6:00 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN DETROIT — Early in the morning, around 6 a.m. Pacific time, John Brown’s phone rang. It was his older sister, delivering the devastating news that his younger sister, Yolandra “Loni” Brown, had died unexpectedly on Aug. 31. • Inside Aaron Rodgers’ MNF legacy• St. Brown bros. gather family for MNF•
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12:23 PM ET Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has avoided a serious rib injury, a source confirmed to ESPN. Follow-up X-rays were negative on Tagovailoa’s ribs, and the second-year quarterback’s availability for Week 3 and beyond will be determined based on his pain tolerance, the source said. Dolphins coach Brian Flores is expected to address
1:44 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — One week after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers placed starting cornerback Sean Murphy-Bunting on injured reserve, coach Bruce Arians said that general manager Jason Licht has reached out to veteran cornerback Richard Sherman to gauge his interest. “Jason’s reached out. We got to see,” Arians said Monday, one day after
1:14 PM ET LAKE FOREST, Ill. — In the hours since the Chicago Bears‘ 20-17 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals, head coach Matt Nagy declined multiple times to clarify whether veteran Andy Dalton (left knee) would remain the team’s starting quarterback if healthy. However, five minutes after Nagy’s Monday morning’s news conference concluded, where Nagy
12:27 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — Cleveland Browns Pro Bowl wide receiver Jarvis Landry has suffered an MCL sprain and is “week-to-week,” coach Kevin Stefanski confirmed Monday. Stefanski said he didn’t know yet if Landry would have to go on injured reserve, which would require him to miss at least three games. Landry suffered the
11:29 AM ET HOUSTON — Quarterback Deshaun Watson will not be active for the Houston Texans‘ game against the Carolina Panthers on Thursday night despite starter Tyrod Taylor‘s uncertain status, coach David Culley said Monday. Taylor is getting an MRI on his left hamstring and is considered day-to-day, Culley said. Taylor was replaced by rookie
7:50 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. Week 2 saw Week 1 and said, “Hold my beer.” There were touchdowns (five of them involving
6:00 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — It’s not just the games that Aaron Rodgers has enjoyed about Monday Night Football. It’s the characters and legends associated with it. Take John Madden, for example. Even though Madden called Monday Night Football games for four seasons (2002-05), he’s someone Rodgers closely associates with the brand. “My
2:05 AM ET BALTIMORE — With a somersault touchdown and a clutch fourth-down conversion, Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson beat the Kansas City Chiefs and his self-described “kryptonite” for the first time in a thrilling 36-35 victory on Sunday night. Jackson carried the short-handed Ravens to their first win over Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs
10:41 PM ET PITTSBURGH — The ball was just coming down from its 9-yard arc toward Foster Moreau in the left corner of the end zone when Derek Carr felt his surgically repaired right ankle give way. The Las Vegas Raiders quarterback, whose 2016 season came to a painful Christmas Eve end with that fractured