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9:28 AM ET FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys have agreed to a deal with veteran offensive tackle Jason Peters to join their practice squad, coach Mike McCarthy confirmed Monday. Signing Peters to the practice squad gives him time to work into football shape and gives the Cowboys some roster flexibility. Peters, 40, visited the

7:00 AM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — It was just a quick movement. If you weren’t watching Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence at that precise moment, you missed it. But the one-second Dikembe Mutombo-like finger wag that Lawrence aimed at Pittsburgh Steelers defensive back Cameron Sutton after he dropped a throw over a leaping Sutton’s fingertips

5:24 PM ET THOUSANDS OAKS, Calif. — As the Los Angeles Rams prepare for the Buffalo Bills to open the NFL season Thursday night, quarterback Matthew Stafford said there are “no limitations” on his right elbow. Stafford, who played through right elbow pain last season and received an injection in the elbow during the season,

4:47 PM ET Alaina GetzenbergESPN ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The Buffalo Bills know they will be without cornerback Tre’Davious White for at least the four games of the season as he remains on the PUP list recovering from a torn ACL. In the meantime, the team will need all of the secondary help that it

Sep 2, 2022 TEMPE, Ariz. — The Arizona Cardinals extended safety Jalen Thompson on Friday, giving the former supplemental draft pick a long-term deal that will keep him under contract through the 2025 season. His new deal is worth up to $40 million, including $24.5 million guaranteed and a signing bonus of $10 million, a

Sep 2, 2022 DJ Bien-AimeESPN The Houston Texans have invited the Uvalde High School football team to be their guests for the team’s season opener against the Indianapolis Colts at NRG Stadium on Sept. 11. The Texans, along with supermarket chain H-E-B, are providing the Uvalde team with transportation to the stadium as well as

6:54 AM ET Nobody has a more stacked lineup of fantasy football analysts and NFL team reporters than ESPN. It’s the rare “backfield by committee” that is actually a good thing for fantasy managers. Ready for kickoff? Sign up now to play with friends and family. Get started >> Throughout the preseason, our NFL Nation

Sep 2, 2022 ESPN Fantasy The ESPN staff got together for the last fantasy football mock draft before the start of the NFL season, this time using a 10-team, 1/2 PPR format. Choose your league size, customize the scoring and set the rules you want to follow in order to create the fantasy football league

Sep 2, 2022 LAKE FOREST, Ill. — After four decades with the Chicago Bears, team president and chief executive officer Ted Phillips has announced he will retire from his role at the conclusion of the 2022 season. “I have been truly blessed with the honor of working for the Chicago Bears for 40 seasons and

7:00 AM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — As the Dolphins prepared for one-on-one drills with the Philadelphia Eagles during a recent joint practice, Miami quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and receiver Tyreek Hill discussed which route to run first. Hill didn’t have a preference, but quarterbacks coach Darrell Bevell jumped in and said: “I want to hear

3:11 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — New Orleans Saints safety Marcus Maye was arrested Thursday on a charge of aggravated assault with a firearm stemming from an alleged road rage incident that occurred in Metairie on Monday, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office said. He has been released from custody after posting a $30,000 bond but

3:22 PM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University Tennessee Titans outside linebacker Harold Landry III tore an ACL during practice on Wednesday, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Landry led the Titans with a career-high 12 sacks last season, making

7:22 AM ET Eric MoodyESPN Close Former manager at a Fortune 100 financial services company, now living my dream creating fantasy and sports betting content about the NFL, NBA, and WNBA for ESPN. Read ESPN’s fantasy football daily notes every weekday to stay caught up on the news you need to know and get a

8:55 AM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — From the moment the Denver Broncos landed Russell Wilson in a franchise-altering trade this past March, general manager George Paton insisted that the team’s goal was to sign the star quarterback to a long-term extension. Paton and the Broncos achieved that goal Thursday, agreeing with Wilson on a five-year,

6:30 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Baker Mayfield didn’t deny he wants to beat the Cleveland Browns in the Carolina Panthers‘ Sept. 11 opener at Bank of America Stadium, but he did deny saying he wants to “f— them up” after last week’s preseason finale against Buffalo. That contradicted what NFL Network analyst Cynthia Frelund

8:00 AM ET Ryan Hockensmith Close Ryan Hockensmith is a Penn State graduate who joined ESPN in 2001. He is a survivor of bacterial meningitis, which caused him to have multiple amputation surgeries on his feet. He is a proud advocate for those with disabilities and addiction issues. He covers everything from the NFL and

6:47 PM ET Former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden, for the first time, publicly addressed the email controversy that cost him his job last October. Gruden, who filed a lawsuit against the NFL last year alleging the league singled him out, spoke Tuesday at the Little Rock Touchdown Club in Arkansas, saying he was

10:45 AM ET ESPN staff While NFL cut-down day is just around the corner, players being released and free-agent signings aren’t the only moves that happen during August in the NFL. Teams also use trades, as they are not only useful in shoring up inconsistent position groups, but also a way to get value from