6:45 AM ET NFL NationESPN This week’s edition of the 2021 NFL Power Rankings is all about first impressions, as after months of buildup and hype, we got to see every NFL team take the field for the first time in a game that counts. But first impressions from Week 1 go well beyond team
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6:00 AM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — Brad Arnett sat outside the football fields at Arrowhead High School in Hartland, Wisconsin, last fall, waiting for school to finish and practice to start, when a text message showed up. It was J.J. Watt. That, in itself, wasn’t a surprise. Arnett, a defensive line coach at Arrowhead, started
12:08 AM ET LAS VEGAS — In the end, the pressure got to Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens. Jackson’s second fumble of the game set up the Las Vegas Raiders‘ winning score in overtime during a 33-27 season-opening loss. On third-and-7, Jackson got hit from his right side and coughed up the ball. That
12:30 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. What in the Monday Night Football? It is hard to imagine a more enthralling start to the
12:08 AM ET LAS VEGAS — As slow, clunky and as ugly as the Las Vegas Raiders‘ offense was early Monday night, it was just as efficient late. And as terrible as their defense was last season, it did just enough against the Baltimore Ravens. In front of a delirious Allegiant Stadium crowd of 61,756,
11:30 PM 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. Mondays just got a whole lot more fun thanks to the Manning brothers. Peyton Manning and Eli
9:56 PM ET WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.V. — Former San Francisco 49ers linebacker Parys Haralson died Monday, the team announced . Haralson played for the Niners from 2006 to 2012. He was 37. “The 49ers are heartbroken and shocked by the news of Parys’ tragic passing,” the team said in a statement. “Parys was a
8:58 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — The Seattle Seahawks fear running back Rashaad Penny will miss this weekend’s game against the Tennessee Titans and possibly longer because of a calf injury, coach Pete Carroll said Monday. Penny, the Seahawks’ No. 2 running back behind Chris Carson, left Sunday’s season-opening win over the Indianapolis
7:42 PM ET James Jackson Tom Brady knows just how to get under the skin of his opponents. Few teams illustrate this point better than the Atlanta Falcons, who will visit the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 2 of the 2021 NFL season. The seven-time Super Bowl champion, who became the first player in NFL
6:20 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Cleveland center JC Tretter believes Kansas City assistant coach Greg Lewis should be disciplined by the NFL for his role in a sideline skirmish with Cleveland safety Ronnie Harrison Jr. on Sunday. Harrison was ejected from Cleveland’s 33-29 loss in the first quarter after he forcefully pushed Lewis,