12:17 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield said that it’s “absolutely” possible he could return Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers after missing Cleveland’s last game with a left shoulder injury. Mayfield added that the torn labrum, along with the tuberosity fracture, in his non-throwing shoulder was already feeling better after he sat
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11:00 AM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers will not pursue Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson with the NFL trade deadline approaching on Tuesday, a league source confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. ESPN and multiple media outlets reported earlier this week that the Panthers (3-4) had renewed their interest in potentially pursuing a Watson
7:25 AM ET We’re seven weeks into the 2021 NFL season, and the first-year cornerbacks continue to flex their collective muscles. Three of them make the second edition of our rookie rankings. And while our top 10 has some movement, once again only one quarterback made the cut. It’s actually a pass-catcher atop the board
6:00 AM ET The unbeaten Arizona Cardinals and once-beaten Green Bay Packers meet in one of the most anticipated Thursday night games in recent memory (8:20 p.m. ET, Fox). But come Friday morning, there still might not be a clear-cut favorite in the NFC. As the NFL nears the halfway point of its first 17-game
8:36 PM ET NEW YORK — NFL commissioner Roger Goodell doubled down Tuesday on the league’s decision not to make public the results of its investigation into the workplace culture at the Washington Football Team, saying the anonymity of the people who cooperated with the investigation was too high a priority to allow the league
8:14 PM ET NEW YORK — The playing status of Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson, one of the hottest topics in the NFL ahead of next Tuesday’s trade deadline, does not sound as if it will be altered any time soon. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Tuesday at the league owners meetings that the NFL
8:09 PM ET The Los Angeles Chargers, insistent that they were confident in kicker Tristan Vizcaino despite his league-high five missed PATs this season, cut him on Tuesday and signed former Washington Football Team kicker Dustin Hopkins. It’s another chapter in the seemingly never-ending kicker saga the Chargers have been going through since Michael Badgley,
2:02 PM ET New York Jets owner and chairman Woody Johnson, apparently not shaken by his team’s 1-5 start and historic loss to the New England Patriots on Sunday, expressed “unwavering, steadfast confidence” Tuesday in general manager Joe Douglas and coach Robert Saleh. “I’ve been around for, this is going on 22 years, with my
2:45 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN SEATTLE — Pete Carroll isn’t making a change at quarterback after Geno Smith’s second uneven performance in as many starts as Russell Wilson’s injury replacement. Carroll said as much on his 710 ESPN Seattle radio show Tuesday morning when asked if Smith is still the Seahawks’ starter for this week’s
6:05 PM ET HOUSTON — Houston Texans chairman and CEO Cal McNair apologized Tuesday following a report that he made an anti-Asian comment at a team charity golf tournament in May. According to Bally Sports, which spoke to several individuals who were present for the remark, McNair said, “I’m sorry that we couldn’t get together
4:25 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Packers put Allen Lazard on the reserve/COVID-19 list on Tuesday, meaning the team could be without its top three wide receivers heading into Thursday’s game against the unbeaten Arizona Cardinals. The news about Lazard, who was added to the list as a close contact, comes one day
3:37 PM ET NEW YORK — As the first in-person NFL league meetings since December 2019 kicked off, two former Washington Football Team employees arrived in the lobby of the Intercontinental New York Barclay hotel in midtown Manhattan with a stack of letters multiple pages long, asking for the findings of the report into the
6:45 AM ET NFL NationESPN We’re only seven weeks into the 2021 NFL season, and the 2022 draft remains half a year away. At least 10 games remain for every team, and we won’t know the draft order or what this upcoming prospect class will really look like for quite some time. But it’s never
11:41 AM ET The New Orleans Saints will be without Pro Bowl kicker Wil Lutz for the remainder of the season. Lutz, who had been designated to return from injured reserve last week, announced on social media that he had a setback during his recovery from core muscle surgery and has to “shut it down”
12:22 PM ET Former New England Patriots safety Patrick Chung was charged Monday with assault and battery against a family member and vandalism, according to court records. Chung appeared in court Tuesday in Quincy, Massachusetts, and pleaded not guilty to charges involving the mother of one of his children, according to The Boston Globe. The
7:00 AM ET NFL NationESPN Just like most of the populace, the NFL Power Rankings don’t like to admit when we’re wrong. So this week’s topic was a bit tough to bring up, as we asked our NFL Nation writers to pick the one thought they had about their team this preseason that hasn’t played
11:38 PM ET SEATTLE — A monster night by running back Alvin Kamara was barely enough for the New Orleans Saints to survive in a sloppy 13-10 victory over the Seattle Seahawks in rainy and windy conditions Monday night. Of course New Orleans’ stellar defense and undrafted rookie kicker Brian Johnson also deserve credit for
7:51 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Although the San Francisco 49ers are expecting rookie quarterback Trey Lance to return to practice on Wednesday, veteran Jimmy Garoppolo will remain the starter Sunday against the Chicago Bears. After Sunday night’s 30-18 loss to the Indianapolis Colts, Niners coach Kyle Shanahan expressed some uncertainty about who his