4:49 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — The New Orleans Saints are still hoping to get offensive stars Alvin Kamara and Michael Thomas back in the lineup for Sunday’s playoff opener against the Chicago Bears. But they ruled out one of their top defensive playmakers, defensive end Trey Hendrickson, with a neck injury on Friday. Hendrickson
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3:42 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — The Los Angeles Rams have activated defensive lineman Michael Brockers from the reserve/COVID-19 list, the team announced Friday. The move comes a day
2:51 PM ET HOUSTON — Texans chairman and CEO Cal McNair acknowledged he hasn’t heard from Deshaun Watson since he hired Nick Caserio as general manager but said he hopes to speak with the franchise quarterback soon about the move. “I’ve come to understand that it’s been reported that Deshaun feels left out of the
2:42 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — Two days before their first playoff appearance in 18 years, the Cleveland Browns finally will practice. The NFL cleared the team to practice Friday afternoon for the first time this week. Cleveland’s training facility had been closed since Tuesday, after head coach Kevin Stefanski and four others within the
12:16 PM ET Associated Press Dynamic defensive star Aaron Donald and unstoppable tight end Travis Kelce were unanimous choices Friday for The Associated Press NFL All-Pro Team. Donald and Kelce swept the votes from a nationwide panel of 50 media members who regularly cover the league. It is the sixth All-Pro selection for Donald, who
7:15 AM ET ESPN staff The opening weekend of the NFL playoffs has arrived, with six games on the wild-card round slate. Our NFL Nation reporters bring us the keys to every game, a bold prediction for each matchup and final score picks. Additionally, ESPN Stats & Information provides a stat to know for each
6:00 AM ET NFL NationESPN If Ben Roethlisberger says it’s OK to say it, then go ahead and call these NFL playoffs the year of the “old guys.” And Big Ben isn’t even the oldest. The NFL’s five oldest starting quarterbacks are all still playing, while some of the future stars, such as Kyler Murray
7:00 AM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — Some six months before they kicked off the most prolific season of any quarterback-wide receiver duo in Seattle Seahawks history, DK Metcalf reluctantly followed Russell Wilson into the shallow end of a swimming pool. They had recently arrived in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, for a late-winter vacation
Jan 6, 2021 OWINGS MILLS, Md. — From the blink-and-he’s-gone scrambles to the countless hugs, Lamar Jackson is playing as loose, confident and enthused as ever heading into a postseason that can go a long way in determining his national perception as a quarterback. Jackson shook off the weight of expectations that come with being
8:25 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — “Good” was the word at the Los Angeles Rams‘ practice facility Thursday when quarterback Jared Goff spoke with reporters for the first time