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6:00 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS – Indianapolis Colts general manager Chris Ballard knew this would be a possibility. So did coach Frank Reich. Owner Jim Irsay has numerous years of experience dealing with it, including in 2015 with Andrew Luck — who was the No. 1 draft pick three years prior. And now the Colts are

6:40 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Denver Broncos outside linebacker Bradley Chubb, who left Sunday’s 23-13 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars with a left ankle injury just before halftime, will have arthroscopic surgery Wednesday to remove a bone spur. Chubb said Tuesday he felt a “stab type pain” in the ankle on a pass rush

1:18 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — The Cleveland Browns are placing Pro Bowl wide receiver Jarvis Landry on injured reserve with an MCL sprain in his left knee, meaning he will miss a minimum of three games. Landry suffered the injury on the opening drive Sunday against the Houston Texans. After catching a 9-yard pass

2:26 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Green Bay Packers released former third-round pick Jace Sternberger on Tuesday just as he completed his two-game NFL suspension for violating the league’s policy and program on substances of abuse. The tight end was the 75th overall pick in the 2019 draft but never found a consistent

3:18 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Rob Rivera, co-founder of the iconic Black Hole section of Raiders fans when the team called Oakland home, died this week from complications of COVID-19. Rivera, who was in his 50s, was inspired to create the section after seeing the Cleveland Browns’ Dawg Pound on television in 1994. “But

2:30 PM ET Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — Smoke and flames shot through the side of the Superdome’s roof on Tuesday as crews worked to clean and prepare the New Orleans sports and entertainment arena for painting. The New Orleans Fire Department confirmed that firefighters responded to flames on the building’s roof shortly before 1

1:29 PM ET PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers added a significant name to their list of injured players Tuesday: Ben Roethlisberger. Coach Mike Tomlin said the quarterback was dealing with a left pectoral injury, but said he didn’t know how it happened. It wasn’t publicly disclosed during postgame interviews with Tomlin or Roethlisberger. “I don’t

10:49 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — The NFL will stage an international combine for 50 athletes from 15 countries next month in London. The invitational scouting showcase is mirrored after the annual NFL combine usually held in Indianapolis. The idea is to find international athletes who have the skill set and potential to play

11:38 AM ET Houston Texans rookie quarterback Davis Mills will make his first NFL start on Thursday night against the Carolina Panthers, coach David Culley said Tuesday. Tyrod Taylor, who injured his hamstring in Week 2 against the Cleveland Browns, will not play, Culley said. Culley announced on Monday that Deshaun Watson will not be

6:00 AM ET LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Notwithstanding Monday morning’s bizarre, after-the-fact announcement that veteran Andy Dalton would remain the Bears’ starting quarterback, if healthy, Chicago coach Matt Nagy is faced with a delicate issue as he sorts through which signal-caller to start on Sunday at the Cleveland Browns (1 p.m. ET, Fox). Most signs

7:20 AM ET On a random afternoon this spring, after he finished announcing the NFL’s rule change proposals for 2021, competition committee chairman Rich McKay paused for an aside. There would only be two points of emphasis on existing rules, McKay said during a call with reporters, and one of them was the annual focus

6:45 AM ET NFL NationESPN It’s still early, so the 2021 NFL Power Rankings contain a bit of volatility. But ranking teams isn’t the only volatile early-season NFL exercise; categorizing the fantasy value of players is difficult right now too. But being the positive people we are, we decided to take a sunny side up

1:39 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Don’t mistake Aaron Rodgers for someone who didn’t care after the Green Bay Packers bombed in their season-opening loss to the New Orleans Saints. But for those who thought as much — and Rodgers clearly heard those who did — he appeased them after Monday night’s 35-17 win

2:03 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Aaron Jones had something special planned for his first game at Lambeau Field since his father’s death in April. The Green Bay Packers running back came out for Monday night’s home opener against the Detroit Lions wearing a necklace that contained Alvin Jones Sr.’s ashes in a football-shaped

8:26 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 running back Darrell Henderson suffered a rib cartilage injury Sunday in a victory over the Indianapolis Colts, according to coach

8:50 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN SEATTLE — Seahawks coach Pete Carroll says he respects what the NFL is trying to accomplish by more strictly enforcing the taunting rule, but he believes the league has “opened up a bit of a can of worms” by penalizing actions that can be difficult for players to suddenly avoid

6:52 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants wide receiver Kenny Golladay admitted Monday his emotions uncharacteristically got the best of him when the cameras caught him yelling on the sideline in the fourth quarter of Thursday night’s 30-29 loss to the Washington Football Team. The video made it appear that Golladay was

7:00 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN GREEN BAY, Wisc. — There’s a new quarterback, a new head coach and a new GM in the Detroit Lions organization, so why not redesign the team’s logo? And that’s exactly what TikTok designer Emily Zugay humorously decided to do on social media. However, in her viral mock video, she