6:00 AM ET Quick-hit thoughts and notes around the New England Patriots and NFL: 1. Ready to seize his chance: Becoming a starting quarterback in the NFL is hard enough. Filling the void created by Tom Brady‘s free-agent departure makes it that much harder. Jarrett Stidham is the leading candidate to fill that role, and

9:12 PM ET Former Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton is signing a one-year deal worth up to $7 million that includes $3 million guaranteed with the Dallas Cowboys, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Saturday. Dalton, released from the Bengals this week, already has a home in Dallas and doesn’t even need to move.

5:59 PM ET CINCINNATI — The Bengals have informed wide receiver John Ross that they will not be picking up the fifth year of his rookie contract, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Saturday. Ross, who was selected ninth overall in the 2017 draft, has struggled to stay on the field during his first

7:00 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — For the first time in over two decades, six-time Super Bowl winner Tom Brady is the new kid on the block — playing for a new team in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, in a new offense with new teammates. Well, mostly new teammates. Brady will have longtime favorite target

10:45 PM ET CINCINNATI — In his first comments since being cut Thursday, former Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton said he believes the delayed timing of his release hindered his opportunities to join another team. “This year there were a good amount of quarterbacks that were available,” Dalton said when asked about potential trade options

5:52 PM ET Kansas City Chiefs guard Laurent Duvernay-Tardif is a medical school graduate and volunteered to help recently when his hometown of Montreal experienced a shortage of medical personnel during the coronavirus pandemic. He was assigned to assist in a long-term care facility. Shortly before his first shift, he was hit by the gravity

11:23 AM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Titans declined to pick up the fifth-year option for wide receiver Corey Davis, sources confirmed to ESPN on Friday. The fifth-year option would have carried a $15.68

11:13 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN With NFL facilities shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Seattle Seahawks are holding video conferences in lieu of in-person meetings that would normally take place at the Virginia Mason Athletic Center. Coach and noted prankster Pete Carroll, whose team began its virtual offseason program this week, wanted to

4:33 PM ET Associated Press NFL Players Association president JC Tretter is calling for a reexamination of a portion of the labor agreement with the league affecting disability coverage for former players. Tretter, a center with the Cleveland Browns, succeeded Eric Winston as union president earlier this year. Tretter wants the NFLPA’s executive board and

10:47 AM ET HOUSTON — The Texans will not pick up cornerback Gareon Conley‘s fifth-year option, which would have cost Houston a guaranteed $10.24 million for the 2021 season, a source confirmed to ESPN. In October, the Texans traded a third-round pick to the Raiders for Conley, who is due to make $1.892 million in