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6:00 AM ET ASHBURN, Va. — Alex Smith‘s season was capped in the most predictable way Saturday: With him winning the NFL’s Comeback Player of the Year Award. It had become a foregone conclusion the Washington Football Team quarterback would win. Which leads to one question: Now what? Last season, Smith was the guy who

6:55 AM ET NFL NationESPN With Super Bowl LV in the rearview, the 2021 NFL offseason is here, albeit an odd one. Amid the continuation of the COVID-19 pandemic, much — if not all — of the offseason will be virtual. While the annual scouting combine is essentially scrapped this year, the NFL draft will

4:24 PM ET The Washington Football Team reached a settlement with its former cheerleaders, who appeared in lewd videos made without their knowledge during swimsuit calendar photo shoots in 2008 and 2010. Attorneys for both sides confirmed the settlement, which, one source said, was actually reached in 2020, though they declined to say exactly when.

3:00 PM ET ESPN News Services TAMPA, Fla. — The Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers celebrated their victory Wednesday with a boat parade amid continued concern over the coronavirus pandemic. The parade got started around 1 p.m. on the Hillsborough River near downtown Tampa. Thousands of fans decked out in Buccaneers gear lined the

6:00 AM ET WEBBERVILLE, Mich. — Calvin Johnson walks into the brightly lit, orange-hued Flower Room 1 and begins to get excited. In front of him are 180 marijuana plants, all lined up in rows of three or four, broken down in identical, segmented trays for optimal growth. Clad in a mask, black scrubs and

6:27 PM ET Terez Paylor, a national NFL writer for Yahoo Sports and Pro Football Hall of Fame voter, died unexpectedly Tuesday at age 37. Paylor worked for the Kansas City Star from 2006 to 2018, spending the last five seasons cover the Chiefs for the paper. He left to join Yahoo Sports, where he

7:08 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs placed outside linebackers coach Britt Reid on administrative leave following last week’s three-car accident that left a 5-year-old girl in critical condition. “We remain in the process of gathering information on the incident, and we will continue to assist local authorities as requested,” the

7:15 AM ET A most unique and exhausting NFL season — one that followed a most unique and exhausting offseason — is over. The NFL and the NFL Players Association can take a breath. They just better make it a quick one. The COVID-19 pandemic will shape the 2021 offseason as well, and both the

2:03 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes said the Kansas City Chiefs‘ Super Bowl LV loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will motivate him. Not just next season or through 2022, but for the rest of his career. “It was a bad feeling in that locker room after the game,” Mahomes said a

1:09 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Immediately after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 31-9 in Super Bowl LV Sunday, Bucs quarterback Tom Brady texted an apology to Chiefs safety Tyrann Mathieu for several on-field verbal altercations, according to a source with knowledge of the situation. Brady apologized to Mathieu for losing

10:10 PM ET NFL NationESPN Now that Super Bowl LV is in the books and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are the champions, we can move on from a challenging 2020 season and look forward to 2021. That’s exactly what we’re looking to do with these way-too-early NFL Power Rankings. How does our panel view Tom

10:36 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tom Brady isn’t passing the torch yet. Brady, the 43-year-old quarterback who came to Tampa Bay for the final chapter in a first-ballot Hall of Fame career, proved he’s still the most dominant quarterback in the league, throwing for 201 yards and three touchdowns as he earned his fifth

10:11 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Eleven months ago, it was inconceivable that quarterback Tom Brady would choose, of all teams, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to continue his football journey. Equally implausible was this partnership — forged in an offseason ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic, with little time to connect with new teammates or master

11:43 AM ET Adam SchefterESPN Senior Writer Close ESPN NFL Insider Joined ESPN in 2009 Former president of the Pro Football Writers of America and the author of four books Follow on Twitter Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print The Carolina Panthers made a serious offer to the Detroit Lions in an effort to

9:28 PM ET Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert and Washington defensive end Chase Young were the NFL’s top rookies, winning offensive and defensive rookie of the year awards at Saturday’s NFL Honors awards show. Herbert was the sixth overall pick in the 2020 NFL draft and threw for 4,336 yards and 31 touchdowns —

8:24 PM ET Former Raiders and Seattle Seahawks coach Tom Flores has been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame as member of the Class of 2021, a source told ESPN’s Paul Gutierrez. Flores was the lone finalist in the coach category for the Class of 2021. Flores won Super Bowl rings as a

“Honestly, I was in shock. I couldn’t believe it. I almost didn’t believe that catch.” Sean Murphy on the Patriots’ loss in Super Bowl XLII 0:00/0:00 This is a story about craftsmanship. A story about a thief so smart even police call him “brilliant.” A story about a criminal so knowledgeable even a judge once

7:00 AM ET Super Bowl LV kicks off on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. ET, with the Kansas City Chiefs looking to defend their title against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Bucs quarterback Tom Brady will be seeking his seventh ring — and first outside of New England — while Patrick Mahomes will be trying to earn