11:46 PM ET Cincinnati Bengals tight end C.J. Uzomah was carted off the field and ruled out of Thursday’s 35-30 loss to the Cleveland Browns with a right Achilles injury. Uzomah went down after he caught a 5-yard pass from rookie quarterback Joe Burrow with a little more than eight minutes left in the game.
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9:20 AM ET The NFL returned last week. It was weird with no fans and with face shields (shoutout to Andy Reid) and Zoom interviews, but the actual football was surprisingly crisp. Fantasy football managers rejoiced, watching high draft picks such as Saints running back Alvin Kamara and prized rookies such as Chiefs running back
7:05 AM ET The NFL passed a significant test in dealing with the coronavirus. Tests on all Houston Texans and Kansas City Chiefs players, coaches and team employees from Week 1 came back negative this week, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. These were the first tests to come back from the regular season. The
7:45 PM ET NFL NationESPN The 2020 NFL season heads into Week 2 with a battle of Ohio between the Cincinnati Bengals and Cleveland Browns on Thursday night (8:20 ET, NFL Network). The Bengals could be without defensive tackles Geno Atkins and Mike Daniels, which could mean good things for the Browns’ run game. Elsewhere,
9:00 AM ET ESPN.com staff The NFL opens a pair of glitzy, new stadiums this season for the Los Angeles Rams/Chargers and the Las Vegas Raiders. While it’s unclear how many, if any, fans will get to sit in these state-of-the-art marvels this season, their debut does bring excitement, inspiring ESPN to rank the 28
9:32 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers publicly condemned the person who sent racist messages to Arizona Cardinals safety Budda Baker and announced that they have begun an investigation into identifying the fan. Baker took to Twitter on Monday afternoon to share screenshots of direct messages he received on Instagram from
1:29 PM ET The Pittsburgh Steelers will be without at least one starter against the Denver Broncos. Though right tackle Zach Banner is still undergoing tests on a knee injury, coach Mike Tomlin ruled him out for at least the upcoming game. According to a report from NFL Network, Banner’s initial diagnosis is a torn
6:45 AM ET NFL NationESPN As we unveil the first regular-season edition of the NFL Power Rankings, we keep in mind the unique circumstances that led to Week 1. This was the first action of any kind for the rookie class of 2020. For a rookie, seeing regular-season game action for the first time is
10:00 PM ET Before his big family trip from New England to Tampa, Tom Brady boxed and wrapped his gear, his footballs, his six Super Bowl rings, everything except the AFC East. What a shame that he could not bring his favorite division with him. Did you see Brady’s first 85-yard drive and 2-yard touchdown
10:11 PM ET If Ben Roethlisberger had any jitters Monday night, the veteran shook them off in time for a vintage performance in the Pittsburgh Steelers‘ 26-16 victory against the New York Giants. Playing for the first time in a year since the 2019 season-ending elbow injury sustained in Week 2, Roethlisberger completed 21 of
8:50 AM ET The first Sunday of the NFL season was wild. The NFC’s worst team from 2019 won, while the defending NFC champs lost. The team everyone insisted was tanking for top 2021 quarterback prospect Trevor Lawrence won, in part because Philip Rivers threw an interception while his team was trailing late in the
5:05 PM ET Jeremy WillisESPN.com The Cleveland Browns opened the 2020 NFL season looking like, well, the Cleveland Browns. It didn’t help that they started the season with reigning MVP Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens. That being said, as so many on social media said, a 38-6 rout, in Week 1, is peak Browns.
6:37 PM ET ESPN staff The opening weekend of the 2020 NFL season was surreal. While the action on the field looked and sounded quite familiar to viewers at home, the precautions being taken due to the coronavirus pandemic meant that only one home team was allowed to have fans in the stadium in Week
1:52 PM ET One of the early storylines from the New England Patriots‘ season-opener against the Dolphins is quarterback Cam Newton‘s presence as a runner: His 4-yard touchdown run early in the second quarter gave New England a 7-0 lead as he made it look easy. Newton lined up in the shotgun, and the Patriots
12:34 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — The New Orleans Saints and running back Alvin Kamara are finalizing a five-year, $75 million contract extension, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Saturday. The deal is worth a total of $77.133 million for six seasons and includes $34.333 million in guaranteed money, sources told Schefter. Although negotiations got
4:11 PM ET Philadelphia Eagles running back Miles Sanders will not travel with the team and is out for Sunday’s opener against Washington due to a hamstring injury, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Sanders had been listed as questionable. The source said Sanders is progressing well but that the team wants to make sure
10:00 AM ET We want our fantasy football and we want our fantasy, period. We need the fun-and-games escape from all of America’s problems. And our blessed medicine, our respite from months of sea-to-shining-sea sickness, arrives this weekend in an avalanche of wonderful football, God bless America. But as our country’s history records the victims
2:07 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — John Harbaugh noticed someone had placed a face shield in his office this week, and the Baltimore Ravens coach thought about using it for Sunday’s season opener because his glasses fog up in the humid weather. “I dismissed that after last night,” Harbaugh said with a smile after