7:00 AM ET NFL NationESPN As the NFL preseason schedule hits full throttle this week, heated position battles for all 32 teams will be decided in games and training camp as kickoff for the 2022 season draws near. Some of the competitions will have huge implications for fantasy football fans — especially the undecided QB

5:27 PM ET BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Tuesday the league seeks a tougher penalty for Deshaun Watson because the quarterback’s actions were “egregious” and “predatory behavior.” Last week, the NFL formally appealed Watson’s six-game suspension, which was handed down by the NFL’s disciplinary officer Sue. L Robinson earlier this month. At

6:18 PM ET IRVINE, Calif. — Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay said Tuesday that he signed a contract extension during the offseason, but the team was waiting to announce it until general manager Les Snead signed an extension as well, which hasn’t happened yet. During his first press conference of training camp, McVay

4:15 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — Cleveland Browns wide receiver and kick returner Jakeem Grant Sr. suffered what the team fears is a torn Achilles, a league source told ESPN. Grant had to be carted off the field during Tuesday’s practice after suffering the injury in the drill. A source said the team is awaiting

8:02 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots quarterback Mac Jones acknowledged struggles as the team transitions to a “new offense,” but expressed confidence that things will turn around. “I’m going to figure it out. I always have. I always will,” Jones said Tuesday after the Patriots’ 11th practice of training camp. “At the

12:43 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — New York Jets right offensive tackle Mekhi Becton “more than likely” will miss the entire season because of a chip fracture in his right kneecap, coach Robert Saleh announced Tuesday. Becton, 23, drafted 11th overall in 2020, still is seeking outside medical opinions, but the expectation is that

9:42 AM ET CHICAGO — Bears linebacker Roquan Smith said in a written statement that he has requested a trade after contract negotiations between himself and the organization reached an impasse. Smith wrote a statement that was posted to social media by NFL Network on Tuesday. ESPN has confirmed the validity of these messages. The

3:22 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Aaron Rodgers doesn’t feel the need to play in the preseason, but if the Green Bay Packers quarterback does play then he really wants to play. Rodgers hasn’t played a preseason snap since 2018 — he was supposed to play one game in the summer of 2019 until

11:25 AM ET SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Carolina Panthers offensive coordinator Ben McAdoo wasn’t as critical of quarterback Baker Mayfield on Tuesday as he was in 2018, when he expressed concerns over the Heisman Trophy winner’s height, hand size and style of play heading into the NFL draft. Mayfield seems to have won over one of

7:00 AM ET SEARCHING FOR A vodka soda, Sean McVay walks me through the expansive refurbished kitchen of his new 9,000-square-foot house in a double-security-gated Hidden Hills community that also is home to Drake, Miley Cyrus, the Jenners and Kardashians just up the 101 Freeway from Los Angeles. It’s a May afternoon, in the spring