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Mike ReissJan 30, 2026, 06:00 AM ET

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots had just finished a frigid and snowy on-field celebration after being crowned AFC champions in Denver when defensive tackle Milton Williams walked toward the tunnel, took a left and approached the team’s locker room.

As one of the Patriots’ best players,

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Dan GrazianoJan 30, 2026, 06:40 AM ET

CloseDan Graziano is a senior NFL national reporter for ESPN, covering the entire league and breaking news. Dan also contributes to Get Up, NFL Live, SportsCenter, ESPN Radio, Sunday NFL Countdown and Fantasy Football Now. He is a New Jersey native who joined ESPN in 2011, and he is also the author of two published novels.Open Extended Reactions

We’re heading into NFL contract extension season, and every year around this time we like to predict where some of these big deals will land.

Will wide receivers such as Puka Nacua and Jaxon

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ESPNBen Solak joined ESPN in 2024 as a national NFL analyst. He previously covered the NFL at The Ringer, Bleeding Green Nation and The Draft Network.Jan 30, 2026, 07:00 AM ETOpen Extended Reactions

Is there anything more disappointing than seeing that one pop song that completely infiltrated your music recaps of 2025?

If you regularly bet on the NFL, it’s probably seeing how much you lost on the Lions.

The thrilling 2025 NFL regular season featured plenty of unexpected results, and bettors weren’t spared. Of the seven teams that entered the campaign with +2000 odds or shorter to

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Marc RaimondiJan 29, 2026, 08:33 PM ET

CloseMarc Raimondi’s first year covering the Falcons was 2024, but it wasn’t his first year at ESPN. He joined the company in 2019 and was a top combat sports reporter. He also covered professional wrestling and wrote the book “Say Hello to the Bad Guys: How Pro Wrestling’s New World Order Changed America,” which was published by Simon & Schuster in 2025. Raimondi also worked for the New York Post and Newsday, beginning in 2009, covering high school and college sports, plus the NFL, NFL, MLB and NHL.Open Extended Reactions

The Atlanta Falcons

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Brady HendersonJan 29, 2026, 07:39 PM ET

CloseBrady Henderson is a reporter for NFL Nation and covers the Seattle Seahawks for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2017 after covering the team for Seattle Sports 710-AM.Open Extended Reactions

RENTON, Wash. — Sam Darnold‘s oblique injury might have fueled nervousness inside team headquarters when it happened two days before the Seattle Seahawks‘ divisional round victory, but general manager John Schneider said Thursday that Darnold wasn’t worried.

Schneider said that Darnold “hasn’t flinched” about his injury this postseason, not even while playing through it for the second week in a row last

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David PurdumJan 29, 2026, 05:20 PM ET

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Approximately $1.76 billion is expected to be bet on Super Bowl LX with U.S. sportsbooks, a nearly 27% year-over-year increase, according to the American Gaming Association.

The projected figure, which the AGA said would be a record, includes only wagers with U.S. legal sportsbooks, which operate in 39 states and the District of Columbia. The AGA used publicly reported numbers from state gaming regulators to create its estimate, which is in line with others.

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