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We shouldn’t be surprised that Jones is running his own show again. Deep down, Jones doesn’t have great respect for what the league wants when it conflicts with how he runs his team.

Rams Training Camp Kicks Off In Irvine; Aaron Donald A No-Show Aaron Donald, the NFL defensive player of the year, was a no-show at the first day of Rams training camp Friday. He has been working on a long-term extension with the Rams since last year.

Trent Richardson, a former first-round NFL draft pick, said he’s returning to play football in Alabama. The ex-Crimson Tide running back told AL.com on Wednesday that he intends to sign with the Alliance of American Football league’s team in Birmingham. The new league will begin play in February

FRISCO – The NFL was rattled in 2017 by controversy over protests during the national anthem. Should players be allowed to kneel, stand or handle the anthem as they choose? Or do teams – and the league itself – have the right to mandate such behaviors? A gesture that began with ex-49ers quarterback Colin

PLENTY of Australians have taken potshots at Jarryd Hayne over his short stint in the NFL — no doubt sparked by the tall poppy syndrome in this country — but someone who really knows what he’s talking about has provided his take on where the rugby league star fell down. Trey Wingo is to American

NFL teams began reporting to training camps last week. More will do so this week. After a busy and often tumultuous offseason that included major player and coaching moves, record-breaking contracts and intense controversy over the league’s national anthem policy, here’s what to watch as camps

Mike Sando ESPN Senior Writer Close ESPN Insider NFL columnist and blogger Covered the NFL since 1998 Member of Pro Football Hall of Fame selection committee Follow on Twitter Jared Goff and Carson Wentz are up. Eli Manning and Derek Carr are down. Jimmy Garoppolo and Deshaun Watson are ripe for debate

Ravens coach John Harbaugh likes having a bunch of young players. He’d like it a lot more if they were actually on the field. Harbaugh took on the role of the grouchy old man complaining about millennials, when he offered his thoughts on the soft-tissue injuries that have caused rookie tight ends Hayden

Aaron Rodgers is back for the Packers, and that clearly changes the team’s hopes and goals.

Marco Rubio wants to watch the NFL on Sundays and not be reminded about politics … but, right now, he says he’s upset he can’t — telling TMZ Sports, “I wish sports were just about sports.” The league is embattled in national anthem policy issues (still) … and, while the Florida

Perhaps the most controversial thing going in the NFL right now has to do with the national anthem and the potential protests by players. The entire topic and the potential policy by the league has become divisive between players, fans and ownership. So much so that the league and the NFLPA released

The NFL National Anthem Debate is alive and well again – can’t believe it! Isn’t it in contract that players must stand at attention, hand on heart? The NFL announced Thursday it would not enforce its policy, implemented earlier this year, of requiring players to stand during the national anthem.

The NFL’s two-month old national anthem policy is on hold. Hours after The Associated Press reported that Miami Dolphins players who protest on the field during the anthem could be suspended for up to four games under a team policy issued this week, the league and the NFL Players Association (NFLPA

The Tennessee Titans’ top brass wants to speak to Jurrell Casey after he returns from England, the team’s President and CEO Steve Underwood said Thursday, while suggesting the star defensive tackle might not understand the league’s new rules on protests during the national anthem.  Underwood

Pro Football Focus have released their rankings of the run defenses for all 32 NFL teams. To many people’s surprise, the Raiders fared well in Pro Football Focus’ rankings, slotting in at 10th overall. According to the site, the Raiders finished the 2017 season with a 9.4% missed tackle rate,

ESPN has announced that its B-team for Monday Night Football in Week One will be Beth Mowins and Brian Griese. As usual, the NFL will have two Monday night games in the first week of the season. ESPN had already announced that its top team of Joe Tessitore, Jason Witten and Booger McFarland will call

“I ain’t going to let them stop me from doing what I want to do,” Casey said. In May, NFL owners instituted a new anthem policy requiring all players and league personnel on the sidelines to stand for the anthem, with anyone not wishing to stand having the option to stay in the locker

After playing his last NFL snap in 2010, Terrell Owens may be making a return to pro football at age 44.

Former Dallas Cowboy DeMarco Murray, who appeared in three Pro Bowls, has decided to call a halt to his NFL career.

This offseason, thousands of fans voted in our “Team For the Ages” contest to construct the best imaginable 50-man roster from the NFL’s modern era, which began in 1967. The votes have been counted, and we’re unveiling one player each weekday between now and the kickoff of the 2018

The Giants shuffled their interior line depth Thursday, waiving a first-year guard for a more experienced one. The team announced the signing of veteran guard Zac Kerin and waiving Ethan Cooper. Kerin has spent time with the Vikings and Lions, and has started one regular season game and appeared in 14

In wake of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers finishing 5-11 last season and simply failing to live up to the team’s high expectations, Bleacher Report has ranked  the Bucs coaching staff 30th in the league heading intot the upcoming season.Brad Gagnon of BleacherReport.com provided the following reasons why

SI legal analyst Michael McCann looks at what actions LeSean McCoy could take if he wants to prove his innocence.

The NFL Players Association filed a grievance over the NFL’s new anthem policy, setting the stage for another season infused with political controversy.

The non-injury grievance filed by the NFL Players Association against the NFL over the league’s new anthem policy could result in an arbitrator rolling things back to the way they were before May. The discussions between the union and the league over the issue could lead to something even more significant

Close ESPN.com national NFL writer ESPN.com NFC North reporter, 2008-2013 Covered Vikings for Minneapolis Star Tribune, 1999-2008 Follow on Twitter A new anxiety is filtering through the NFL’s officiating ranks. The first training camp opens in 10 days. Preseason games are less than a month away.

A sizable portion of NFL fans dislike that the league is in the investigative business. And those criticisms have merit. But when confronted with a day like Tuesday, something else has merit, too.

Negotiations between the NFL and NFLPA will attempt to prevent the grievance filed by the players’ union landing in court.

The union representing National Football League players on Tuesday said it had filed a grievance against the NFL over its policy requiring players to stand for the national anthem or wait in dressing rooms, saying it infringed on their rights. Conway G. Gittens reports.

The ill-conceived new anthem policy has played right into the hands of a President who, as his latest rally rant showed, will continue to ridicule and demonize the NFL to rile up his followers. A little Irish history offers a lesson in how the league could—and surely won’t—fight back