with injuries throughout the 2021 season, beginning with, as he noted in the Twitter thread, a
7:38 PM ET John BarrESPN.com Close Joined ESPN in June 2003 Winner: 2013 Peabody Award; 2011 Edward R. Murrow Award/Video Investigative Reporting Covers breaking news, investigative pieces and human interest features A judge in Houston ruled Monday that Deshaun Watson can face questions under oath in at least some of the 22 civil cases filed
7:55 AM ET With the NFL scouting combine set to begin next week in Indianapolis, a group of player agents is threatening to organize a boycott of key elements of the annual event if its concerns about a COVID-19 “bubble” for prospects are not addressed, sources told ESPN. The NFL sent a memo last week
6:45 AM ET NFL NationESPN The NFL is less than a month away from kicking off the 2022 league year and free agency on March 16. Free agency typically sets the tone for the rest of the offseason. Which teams will be aggressive in signing, or re-signing, top players on the market? Which teams will