6:00 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — How can something be such a windfall and such a calamity all at once? Randall and Aiyda Cobb know the answer. It happened in July, when their dream of returning to Green Bay — Randall’s to play for the Packers again and Aiyda’s to be reunited with their
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6:18 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — Jameis Winston initially tried to downplay the significance of making his first start against his former team Sunday when the New Orleans Saints host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers — calling them “the next opponent.” But the former No. 1 overall draft pick went on to explain that the main
4:17 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — In a season when the Denver Broncos haven’t gotten much good news on the injury front, consider their collective fingers crossed for having linebacker Von Miller and wide receiver Jerry Jeudy in the lineup against Washington on Sunday. Miller, who suffered a left ankle injury last Thursday and has
4:51 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — If it were solely up to Dak Prescott, the Dallas Cowboys quarterback would play Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings despite a calf strain that has kept him limited the last two days of practice. “Knowing this is a long journey and a long season, I don’t necessarily know if
4:18 PM ET The Cincinnati Bengals are soaring up oddsboards, regularly attracting half-a-million-dollar bets in Las Vegas and causing oddsmakers to hang point spreads that haven’t been seen since the early 1980s. The Bengals kicked off the season at the bottom of the odds to win the Super Bowl, as long as 200-1. Only the
3:11 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Days after the worst statistical game of his NFL career, Patrick Mahomes said he got up in front of his Kansas City Chiefs teammates and essentially said the team’s recent offensive struggles were on him. “You can just watch the tape and know that I need to play
2:06 PM ET GLENDALE, Ariz. — No Davante Adams, no Allen Lazard and now no Marquez Valdes-Scantling for the Green Bay Packers on Thursday against the unbeaten Arizona Cardinals. Valdes-Scantling was their last chance to have one of their top three receivers for the game, but the Packers (6-1) are not expected to activate him,
12:43 PM ET Associated Press The NFL has instituted some policy changes to the Rooney Rule designed to further enhance diversity, equity and inclusion in hiring practices. The rule has been expanded to require teams to interview at least two external minority candidates for general manager/executive of football operations positions and all coordinator roles. Beforehand,
6:04 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — The New Orleans Saints have reunited their dynamic running back duo of Alvin Kamara and Mark Ingram by acquiring Ingram in a trade with the Houston Texans, sources confirmed to ESPN. The deal includes a swap of late-round picks, the source said. NFL Network first reported the trade, the
6:00 AM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — A few hours after quarterback Kyler Murray led the Arizona Cardinals to a Week 5 win over the San Francisco 49ers, he went home, sat down in front of his dual monitor setup, put a headset on over his Phoenix Suns hat and started playing one of his favorite
10:48 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — On the eve of their biggest game of the season to date, the Arizona Cardinals lost one of their most important defensive pieces. Defensive end J.J. Watt will undergo what is likely to be season-ending shoulder surgery, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Wednesday night. No date has been
8:41 PM ET ESPN News Services JACKSON, Miss. — Retired NFL player Brett Favre has repaid $600,000 in state welfare money he accepted for speeches where he didn’t appear, but the state attorney general could sue Favre if he doesn’t pay interest owed on the amount, the Mississippi auditor said Wednesday. Auditor Shad White said
5:46 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — Amid reports of the Dolphins‘ interest in trading for Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson, current starter Tua Tagovailoa was asked whether he felt wanted by the team. He smiled while he answered. “I don’t not feel wanted,” he said. “That’s what I could say.” Tagovailoa, a second-year quarterback,
3:50 PM ET Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis broke ranks with other NFL owners Wednesday at the league’s fall meetings, saying he would like to see a written report of the investigation into the Washington Football Team. “Probably, yeah,” he said in New York. “I think that there should be, yeah. Especially with some
4:25 PM ET The attorneys for some former Washington Football Team employees rejected NFL commissioner Roger Goodell’s reasoning for not making the investigation into the organization public, saying in a letter that their clients wanted anonymity but also a written report. Goodell had said in a news conference at the league meetings Tuesday that they
5:02 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. – The week the Arizona Cardinals get one star defender back, they lost another. Defensive end J.J. Watt was ruled out of Thursday night’s game against the Green Bay Packers with a shoulder injury. He didn’t participate in the Cardinals’ only practice of the week on Tuesday. Watt has 10
2:06 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — During the portion of Wednesday’s practice that was open to the media, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott showed no ill effects from a right calf strain suffered Oct. 17 that has put his availability for Sunday’s game against the Minnesota Vikings in some question. Prescott went through an extended
2:29 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Mike White will make his first NFL start Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals, New York Jets coach Robert Saleh confirmed Wednesday. The status of their newest backup, Joe Flacco, is uncertain. Flacco, acquired Monday in a trade with the Philadelphia Eagles, wasn’t at practice Wednesday. He was excused