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8:25 AM ET This week, I checked in with progress reports for quarterbacks from the 2018 NFL draft. Five quarterbacks were drafted in the first round that year, and I took detailed looks at Lamar Jackson (Tuesday), Josh Allen (Wednesday), Baker Mayfield (Thursday) and Sam Darnold (Friday). Sorry, Josh Rosen; I’ll get to you another

6:08 PM ET FedEx, which has naming rights to the stadium in which the Washington Redskins play, has made a request on Thursday that the team change its nickname. “We have communicated to the team in Washington our request that they change the team name,” FedEx said in a statement obtained by ESPN. The team

6:35 AM ET This week, I’m going to check in with progress reports for quarterbacks from the 2018 NFL draft. Five quarterbacks were drafted in the first round that year, and I’ll take detailed looks at Lamar Jackson (Tuesday), Josh Allen (Wednesday), Baker Mayfield (Thursday) and Sam Darnold (Friday). Sorry, Josh Rosen; I’ll get to

6:00 AM ET Kelly CohenESPN Whether it’s a barbecue sandwich smothered in so much sauce you don’t know where the bun begins and ends, corn-on-the-cob or the simple hot dog, there is something special about Fourth of July food. No one knows this better than a few former NFL players. Just ask George Foster, who

10:58 PM ET The Washington Redskins face renewed pressure to change their nickname, but this time protestors are targeting their sponsors, Adweek reported. According to the report Wednesday, Nike, FedEx and PepsiCo each received letters signed by 87 investment firms and shareholders worth a combined $620 billion asking the companies to sever ties with the

4:33 PM ET The NFL has shortened its 2020 preseason to two games, a source said, part of a larger acclimatization plan for players following an unprecedented virtual offseason program during the coronavirus pandemic. In essence, the league canceled Weeks 1 and 4 of its original preseason schedule. It had previously canceled its Aug. 8

6:20 AM ET This week, I’m going to check in with progress reports for quarterbacks from the 2018 NFL draft. Five quarterbacks were drafted in the first round that year, and I’ll take detailed looks at Lamar Jackson (Tuesday), Josh Allen (Wednesday), Baker Mayfield (Thursday) and Sam Darnold (Friday). Sorry, Josh Rosen; I’ll get to

1:45 PM ET Robert Kraft’s solicitation of prostitution case was back in court Tuesday, with the primary piece of evidence against the New England Patriots‘ owner, police video surveillance, at stake. Florida prosecutors are trying to salvage the evidence after a state circuit court judge ruled last year that Jupiter, Florida, police improperly received and

11:52 AM ET Ron Rivera has a message for those ready to doubt that Cam Newton can rebound with the New England Patriots: Don’t bet against him. Rivera, who coached the Carolina Panthers for nine seasons with Newton as his starting quarterback, was asked Monday on 670 The Score in Chicago about whether he thought

6:35 AM ET This week, I’m going to check in with the quarterbacks from the 2018 NFL draft for progress reports through their first two seasons. Five quarterbacks were drafted in the first round that year, and I’ll take detailed looks at Lamar Jackson (Tuesday), Josh Allen (Wednesday), Baker Mayfield (Thursday) and Sam Darnold (Friday).

5:58 PM ET As the scheduled start of NFL training camps gets closer, the NFL Players Association has instructed player agents to talk to all of their clients about risk factors that could make them more susceptible to severe illness as a result of the COVID-19 virus. In a letter sent to agents Monday, which

9:39 AM ET Johnny Manziel is at a point in his life where he’s ready to concede that his football career is probably “in the past.” The former Cleveland Browns quarterback made the declaration in an interview with the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal for a story that was published Saturday. “In the past, probably, is the way

10:20 PM ET Cam Newton’s one-year, incentive-laden contract with the New England Patriots is mostly a no-lose situation in a post-Tom Brady world. So why wouldn’t the Patriots take the plunge? If Newton is healthy and performs at the high level he did when he was named NFL MVP and led the Carolina Panthers to

12:10 AM ET In the end, Cam Newton and the New England Patriots made too much sense for each other. In a league in which every other starting quarterback opportunity was full, the Patriots gave the former league MVP his only realistic chance of being a Week 1 starter on a competitive team. And while

2:51 PM ET Former Washington Redskins offensive line coach Joe Bugel, architect of the famed Hogs in the 1980s, has died, the team announced in a statement. He was 80. No cause of death was given. Bugel spent 32 years in the NFL but was largely known for his work in Washington, where he coached

6:00 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — To some, he’s merely the former NFL quarterback whose house Tom Brady was trying to enter when he unintentionally walked into the wrong home this offseason. But to those who follow the Tampa Bay Buccaneers closely, offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich is the man who, in many ways, holds the

6:00 AM ET Since John Harbaugh became the Baltimore Ravens coach in 2008, he has overseen many major changes, from switching franchise quarterbacks to revamping the defensive system. One of the constants of the 12-year Harbaugh era has been how you earn your way onto the practice field in training camp — even in the

6:55 AM ET Mirko Vitali was relaxing with friends on Giglio Island, just off the coast of Italy, when he learned about his unintended role in a major story in the United States. New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees had used the Italy-based photographer’s “handshake against racism” image — that’s what Vitali called the photo,