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Brandon Aiyuk wants his money. (Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images) Brandon Aiyuk is taking a road well-traveled as he negotiates a new contract with the San Francisco 49ers. The All-Pro wide receiver unfollowed his team of four years on Instagram, as NFL Network’s Clayton Holloway noticed Friday: Unfollowing a team while looking for a new

With the 2024 NFL Draft approaching, let’s take a look at each individual position’s rankings. Here are the top five linebackers. [Nate Tice’s NFL Draft top 100 big board ⊥ Top QBs ⊥ Top RBs ⊥ Top WRs ⊥ Top OL ⊥ Top Edges ⊥ Top IDL ⊥ Top CBs ⊥ Top Safeties] It’s not

Mike Reiss, ESPN Staff WriterApr 11, 2024, 04:19 PM ET Close Mike Reiss is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the New England Patriots. Reiss has covered the Patriots since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2009. In 2019, he was named Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. You can

Getty Images A former star running back who experienced one of the most epic rises and falls in sports and media history, O.J. Simpson died Wednesday at 76 years old. Simpson was one of the most infamous figures in American history. He was a Heisman Trophy winner, the No. 1 overall pick in the 1969 NFL

On Oct. 3, 1995, at 1 p.m. ET, America stopped in its tracks. From living rooms to break rooms to classrooms, people huddled around televisions and radios to find out the fate of Orenthal James Simpson, a Hall of Fame running back-turned-charismatic television personality, movie actor and double murder defendant. Some 95 million people had

Jake Trotter, ESPN Staff WriterApr 11, 2024, 08:35 AM ET Close Jake Trotter covers the Cleveland Browns for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2011 covering college football. Before that, he worked at The Oklahoman, Austin American-Statesman and Middletown (Ohio) Journal newspapers. You can follow him on Twitter @Jake_Trotter. Open Extended Reactions BEREA, Ohio — The

In a kind of snake-eating-tail bit of NFL Draft coverage, I wanted to highlight my favorite prospects that didn’t make the top 50 of my big board. Diet Coke versions of top prospects, developmental guys, ‘tweeners and everything, well, in between. Quarterback I lowered this exercise to players outside of the top 50 to help

USATSI The NFL is an ever evolving ecosystem in the offseason.  Almost every offseason, four-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Stefon Diggs posts some cryptic messages on social media, seemingly indicating a desire to be traded. Almost every year he stays put, and Diggs and the Bills act like his comments are no big deal. In

Jamison Hensley, ESPN Staff WriterApr 9, 2024, 04:14 PM ET Close Jamison Hensley is a reporter covering the Baltimore Ravens for ESPN. Jamison joined ESPN in 2011, covering the AFC North before focusing exclusively on the Ravens beginning in 2013. Jamison won the National Sports Media Association Maryland Sportswriter of the Year award in 2018,

2023 record: 5-12, missed playoffs Draft picks per round 1st round: No. 52nd round: No. 373rd round: No. 694th round: No. 1054th round: No. 110 (from Bears)5th round: No. 1406th round: No. 1817th round: No. 2257th round: No. 253 (compensatory) With college basketball done, MLB Opening Day in the rearview mirror and The Masters still

We’ve made it past the NFL scouting combine. Free agency has opened and (mostly) petered out. That means draft needs are set. So what does your team need? What picks does it have? Who are the best fits? What’s the dream fantasy pick? Click on each team for an in-depth look. AFC East Buffalo Bills

Getty Images Cornerback Kevin King has not played in an NFL game since 2021, but he’s making his return in 2024 as the veteran has signed with the Atlanta Falcons, the team announced on Monday. King missed the 2022 season due to personal reasons and missed the 2023 season after tearing his Achilles tendon during an

NFL draft experts Apr 8, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2024 NFL draft is just around the corner, which means you’re about to start hearing (if you haven’t already) many prospects be compared to some of the best past and present NFL stars. NFL draft evaluators’ matches are typically based on style

My top 50 big board has expanded to 100 as we kick into the homestretch of the draft silly season. Some of my assessments remain the same, while others have evolved. 1. Drake Maye, QB, North Carolina Nothing has changed at the top for me. I view both as elite talents and both a full

Two weeks into the United Football League’s inaugural season, a kicker might be the league’s breakout star. Jake Bates kicked a 62-yard field goal for the Michigan Panthers on Sunday in a 20–13 loss at home to the Birmingham Stallions. The booming kick came one week after Bates hit a 64-yarder against the St. Louis

USATSI This offseason, we saw the running back market take a significant step forward from where it had been recently. With one of the best free-agent classes in recent memory at the position, seven different backs signed contracts with an average annual value of $7 million or more. The largest of those deals was the

ESPN News Services Apr 5, 2024, 09:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Chiefs defensive end Mike Danna has agreed on a three-year, $24 million deal to remain in Kansas City, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press on Friday. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the deal

Getty Images What if we’re wrong? That’s the question I focused on all week as I prepared to write my latest mock draft. As we approach the NFL Draft later this month, there has been an avalanche of acceptance when it comes to the theory that the first four picks could all be quarterbacks. On