7:25 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Save for a global pandemic, the NFL scouting combine has been held in Indianapolis each year since 1987. NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith, however, believes the combine has outlived its usefulness. During Super Bowl week, he took aim at the annual centralized event, which involves more than 300

7:25 AM ET Brady HendersonESPN Tuesday should bring some clarity to the contract negotiations between Pro Bowl quarterback Geno Smith and the Seattle Seahawks. That marks the deadline for NFL teams to apply the franchise tag to prospective free agents, which in Smith’s case would mean a one-year, $32.416 million tender to keep him from

11:18 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones’ arrival at the NFL scouting combine Friday was delayed because of poor weather, but he still spoke on the team bus for more than an hour, touching on a number of topics. The Cowboys are now 27 seasons removed from their last

3:37 PM ET The Las Vegas Raiders are planning to use the franchise tag on reigning NFL rushing champion Josh Jacobs for the 2023 season, sources confirmed to ESPN on Friday. The franchise tag for running backs for the 2023 season will cost $10.09 million. The deadline for teams to use the tag is Tuesday

2:54 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Wide receiver Jordan Addison doesn’t have much control over his future home, but he supports the idea of teaming with Steelers quarterback and former Pitt teammate Kenny Pickett. “Hey man, if we reunite, that’d be good,” Addison said at the NFL scouting combine Friday. “That’d be real cool. Real easy

1:17 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Kentucky quarterback Will Levis didn’t hesitate Friday when asked why he decided to throw at the NFL combine when not all the top draft prospects will. “Because I’ve got a cannon,” Levis said with a smile. “I want to show it off.” Levis’ strong arm and prototypical size (6-foot-3, 231

12:50 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Former Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett IV addressed his somewhat tumultuous offseason, which included a January arrest in Dallas for public intoxication, on Friday at the NFL’s scouting combine. Bennett, who was a Heisman Trophy finalist this past season, also did not participate in any of the postseason all-star games and

1:02 PM ET At the end of the season, Baltimore Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta said “it takes two to tango” when asked about the chances of getting a deal done with quarterback Lamar Jackson this year. Ravens defensive end Calais Campbell said this week that Jackson is a willing dance partner. Campbell, who is

9:24 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Former Alabama quarterback Bryce Young, one of the most highly rated prospects in April’s NFL draft, says he understands the questions the league’s personnel evaluators might have about his size and potential durability. Because, well, he has a mirror. “I’ve been this size, respectfully, my whole life,” Young said with

Mar 3, 2023 NFL NationESPN Before NFL free agency begins, teams are allowed to apply franchise tags to players beginning Feb. 21 through March 7 to give them a sense of what they need to do before the league year starts on March 15. The franchise tag is a designation that teams can apply to