2:14 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball COSTA MESA, Calif. — Three days after leaving his position as the Dallas Cowboys‘ offensive coordinator and less than 48 hours after accepting the same post with

9:00 AM ET NFL Nation reporters There’s one game left in the 2022 NFL season, as the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles will square off in Super Bowl LVII. That means the offseason is quickly approaching. And the first big milestone in preparation for the 2023 season is free agency. We asked our NFL

10:45 AM ET NFL NationESPN Get ready for yet another wild NFL offseason of quarterback movement — which is already underway after Tom Brady announced Wednesday morning that he’s retiring from the NFL after 23 seasons. Stars like Lamar Jackson, Daniel Jones and Geno Smith are on expiring contracts, a handful of big names could

Feb 1, 2023 ASHBURN, Va. — The pats on the back, photo requests and adulation haven’t stopped 35 years later. When people meet Doug Williams, they know who they’re meeting: Doug Williams, the first Black quarterback to win a Super Bowl. On Jan. 31, 1988, he changed a narrative that Black quarterbacks couldn’t lead a

7:45 PM ET After making the biggest splash move last offseason by trading two first- and two second-round picks for Russell Wilson, the Denver Broncos were back at it Tuesday with another blockbuster trade. The Broncos agreed to compensation with the New Orleans Saints in return for Super Bowl-winning head coach Sean Payton, sources told

4:28 PM ET DJ Bien-AimeESPN HOUSTON — The Texans have hired San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator DeMeco Ryans as their new head coach, the team announced Tuesday. The deal is for six years, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Ryans will be officially introduced as the franchise’s sixth full-time coach on Thursday. The Texans, meanwhile, become

3:51 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper, despite hiring Frank Reich over Steve Wilks as the team’s sixth head coach, insisted on Tuesday he’s doing what he can to break up the “old boys’ network” in the NFL. The old boys’ network of mostly white owners has a history of not

4:20 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The Denver Broncos agreed Tuesday to a trade with the New Orleans Saints to make Sean Payton the 19th head coach in franchise history, sources told ESPN. The Saints will receive the Broncos’ 2023 first-round pick (No. 29 overall) and 2024 second-round pick for Payton and the Saints’ 2024

7:34 PM ET Alaina GetzenbergESPN BUFFALO, N.Y. — Damar Hamlin has teamed up with the American Heart Association to encourage people to learn how to perform CPR. In a video posted to Instagram, the Buffalo Bills safety announced the launch of the “Damar Hamlin 3 for Heart Challenge,” a three-step process for people to learn

8:05 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — As they head into an offseason full of quarterback uncertainty, the one thing the San Francisco 49ers know for sure is that they have two signal-callers — Brock Purdy and Trey Lance — under contract and recovering from injuries. As of Tuesday, the Niners have a good idea