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7:40 AM ET NFL NationESPN There’s still three months until the 2021 NFL draft, and anything can happen in that time. Team needs will change, prospect rankings will fluctuate and the direction of many franchises will pivot. Even once we get to draft night, we could be in for some surprises. We asked our NFL

7:12 AM ET Let’s start in the living room of Robert Saleh’s parents’ home in Dearborn, Michigan. On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Saleh and his family sat in front of the TV, horrified by the images they saw on CNN. His mother was crying. His sisters were crying. His father, Sam, refused to

12:00 PM ET ALLEN PARK, Mich. – Inside Ford Field toward the end of last season, there was a large white mural with Matthew Stafford on it, his back turned with his left arm raised — index finger pointed in the air. It was a striking image then, what with few fans allowed inside the

2:06 PM ET Tom Brady‘s father says both he and his wife battled COVID-19 last year, which “stressed out” the star quarterback as he was beginning his first season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Tom Brady Sr., in an interview Monday with ESPN Radio’s #Greeny, said he was hospitalized for three weeks at one point

10:17 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two days after being cleared from the NFL’s concussion protocol, Patrick Mahomes guided the Kansas City Chiefs to another Super Bowl. Mahomes led the Chiefs back from an early 9-0 deficit to a 38-24 win over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday night at Arrowhead Stadium in the AFC

10:10 PM ET The most unusual season in NFL history will end with something (else) that has never happened: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will become the first team in league history to compete for a Super Bowl title in their home stadium. Super Bowl LV will be played on Feb. 7 at the Buccaneers’ Raymond

3:20 PM ET The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have taken a four-point game and turned it into an 11-point game at halftime against the Green Bay Packers with quarterback Tom Brady airing it out to Scotty Miller for a stunning 39-yard touchdown to make it 21-10 Bucs. Miller reached 20.6 miles per hour on the play

7:45 AM ET In a season unlike any other, Super Bowl week also will not be like any other. Super Bowl teams always arrive in the city of the game one week in advance, but this season’s participants are not allowed to arrive in Tampa, Florida, any earlier than the Friday before Super Bowl LV,

9:15 PM ET ALLEN PARK, Mich. – Matthew Stafford gathered his team in a huddle before their Week 17 game against Minnesota, doing what he’d done so often before in his career with the Detroit Lions. As he did, it’s not clear if he knew then that this would likely be his last game in

7:00 AM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Standing in the shotgun position late in the first half of Sunday’s divisional playoff game, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes used his gravelly voice to draw Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett offside with a hard count. The free play gave Mahomes free rein to throw a

8:00 AM ET NOBODY BESIDES A quarterback or a nose tackle has ever seen more of a center than the entire world saw of Tampa Bay’s Ryan Jensen in the NFC divisional-round playoff against New Orleans. His red hair flying outside his helmet like a contrail, Jensen bounced from defensive tackle to linebacker to safety

7:00 AM ET Rob Demovsky Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered Packers for Green Bay Press-Gazette from 1997-2013 Two-time Wisconsin Sportswriter of the Year as selected by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Jenna Laine Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered the Buccaneers since 2009 Joined ESPN in 2016 For years, the only hope for a Tom

1:11 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes was with the Kansas City Chiefs as they began Friday’s practice session, their last one before Sunday’s AFC Championship Game against the Buffalo Bills at Arrowhead Stadium. His participation on Friday would appear to put Mahomes on a path to play Sunday. Chiefs coach Andy Reid

6:55 AM ET ESPN staff The conference championship games of the NFL playoffs have arrived, with both kicking off on Sunday. The fifth-seeded Tampa Bay Buccaneers will face the top-seed Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship Game, and then the No. 2-seeded Buffalo Bills will play the No. 1 Kansas City Chiefs in the

7:41 PM ET The Washington Football Team is hiring Martin Mayhew as its new general manager, a source told ESPN on Thursday, adding another experienced voice to help coach Ron Rivera. Mayhew, who most recently was an executive in the Niners front office, interviewed with Rivera on Jan. 16 and had long been considered a

2:07 PM ET The Philadelphia Eagles are hiring Indianapolis Colts offensive coordinator Nick Sirianni to be the team’s next head coach, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Thursday. Sirianni, 39, spent three seasons as an assistant with the Kansas City Chiefs, five seasons with the Chargers and the past three with the Colts. He replaces

3:02 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes remains in the NFL’s concussion protocol, but practiced in a limited capacity Wednesday, raising hopes that the reigning Super Bowl MVP can play in Sunday’s AFC title game against the Bills. The Chiefs typically breeze through practice on Wednesday with little contact

5:56 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Everyone else might be wondering how many chances Aaron Rodgers will get at a Super Bowl, but the Green Bay Packers quarterback says he’s not one of them. Just days away from his fifth NFC Championship Game — and his fourth since his lone Super Bowl appearance 10