The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have informed wide receiver Chris Godwin that he will receive the franchise tag, a source tells ESPN’s Adam Schefter. A third-round draft pick by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2017, Godwin worked his way up to a full-time starting role in the 2019 season, when he reached the Pro Bowl and established himself as one of […]

Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Ohio State has paused all football-related activities and closed its athletics administrative offices for one week following an increase in positive tests for the coronavirus, the university said in a statement on Tuesday. The Buckeyes said the decision to pause football activities and […]

With the salary cap crunch of 2021 upon us, expect numerous veteran players to take haircuts to their contract to stick with their current clubs. Two such moves came down Tuesday morning. NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported that Packers wide receiver Devin Funchess took a roughly $750,000 pay cut to stay in Green Bay, per a source informed of […]

Trent Brown is returning to the organization where he became one of the best offensive linemen in the NFL.  The Las Vegas Raiders traded traded the tackle to the New England Patriots on Tuesday, according to multiple reports. The teams swapped future draft picks, per NFL Network, with the Raiders receiving a 2022 fifth-round pick in exchange for Brown and a 2022 […]

The Broncos made the 2020 draft all about adding talent around quarterback Drew Lock. This year, the focus should be on coach Vic Fangio’s defense. Get younger on the defensive line. Acquire more talent in the secondary. Find difference-makers wherever possible. That’s the focus of our opening projection for how the Broncos should use their nine picks, including three in […]

Kansas is back in the market for a head football coach after parting ways with Les Miles on Monday night amid detailed reports of sexual misconduct during his tenure at LSU. The argument for Miles' dismissal is unbreakable: LSU officials were aware beginning in 2009 of “chronicled significant alleged misconduct” involving the former coach, who was fired early in the 2016 season, going […]

Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys have finally agreed to a long-term deal, with the quarterback set to sign a four-year contract worth $160m, according to multiple reports in the US. Prescott has $126m guaranteed and will earn an average of $42m per season over the first three years. The 27-year-old will also receive a $66m signing bonus and could […]

There are a few days each year that I look forward to, and my live fantasy baseball auction draft is one of them. If you’ve never done an auction, especially one in person, you are missing out. Watching your leaguemates sweat out whether to bid $20 on Carlos Carrasco after you bid $19 in a 15th-floor conference room on Sixth Avenue is priceless. […]

Covered NFL since 1997, Cowboys since 2003 Previously covered Bengals and Dolphins Lives in Dallas area with his wife and two children FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys and quarterback Dak Prescott have agreed to a four-year, $160 million contract, including $126 million guaranteed, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Monday. The deal, which is technically for six years […]

Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University The Tennessee Titans have agreed to trade Isaiah Wilson, their first-round pick last year, to the Miami Dolphins, sources told ESPN on Monday. The Titans will send a seventh-round pick in 2022 and Wilson to Miami for a 2021 seventh-rounder to complete the […]