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8:17 PM ET David Newton Close David Newton ESPN Staff Writer Covered Panthers, NFL for 11 years More than 25 years experience covering NFL, college football and NASCAR Joined ESPN in 2006 Courtney Cronin Close Courtney Cronin ESPN Staff Writer Covered the 49ers, Raiders and Warriors for the San Jose Mercury News. She joined ESPN

3:09 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — The Dolphins will exercise the fifth-year option on Tua Tagovailoa, sources confirmed to ESPN on Friday, locking the quarterback in well ahead of the May 2 deadline. The NFL Network was first to report the team’s decision. Tagovailoa set career highs in passing yards, touchdowns, completion percentage and

4:27 PM ET DJ Bien-AimeESPN HOUSTON — The Houston Texans will forfeit their original fifth-round selection in the 2023 NFL draft and have been fined $175,000 for a salary cap reporting violation involving former quarterback Deshaun Watson, the NFL announced Thursday. After a review, the NFL determined that the Texans provided Watson compensation in the

7:21 PM ET Free-agent wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. will be holding a workout for NFL teams on Friday in Arizona, sources told ESPN. Beckham, 30, missed all of this past season because of a torn ACL that occurred in last year’s Super Bowl. He did go on a free-agent tour in which he visited

7:00 AM ET RUSSELL GAGE WAS taking out the trash at 8:30 p.m. on Monday, March 14, 2022 — two days before the official start of NFL free agency — when a random number popped up on his phone. Gage answered the call with suspicion. “Hi, this is Tom Brady,” Gage heard on the other

7:00 AM ET ESPN staff NFL free agency is just a few days away, and the 2023 class is loaded. Who are the top free agents, and where will they sign? Which teams should be watched closely over the next few weeks? And which quarterbacks could find a new home? The legal negotiation period opens

2:23 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jaguars receiver Calvin Ridley said he gambled on football during a period when he was depressed and angry and called it “stupid” and the “‘worst mistake of his life.” Ridley said in a piece posted on The Players’ Tribune that he was not in a good place after leaving

7:15 AM ET NFL NationESPN NFL free agency is right around the corner, with the negotiating window starting Monday before players can be signed at the start of the new league year on Wednesday, March 15. This results in multiyear contracts worth millions of dollars, news conferences and giddiness from fans and front-office people alike.

3:05 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens placed the nonexclusive franchise tag on quarterback Lamar Jackson on Tuesday, causing uncertainty about his future with the team. The Ravens made the move official by using the tag just before Tuesday’s 4 p.m. ET deadline. Baltimore and Jackson, who doesn’t have an agent and

4:05 PM ET The New York Giants on Tuesday signed quarterback Daniel Jones to a four-year contract and used their nonexclusive franchise tag on running back Saquon Barkley. The Giants made the moves just before Tuesday’s 4 p.m. ET deadline for NFL teams to use their franchise and transition tags. The team confirmed the deal

11:25 AM ET The New York Jets have had conversations with the Green Bay Packers and with quarterback Aaron Rodgers this week regarding a potential trade of the four-time MVP to the Jets, according to sources. A contingent of Jets team officials, including owner Woody Johnson, general manager Joe Douglas, head coach Robert Saleh and

3:57 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — After the Dallas Cowboys placed the $10.091 million franchise tag on Tony Pollard on Monday, the attention immediately moved to fellow running back Ezekiel Elliott. Elliott is set to count $16.4 million against the salary cap with a nonguaranteed $10.4 million base salary. The Cowboys could look for Elliott

12:29 PM ET NFL NationESPN Before NFL free agency begins, teams are allowed to apply franchise tags to players beginning Feb. 21 and through March 7 to give them a sense of what they need to do before the league year starts on March 15. What is the franchise tag? The franchise tag is a

7:06 AM ET Stephen HolderESPN INDIANAPOLIS — The bystander couldn’t help but notice the young man with the huge frame and gigantic shoulders, the one towering over everyone in his orbit. Finally, curiosity got the best of this visitor to the Indiana Convention Center. “So, what position do you play?” the man asked Anthony Richardson,

8:08 PM ET ESPN staff From last minute touchdowns to break out stars, Week 3 of the XFL had it all. Saturday night kicked off the weekend slate with some late drama as the Seattle Sea Dragons rallied past the Vegas Vipers to move to 1-2 on the season. With just 1:12 left on the

1:36 PM ET New York Jets left tackle Duane Brown, 37, a five-time Pro Bowl selection who underwent recent surgery to repair a torn left rotator cuff, has decided to return for his 17th season, his agent Kennard McGuire told ESPN on Sunday. Brown said at the end of the season that he’d take some

Mar 3, 2023 INDIANAPOLIS — Wide receiver Jordan Addison doesn’t have much control over his future home, but he supports the idea of teaming with Steelers quarterback and former Pitt teammate Kenny Pickett. “Hey man, if we reunite, that’d be good,” Addison said at the NFL scouting combine Friday. “That’d be real cool. Real easy

6:28 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Florida Gators quarterback Anthony Richardson said he has referred to himself as “Cam Jackson” because he liked Cam Newton and Lamar Jackson so much. During the quarterback workouts at the NFL’s scouting combine on Saturday, Richardson looked every bit as physically imposing as Newton and ran almost like Jackson. At