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The Los Angeles Chargers will face an unnamed opponent on Friday night of Week 1 as the NFL goes back to Brazil for a second consecutive season. (Jevone Moore/Getty Images) The Los Angeles Chargers will serve as the home team when the NFL returns to Brazil next season at Arena Corinthians in São Paulo, the

David NewtonFeb 18, 2025, 04:11 PM ET Close David Newton is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Carolina Panthers. Newton began covering Carolina in 1995 and came to ESPN in 2006 as a NASCAR reporter before joining NFL Nation in 2013. Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Veteran quarterback Andy Dalton has been

The Panthers and backup quarterback Andy Dalton have reached agreement on a two-year contract to keep him in Carolina. The Panthers announced the deal on Tuesday. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports that it’s valued at $8 million with $6 million in guaranteed money and could escalate to $10 million. The contract escalators weren’t initially reported. Dalton

The Lions did not promote from within to replace offensive coordinator Ben Johnson, but they did choose someone with ties to the team’s offensive scheme. John Morton was a senior offensive assistant in 2022, so he worked with Johnson before spending the last two seasons on Sean Payton’s staff in Denver. Morton also worked with

Open Extended Reactions The two-week NFL franchise tag window opens Tuesday and runs until 4 p.m. ET on March 4. During that time frame, each team is allowed to tag one player who is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent. Doing so would keep the player with the franchise for the 2025 season. Franchise

Are Josh Allen’s Bills coming for the Chiefs’ crown?Photograph: Timothy T Ludwig/Getty NFL fans are spoiled when it comes to dynasties this century. Just as Bill Belichick’s New England Patriots ran out of gas after two decades of dominance, along came the Kansas City Chiefs to replace them. But the manner in which the Eagles

Todd ArcherFeb 16, 2025, 06:00 AM ET Close Todd Archer is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Dallas Cowboys. Archer has covered the NFL since 1997 and Dallas since 2003. He joined ESPN in 2010. Open Extended Reactions FRISCO, Texas — It’s about an hour before Brian Schottenheimer is introduced as the 10th

The Saints interviewed Dolphins wide receivers coach Robert Prince on Saturday for their offensive coordinator job, Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports. Prince, 59, just took the Dolphins’ job on Jan. 29, replacing Wes Welker. The Saints hired Kellen Moore as their head coach earlier this week, and Moore and Prince have a history together.

Michael DiRoccoFeb 15, 2025, 07:37 PM ET Close Michael DiRocco is an NFL reporter at ESPN. DiRocco covers the Jacksonville Jaguars. He previously covered the University of Florida for over a decade for ESPN.com and the Florida Times-Union. DiRocco graduated from Jacksonville University and is a multiple APSE award winner. Open Extended Reactions JACKSONVILLE, Fla.

Raiders assistant GM Champ Kelly has interviewed with the Jaguars for their general manager vacancy. Kelly just completed his third year as assistant GM in Las Vegas. He also briefly served as interim GM between the firing of Dave Ziegler and the hiring of Tom Telesco. He has previously worked in the scouting departments of

Open Extended Reactions The 2025 NFL draft is just over two months away. It kicks off on April 24 in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and the Tennessee Titans will be on the clock first with the No. 1 pick. But what does the top of the draft board look like right now? We used the recent

This embedded content is not available in your region. Subscribe to Inside Coverage Jason Fitz and Charles Robinson are back for another edition of Inside Coverage as we turn the page on the NFL season and head towards the draft. But first they question how the Kansas City Chiefs demoralizing Super Bowl loss to the

The Philadelphia Eagles’ Super Bowl victory parade kicked off Friday morning with the festivities beginning at Lincoln Financial Field. The route will take the team to the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art where a formal ceremony will be held. It’s been a whirlwind week for some of the Eagles’ biggest names. Following their

Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts share their predictions for next season’s Super Bowl. Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters Congratulations to the 99% of NFL pundits and fans whose preseason predictions have long made their way through the garbage disposal. Unfortunately, the NFL writers for the Guardian have no such luck. Our villainous editors are forcing us to

Rich CiminiFeb 13, 2025, 11:15 AM ET Close Rich Cimini is a staff writer who covers the New York Jets and the NFL at ESPN. Rich has covered the Jets for over 30 years, joining ESPN in 2010. Rich also hosts the Flight Deck podcast. He previously was a beat writer for the New York

There was something perhaps unintentionally cruel about the phrasing of the Jets’ breakup statement with Aaron Rodgers — “our intention was to move in a different direction at quarterback” — since moving in a different direction was what cost Rodgers one of his two seasons in a Jets uniform. When Rodgers shredded his Achilles tendon

The Lions’ loss in the divisional round of the playoffs cost them a chance to play the Eagles in the NFC Championship Game. Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown hopes the Lions get that chance in the first game of the 2025 regular season. St. Brown said on his podcast with his brothers that of

Tim McManusFeb 12, 2025, 06:00 AM ET Close Tim McManus covers the Philadelphia Eagles for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2016 after covering the Eagles for Philadelphia Magazine’s Birds 24/7, a site he helped create, since 2010. Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — Jalen Hurts‘ father, Averion, was waiting by the field entrance inside the Superdome