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6:00 AM ET NFL NationESPN With respect to the AFC West, the AFC North might be the best and most exciting division in the NFL as it is now home to three of the best young quarterbacks in the Baltimore Ravens‘ Lamar Jackson, the Cincinnati Bengals‘ Joe Burrow and Cleveland Browns‘ Deshaun Watson. Led by

12:16 PM ET Ohio State will honor former quarterback Dwayne Haskins at Saturday’s spring game, as the program grieves the loss of a record-setting player who coach Ryan Day said brought compassion and excellence to the locker room. Haskins, 24, died Saturday morning after being struck by a dump truck while walking on a South

10:00 AM ET The XFL has partnered with the NFL Alumni Academy to develop potential players for its 2023 return to the field, the league announced Monday. The academy, founded in 2020 and run by former NFL coaches and players, operates on the grounds of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Village in Canton, Ohio,

7:30 AM ET PITTSBURGH — Sitting beside a larger-than-life chocolate-brown teddy bear, quarterback Dwayne Haskins held a microphone in one hand and balanced a children’s book in the other. He was surrounded by students at Fulton Elementary, a public school 5 miles from the Pittsburgh Steelers’ practice facility, for Read Across America Day in early

10:36 PM ET Gary Brown, who spent seven seasons as the Dallas Cowboys‘ running backs coach, died Sunday after being treated for cancer. He was 52. Brown was with the Cowboys from 2013-19 and had three different running backs reach 1,000 yards, including DeMarco Murray, Darren McFadden and Ezekiel Elliott. Murray (2014) and Elliott (2016,

7:32 PM ET HOUSTON — The Houston Texans and wide receiver Brandin Cooks have agreed to a two-year contract extension, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Thursday. Prior to agreeing to the extension, Cooks was owed a $12.5 million base salary in 2022 as part of a deal that was signed with the Los

11:10 AM ET Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins died this weekend when he was hit by a car, his agent Cedric Saunders told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Haskins was 24 years old. Haskins was training in South Florida with other Steelers quarterbacks, running backs and wide receivers. He was killed Saturday morning when he got hit

9:48 AM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Pro Bowl defensive end Calais Campbell is returning to the Baltimore Ravens on a two-year deal, the team announced Saturday. Campbell’s contract is worth $12.5 million but could be as much as $16.5 million with incentives, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Campbell, 35, decided to return for his

9:46 PM ET Associated Press Rayfield Wright, the Pro Football Hall of Fame offensive tackle nicknamed “Big Cat” who went to five Super Bowls in his 13 NFL seasons with the Dallas Cowboys, died Thursday. He was 76. Wright’s family confirmed his death Thursday to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, which said Wright had

7:05 AM ET Could Breece Hall be the next Jonathan Taylor? In Taylor’s second NFL season, the Indianapolis Colts running back gained more than 2,000 all-purpose yards and finished second in voting for AP Offensive Player of the Year. Although Taylor had a relatively high draft position in 2020 — No. 41 overall — he

5:50 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens re-signed middle linebacker Josh Bynes to a one-year deal, the team announced Friday, one week after missing out on Bobby Wagner. Bynes, 32, started 12 games last season for the Ravens, recording 76 tackles and two sacks. Undrafted in 2011, Bynes has totaled 553 tackles

1:49 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Eagles signed Olympic hurdler and former Oregon Ducks receiver Devon Allen to a three-year contract Friday. Allen, 27, hasn’t played football since 2016 when he was with the Ducks. He put his football career on hold to pursue track and field and has done quite well in that

12:00 PM ET Lawyers for former Miami Dolphins‘ head coach Brian Flores, who is suing the NFL for racial discrimination in its hiring practices, added two more former NFL coaches to an amended complaint on Thursday. Steve Wilks, who was the Arizona Cardinals‘ head coach for one season in 2018, and Ray Horton, an NFL

6:00 AM ET It seems almost unthinkable now. The stuff of football legend, a Sasquatch story folks with gray around the temples tell once in a while and they simply swear it is true no matter what you’ve heard before. In 1996, no quarterback was selected in the first round of the NFL draft. It

6:35 AM ET NFL NationESPN Seattle Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf isn’t going to be traded this offseason — right? General manager John Schneider and coach Pete Carroll have said that they “intend for him to be with us,” but they also said similar things before dealing superstar quarterback Russell Wilson to the Broncos last

12:46 AM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers have spent the offseason seeking a replacement for starting quarterback Sam Darnold, but he isn’t concerned. “It’s truly whatever happens happens, because at the end of the day it’s out of my control, and I know that,” Darnold, 24, said on the “Bussin’ with the Boys”

6:35 AM ET We can all see how moments on the field can impact the NFL for years to come. In 2018, the Rams went to a Super Bowl and failed to score a touchdown against the Patriots, which started an overhaul of their running game and eventually led to the decision to trade quarterback

7:00 AM ET TREYLON BURKS WAS interested in LSU and Clemson, but his heart and his family were never going to let him venture far from home in the tiny town of Warren, Arkansas. He committed to Arkansas as a junior in high school and took only one of his five allotted official visits —