8:27 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Green Bay Packers didn’t land former All-Pro cornerback Stephon Gilmore but may have found help for their defense after all in former Dallas Cowboys linebacker Jaylon Smith. Smith signed with the Packers on Thursday, with his agent, Doug Hendrickson of Wasserman, telling ESPN’s Adam Schefter it is
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4:07 PM ET The Tampa Bay Buccaneers placed starting cornerback Carlton Davis on injured reserve Thursday. Davis was carted off the field in last Sunday night’s victory over the New England Patriots with a quad injury. Coach Bruce Arians said on Wednesday that he expected Davis to miss significant time with the injury. Davis joins
10:50 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. – The last out-of-work inside linebacker the Green Bay Packers signed couldn’t have turned out much better. If the latest one comes anywhere close to helping their defense as much as De’Vondre Campbell has, then Jaylon Smith will be a success. The Packers came to an agreement to sign
1:16 PM ET ESPN News Services The New England Patriots have traded four-time Pro Bowl cornerback Stephon Gilmore to the Panthers for a 2023 sixth-round pick, Carolina announced Wednesday. The trade comes after the Patriots and Gilmore could not agree to terms on a restructured contract, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, and both sides had
10:50 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots‘ plans to trade cornerback Stephon Gilmore came as a surprise Wednesday. Gilmore, who started the season on the physically unable to perform list after having surgery on a torn quad suffered in Week 15 of the 2020 season, was sent to the Carolina Panthers for
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11:26 AM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — The Dolphins have traded wide receiver Jakeem Grant to the Chicago Bears, the team announced Tuesday. The Dolphins will receive a 2023 sixth-round pick, the NFL Network first reported and a source confirmed to ESPN. Grant, the Dolphins’ primary returner since they drafted him in the sixth round
5:16 PM ET William Ricks Saquon Barkley is a superstar talent in the NFL — and now he’s gracing the same cover of another star — one who might be even more popular than him. The New York Giants running back will be featured on a variant cover of Black Panther No. 1, a reboot
2:54 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Denver Broncos coach Vic Fangio offered a stinging rebuke Monday of the Ravens‘ pursuit of a rushing record on the last play of Baltimore’s 23-7 win at Empower Field at Mile High. The Ravens, in an attempt to tie a decades-old record for consecutive 100-yard rushing games, had Lamar
7:41 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Given the seemingly never-ending spate of injuries that plague his team, San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan long ago learned not to believe too much in what he’s told on game days, whether the news is good or bad. Shanahan prefers to wait for further tests to take