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7:41 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Given the seemingly never-ending spate of injuries that plague his team, San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan long ago learned not to believe too much in what he’s told on game days, whether the news is good or bad. Shanahan prefers to wait for further tests to take

5:25 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh said the team will submit a couple of unpenalized hits on Lamar Jackson for the NFL to review from Sunday’s 23-7 win in Denver. Jackson hasn’t gotten a roughing the passer penalty since December 2019. That’s a stretch of 600 dropbacks for Jackson

3:18 PM ET Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray has overtaken Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes as the consensus favorite to win NFL MVP at U.S. sportsbooks. Murray, at +550, is the favorite to win the Associated Press’ regular-season MVP award at Caesars Sportsbook. Mahomes is next at +600, followed by Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh

2:54 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Denver Broncos coach Vic Fangio offered a stinging rebuke Monday of the Ravens‘ pursuit of a rushing record on the last play of Baltimore’s 23-7 win at Empower Field at Mile High. The Ravens, in an attempt to tie a decades-old record for consecutive 100-yard rushing games, had Lamar

7:00 AM ET COSTA MESA, Calif. — You can hear the sadness in his voice. It’s not outwardly noticeable if you didn’t know to look for it, but it’s there — the kind of sadness you would never wish on anyone. Los Angeles Chargers linebacker Kenneth Murray Jr. is a 6-foot-2, 241-pound chiseled athlete who

2:30 PM ET ESPN News Services The Washington Football Team has placed head athletic trainer Ryan Vermillion on administrative leave for what a spokesperson called an ongoing criminal investigation unrelated to the club. Vermillion is in his second season with coach Ron Rivera in Washington after 18 seasons working for the Carolina Panthers. The Drug

1:57 PM ET ASHBURN, Va. — The Washington Football Team will be without Pro Bowl right guard Brandon Scherff for at least the next two weeks, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Scherff suffered a sprained medial collateral ligament in the first half of Sunday’s 34-30 win over the Atlanta Falcons. He left the game

11:36 AM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jaguars head coach Urban Meyer said Monday he apologized to his team, his family and owner Shad Khan after a viral video surfaced over the weekend that showed a young woman dancing close to his lap. Meyer said he went to Columbus, Ohio, after the Jaguars’ loss at Tennessee

12:00 PM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — As Dak Prescott spoke following Sunday’s 36-28 win against the Carolina Panthers at AT&T Stadium, the fans in the adjoining Miller Lite Club starting pounding on the glass to the interview room and chanting. Prescott’s smile grew wider as he spoke and the yelling fans, which included a young

11:17 AM ET Cincinnati Bengals running back Joe Mixon has been diagnosed with a low-grade ankle sprain that will leave him week to week, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Mixon was injured late in the Bengals’ 24-21 win over the Jaguars on Thursday. Mixon rushed 16 times for 67 yards and a touchdown but

8:56 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Nearly 20 years to the day after his first NFL start — which ignited the New England Patriots‘ dynasty and one of the greatest runs in professional sports history — Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady broke the league’s career passing yards record in his return to Gillette Stadium

7:00 AM ET HENDERSON, Nev. — There is something oddly familiar about what Rich Gannon sees when the Las Vegas Raiders are on offense and Derek Carr is surveying the line of scrimmage. Déjà vu, much, when it comes to similarities between Carr, who is in his fourth season in Jon Gruden’s offense, and Gannon,

4:45 PM ET NFL NationESPN Week 4 of the 2021 NFL season saw more exciting finishes and statement victories. The Chiefs bounced back with a huge win over the Eagles, while the Bills shut out the Texans. The Colts finally got their first win of the season, and the Cowboys’ offense handled the Panthers’ great

11:15 PM ET INGLEWOOD, Calif. — When Arizona Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury gets back to his Paradise Valley home in Arizona after Sunday’s 37-20 demolition of the Los Angeles Rams, he’s not going to sit back and bask in the glow of being the NFL’s only 4-0 team. Instead, he’s going to sit on his

7:26 PM ET NEW ORLEANS — The “special player” the New York Giants insist they have with quarterback Daniel Jones was on full display Sunday. Jones put the Giants on his shoulders in a 27-21 win over the New Orleans Saints at Caesars Superdome, rallying them from an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit against one of the

7:55 PM ET Tory BarronESPN Editor Close Tory Barron is a Bristol-based writer and editor for ESPN.com. After retiring from playing lacrosse at UConn, the DC native decided to try her hand at writing about people playing sports. Tom Brady has entered the building. The New England Patriots‘ prodigal son has taken the field at

8:37 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots honored Tom Brady with a one-minute video of his top highlights, which sparked the rain-soaked crowd to chant his name in appreciation before the star quarterback led the Tampa Bay Buccaneers onto the field for Sunday night’s game at Gillette Stadium. Cheers of “Brady! Brady!

5:56 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers rookie quarterback Trey Lance stepped in for starter Jimmy Garoppolo to open the second half of Sunday’s game against the Seattle Seahawks. Moments after Lance took the first snap of the third quarter, the Niners announced that Garoppolo is dealing with a right calf injury