6:00 AM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants have something in receiver Kadarius Toney. The the 20th overall selection in the 2021 NFL draft just moves differently than most. That much was apparent watching Sunday’s 44-20 loss to the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium. It’s as if he glides instead of runs,
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6:50 AM ET NFL NationESPN The NFL Power Rankings are the perfect place to track improvement. While usually that improvement is strictly on the team level, we decided to take it even further this week, as we had our NFL Nation writers identify the most improved player on the team they cover. The answers below
10:18 AM ET BALTIMORE — Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh posed a question to his players in the locker room after a 31-25 overtime win over the Indianapolis Colts on Monday night, another unreal comeback that has become the norm for this team this season. “Which one of these crazy games is the best one?,”
7:51 AM ET Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan doesn’t remember them all. The first one … sure. The big moments … without a doubt. But so many of the passes Ryan has completed over the past 14 seasons have blurred into a tapestry. When you’ve had thousands of them, to 79 players, even a near-photographic
11:20 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson had surgery Friday to repair a ruptured tendon and a fracture in the middle finger of his throwing hand. Sources tell ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler that the team is bracing for Wilson to miss four to eight weeks. It puts Seattle’s playoff hopes
8:28 PM ET The NFL Players Association board of player representatives voted to retain executive director DeMaurice Smith for another term in a close vote Friday evening. In a conference call that included the player reps from all 32 NFL teams, Smith received 22 votes in favor of him staying as executive director, just clearing
4:20 PM ET Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden used a racist comment in referring to NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith in an email 10 years ago, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The email, sent to the president of the Washington Football Team in July 2011 as the NFL and its players
6:18 PM ET ESPN News Services The Seattle Seahawks are bracing for quarterback Russell Wilson to miss at least a month and possibly up to eight weeks with a ruptured tendon in the middle finger of his right hand, sources tell ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. The injury will likely require surgery, sources say. Wilson met with
6:18 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — It’s happening sooner than the San Francisco 49ers or starter Jimmy Garoppolo hoped, but rookie quarterback Trey Lance will make his first start Sunday. Niners coach Kyle Shanahan made it official Friday after a week in which all signs pointed to that conclusion. Garoppolo is dealing with a
4:20 PM ET Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden sent an email with racially insensitive language about NFL Players Association president DeMaurice Smith in 2011, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The email, sent to the president of the Washington Football Team, said that Smith had “lips the size of michellin tires,” the Journal reported,