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4:17 PM ET Alaina GetzenbergESPN BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Bills have removed starting defensive tackle Star Lotulelei and rookie right tackle Spencer Brown from the reserve/COVID-19 list, giving the team back two starters heading into a significant AFC East matchup against the New England Patriots. Lotulelei was placed on the COVID-19 list the day of

3:06 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said there will be changes coming to his 5-5-1 team after its lopsided loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. “We just stunk the place up,” he said. “When you play the way that we played and the score is as lopsided as it is, that’s just the

12:19 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jaguars head coach Urban Meyer has no interest in taking another head-coaching job in college and remains committed to rebuilding the Jaguars, per a league source familiar with Meyer’s thinking. The source said the 57-year-old coach does not want to reenter the college ranks at this point in his

11:04 AM ET ASHBURN, Va. — The Washington Football Team will need to find another kicker. Again. Coach Ron Rivera said Tuesday morning during his weekly appearance on 106.7 The Fan that placekicker Joey Slye will miss at least three weeks because of a hamstring injury suffered in Monday’s 17-15 win over the Seattle Seahawks.

6:00 AM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Minnesota Vikings are like a lot of NFL teams in 2021 in that their game days have been stressful. They’ve just taken it to an extreme. The Vikings beat the Seattle Seahawks 30-17 in Week 3, but their other 10 games have been settled by one score,

7:00 AM ET NFL NationESPN Confidence and the NFL Power Rankings go hand in hand. While we’re confident (mostly) about how we rank teams each week, we’ve decided to go further at NFL Nation and give weekly confidence ratings to let the fans know how we’re feeling about each team after every game. And with

7:40 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers breathed a collective sigh of relief Monday after receiving important injury news on two of their best players. Niners coach Kyle Shanahan said Monday that receiver Deebo Samuel and linebacker Fred Warner suffered groin and hamstring strains, respectively, in San Francisco’s 34-26 victory Sunday

6:28 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers are expected to use rest — not surgery — to help the quarterback’s fractured pinkie toe heal. Packers coach Matt LaFleur said Monday that Rodgers is “gathering other opinions, so we’ll see where that goes,” but a source said those opinions

5:41 PM ET The NFL suspended Cowboys defensive tackle Trysten Hill without pay for two games on Monday for punching Raiders guard John Simpson following Dallas’ Thanksgiving Day loss to Las Vegas. The suspension was issued by NFL vice president of football operations Jon Runyan for violations of unnecessary roughness and unsportsmanlike conduct rules. “After

4:10 PM ET PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers placed star pass-rusher T.J. Watt on the reserve/COVID-19 list Monday, dealing another significant blow to a maligned defense ahead of an AFC North matchup against the Baltimore Ravens. Watt recorded just two combined tackles against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday, returning after a one-week absence caused by

1:38 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — Arizona Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury deflected a question about his interest in the University of Oklahoma job on Monday morning, a day after a report said the Sooners were targeting him for their vacant head coaching position, when he spoke to reporters on a Zoom call. “I don’t get

1:58 PM ET Christian McCaffrey‘s season is over, the Carolina Panthers announced Monday. The star running back suffered a left ankle injury in the second quarter of Sunday’s 33-10 loss to the Miami Dolphins and played only one snap in the second half. In a statement, the Panthers explained that an MRI revealed that the

12:51 PM ET Minnesota Vikings running back Dalvin Cook dislocated his shoulder during Sunday’s loss to the San Francisco 49ers, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The team still is figuring out how long Cook will be sidelined, and an indication will come from whether it places him on injured reserve, which would sideline him

7:00 AM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — When the Seattle Seahawks were on their bye earlier this month, Ken Norton Jr.’s wife took him to see The Spinners at a downtown Seattle jazz club. Angela Norton knew the special place the Motown-era R&B band holds in her husband’s heart. It was all he and

10:56 AM ET FRISCO, Texas – The Dallas Cowboys‘ COVID-19 outbreak has now reached head coach Mike McCarthy. McCarthy was placed on COVID protocols Monday and will not coach Thursday against the New Orleans Saints. In a statement, the team said McCarthy “will continue to direct, and be in involved in, all meetings and game

7:00 AM ET ASHBURN, Va. — When Kemberly Gamble watched the 2021 NFL draft at the urging of her son, one thought raced through her mind: My baby should be there. Instead, her baby, Chris Oats, was beside her in their two-bedroom apartment, fighting to regain full control of his body after a stroke he

2:16 AM ET BALTIMORE — Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson once again did something the football world has rarely seen. He’s just not happy about this one. In beating the Cleveland Browns 16-10 on Sunday night, Jackson became the first quarterback in eight years to win a game after throwing four interceptions. QBs had lost 41

11:45 PM ET The clock was ticking toward midnight on Sunday when we got the official word: The Ravens are in the driver’s seat in the AFC bracket. Their 16-10 victory over the Browns elevated them to the top spot in the AFC, replacing the Titans and just ahead of the surging Patriots. Are the