Former NFL defensive end and Fox Sports and ESPN on-air personality Marcellus Wiley is facing four claims of sexual assault, according to Drew Lerner of Awful Announcing.
The allegations appear in court filings made last month. Per the report, the four new claimants are in addition to three existing claims of sexual assault against Wiley. He previously dubbed the prior claims “B.S.,” and his lawyer formally denied the allegations in court papers.
As explained by Lerner, one of the new claims was made by an ESPN production assistant who claims that Wiley assaulted her in his hotel room. Another claim, per the report, was made by a woman who contends that Wiley raped her on her 18th birthday, after allegedly “grooming” her since she was 13.
Wiley left Fox Sports in 2022. He has produced podcast content independently since then.
A second-round pick out of Columbia in 1997, Wiley spent four years with the Bills, three with the Chargers, one with the Cowboys, and two with the Jaguars. He was a Pro Bowler and a second-team All-Pro in 2001.
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As free-agent receiver Stefon Diggs waits for his next opportunity, he has an important piece of legal business to attend to.
His trial on felony strangulation and misdemeanor assault charges began on Monday.
As of this posting, the jury has been selected. Opening statements will happen next.
A live stream of the proceedings can be watched here, courtesy of the folks at NBC 10 in Boston.
The trial is expected to last a couple of days. The prosecution’s case largely hinges on the testimony of the alleged victim, who claims that Diggs assaulted and strangled her during an argument over an unpaid bill for her personal chef services.
The Patriots released Diggs in March, at the start of the new league year. He remains unsigned, with no team being linked to him yet.
Some teams could be waiting to see how the trial goes, since a conviction would undoubtedly result in a suspension under the NFL’s Personal Conduct Policy.
Diggs, 32, has played for the Vikings, Bills, Texans, and Patriots. He had his seventh 1,000-yard season in 2025, despite having his 2024 season shortened by a torn ACL.
The Bills were on a 17-year playoff drought when they hired Brandon Beane as general manager. In Beane’s nine years in Buffalo, the Bills have made the playoffs eight times. At turning the Bills into consistent playoff contenders, Beane has been a success.
But the Bills still haven’t reached the Super Bowl, which cost head coach Sean McDermott his job after last season, and Beane acknowledges that it’s fair to criticize him for that as well.
Beane told Tyler Dunne of GoLongTD.com that he’s his own harshest critic on that score, and he’s as obsessed as ever with winning it all.
“Listen, no one’s more angry that we haven’t got it done at myself than me,” Beane said. “And I’ll always be that way. I don’t need outside motivation. I don’t need that. If we go in there right now and we play ping-pong, I’m going to try and whip your ass. And if you beat me, I’m going to try and figure out what you did and how you beat me. And I’m going to tell you to get your ass back over here soon and we’re going to come back at it until I can beat you. And so as long as Terry Pegula and the Pegula family allows me to do this job, that’s what it’s going to be.”
As long as Josh Allen is in his prime, the Bills have the most important piece in place. Beane’s job is to get it done, finally, after coming close so many times without getting it done.
The Bills signed fullback Ben VanSumeren to a one-year deal on Wednesday, the team announced.
VanSumeren, who turns 26 next week, played only one play in 2025 with the Eagles. He tore the patellar tendon in his left knee during the opening kickoff in Week 1.
VanSumeren, who went undrafted as a linebacker in 2023, appeared in nine games as a rookie and 11 in 2024. He started playing fullback during the 2024 season. He had a season-ending knee injury during practice in late November 2024.
He became a full-time fullback in 2025.
In his career, VanSumeren has played 22 offensive snaps, 50 on defense and 394 on special teams. He has totaled one reception for no yards and 16 tackles in 21 career games.
The Bills continue to be adamant about their belief in wide receiver Keon Coleman’s ability to help the team in 2026.
Coleman became the subject of trade speculation after Bills owner Terry Pegula said the push to draft him in the second round in 2024 came from former head coach Sean McDermott’s staff rather than General Manager Brandon Beane, but Beane has said several times this offseason that the team thinks better days are coming for the wideout. During an appearance on WGR Monday, Beane reiterated that and said the Bills did not entertain trade overtures from other teams this offseason.
“We shut those down,” Beane said. “Our intention is for Keon to be here, so the word was out, so no calls this weekend. We’ve hit the reset button with him and hopefully the fanbase and everyone is behind him. I think his best year is yet to come here in 2026.”
The Bills traded for DJ Moore in March and they drafted Skyler Bell in the sixth round this weekend, but there’s space for Coleman to blossom in the Buffalo offense and it looks like he’ll be getting that chance this fall.
Jermaine Burton is going to get another shot.
According to reporter Jordan Schultz, Burton has accepted an invitation to work out for the Bills at their rookie minicamp.
Burton, a Bengals third-round pick in 2024, was waived in December after a string of issues with his former club. He did not appear in a game in 2025.
He played 14 games with one start for the Bengals in 2024 as a rookie, catching just four passes on 14 targets for 107 yards.
Still just 24 years old, Burton will now get a chance to make an impression on the Bills.
The wait is over for Jermod McCoy.
The Raiders swapped picks with the Bills, trading up to No. 101 to select McCoy with the first pick of the fourth round.
McCoy missed the entire 2025 season after suffering a torn ACL in his right knee in January of last year. He elected to skip his final year of eligibility to declare for the draft.
His slide was induced by teams who had concerns about the health of his knee.
McCoy was a one-year starter at Tennessee after playing one season at Oregon State. He was a second-team All-SEC honoree in 2024, recording four interceptions.
Buffalo received a 2027 seventh-round pick from Las Vegas to complete the deal.
The Broncos were set to make their first pick of the 2026 draft at No. 62, but the wait will go on a little longer.
Denver traded that pick to the Bills and Buffalo used the selection to add cornerback Davison Igbinosun. They sent the 66th and 182nd picks to Denver in return for the Broncos’ original selection.
Igbinosun is the seventh Ohio State player to be drafted so far this year. The Bills also drafted edge rusher T.J. Parker in the second round.
Ignbinosun started his college time at Ole Miss and spent the last three seasons with the Buckeyes. He was a starter throughout his time in Columbus and helped the team win a national title during the 2024 season.
Bills General Manager Brandon Beane didn’t make a pick on the first day of the NFL draft. He traded out of the first round but ended up with two more selections.
The Bills now have nine picks, including No. 35 overall.
They used that choice on Clemson edge rusher T.J. Parker, who had 21.5 sacks and 41.5 tackles for loss in his three seasons.
Defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard is switching the Bills from a 4-3 base to a 3-4, and the team likely will use most of its picks in helping him retool the defense.
The Bills also need help at inside linebacker, nose tackle and outside cornerback.
The Titans went offense at No. 4 in round one. That had to be a hard thing for coach Robert Saleh to do.
He ultimately got a defensive player by trading back into the first round.
The Patriots had traded No. 31 to the Bills, who traded No. 31 to the Titans. Who took Auburn edge rusher Keldric Faulk.
He’s a guy who could get plenty of one-on-one opportunities, given that defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons continues to be a dominant player.
To get pick No. 31, the Titans gave up pick No. 35, No. 66, and No. 101. They got back pick No. 69 and No. 165.
