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12:00 PM ET CINCINNATI – Why Davante Adams isn’t the highest-paid receiver in the NFL is a question for another day. The one that must be asked after the Green Bay Packers receiver caught pass after pass on Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals is this: How does he keep doing this? Play after play. Game

2:00 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire sprained the MCL in his left knee and will be out of the Kansas City Chiefs lineup for “a few weeks,” a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. In addition, Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill suffered a minor knee injury on Sunday night, but the

1:17 PM ET PITTSBURGH — The Steelers will be without one of their most reliable receivers the rest of the season. Wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster dislocated his shoulder on Sunday and is undergoing surgery later this week that is expected sideline him about four months, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Smith-Schuster, who signed a

12:00 PM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Maybe the game’s outcome was already decided, since the Dallas Cowboys were leading by 14 points in the fourth quarter and the New York Giants were without quarterback Daniel Jones, running back Saquon Barkley and wide receiver Kenny Golladay, but Dak Prescott still had a message. The Cowboys had

11:20 AM ET For the first time since January 2020, someone other than the Kansas City Chiefs is the consensus favorite to win the Super Bowl. The defending-champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers moved atop the odds to win the Super Bowl this week at U.S. sportsbooks. The Buccaneers are 11-2 to win the Super Bowl at

6:00 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Patience. That’s how Indianapolis Colts general manager Chris Ballard views building his roster. He wants the 1-3 Colts to win, but he wants to do it his way, which has been building the roster through the draft and being selective when it comes to free agency and trades. Not an

6:00 AM ET BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Ravens’ pursuit of an NFL rushing record held by the 1970s Pittsburgh Steelers caused coach John Harbaugh to have a brief moment of nostalgia a week ago. Harbaugh remembered how his childhood team, the Cleveland Browns, struggled to beat running back Franco Harris’ Steelers. He expressed his admiration

7:28 AM ET The Baltimore Ravens, after losing three running backs to season-ending injuries during the preseason and then scrambling to replace them, have received trade inquiries from teams interested in their current group of running backs, league sources told ESPN. The Ravens may not end up trading any of their running backs, but the

2:38 AM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes took responsibility for what’s ailing the 2-3 Kansas City Chiefs, saying after their 38-20 loss to the Buffalo Bills that his turnovers are to blame. “I have to be better,” Mahomes said after throwing two interceptions and losing a fumble against the Bills. “It’s something I’ve

9:46 PM ET GLENDALE, Ariz. — San Francisco 49ers rookie quarterback Trey Lance gave his first NFL start a strikingly similar review to his performance in the second half of last week’s loss to the Seattle Seahawks. “Some good, some bad again,” Lance said. After getting a full week of working with the starters in

9:14 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Chicago Bears rookie Justin Fields played most of Sunday’s 20-9 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders with a hyperextended left knee, the quarterback told reporters after the game. Andy Dalton relieved Fields for two plays in the second quarter after Raiders defensive end Yannick Ngakoue sacked the first-round pick

5:03 PM ET CINCINNATI — Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow was taken to a local hospital on Sunday for a possible throat contusion, according to a team spokesperson. Burrow was transported following the Bengals’ 25-22 overtime loss to the Green Bay Packers on Sunday. He completed the game and was 26-of-38 passing for 381 yards,

12:06 AM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Chiefs running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire left Sunday night’s game against the Buffalo Bills with a left knee injury in the third quarter and will not return. Edwards-Helaire, who entered the game as the Chiefs’ leading rusher with 291 yards, was helped off the field by teammates

11:40 PM ET GLENDALE, Ariz. — What took place Sunday afternoon inside State Farm Stadium showed how capable the Arizona Cardinals are of winning when things don’t go their way. The Cardinals escaped with a 17-10 victory, but the San Francisco 49ers used a talented defensive front to pressure Arizona and it worked. Arizona had

10:16 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Raiders players offered defense, indifference and a no comment on Sunday when it came to coach Jon Gruden and his 10-year-old inflammatory emails that came to light over the weekend. And Gruden again apologized for his language, including a racist comment, in the missives. Gruden and his players spoke

5:14 PM ET New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley (left ankle) and quarterback Daniel Jones (concussion) were both carted off during Sunday’s 44-20 loss to the Dallas Cowboys and were ruled out for the remainder of the contest. Wide receiver Kenny Golladay was also ruled out at halftime with a knee injury. Jones was

7:28 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady suffered an injury to the thumb of his right throwing hand in Tampa Bay’s 45-17 victory over the Miami Dolphins on Sunday — a game in which he threw for 400-plus yards and five touchdowns for the first time in his career. What made the

4:45 PM ET NFL NationESPN Week 5 of the 2021 NFL season featured a few wild endings in the early window on Sunday, including a thrilling overtime game between the Packers and Bengals. After five missed field goals between the two teams, Green Bay kicker Mason Crosby finally hit a game winner. And after the