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7:45 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — The Miami Dolphins‘ latest coaching hire might have a familiar feel to fans. They have seen their franchise hire eight head coaches since the turn of the century, and only one had prior NFL head-coaching experience. And of those seven first-time head coaches, five had backgrounds on offense.

2:24 PM ET LAS VEGAS — For the first time in its 71-year history, the NFL’s Pro Bowl is setting up shop in a city built on gambling and excess. Indeed, the game taking place at the corner of Dean Martin Drive and Al Davis Way at the Raiders‘ Allegiant Stadium not only represents a

Super Bowl XXXIV 1999: St Louis Rams D’Marco Farr, DT “I remember walking into the Ritz Carlton [to receive the rings] … Robert Wuhl, the guy that did Arli$$ on HBO, is our emcee, so he’s going through the whole spiel, and I’m kind of listening, but kind of not, because we’re half drunk and

6:00 AM ET CINCINNATI — Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow was preparing for his second NFL season when he saw someone he once met in passing. Well, it was really through tackling. In a 2014 Ohio state championship game, Burrow was playing for Athens High School as a defensive back, trying to stop Toledo Central

5:32 PM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The end of the Tennessee Titans‘ 2021 season will undoubtedly lead to a variety of theories about how to improve the quarterback situation. Despite being the top seed in

7:20 AM ET The conversation started casually, as it usually does whenever Curtis Booth inquires about whether a player wants his cleats to look like more than what comes out of the box from Nike, Adidas or UnderArmour. Kenny Osuwah, assistant equipment manager for the Atlanta Falcons, reaches out. Or sometimes Booth hears from the

10:40 PM ET The Las Vegas Raiders are hiring New York Giants assistant head coach Patrick Graham as their defensive coordinator, sources confirmed to ESPN. Graham, 43, joins newly hired head coach Josh McDaniels in Las Vegas after spending the past two seasons as the Giants’ defensive coordinator under Joe Judge. Graham replaces Gus Bradley,

7:33 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Micah Parsons is lording above the neon-lit Strip, almost sneering at drivers and pedestrians who are trying to catch a glimpse of the Dallas Cowboys rookie linebacker before his image on the big-screen marquee near the Fashion Show mall flickers out. A sea of NFL jerseys, with the occasional

10:20 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Doug Pederson, who won a Super Bowl with Philadelphia, has been hired as the new head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, the team announced Thursday. The hiring comes 49 days after the team fired Urban Meyer and 35 days after Pederson first interviewed with the Jaguars. Pederson spent the

7:00 AM ET NFL NationESPN This NFL offseason promises to have plenty of quarterback movement intrigue. Will Aaron Rodgers or Russell Wilson be traded? How will the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Pittsburgh Steelers replace retired legends Tom Brady and Ben Roethlisberger, respectively? Will teams on the cusp of contention make a big change, and who

6:00 AM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The clock started ticking on March 26, 2021, when the San Francisco 49ers traded with the Miami Dolphins for the No. 3 pick in the NFL draft. It sped up when the Niners used that pick on quarterback Trey Lance on April 29. And now, despite quarterback Jimmy

12:26 AM ET Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross responded late Wednesday night to allegations made by Brian Flores in a lawsuit a day earlier, calling them “false, malicious and defamatory” and promising to defend his “personal integrity” as well as that of the organization. On Tuesday, Flores filed a lawsuit in Manhattan against the NFL

3:55 PM ET Former Cleveland Browns coach Hue Jackson and the head of his foundation accused the Browns of paying Jackson to lose games during the 2016 and 2017 seasons. The allegation came on the heels of Brian Flores suing the NFL and three teams — the Dolphins, Broncos and Giants — alleging discrimination regarding

12:45 PM ET ASHBURN, Va. — Washington team president Jason Wright sat at his desk last summer, pondering the five letters from fans in front of him. To Wright, they represented the challenge the team faced as it entered its rebranding efforts in search of a nickname and logo. One letter focused on the former

4:16 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN NEW YORK — Brian Flores has sued the NFL and three teams — the Dolphins, the Broncos and the Giants — alleging discrimination regarding his interview processes with Denver and New York and his firing last month by Miami. The 58-page lawsuit was filed in Manhattan federal court Tuesday and

5:40 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — At the end of a 17-plus minute Zoom media session Tuesday, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo stopped, looked into the camera and delivered what was unmistakably a farewell message to Niners fans. “It’s been a hell of a ride,” Garoppolo said to the 49ers fans. “I love

9:43 AM ET Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady has officially announced his retirement from the NFL, saying Tuesday in an Instagram post that he is “not going to make that competitive commitment anymore.” “I have always believed the sport of football is an ‘all-in’ proposition — if a 100% competitive commitment isn’t there, you

7:46 PM ET Tom Brady said on his podcast that he’s “still going through the process” and hasn’t decided when to announce his plans on whether to play or retire. “Sometimes it takes some time to really evaluate how you feel and what you want to do,” Brady said on the latest episode of his