6:00 AM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Minnesota Vikings are like a lot of NFL teams in 2021 in that their game days have been stressful. They’ve just taken it to an extreme. The Vikings beat the Seattle Seahawks 30-17 in Week 3, but their other 10 games have been settled by one score,
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7:00 AM ET NFL NationESPN Confidence and the NFL Power Rankings go hand in hand. While we’re confident (mostly) about how we rank teams each week, we’ve decided to go further at NFL Nation and give weekly confidence ratings to let the fans know how we’re feeling about each team after every game. And with
7:40 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers breathed a collective sigh of relief Monday after receiving important injury news on two of their best players. Niners coach Kyle Shanahan said Monday that receiver Deebo Samuel and linebacker Fred Warner suffered groin and hamstring strains, respectively, in San Francisco’s 34-26 victory Sunday
6:28 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers are expected to use rest — not surgery — to help the quarterback’s fractured pinkie toe heal. Packers coach Matt LaFleur said Monday that Rodgers is “gathering other opinions, so we’ll see where that goes,” but a source said those opinions
5:41 PM ET The NFL suspended Cowboys defensive tackle Trysten Hill without pay for two games on Monday for punching Raiders guard John Simpson following Dallas’ Thanksgiving Day loss to Las Vegas. The suspension was issued by NFL vice president of football operations Jon Runyan for violations of unnecessary roughness and unsportsmanlike conduct rules. “After
4:10 PM ET PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers placed star pass-rusher T.J. Watt on the reserve/COVID-19 list Monday, dealing another significant blow to a maligned defense ahead of an AFC North matchup against the Baltimore Ravens. Watt recorded just two combined tackles against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday, returning after a one-week absence caused by
5:19 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants safety Logan Ryan was “back in the building” Monday after missing the past two games following a positive COVID-19 test, according to coach Joe Judge. Ryan, a team captain, was taken off the reserve/COVID-19 list on Monday. It opens the door for him to return
2:15 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville Jaguars tight end Dan Arnold will miss at least the next three games because of a sprained MCL in his right knee. Head coach Urban Meyer said Monday afternoon the team will place Arnold on injured reserve. The Jaguars (2-9) have six games remaining so there’s still the
1:58 PM ET Christian McCaffrey‘s season is over, the Carolina Panthers announced Monday. The star running back suffered a left ankle injury in the second quarter of Sunday’s 33-10 loss to the Miami Dolphins and played only one snap in the second half. In a statement, the Panthers explained that an MRI revealed that the
12:51 PM ET Minnesota Vikings running back Dalvin Cook dislocated his shoulder during Sunday’s loss to the San Francisco 49ers, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The team still is figuring out how long Cook will be sidelined, and an indication will come from whether it places him on injured reserve, which would sideline him