Mike Reiss, ESPN Staff WriterMay 31, 2023, 03:48 PM ET Close Covered Patriots since 1997 Joined ESPN in 2009 FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots captain Matthew Slater, whose 10 Pro Bowl berths is an NFL record for a special teams player, sharply criticized the league for last week’s rule change that allows fair catches

Rich Cimini, ESPN Staff WriterMay 31, 2023, 05:26 PM ET Close Longtime Jets beat writer for New York Daily News Syracuse University graduate FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers, nursing a calf injury, threw on the side and spent most of Wednesday’s practice coaching up teammates. Running back Breece Hall was

Rob Demovsky, ESPN Staff WriterMay 31, 2023, 05:40 PM ET Close Covered Packers for Green Bay Press-Gazette from 1997-2013 Two-time Wisconsin Sportswriter of the Year as selected by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association GREEN BAY, Wis. — David Bakhtiari seems to be the only one willing to say that the Green Bay Packers are

Turron Davenport, ESPNMay 31, 2023, 06:02 PM ET Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Titans rookie quarterback Will Levis, coming off a tough practice Wednesday, said he’s not going to beat himself up as he continues to navigate the

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNMay 31, 2023, 06:48 PM ET Los Angeles Rams defensive coordinator Raheem Morris happened to be in the right place at the right time this past weekend, as he helped save a child who was drowning in a Las Vegas pool. Morris was at the Encore Las Vegas with his family when he

Mike Reiss, ESPN Staff WriterMay 31, 2023, 02:26 PM ET Close Covered Patriots since 1997 Joined ESPN in 2009 FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick took responsibility for the team having two organized team activities taken away by the NFL and backed assistant coach Joe Judge for his role in the violation

Lindsey Thiry, ESPNMay 31, 2023, 06:27 PM ET Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball COSTA MESA, Calif. — Los Angeles Chargers left tackle Rashawn Slater says he is feeling “100 percent” after undergoing season-ending surgery last season. Slater

DJ Bien-Aime, ESPNMay 31, 2023, 04:59 PM ET HOUSTON — The Houston Texans wore orange T-shirts during Wednesday’s OTA practice to bring awareness to gun violence ahead of National Gun Violence Awareness Day on Friday and Wear Orange Weekend. “We want to make sure that we support that situation and just the senseless gun violence

Rich Cimini, ESPN Staff WriterMay 31, 2023, 06:00 AM ET Close Longtime Jets beat writer for New York Daily News Syracuse University graduate TEQUESTA, Fla. — School’s out for the summer, and Papa is on his way to the final pickup. Joe Namath pulls his Cadillac Escalade into the parking lot, snakes around behind the

Ben Baby, ESPN Staff WriterMay 30, 2023, 03:21 PM ET Close ESPN Staff Writer Previously a college football writer for The Dallas Morning News University of North Texas graduate CINCINNATI — Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tyler Boyd believes he was the missing factor that kept the team from making back-to-back Super Bowl appearances. In his