7:12 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford doesn’t expect his injured toe to be a factor in Sunday’s divisional-round game against the Buccaneers in Tampa, Florida. Stafford suffered the injury in the Rams’ regular-season finale against the San Francisco 49ers, a 27-24 overtime loss. “I’m feeling OK,” Stafford said Wednesday. “The
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4:49 PM ET Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield says he is on track to getting “back to my true self” after undergoing surgery Wednesday to repair a torn labrum in his non-throwing shoulder. Dr. Orr Limpisvasti, the orthopedic surgeon for the NHL’s Anaheim Ducks, performed the surgery on Mayfield’s left shoulder in California. “Surgery went
5:04 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy is operating under business-as-usual conditions after meeting twice with owner and general manager Jerry Jones following Sunday’s wild-card loss to the San Francisco 49ers. McCarthy met with Jones immediately after the game and again on Monday and does not see his future as
12:30 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Eagles general manager Howie Roseman said he is going into the offseason with the mindset that Jalen Hurts will be the team’s starting quarterback in 2022. “We’ve got to do whatever we can to continue to help him develop. And how do we do that? By surrounding him with really
1:00 PM ET CINCINNATI — Cincinnati Bengals offensive coordinator Brian Callahan said balancing the prep work for Saturday’s playoff game against the Tennessee Titans and his upcoming interview for the Denver Broncos’ coaching vacancy is really easy. “My focus is 100% on this game and to our players,” Callahan said. “There’s no other focus for
1:08 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians has been fined $50,000 by the NFL for swiping his hand at safety Andrew Adams‘ helmet during the wild-card game against Philadelphia on Sunday, a source confirmed to ESPN. Arians was attempting to move Adams, who was trying to pull a player out
12:43 PM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry took another step toward being activated before their divisional playoff match-up against the Cincinnati Bengals on Saturday. The team held a padded practice
11:15 AM ET New York sportsbooks took $150 million in bets from more than 650,000 accounts during the first weekend the state’s online market was open, according to figures released Tuesday by state officials. Four sportsbooks — Caesars, DraftKings, FanDuel and Rush Street Interactive (BetRivers) — launched their mobile apps Jan. 8 in New York
6:00 AM ET Brady HendersonESPN INGLEWOOD, Calif. — If one moment captured how soundly the Los Angeles Rams beat the Arizona Cardinals, it was Odell Beckham Jr.’s completion to Cam Akers down the right sideline. Everything seemed to work for the Rams’ offense, even a receiver throwing deep to a running back on a trick
6:00 AM ET Alaina GetzenbergESPN BUFFALO, N.Y. — First, they touch pinkie and index fingers. Then they lock hands, swipe through each other’s arms, tap each other’s backs, bring their arms down to put their finger guns into air holsters and, finally, shoot the guns in the air. Then Stefon Diggs blows smoke from Josh
7:00 AM ET In the end, the best of the best of the 2021 NFL rookie class was found largely on the first two days of the draft. Four of the top 10 players in our final rookie rankings of the season — which factored in only regular-season performance — were selected in the 2021
8:29 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott apologized Tuesday via Twitter for his postgame comments regarding fans throwing bottles and debris at the officials after Sunday’s wild-card loss to the San Francisco 49ers. A postgame question to Prescott on Sunday initially indicated the fans were throwing things at his teammates in
6:02 PM ET Associated Press WINFIELD, Ind. — Pro Football Hall of Famer Dan Hampton has been sentenced to one year of probation after pleading guilty to a drunken-driving charge last month in Indiana. Hampton, 64, had an open jug of wine in his truck and a blood-alcohol level twice the legal limit when he
5:19 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN The Seattle Seahawks have fired defensive coordinator Ken Norton Jr. and defensive passing game coordinator Andre Curtis, a significant shake-up to Pete Carroll’s coaching staff on the heels of the team’s worst season in more than a decade. The Seahawks announced the moves Tuesday. Seattle has already begun its search
4:37 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker Lerentee McCray was arrested in Central Florida early Sunday morning following a high-speed pursuit after police attempted to pull him over, records show. McCray was booked into the Lake County Jail in Tavares, Florida, just before 8 a.m. ET Sunday and released at 9:11 a.m. after
3:45 PM ET CINCINNATI — Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow didn’t share the same joy as the rest of the city following the franchise’s first playoff win in 31 years for a pretty simple reason. For a guy who is used to playing for championships, winning an early-round playoff game is the starting point. “I
2:50 PM ET PITTSBURGH — For the first time in his 15-year head coaching career, Mike Tomlin is entering an offseason without Ben Roethlisberger as the Pittsburgh Steelers‘ franchise quarterback for the upcoming season. While Roethlisberger, 39, has yet to make the official announcement, Tomlin said he’s “proceeding with the assumption” that the longtime quarterback
11:54 AM ET Cleveland Browns defensive tackle Malik McDowell was arrested Monday in Florida on charges of battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest with violence and public exposure, according to an online record from the Broward Sheriff’s Office. According to the South Florida Sun Sentinel, which cited the arrest report, McDowell beat a