6:41 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — Seattle Seahawks running back Chris Carson will have season-ending neck surgery with the plan to return in 2022. Coach Pete Carroll announced the news Friday. He expressed confidence that Carson, Seattle’s leading rusher in each of the previous three seasons, will play next year. “We went as
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6:10 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Denver Broncos general manager George Paton promised this past offseason he would give serious attention to signing the team’s own impending free agents. He has continued that trend in recent days during the team’s bye week, as wide receiver Tim Patrick will become the latest to re-sign with the
4:31 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians said Friday that he has no reason to believe wide receiver Antonio Brown procured a fake COVID-19 vaccination card, and that the team did its due diligence in vetting player vaccine cards. “None whatsoever,” Arians said. “We did our due diligence. The league
4:41 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — With three games in a 12-day span starting Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs, the Dallas Cowboys will be without wide receiver Amari Cooper for at least two of them after he was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list Friday. Sources told ESPN that Cooper tested positive for COVID-19 and
4:39 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — Running back Alvin Kamara has been ruled out for the second straight week because of a knee injury for a New Orleans Saints offense that will be extremely short-handed Sunday at the Philadelphia Eagles. The Saints (5-4) also ruled out both of their standout offensive tackles, Terron Armstead (knee/shoulder)
4:11 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — At least Aaron Rodgers won’t be going into another game without any practices. The Green Bay Packers quarterback practiced on Friday essentially for the first time in a month, albeit on a limited basis. He has a toe injury that he said occurred during his COVID-19 quarantine, but
4:18 PM ET PITTSBURGH — While the status of quarterback Ben Roethlisberger for Sunday night’s showdown against the Los Angeles Chargers is still unknown, the Pittsburgh Steelers definitively ruled out two significant players on their defense. Both T.J. Watt (hip, knee) and cornerback Joe Haden (foot) were ruled out for Sunday night, as were guard
2:34 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end Rob Gronkowski says the “arrow is pointing up” toward him playing Monday night against the New York Giants after he has missed five games this season because of cracked ribs, a punctured lung and back spasms. Gronkowski practiced in full Thursday and Friday for
1:24 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Cam Newton will make his first start in his second stint with Carolina on Sunday against Washington and former Panthers coach Ron Rivera. Coach Matt Rhule made it official on Friday after the 32-year-old quarterback got in a full week of practice working with the first team. “He’s really
1:46 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray will be a game-time decision for a third straight week, coach Kliff Kingsbury said Friday. A decision on whether Murray will play his first game since spraining his left ankle Oct. 28 will be made after he goes through a workout before Sunday’s game