Tristan H. Cockcroft May 18, 2023, 08:50 AM ET When it’s increasingly argued, year after year, how unwise it is to spend a first-round NFL draft pick on a running back, we as fantasy football managers sometimes develop irrational fear of spending such a lofty pick on a rookie back in our own drafts. But

Rich Cimini, ESPN Staff WriterMay 18, 2023, 06:00 AM ET Close Longtime Jets beat writer for New York Daily News Syracuse University graduate FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — While the New York Jets continue to bask in the afterglow of the Aaron Rodgers trade, one of their homegrown stars is stewing at home, feeling disrespected. That

May 18, 2023, 03:45 AM ET After 18 offers from top schools — four of which led to visits — Nigerian defensive end Emmanuel Okoye (18), one of the NFL Academy‘s most exciting prospects, committed to the University of Tennessee because it ‘had a feeling of home’. Okoye, who only started playing American football in

Alaina Getzenberg, ESPNMay 17, 2023, 01:25 PM ET ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Leslie Frazier will be among the 40 participants in the NFL’s Coach Accelerator program held at the spring league meeting in Minneapolis next week. The NFL announced on Wednesday the coaches who will be participating in the program. The program’s aim is to

Todd Archer, ESPN Staff WriterMay 17, 2023, 02:58 PM ET Close Covered NFL since 1997, Cowboys since 2003 Previously covered Bengals and Dolphins Lives in Dallas area with his wife and two children ARLINGTON, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys will face a salary cap challenge when it comes to signing Dak Prescott, CeeDee Lamb, Trevon

ESPN News Services May 16, 2023, 11:54 PM ET A judge in Johnson County (Kansas) agreed to Jackson Mahomes’ request to have his bond agreement modified so he could talk to three of four people listed as witnesses, who are his friends. Mahomes, the brother of star Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, declined to

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — It was early in the third quarter, and the 100,000-plus fans in Tennessee’s Neyland Stadium were going wild. That’s when Devin Hyatt turned to his father and uttered what earlier would’ve been an inconceivable statement. “Dad, Jalin’s going to score five times,” Devin Hyatt said after his brother, Jalin, a junior

Kevin Seifert, ESPN Staff WriterMay 17, 2023, 06:00 AM ET Close ESPN.com national NFL writer ESPN.com NFC North reporter, 2008-2013 Covered Vikings for Minneapolis Star Tribune, 1999-2008 EAGAN, Minn. — The Minnesota Vikings fielded one of the NFL’s worst pass rushes in 2022. Last week, they traded their most productive edge rusher, sending linebacker Za’Darius

Ben Baby, ESPN Staff WriterMay 16, 2023, 03:23 PM ET Close ESPN Staff Writer Previously a college football writer for The Dallas Morning News University of North Texas graduate CINCINNATI — Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow remained tight-lipped about his ongoing contract negotiations. But he did clarify a few points Tuesday in his first media availability

Rob Demovsky, ESPN Staff WriterMay 16, 2023, 04:21 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. — The running joke this offseason has been that with Aaron Rodgers out and Jordan Love in, the