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12:12 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Scratch Urban Meyer off the list of candidates for the USC football job. The Jacksonville Jaguars coach said Wednesday that there was “no chance” he’d leave the NFL for that job, which came open when USC fired coach Clay Helton on Monday. “I’m here and committed to try to

9:00 AM ET ESPN Stats & Information With a week of NFL action in the books, let’s go around the league to spot the relevant betting trends so far. Underdogs went 12-4 ATS in Week 1, the most covers by underdogs in a Week 1 during the Super Bowl Era. Green Bay was blown out

7:00 AM ET Mike Tannenbaum The NFL is back for the 2021 season, and Week 1 quarterback play brought a mixed bag of exactly what you would have expected and wild surprises. Patrick Mahomes and Russell Wilson picked up where they left off in wins, and Matthew Stafford shined for his new team. Jameis Winston

8:36 PM ET Associated Press The NFL’s kickoff weekend ended up having the second-highest TV ratings for Week 1 over the past five seasons. The 16 games averaged 17.4 million viewers on television and digital properties. That is a 7% increase over last season (16.3 million average) and nearly equal to 2019, which averaged 17.6

5:14 PM ET ESPN News Services The Denver Broncos placed a pair of starters on injured reserve on Tuesday. Wide receiver Jerry Jeudy suffered a high ankle sprain and cornerback Ronald Darby suffered a hamstring injury in Denver’s season-opening win over the New York Giants on Sunday. Both players will miss a minimum of three

5:35 PM ET HENDERSON, Nev. — Las Vegas Raiders right guard Denzelle Good suffered a torn ACL in his left knee in Monday night’s 33-27 overtime victory over the Baltimore Ravens and is out for the season, a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. Good, 30, signed a two-year contract worth $8.4 million with $3.2 million

3:10 PM ET WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Two days and multiple doctor consultations after leaving the season opener against the Detroit Lions with a knee injury, San Francisco 49ers running back Raheem Mostert‘s season is over. Mostert took to social media on Tuesday to announce that an injury the Niners hoped would require a

4:30 PM ET The NFL Players Association determined Josh Gordon has successfully completed his NFL-monitored treatment program and has recommended to the league that he be reinstated, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Gordon, 30, is awaiting final approval from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, but he is vaccinated against COVID-19 and said to be ready to

3:09 PM ET Alaina GetzenbergESPN Buffalo Bills ownership has announced a new policy that will require all fans to be vaccinated to attend games at Highmark Stadium and KeyBank Center, home of the Buffalo Sabres, this season. Pegula Sports & Entertainment, along with Erie County, announced Tuesday afternoon that beginning with the Sept. 26 game

2:48 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Carolina Panthers released Ryan Santoso on Tuesday, less than a week after coach Matt Rhule said the season opener wasn’t a one-game tryout for the kicker. In doing so, Carolina avoided having to send a 2022 seventh-round pick to the New York Giants. The trade for Santoso before

1:49 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Despite being benched after his second-quarter fumble against the Dallas Cowboys last Thursday night, Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Ronald Jones II will start this week against the Atlanta Falcons, coach Bruce Arians said Tuesday. Arians also provided additional information on starting cornerback Sean Murphy-Bunting, who was placed on

11:43 AM ET The New Orleans Saints have had five offensive coaches test positive for COVID-19, calling into question their status for Sunday’s game against the Carolina Panthers, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. However, one team source said, “We’ll be just fine.” Saints head coach Sean Payton said during the summer that the team’s

6:45 AM ET NFL NationESPN This week’s edition of the 2021 NFL Power Rankings is all about first impressions, as after months of buildup and hype, we got to see every NFL team take the field for the first time in a game that counts. But first impressions from Week 1 go well beyond team

6:00 AM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — Brad Arnett sat outside the football fields at Arrowhead High School in Hartland, Wisconsin, last fall, waiting for school to finish and practice to start, when a text message showed up. It was J.J. Watt. That, in itself, wasn’t a surprise. Arnett, a defensive line coach at Arrowhead, started

12:08 AM ET LAS VEGAS — In the end, the pressure got to Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens. Jackson’s second fumble of the game set up the Las Vegas Raiders‘ winning score in overtime during a 33-27 season-opening loss. On third-and-7, Jackson got hit from his right side and coughed up the ball. That

12:30 AM 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. What in the Monday Night Football? It is hard to imagine a more enthralling start to the

12:08 AM ET LAS VEGAS — As slow, clunky and as ugly as the Las Vegas Raiders‘ offense was early Monday night, it was just as efficient late. And as terrible as their defense was last season, it did just enough against the Baltimore Ravens. In front of a delirious Allegiant Stadium crowd of 61,756,

11:30 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. Mondays just got a whole lot more fun thanks to the Manning brothers. Peyton Manning and Eli