NFL training camp 2023 live updates: Who's winning Eagles' RB battle? - ESPN

We've reached the point of the NFL preseason calendar in which the live action begins, as the New York Jets took on the Cleveland Browns in the Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio, on Thursday night. No, Aaron Rodgers didn't make his game debut for the Jets, but they saw the return of 2020 first-round pick Mekhi Becton, an offensive tackle who hasn't suited up in 691 days.

Meanwhile, as you study the depth charts ahead of the Hall of Fame Game to figure out which players to keep an eye on, the other 30 NFL teams continued training camp practice. Thursday featured a Lions defender's prediction of a «special year,» a visit to camp from a Patriots legend, an update on a position battle in Philadelphia with lots of fantasy football intrigue and much more.

Here's what you need to know from camps across the league.

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Free agent DE Yannick Ngakoue joins Bears

Free agent defensive end Yannick Ngakoue is signing a one-year, $10.5 million contract with the Chicago Bears that includes $10 million in guaranteed money, his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, told ESPN's Adam Schefter. The Bears will be Ngakoue's fifth team since the start of the 2020 season. The pass-rusher has posted at least eight sacks in every season of his seven-year NFL career and is coming off a 9.5-sack season with the Indianapolis Colts in 2022.

Patriots QB Jones wants to have more fun in 2023

New England Patriots quarterback Mac Jones highlighted one of the top areas he's hoping to improve in his third NFL season: having more fun on the field. «That's one of the things this offseason that I put a lot of thought in to — just enjoying the game,» Jones said Thursday after the Patriots' eighth training camp practice.

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