The 34-year-old safety has signed with the Washington Redskins, for whom he played in 2004 and 2005. Clark spent the past eight seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He began his career with the New York Giants. Safety has been a top priority for Washington this offseason. Clark will also add leadership to a defense that is losing captain London Fletcher, who plans to retire. Washington quarterback Robert Griffin III welcomed Clark: And at least one diehard Redskins fan likes the move: NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt Jr....

Arizona Cardinals: S Tyrann Mathieu (knee) At best, Mathieu (by his own estimation) is only about two-thirds of the way recovered from reconstructive surgery. The team doesn’t expect him back until October. Atlanta Falcons: DT Corey Peters (Achilles') The productive starter tore his tendon last December after coming off his best season. The team will now hope he won’t need to stay on PUP to begin this season. Chicago Bears: S Chris Conte (shoulder)...

As former North Dakota State product Carson Wentz went through drills, a commentator took a shot at the team many believe will take Wentz with the No. 2 overall pick calling him, ’the next former Browns quarterback.’ Check it out. MORE: Top 15 all-time performers at the NFL Combine | Connor Cook deserves a chance Ouch. Somebody behind the scenes might lose their job in the aftermath of this one....

However, that is hardly a sure thing, according to the NFL’s executive vice president of international Mark Waller. MORE: Is London ideal for NFL relocation? “(Khan) definitely asked the commissioner for four games,” Mark Waller told Sporting News on Monday in an exclusive interview. “We’re not there yet and, to be honest, we’re not there from an inventory standpoint. We’re working on it." Waller pointed to a list of challenges the NFL faces in trying to add another contest to the three-game London slate being played this year....

As the 14-team playoff field thins to eight, there will be no more double-digit underdogs, barring some unexpected quarterback injury or COVID outbreak. Most of the point spreads will stay within one possession, and that will make every half-point line move that much more consequential. This is the time of year to keep a laser-sharp focus on the betting lines and odds while examining as many trends as you can about the playoff field....

MORE: NFL power rankings 2022, post-draft edition Who are the announcers for Thursday Night Football? Herbstreit will still be doing calls for ESPN’s college football programming. Additionally, games in local markets will still air like normal. Which is to say, local fans need not miss their hometown teams because it’s locked behind a subscription service. What time is Thursday Night Football? Thursday Night Football will continue to kick off at 8:20 p....

Week 12 of the 2021 season brings another set of tricky betting lines and odds. There are several tossup games with one team favored only slightly. That blurs the line between against the spread and straight up But this isn’t dubbed a fearless forecast for nothing. For better or for worse, here’s the latest round of pro pigskin prognostications for another 15-game slate: (Game odds courtesy of FanDuel) NFL POWER RANKINGS: Cardinals back to No....

The survey, posted on ESPN.com under the headline “Cannabis Confidential,” showed that the majority of players surveyed worry about the long-term risk of painkillers and more than 40 percent said they suspected a teammate “became an addict because of NFL painkiller abuse.” MORE: NFL players hope to start revolution for medical marijuana Several former players have come out in recent years in favor of cannabis as a form of pain management....

That said, Sporting News’ predictions from the preseason held up fairly well against all the chaos. The team we projected to win Super Bowl 56 finished 12-5, is the AFC’s No. 2 seed and a popular pick to return to the big game for a third consecutive year. And in the NFC, we correctly picked six of the seven playoff teams. However, we did whiff on the Browns’ faceplant along with the Ravens, Chargers and Seahawks....

Putting aside all the (so many) jokes of how bad all four teams have been this season, both statements are true. Thanks to poor, inconsistent play and brutal schedules that include playing both the NFC West and AFC North — the league’s two best divisions — every team in the NFC (L)east has three wins going into Week 12. The Eagles (3-6-1), who have lost two consecutive games after Week 9, held the slimmest of leads over the Cowboys, Giants and Washington Football Team going into Week 12....

Brady and the Bucs are hoping to be the first repeat Super Bowl winners since Brady’s Patriots did it in 2003 and 2004. This year, Tampa Bay will enter the postseason as the NFC South winner — they were a wild card team last year — but they won’t have the advantage of playing the Super Bowl on home soil. Instead, it will be the Rams and Chargers who can rely on home turf to, potentially, put them over the top....

The Browns slipped to the No. 7 seed in the AFC, which is the final playoff spot, and still need a win at home against Pittsburgh in the final weekend to clinch a playoff spot. The Kansas City Chiefs barely got past the hapless Atlanta Falcons at home on Sunday, but the Chiefs more importantly wrapped up the AFC’s top seed and first-round bye. The Pittsburgh Steelers survived a scare against the Indianapolis Colts, the Titans flopped in Green Bay and the Miami Dolphins found magic in Las Vegas....

The results of last week’s games were a perfect example of that to shake up the middle tier yet again. Here is a look at our updated NFL power rankings going into Week 12. MORE: Updated NFL playoff picture NFL power rankings New Orleans Saints 9-1 (last week: 1) The Saints could have scored 50 against the Eagles if they wanted to. They say you need to beat the champs to be the champs, and New Orleans went the extra mile with that beatdown of Philly....

Some of the top stayed the same, but the aftershocks were felt with several teams dropping out of the top 10. On the flip side, some surprising victories by those at the bottom changed everything to muddle the middle, too. It’s only one game, but some contenders are already facing big holes going into Week 2 while some upstarts have great confidence they can continue to stun after Week 1....

The preseason format of four games per team (five for the Packers and Colts, who will play in this year’s Hall of Fame Game) and 65 games in total persists despite growing criticism. Here is the 2016 NFL preseason schedule in its entirety, beginning with the eight nationally televised games. (All times Eastern) MORE: Preseason format change overdue | Must be a better way 2016 NFL preseason: national TV schedule Hall of Fame Game (Canton, Ohio): Green Bay vs....

The American addiction to pro football is scheduled to receive its second dose of fuel for 2019 on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The games don’t count, yet stadiums will be (mostly) packed, and even more people will watch on TV as second-, third- and even fourth-string players battle for their places on soon-to-be 53-man rosters. Some starters are scheduled to play a little more in Week 2 of the NFL preseason than they did in their openers, but still sparingly....

But this draft was about a lot more than quarterbacks. While it may not have had the skill position players that drive so much conversation beyond the QBs, this was one of the deepest defensive drafts in recent memory. The Jaguars got a steal in Josh Allen, as did the Bills in Ed Oliver, but beyond some top-10 surprises, there was a lot of talent to be found later in the first round and into the second and third....

The thought had to cross Kyler Murray’s mind as he worked this August under the Arizona sun, and under the watchful eye of … everybody. Murray, the No. 1 overall pick in the year’s draft, has been given the task of turning around a struggling Arizona franchise. The good news: He’s not alone, though he’s very much under a spotlight that could give that Arizona sun a run for its wattage....

The 24-year-old told FOX Sports on Wednesday that he began showing symptoms of COVID-19 three weeks ago, noting he felt fatigued and suffered from headaches and a sore throat. The third-year center also lost his sense of smell and taste, all symptoms that have been reported by those who have contracted the virus. Allen, however, added that he was feeling much better and is expected to be rid of the virus by this week....