9:20 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles traded up with the Bears for the ninth overall pick and selected Georgia defensive tackle Jalen Carter on Thursday. The Eagles sent the 10th overall pick and a 2024 fourth-round pick to the Bears for the No. 9 pick. The Bears then selected Tennessee offensive tackle Darnell Wright

12:58 AM ET The Dallas Cowboys did something in the NFL draft’s first round Thursday they have not done since early in Jerry Jones’ tenure as owner and general manager — select a defensive tackle. With the 26th overall pick, the Cowboys selected Michigan run stopper Mazi Smith, the first defensive tackle Dallas has taken

11:27 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Jahmyr Gibbs was chatting with friends Thursday night during the NFL draft when his phone rang unexpectedly. Feeling like many Detroit Lions fans, Gibbs admitted to being “shocked” when he received the call that he was being selected 12th overall by Detroit as the second running back taken in the

11:33 AM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Legendary quarterback Joe Namath stopped short of a guarantee, but said the acquisition of Aaron Rodgers could put his beloved New York Jets in the Super Bowl for the first time in 55 years. “Oh, I know he could,” Namath said Friday in a phone interview with ESPN.

8:19 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper didn’t hesitate when asked what it meant for the organization to get Alabama quarterback Bryce Young with the top pick of Thursday night’s NFL draft. “Super Bowls,” Tepper said while addressing a raucous crowd at Bank of America Stadium. “Super Bowls.” It was a

10:15 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — When former Oregon Ducks cornerback Christian Gonzalez arrived onstage at the 2023 NFL draft after the New England Patriots picked him 17th overall, he opened his suit jacket and the vibrant colors reflected his roots. The bright red, blue and yellow inside resembled the flag of Colombia. There was

11:35 PM ET ESPN staff We tracked every first-round trade involving the 2023 NFL draft, which saw of the first 15 picks change hands before the draft started — including the No. 1 pick, which the Chicago Bears dealt to the Carolina Panthers. These trades date back more than two years, when the Los Angeles

6:00 AM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — There were times last year, shortly after the draft, when the five Kansas City Chiefs rookie defensive backs looked at each other and wondered how they might survive training camp, much less the season. It wasn’t always pretty as they raced to get ready for the regular season,

6:00 AM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — It’s impossible to know what the New York Giants are going to do with the No. 25 overall pick of the 2023 NFL draft (8 p.m. ET on ESPN, ABC, ESPN App) on Thursday. They don’t even know exactly what they are going to do. “I wish I

Apr 24, 2023 After months of speculation, Aaron Rodgers has been traded to the New York Jets. It has been nearly three years since Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst used a first-round pick on Jordan Love, a move that seemed to hint at the end of the Hall of Famer’s tenure in Green