5:28 PM ET BEREA, Ohio – Deshaun Watson left the Cleveland Browns training facility on Tuesday to begin serving his 11-game suspension. Watson can’t return to the facility or have contact with the Browns until Oct. 10, and can’t practice again until Nov. 14. On Aug. 18, the NFL and the NFL Players Association reached

11:50 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles acquired defensive back Chauncey Gardner-Johnson from the New Orleans Saints on Tuesday. The Eagles received Gardner-Johnson and the Saints’ 2025 seventh-round draft pick for a 2023 fifth-round draft pick and the latter of their two sixth-round draft picks in 2024. Gardner-Johnson, who has experience both as a slot

9:09 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

5:43 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers on Monday acquired another playmaker for quarterback Baker Mayfield, trading with Jacksonville for wide receiver Laviska Shenault Jr., the teams announced. The Panthers gave the Jaguars a 2023 seventh-round pick and a 2024 sixth-rounder for Shenault, a league source told ESPN. Shenault carries a $1,309,643 cap

5:29 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — After an offseason in which a divorce seemed all but certain, the San Francisco 49ers and quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo are staying together for one more season. Sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Monday that Garoppolo and the Niners agreed to a restructured one-year contract that is worth $6.5

Aug 27, 2022 Alaina GetzenbergESPN ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The Buffalo Bills released punter Matt Araiza two days after a civil lawsuit was filed alleging he and two of his former San Diego State teammates gang raped a minor. All three are accused of rape, gender violence and false imprisonment. “This is bigger than football,”

Aug 27, 2022 Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — Jason Jenkins, the Dolphins’ senior vice president of communications and community affairs, died suddenly in the hours before Miami’s game Saturday against the Eagles, the team announced. He was 47. The community pillar had worked with the Dolphins since 2009 and is survived by his wife, Elizabeth, and

10:28 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — The injuries to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers‘ offensive line keep coming. With quarterback Tom Brady seeing his only action of the preseason this week following an 11-day absence, two more players vying for starting roles protecting the 45-year-old signal-caller went down with injury. Already without Pro Bowl center Ryan Jensen

6:00 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Quick-hit thoughts and notes around the New England Patriots and NFL: 1. A stronger finish from Judon: One of the unsolved Patriots mysteries of 2021 is what contributed to linebacker Matthew Judon‘s lack of production down the homestretch. Judon totaled 12.5 sacks through his first 13 games but was

9:40 PM ET BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Ravens‘ bad run of luck on injuries apparently did not end last season. Poe, the Ravens’ mascot, was carted off the field during a mascot vs. youth football game at halftime of Baltimore’s preseason finale against the Washington Commanders on Saturday night. Poe had to be lifted into