NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Saints started 2023 free agency by addressing their biggest need with an agreement to sign former Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Derek Carr. The anticipated signing marks one of the biggest moves for Saints coach Dennis Allen going into Year 2 and reunites him with the quarterback he drafted while with the Raiders organization in […]

The Kansas City Chiefs will not be using their franchise tag on left tackle Orlando Brown, a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, an unexpected move that opens the door for Brown to become a free agent. Brown and the Chiefs couldn’t agree on a long-term contract last offseason, so he played this past season under the franchise tag, earning about […]

Dave Wilson is an editor for ESPN.com since 2010. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun. After the Texas Longhorns’ first spring practice, coach Steve Sarkisian said on Monday that all positions are up for grabs, including quarterback, where sophomore Quinn Ewers and freshman Arch Manning will compete for the starting job. […]

The Chicago Bears have reportedly made the decision to keep quarterback Justin Fields and trade the number one pick in the 2023 NFL Draft. What the Bears were set to do with the coveted first overall selection has been one of the key narratives of the NFL off-season thus far but it appears the franchise has decided to ship the […]

Covered the Packers for ESPN Milwaukee Marquette University graduate LOS ANGELES — The Rams are expected to release outside linebacker Leonard Floyd if they cannot trade him first, league sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Floyd has a $22 million cap hit in 2023. If the Rams cut him before June 1, they’d incur $19 million of dead money in 2023 […]

College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee The SEC landscape will change after this season as Oklahoma and Texas join the league in 2024. What doesn’t figure to change is that the national championship will continue to go through the SEC, which has produced the last four national champions (three different teams) and 13 […]

The Minnesota Vikings released veteran linebacker Eric Kendricks on Monday as they work to get under the salary cap. Kendricks, 31, has spent all eight seasons of his NFL career with the Vikings, who selected him in the second round of the 2015 draft. Last season he started all 17 games and finished with 137 tackles to lead the team. […]

The Las Vegas Raiders are reportedly expected to pursue Jimmy Garoppolo in free agency as the franchise looks to solve its quarterback issues. The Raiders dramatically benched now-free agent Derek Carr late in the disappointing 2022 campaign and are set to address the position this offseason.  The Raiders finished 2022 with a dismal 6-11 record after entering the season with […]

Longtime Jets beat writer for New York Daily News Syracuse University graduate 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 […]

New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick’s relationship with current starting quarterback Mac Jones is quite different to that of which he had with long-term starter Tom Brady. Belichick and Brady enjoyed an incredible 20-year period together, winning six Super Bowl’s and becoming the greatest head coach and quarterback duo in the history of the sport. But throughout their 20 […]