6:00 AM ET NFL scouts can rank anything. Best diner in Boone, North Carolina? Check. Favorite hotel in Moscow, Idaho? Check. Best game film set up in the Big 12? Check. That’s what decades of travel will do. But ask scouts, general managers and coaches to narrow down the best draft prospect they’ve ever seen

6:00 AM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Jaguars aren’t picking a player in the top 10 of the NFL draft for the first time since 2018. They’re not even picking in the middle. The Jaguars have the No. 24 overall pick, which makes it challenging to predict which player the team will take. Though

6:00 AM ET EAGAN, Minn. — As the world spins around them, the Minnesota Vikings can always find steady ground in one incredibly consistent fact: Their roster is so depleted at cornerback that it’s arguably their top need heading into the 2023 NFL draft. That assessment has been true for most of the past decade,

7:00 AM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Derrick Mason welcomed Odell Beckham Jr. to an unofficial Baltimore Ravens veteran receiver fraternity with one of the best compliments he could give. “As flashy and as flamboyant as OBJ is, the man has dog in him. He truly does,” Mason said. “That’s something you can’t teach. It’s

Apr 14, 2023 DJ Bien-AimeESPN With only two weeks left in the XFL regular season, four teams are fighting for the two remaining playoff spots. With the No. 2 spot in the North Division and a potential playoff spot on the line, the Seattle Sea Dragons (5-3) and St. Louis Battlehawks (6-2) highlight the Week

7:00 AM ET The person on the other end of the line paused as he answered the phone. “This is Joey Porter,” he said, adding after a beat, “Senior.” Once the only Joey Porter in the NFL world, Porter Sr. now is watching his son, Joey Porter Jr., make the name his own as a

1:40 PM ET Washington Commanders owners Dan and Tanya Snyder are near a deal to sell the storied NFL franchise, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Thursday. A group led by Josh Harris, co-owner of the Philadelphia 76ers and the New Jersey Devils, continues to be optimistic that it will get the team. But Canadian

9:42 AM ET Associated Press The first quarterback-specific helmet designed to help reduce concussions has been approved for use by the NFL and NFLPA, The Associated Press has learned. The helmet, manufactured by Vicis, reduces severity of helmet-to-ground impacts, which league data says account for approximately half of quarterback concussions, including the one suffered by

11:34 AM ET The Cleveland Browns and FirstEnergy Corp. have agreed to end their stadium naming rights agreement, leaving the team’s home field to be called Cleveland Browns Stadium for now. “We’ve had a great association with FirstEnergy for more than two decades, and we appreciate this partnership and what it has created for our

3:29 PM ET Stephen HolderESPN INDIANAPOLIS — Colts coach Shane Steichen, asked whether the team has turned its focus away from free agent Lamar Jackson and toward the NFL draft in its pursuit of a franchise quarterback, suggested the team is currently more preoccupied with the draft. “We’re focused on the draft and I’m focused