Despite a lackluster 2019 campaign for wide receiver Brandin Cooks, don't count him out for a big fantasy football output with the Houston Texans in 2020.
Washington wideout Terry McLaurin enters his second NFL season after a breakout rookie campaign. Here is how you should handle his 999.5 receiving yards prop bet.
Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Calvin Ridley comes with a draft-day discount compared to DeAndre Hopkins and is a good bet to outscore the Arizona Cardinals’ superstar in fantasy football in 2020.
Even with all the players lost to April's draft, there is certainly no shortage of top-tier players in the SEC. Here are five players who we expect to stand out and put their names among college football’s elite in 2020.
Washington has a good young quarterback in Dwayne Haskins and a new, proven head coach in Ron Rivera. Here is why PFF thinks Washington over five wins is a good bet.
Kansas City Chiefs superstar quarterback Patrick Mahomes has signed a 10-year contract extension worth up to $503 million ahead of the 2020 NFL season.
The Cowboys' Dontari Poe told Bleacher Report that he is leaning toward kneeling during the national anthem this season, and he hopes Jerry Jones will end his silence on racial injustice.
Eagles receiver DeSean Jackson posted an anti-Semitic quote on his social media feed that he attributed to Adolf Hitler. Jackson later said, "I have no hatred in my heart toward no one."
For their entire playing careers, offensive linemen are conditioned to eat until they can't eat any more. So how are so many of them losing 50, 60, even 70 pounds in retirement?
Just 16 months after Mike Trout signed the biggest deal ever, Patrick Mahomes has beaten him. The Super Bowl MVP is the only football player in the top five.
Colin Kaepernick will be featured in an exclusive docuseries produced by ESPN Films as part of a first-look deal with The Walt Disney Co. The deal between Kaepernick's production arm, Ra Vision Media, and Disney was announced Monday.
DeSean Jackson‘s initial apology Tuesday for an anti-Semitic post lacked any plans for him to educate himself or to speak with leaders in Philadelphia’s Jewish community. He since has done that, and after apologizing personally to Eagles owner Jeff Lurie and General Manager Howie Roseman, both of whom are Jewish, the Eagles receiver has issued […]
Patrick Mahomes might have become a Major League Baseball star. The Chiefs quarterback already was committed to Texas Tech when the Detroit Tigers took a flier on Mahomes in the 37th round of the 2014 MLB draft. Mahomes decided not to follow his father, Pat Mahomes Sr., into baseball and instead stuck with football. His […]
The league and the union have plenty of issues to resolve before camp starts. They have one fewer area of disagreement. The NFL and NFL Players Association have reached an agreement regarding team travel protocols for 2020 training camp and preseason. The document implies strongly that there will be a preseason; however, it does not […]
The profits are always privatized, and the losses are about to be socialized. The NFL Players Association has informed its board of player representatives that the league wants to place 35 percent of player salaries in escrow in order to help manage costs during the 2020 season, according to Tom Pelissero of NFL Media. The […]
Washington has eight days to reach a long-term deal with right guard Brandon Scherff. John Keim of ESPN reports “there isn’t much optimism” that the sides will reach agreement before the deadline. That would leave Scherff to play 2020 on the one-year franchise tag of $15.03 million. The team has expressed a desire to keep […]
Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson appears to recognize that he has significant work to do after making anti-Semitic social media posts. According to John Clark of NBC Sports Philadelphia, Jackson and his representatives spoke to Philadelphia rabbi Doniel Grodnitzky and Jackson has pledged to educate himself. Jackson posted on social media what he said was […]
The last time that wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins played a game, he was a member of the Texans taking on the Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium in the divisional round of the playoffs. Hopkins and the Texans took a 24-0 lead early in that game, but they wound up trailing by halftime after four touchdown passes […]
Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson expects uncomfortable conversations at training camp after the May 25 death of George Floyd sparked protests and activism that he, some of his teammates and others around the NFL joined. The team has not been together in person since last season because of the pandemic, and so much has changed since […]
Mike Shanahan will become the 34th member of the Broncos’ Ring of Fame. He is the third coach in franchise history to earn selection, joining Dan Reeves (Class of 2014) and Red Miller (Class of 2017). The Broncos announced Shanahan’s election earlier Tuesday and now have tweeted his reaction. “It is a tremendous honor to […]
The NFL and the NFLPA continue their talks Tuesday, trying to figure out a working plan both sides can live with while practicing and playing during a pandemic. So far, they have yet to reach an agreement on the number of preseason games, Mark Maske of The Washington Post reports. The sides’ joint medical committee […]
Officially, the Washington NFL franchise is thinking about changing its name. As a practical matter, the franchise is changing its name. As the process moves forward, will the team consult Native American groups? Based on a new item in the Washington Post, it appears that the team has not yet reached out to any of […]
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is tied to the Chiefs through the 2031 season and he’s not the only member of the team who thinks that sets the stage for more Super Bowl wins. Mahomes said on Monday that the team is “chasing a dynasty” and said on Tuesday that part of the mindset behind his […]
Although D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser supports the idea of her city’s NFL team moving back within city limits once the name change becomes official, she says the name change itself is not the only obstacle toward a return to the RFK Stadium site. Talks about building a new stadium at the RFK site are ongoing, […]
Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson’s canceling a South Florida event, rather than go forward with his “Funday with LJ” event with requirements for waivers and masks. According to Jonas Shaffer of the Baltimore Sun, organizers for the event announced that more people had signed up for the event than local officials were going to allow, so […]
The Eagles issued a statement earlier Tuesday regarding the anti-Semitic social media posts made by DeSean Jackson. They expressed their disappointment in their receiver, saying, in part, “Regardless of his intentions, the messages he shared were offensive, harmful and absolutely appalling.” The team likely has told him the same. Jackson has spoken with General Manager […]
Tom Brady has won a lot of games, including six Super Bowl titles, over the years, but it isn’t a postseason win that he thinks about when it comes to a “perfect night” on the field. Brady said on an episode of the Apple TV+ series Greatness Code that the performance he’s “always trying to […]
Major League Soccer is showing just how hard it is for professional sports to try to play during a pandemic. The NFL surely is watching closely. MLS announced the postponement of Nashville SC’s game against the Chicago Fire scheduled for Wednesday night in the Back Tournament. “Since arriving in Orlando on July 3, five Nashville […]
In a video released shortly after news of his contract extension broke on Monday, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes said that he’s “chasing a dynasty” after winning the Super Bowl in his second professional season. Mahomes met with the media on Tuesday for further discussion of a deal that ties him to Kansas City through the […]
The Chiefs now have a quarterback under contract for the next 12 seasons. They also have a 62-year-old coach. But Andy Reid said during his videoconference about his star quarterback’s new deal that he’s suddenly feeling young. “I haven’t gotten to the point mentally where I’m thinking about retirement,” Reid said. “I love doing what […]
In theory, it’s such a simple concept. In practice, it’s been impossible for any player to get it. To protect a player who signs a long-term deal against the contract becoming obsolete, the player gets a guaranteed percentage of the salary cap in every year of the contract. Multiple teams have tried to get that […]
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