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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

Ohio State has found a former NFL head coach to be its next defensive coordinator. According to ESPN, the school is finalizing a deal with former Detroit Lions coach Matt Patricia to replace Jim Knowles after its national title-winning season. Knowles, a Pennsylvania native, left Ohio State to take the same position at Penn State

Let’s be honest — there’s no such thing as an offseason in the NFL. Now that the 2024 season is over and the Philadelphia Eagles have been crowned Super Bowl champions, it’s time to turn our attention to who can knock them off next season. And how they can re-load for another shot at a

2024 season: 10-7, second in AFC North, lost to Ravens in wild-card round Overview: The Steelers rode a 10-3 start to another playoff berth under head coach Mike Tomlin despite lingering questions at quarterback. An 0-5 finish, including a wild-card loss to the rival Ravens, was a truer embodiment of this Steelers team that ultimately

2024 season: 9-8, third in AFC North, missed playoffs Overview: It was an organizational failure for the Cincinnati Bengals to miss the playoffs. Joe Burrow was an MVP finalist. It’s hard to miss the playoffs when your quarterback plays at that level, but the Bengals did it. The biggest culprit was a defense that fell

Katherine TerrellFeb 11, 2025, 12:09 PM ET Close Katherine Terrell came back to ESPN to cover the New Orleans Saints in the summer of 2022. She left the company in 2019 after joining in 2016 to cover the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a graduate of LSU and a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native, and she has

What next for Travis Kelce, Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs after such a damaging Super Bowl defeat? [Getty Images] The Kansas City Chiefs went into Super Bowl 59 chasing greatness, but they came out of it with serious questions over whether their dynasty years have come to a devastatingly abrupt end. It was not losing

Ben SolakFeb 10, 2025, 01:20 PM ET Close Ben Solak joined ESPN in 2024 as a national NFL analyst. He previously covered the NFL at The Ringer, Bleeding Green Nation and The Draft Network. Open Extended Reactions One day later there’s still only one word to describe Super Bowl LIX: disbelief. The final scoreboard read

Talk of a “three-peat” may have inspired the Kansas City Chiefs to pursue a third consecutive Super Bowl title. But boasting of it and speaking as if a third consecutive championship might be a foregone conclusion provided significant motivation for the Philadelphia Eagles in their 40-22 victory on Sunday. “Definitely,” Eagles defensive tackle Milton Williams

NEW ORLEANS — Jalen Hurts danced his way through the locker room, a cigar between his teeth and a beer can in his right hand. He sprayed a shirtless Saquon Barkley until the can held nothing left to spray, one last handoff from the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback to his star running back as they celebrated

Open Extended Reactions There may be no better host for Super Bowl LIX than New Orleans, a city rich in supernatural lore. Either the Chiefs will complete their mystical season with an unprecedented three-peat, or the Eagles will revisit history by avenging their Super Bowl LVII loss to Patrick Mahomes & Co. Editor’s Picks 2

Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs have reached their fifth Super Bowl in six years, reigniting speculation that this might be the tight end’s last. As Kelce is finishing up his 12th NFL season, many are wondering if a retirement announcement is on its way — especially if he’s able to claim a third

Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator Kellen Moore is expected to be hired as the new head coach of the New Orleans Saints, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Moore, 36, would take over a Saints team that finished 5-12 last season and ended in last place of the NFC South. Head coach Dennis Allen was fired after

Xuan ThaiFeb 8, 2025, 06:14 AM ET Close Xuan Thai is a senior writer and producer in ESPN’s investigative and enterprise unit. She was previously deputy bureau chief of the south region for NBC News. Open Extended Reactions Two original founders of the NFL’s Rooney Rule told ESPN they agree with commissioner Roger Goodell that