12:43 PM ET Peyton Manning said Sunday that likely No. 1 overall pick Joe Burrow is going to take his lumps in his rookie year but those rough times can help propel him to success in his later years. Manning, who was the No. 1 overall pick by the Indianapolis Colts in the 1998 draft,
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6:00 AM ET Quick-hit thoughts around the New England Patriots and NFL: 1. Draft intrigue starts at QB: The Patriots hired Eliot Wolf as a personnel consultant in February, bringing an outside perspective to their scouting process. Wolf’s arrival, and his experience in the 2005 NFL draft with the Green Bay Packers, coincidentally intersects with
7:36 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers superfan Jackie Riles, known as the franchise’s iconic “Pillow Lady,” died at the age of 82, the team announced Saturday. Her death was due to natural causes, the team said. Since the Bucs’ inception in 1976, Riles knitted more than 4,000 custom pillows for players, coaches,
5:55 PM ET The Jacksonville Jaguars have had trade discussions with other teams about running back Leonard Fournette, league sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Saturday. The Jaguars have until May 4 to exercise their fifth-year option on Fournette, who is scheduled to make $4.16 million in base salary in 2020. Fournette ran for a
1:19 PM ET Josina AndersonESPN Former Louisville offensive tackle Mekhi Becton is aware of a flagged drug test from the NFL combine and has addressed it with multiple clubs, while still awaiting official notification, a source said. The 6-foot-7, 364-pound Becton is seventh on Mel Kiper Jr.’s Big Board after running the 40-yard dash in
6:00 AM ET Jordan Love to the New Orleans Saints is a match made in mock-draft heaven. The Utah State quarterback likely will be chosen somewhere in the first round of the 2020 NFL draft on Thursday. But whether he’ll go inside the top 10 or outside the top 20 is one of the draft’s
5:49 PM ET The Chicago Bears are releasing tight end Trey Burton after just two seasons, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Friday. Burton, 28, joined the Bears prior to the 2018 season on a four-year deal that contained $22 million in guarantees. He played only eight games last season before suffering a season-ending
3:03 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Denver Broncos linebacker Von Miller, who is now quarantined in his Denver-area home with the COVID-19 virus, said Friday that he’s “proof anybody can get it.” The 31-year-old Miller, an eight-time Pro Bowl selection, told ESPN’s NFL Live on Friday that he had tried to take every precaution over
8:52 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — More than 70 Philadelphia Eagles employees and their families, including coach Doug Pederson and his wife, Jeannie, participated Thursday in a community blood drive at Lincoln Financial Field in response to the dip in blood donations across the country amid the coronavirus pandemic. The drive, hosted by the Eagles and
6:32 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Leonard Fournette has an idea of how to make the Jacksonville Jaguars much better in 2020: Sign Cam Newton. Fournette, prior to clearing out a lot of previous social media posts, said he wanted the team to sign the free-agent quarterback, who was cut by Carolina on March 24