7:23 PM ET LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Chicago Bears linebacker Roquan Smith ended his hold-in on Saturday and participated in practice for the first time during training camp. Smith, 25, said he plans to play out the final year of his rookie contract, which is set to pay him $9.7 million on his fifth-year option,

2:40 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — New York Jets coach Robert Saleh can’t make up his mind on whether to play his starters Monday night against the Atlanta Falcons. “I’m torn on it,” Saleh said Saturday after the second joint practice with the Falcons. “I wake up one day and I’m like, ‘OK, they’re

6:00 AM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — From the moment the San Francisco 49ers used the No. 2 overall pick in the 2019 draft on Nick Bosa, coach Kyle Shanahan has never doubted what he was going to get from his star defensive end. Asked recently if he’s ever coached a rookie who didn’t play

1:18 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — After losing quarterback Deshaun Watson to an 11-game suspension, the Cleveland Browns continue to insist that they are “comfortable” and “confident” in Jacoby Brissett as their starter while Watson is out. Brissett responded that he’s “excited” to have the opportunity to start again. And one, he doesn’t “take lightly.”

10:11 AM ET ESPN Fantasy Our ESPN Fantasy staff got together for another mock draft, this time using a 12-team, half PPR format. This draft featured the following participants (in order of first-round selection): Matt Bowen, Liz Loza, Keith Lipscomb, Marcel Louis-Jacques, Tyler Fulghum, Eric Moody, Tristan H. Cockcroft, Joe Kaiser, Kyle Soppe, Mike Triplett,

7:07 AM ET There has been plenty of focus on the suspension portion of the punishment handed down to Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson on Thursday, but the $5 million fine that goes with Watson’s negotiated 11-game suspension is noteworthy for a couple of reasons. Watson, who was accused by more than two dozen women

11:28 PM ET The Seattle Seahawks and Chicago Bears kicked off Week 2 of the preseason Thursday in Seattle. Second-year quarterback Justin Fields looked sharp for the Bears in his lone drive to start the game, while Seahawks starter Geno Smith and the offensive unit struggled to pick up first downs in their first couple

2:30 PM ET James BestESPN The best time of the year is finally here. Madden NFL 23 will be officially released on Friday and gamers will be glued to their consoles as they hit the virtual gridiron. Madden season comes at the perfect time as fantasy football drafts are also ramping up. Did you know

5:34 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh is still in a wait-and-see mode on whether starting running back J.K. Dobbins will be ready for the regular-season opener. Dobbins, who tore his left ACL last August, has been participating in individual drills for five days since being activated off the physically

1:41 PM ET CINCINNATI — What initially felt like discomfort for Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow turned into a more serious and pressing matter, he said Wednesday. In his first news conference since his appendectomy on July 26, Burrow said his appendix ruptured, which prompted surgery. The third-year player will continue his progress on Wednesday