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5:46 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Three weeks after the San Francisco 49ers‘ bold trade up to the No. 3 pick in the NFL draft, coach Kyle Shanahan said the team was already comfortable enough to draft three of the top five quarterbacks but the team could “get there” with Nos. 4 and 5.

4:44 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN With the 2021 NFL draft less than a week away, new Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes says the franchise is open to trading its No. 7 overall pick. “Yeah, there has been discussion with other teams,” Holmes said during Friday’s pre-draft news conference. “I will keep those in-house, but

8:07 PM ET Associated Press HENDERSON, Nev. — Mike Davis, the former Raiders defensive back who made one of the most memorable interceptions in team history, has died. He was 65. The Raiders announced Davis’ death Sunday. The team gave no details on the cause of death. The former Colorado star was a second-round pick

1:15 PM ET Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end Rob Gronkowski has won four Super Bowls, been to five Pro Bowls and even won a WWE title. Now he has a new honor to add to his unique résumé: world-record holder. The 10-year NFL veteran is now in the Guinness Book of World Records after successfully

Apr 26, 2020 For years, folks in the NFL would often openly wonder if they needed to be in Indianapolis for the entire combine. They would complain about the cold weather, saying they were counting the hours until they could hit the road, as they speed-walked through the convention center to another round of interviews.

6:00 AM ET CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Bengals recently had a big decision to make. Should they keep running back Giovani Bernard or release him to get an additional $4.1 million in salary-cap savings? The choice was simple in the end. After Bernard was unwilling to take a pay cut, the Bengals released the eight-year

3:09 PM ET The Kansas City Chiefs are trading their first-round pick Thursday night, along with three other picks in the 2021 and 2022 drafts, to the Baltimore Ravens in exchange for Pro Bowl offensive tackle Orlando Brown and one pick in the 2021 draft and another in 2022, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The

7:00 AM ET KWITY PAYE HAS never met the man. Never had the chance to look him in the eye, or hear his story in his own words, or even so much as thank him. For his life. For the chance to be in the United States, where Kwity became an immigrant, then a citizen;

5:06 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Say this for the Kansas City Chiefs: When they see a weakness on their roster, they go all-in on fixing it. The Chiefs couldn’t afford to overlook the mess their offensive line had become, not after the way quarterback Patrick Mahomes was harassed during last season’s Super Bowl

7:15 AM ET Despite what you’ve seen and heard on social media and the exclamatory talk that has been tossed around outside the walls of team complexes in the weeks leading up to the 2021 NFL draft, a “riser” is not just a prospect who blew up at his pro day and posted ridiculous numbers.

8:00 AM ET INVESTMENTS FROM AT least 15 current and former NFL players, including Von Miller, Nick Foles and Mark Brunell, were used in a complex investment program designed to profit at the expense of low-income borrowers, according to civil and bankruptcy court documents obtained by ESPN. The players invested in a now-defunct company that

2:50 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — While several NFL players expressed excitement this week over a newly adopted rule that allows more flexibility when it comes to the numbers worn on players’ jerseys, Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady is not at all a fan. Brady took to Instagram on Thursday to express his dissatisfaction

6:00 AM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — For months, Trevor Lawrence and Justin Fields were perceived as the top two quarterback prospects in the 2021 NFL draft (April 29-May 1, on ESPN and the ESPN app). The New York Jets were trending toward Lawrence until they won a game — and another — putting themselves

7:05 AM ET Every year, I offer up my own piece of vaguely NFL draft-related content by producing a mock draft consisting entirely of trades. There are 32 picks in the first round and for each of those selections, I try to construct a trade that makes sense for two or more teams given their

What skill set does your offense need most? Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence won’t be an option here because he’s expected to be off the board with the first pick. Regardless of their standout skill, both potential first-round RBs will likely be three-down NFL players. There is most likely only one first-round TE, so if that’s your

6:01 AM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Jaguars are a little more than a week away from having the franchise quarterback they’ve been trying to find for two decades. Trevor Lawrence is the best quarterback prospect since Andrew Luck (and maybe Peyton Manning), the fourth-highest-rated quarterback prospect ESPN NFL draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr.

5:38 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo Bills general manager Brandon Beane isn’t rushing to get a deal done with quarterback Josh Allen — although he said he’s confident a deal will eventually get done. Speaking with reporters Tuesday, Beane said he had spoken with the NFL’s MVP runner-up from a season ago

8:49 PM ET Associated Press HENDERSON, Nev. — The Las Vegas Raiders received backlash for a tweet the team sent after Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murdering George Floyd. The tweet sent by the team’s official account on Tuesday said, “I CAN BREATHE 4-20-21.” Floyd told officers “I can’t breathe” more than