7:15 AM ET ESPN staff This month marks the 55th anniversary of the highest-scoring NFL game in history: a 113-point outburst from Washington and the New York Giants. On November 27, 1966, a Washington team led by Hall of Fame quarterback Sonny Jurgensen beat the Giants 72-41 in a game that featured 17 scoring plays.
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9:57 AM ET METAIRIE, La. — New Orleans Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas announced Wednesday that he will miss the entire 2021 season after “another small set back which we will have to address” in his recovery from ankle surgery. Saints coach Sean Payton confirmed Wednesday that Thomas suffered a recent setback, saying the wide
6:00 AM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The trade of linebacker Von Miller from the Denver Broncos to the Los Angeles Rams came together during a frenzied weekend — before Broncos general manager George Paton had a chance to tell Miller or the Broncos coaches, players and staff and, perhaps most difficult of all, his son,
8:26 AM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants will be down another playmaker this week, as wide receiver Sterling Shepard will miss some time with a quad strain, team and league sources told ESPN. Shepard suffered the injury in the second quarter of Monday night’s 20-17 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.
12:04 AM ET ESPN News Services The Las Vegas Raiders released wide receiver Henry Ruggs III on Tuesday night following his involvement in a vehicle crash early Tuesday morning that left a woman dead. Ruggs faces felony charges of driving under the influence of alcohol resulting in death and reckless driving, court records show. He
7:51 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Los Angeles Rams general manager Les Snead said Tuesday the decision to acquire All-Pro outside linebacker Von Miller was made with the team’s
6:39 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Denver Broncos tight end Noah Fant was moved to the reserve/COVID-19 list Tuesday. Broncos general manager George Paton confirmed the positive test Tuesday afternoon. Fant is the second Broncos player in the last two weeks to be moved to the list. Guard Netane Muti remains on the COVID-19 list
1:23 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Jaylon Smith‘s run with the Green Bay Packers was a short one. He played in only two games and was released on Tuesday, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter, less than a month after he was signed. The former Dallas Cowboys second-round pick was a healthy scratch for
4:44 PM ET The Los Angeles Rams waived wide receiver DeSean Jackson on Tuesday. Both Jackson and the Rams explored trade possibilities but nothing came together before Tuesday’s NFL trade deadline, sources told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. Jackson, 34, was willing to stay with the Rams but the team will give him a chance for more
4:30 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — The New York Jets bolstered their offensive line depth at the trade deadline, acquiring right guard Laurent Duvernay-Tardif from the Kansas City Chiefs. The Chiefs received backup tight end and special-teamer Daniel Brown in the deal. Both players will be free agents after the season. Duvernay-Tardif, 30, started
2:34 PM ET Although the Miami Dolphins did due diligence on Deshaun Watson and had conversations with the Houston Texans, they will not make a trade for the quarterback before Tuesday’s NFL trade deadline, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Dolphins owner Stephen Ross had contingencies that needed to be met for any deal and
2:05 PM ET Las Vegas Raiders receiver Henry Ruggs III was involved in a fiery car crash early Tuesday morning that killed one person and will lead to Ruggs being charged with DUI resulting in death. According to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, officers “responded to a traffic collision near the intersection of South
11:05 AM ET The father of Cleveland wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. posted a video on social media early Tuesday highlighting times when Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield didn’t throw the ball to Beckham when he was open. Odell Beckham Sr. then responded with three green check marks in the comment section of a post that
12:19 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — In an unusual midseason move, the New York Jets have added former NFL quarterback John Beck — Zach Wilson‘s personal coach — to the coaching staff for the remainder of the season, sources told ESPN. Beck, wearing a headset and Jets coaching garb, was spotted on the sideline
10:32 AM ET PITTSBURGH — Steelers outside linebacker Melvin Ingram III is on the move. The Steelers traded Ingram to the Kansas City Chiefs in exchange for a sixth-round pick ahead of the trade deadline, the teams announced Tuesday. Ingram, a former Pro Bowler who spent nine seasons with the Los Angeles Chargers, signed a
9:40 AM ET ESPN staff The 2021 NFL trade deadline is set for 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday. The action has gotten interesting over the past few weeks with some big names finding new destinations, though it doesn’t appear Deshaun Watson will be one of them. Business started to pick up toward the end of
6:45 AM ET NFL NationESPN While the NFL Power Rankings prefer to look at the league through a positive lens, sometimes we have to go to Negative Town. That’s where we are this week, as we asked our NFL Nation writers to pick the weakest aspect of their team through eight weeks. Of course, some
10:33 PM ET KANSAS CITY — The short-handed New York Giants lost two more wide receivers Monday night against the Kansas City Chiefs when Sterling Shepard and Dante Pettis left early with injuries. Shepard suffered a quad injury running a route late in the second quarter of New York’s 20-17 loss. He immediately grabbed at