Just a few days after winning Super Bowl LVIII, the Chiefs announced they had signed defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo to a contract extension. Spagnuolo’s previous deal was expiring and Kansas City made it a priority to keep him with the franchise. Earlier this month, ESPN reported that the 49ers explored hiring Spagnuolo to be their defensive coordinator after parting ways …

Carmen Vitali NFC North Reporter Whichever rookie quarterback ends up in Chicago after this year’s NFL Draft is going to be lucky. The Bears aren’t your average team picking first overall, namely because they didn’t earn it in the traditional way. Chicago is picking first overall because of a trade down out of the first overall pick last year with …

The NFL kickoff could soon be undergoing a dramatic change and it could happen as soon as this week.   The fate of the kickoff will likely be decided on Monday in Orlando, Florida, where the NFL’s 32 owners are getting together for the Annual League Meeting. If 24 of those owners vote to approve the proposed changes, then the …

In one month, the 2024 NFL Draft is to commence, with multiple quarterbacks expected to be taken in the first round. Chicago holds the first overall selection as part of last year’s trade with the Panthers, but selecting the first quarterback does not necessarily mean that team will walk away with the draft’s best quarterback. Situation matters; coaching and a …

The Jets released Corey Davis on March 14 after he applied for reinstatement to the NFL, but there’s a strong possibility the wide receiver winds up back with Gang Green. Speaking to reporters on Monday at the AFC coaches breakfast, Robert Saleh said the Jets are in “regular contact” with Davis. “Our door is always going to be open to him,” …

With the first wave of NFL free agency over, all eyes around the league will turn toward pro days and one final month-long push toward April’s NFL draft. Baltimore has needs, but after a solid start to the free agency process, the first-round pick (No. 30) could be about nagging the best player available or a potential building block in …

With the first wave of NFL free agency over, all eyes around the league will turn toward pro days and one final month-long push toward April’s NFL draft. Philadelphia has needs, but after a strong start to the free agency process, the first-round pick (No. 22) could be about nagging the best player available or a potential building block in …

Top Eagles storylines at 2024 NFL owners meetings originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia ORLANDO — The initial wave of free agency is over and the NFL will soon turn its full attention to the NFL Draft. But before that happens, most of the 32 owners, GMs and head coaches will meet at lavish The Ritz-Carlton for a few days …

It happened in 1983. It happened 21 years later, in 2004. It might happen 21 years later again, in 2025. Colorado coach Deion Sanders vowed last week that Buffaloes quarterback Shedeur Sanders and cornerback/receiver Travis Hunter will pick their NFL team next year, not the other way around. “I know where I want them to go,” Sanders said Friday on …

Tim Kavanagh, ESPN.comMar 25, 2024, 07:00 AM ET CloseTim Kavanagh is a senior editor for ESPN digital editorial. He’s a native of upstate New York. Following the St. Louis Blues’ Stanley Cup championship run in 2019, the team kept their fans engaged with playoff returns the following three seasons. An 81-point campaign in 2022-23 landed them sixth in the Central …

CLEMSON — Clemson football returned from spring break and began the latter part of spring practices Sunday. The Tigers have used their 11 spring sessions to get freshmen acclimated, get position groups familiar with new coaches, make progress on various position battles and fine tune on offense, defense and special teams. This will culminate in Clemson’s spring game April 6 at …

With the first wave of NFL free agency over, all eyes around the league will turn toward pro days and one final month-long push toward April’s NFL draft. Philadelphia has needs, but after a solid start to the free agency process, the first-round pick (No. 22) could be about nagging the best player available or a potential building block in …

Rutgers University head wrestling coach Scott Goodale said criticism on social media that the Rutgers program has grown stagnant is way off base. “That’s the dumbest thing,’’ Goodale said in an interview Friday night at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City with Rutgers beat reporters Pat Lanni of nj.com and Nick Kosko of On3sports after the fourth session of the NCAA …

It’s not every day you meet a ghost. But there he was, casually leaning a wall after a Florida spring football practice. Eugene Wilson III, better known as “Trey.” He’s not really an apparition, though you’d have a hard time convincing defensive players of that. Wilson frequently vanished right in front of them last season, leaving them tackling nothing but …

ORLANDO, Fla. — Jerry Jones began painting himself into this corner in January. The always interview-friendly Dallas Cowboys team owner used two words that began to ring across league halls. He doesn’t regret them, per se. But he’s aware of them. He knows how they’ve been interpreted and he knows that interpretation has veered from his own. So after a …