6:00 AM ET LOS ANGELES — In recent years, when a big-name player has been available on the trade market, the talk around the league is whether the Los Angeles Rams would be interested. This offseason — one headlined by the Rams trading away star cornerback Jalen Ramsey — there was no such chatter. “We’re

2:11 PM ET THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — A year ago, as the Los Angeles Rams began their offseason program, quarterback Matthew Stafford wasn’t cleared to throw as he dealt with an elbow injury. When he spoke Monday at the start of the Rams’ voluntary offseason program, he noted the difference in being back now and

6:08 AM ET LAST YEAR, WHEN the Kansas City Chiefs reached a tipping point with Tyreek Hill and decided his contract extension would be larger than they were comfortable in handling, general manager Brett Veach approached coach Andy Reid to begin discussions about what they would need in return if they were to trade Hill.

6:05 PM ET ESPN staff The XFL playoff picture is coming into focus after a wild Week 9. The Houston Roughnecks and their feared defense showed why they are the top team in the South Division with a victory over the Vegas Vipers, but home-field advantage throughout the XFL postseason goes to the D.C. Defenders.

7:00 AM ET Draft boards are built over a year in the NFL, not in the weeks crammed between the combine and the start of the first round. And while there are no real “sleepers” invited to the combine or Senior Bowl, a draft riser climbs the charts through the season and into the pre-draft

Apr 16, 2023 CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Bryce Young over C.J. Stroud? C.J. Stroud over Bryce Young? Those are the questions facing the Carolina Panthers as they decide which quarterback they will take with the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft on April 27 (8 p.m. ET on ESPN, ABC, ESPN App). Many in the

10:51 PM ET The Miami Dolphins have agreed to a contract with former Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Chosen Robbie Anderson, sources told ESPN’s Marcel Louis-Jacques. Anderson was released by the Cardinals on March 8 after he was acquired last year in a midseason trade. He joins a Dolphins receiving corps led by Tyreek Hill and

6:15 PM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Some of the NFL’s biggest names traded pads and footballs for rods and reels this weekend. On Saturday, Justin Herbert, Dalvin Cook, A.J. Brown, Chris Jones, Matthew Judon, DeAndre Hopkins, Quinnen Williams and Pat Surtain II participated in the Sport Fishing Championships’ “The Catch”

6:00 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — One working theory leading into the 2023 NFL draft is that the Philadelphia Eagles should go all in on offense by drafting star Texas running back Bijan Robinson in the first round. The reasoning goes like this: There’s no way the defense is going to be as good after losing

11:51 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — A Silicon Valley city councilman has been charged with perjury after he allegedly lied about leaking a grand jury report to the San Francisco 49ers last year that detailed a purportedly unethical relationship between the team and the city council, prosecutors said Friday. Santa Clara city councilmember