1:30 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — The Dolphins announced their team captains Thursday, with quarterback Tua Tagovailoa heading the list. Tagovailoa was named a captain for the first time in his NFL career after a player-led voting process. Coach Mike McDaniel said the third-year quarterback was the “resounding highest point winner,” which spoke to

1:25 PM ET OXON HILL, Md. — The Washington Commanders removed any pressure on rookie running back Brian Robinson to return too soon by placing him on the reserve/non-football injury list Thursday. Robinson will miss at least four games. If he is recovered after that time, he can play in Week 5. If not —

1:20 PM ET Quarterback Russell Wilson and the Denver Broncos agreed to a reported five-year, $245 million contract extension Thursday, a deal that includes $165 million in guaranteed money, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The deal is the third-most lucrative contract in NFL history in terms of guaranteed money, with only Deshaun Watson‘s $230 million

7:22 AM ET Eric MoodyESPN Close Former manager at a Fortune 100 financial services company, now living my dream creating fantasy and sports betting content about the NFL, NBA, and WNBA for ESPN. Read ESPN’s fantasy football daily notes every weekday to stay caught up on the news you need to know and get a

Sep 1, 2022 For the past four years, assistant equipment manager Sam Staley has added ‘Practice DJ’ to his list of roles with the Bengals. ESPN Bengals reporter Ben Baby CINCINNATI — While the Cincinnati Bengals players waited out a weather delay at the start of an August training camp practice, Sam Staley capitalized on an

Sep 1, 2022 SANTA CLARA, Calif. — For a team that’s been in the NFL’s final four two of the past three seasons, there’s no need for equivocation when it comes to the goal for the San Francisco 49ers‘ season. “The only thing that’s really driving me right now is I’m trying to get to

8:15 PM ET NFL NationESPN The 2022 NFL season will kick off a week from Thursday as the Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams host the Buffalo Bills (8:20 p.m. ET, NBC) — which means teams are cutting their rosters in preparation. Teams were required to cut to 53 players by 4 p.m. ET on

8:00 AM ET CHICAGO — As Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields was struggling through his debut as an NFL starter against the Browns last Sept. 26, his father, Pablo, went to a concessions stand in Cleveland’s FirstEnergy Stadium. A self-proclaimed “nervous wreck” during Justin’s games, Pablo won’t sit with anyone but his wife, JoAnn, during

2:33 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Eagles have traded wide receiver Jalen Reagor to the Minnesota Vikings, the teams announced Wednesday. In return, the Eagles receive a 2023 seventh-round NFL draft pick and a 2024 conditional fourth-round pick that would downgrade to a fifth-round pick if certain statistical marks are not met. The Eagles

4:28 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — It was about a month ago that San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch and coach Kyle Shanahan began having conversations about what a scenario in which quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo remains with the team might look like. By that time, Garoppolo’s right shoulder surgery had ruined any chances