Ranking top five NFL rookie tight ends by who will be most productive in 2023, headlined by Lions’ Sam LaPorta

The tight end position has drastically evolved of late in the NFL, and it’s become extraordinarily top-heavy. Thankfully, for aficionados of the position, the 2023 draft provided the league with the best tight end class in quite some time. It’s vastly deep group for a position in need of it at the professional level.  Let’s … Read more

‘He’s started to step up and be the man’: How Sam Howell is preparing for life as QB1

John Keim, ESPN Staff WriterJun 16, 2023, 06:00 AM ET Close John Keim covers the Washington Commanders for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2013 after a stint with the Washington Post. He started covering the team in 1994 for the Journal Newspapers and later for the Washington Examiner. He has authored/co-authored four books. You can … Read more

Former Panthers QB Sam Darnold praised as ‘most talented thrower’ 49ers have ever had

Did the Carolina Panthers just have a quarterback with a better arm than Joe Montana, Steve Young and Colin Kaepernick? And did they just let him walk? According to a longtime San Francisco 49ers beat reporter, that could be the case. NBC Sports Bay Area’s Matt Maiocco joined the Murph & Mac Podcast on Thursday and spoke … Read more