12:34 PM ET Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday that Ben Roethlisberger will not play this weekend against the Cleveland Browns, with Mason Rudolph instead getting the start in Cleveland. Tomlin says the Steelers (12-3), who already have clinched a playoff spot, may rest more starters, but as of now, Roethlisberger is the only
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1:07 PM ET Heading into Week 17, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is a commanding favorite to win the NFL regular-season MVP award after a dramatic shift in the odds at U.S. sportsbooks. Rodgers was a +450 underdog to win the award before last week’s games, behind Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who
8:49 AM ET The NFL is preparing a COVID-19 contingency plan in which it temporarily promotes an official to work as a referee during the full slate of games Sunday, according to an NFL source. The move is yet another twist in the league’s effort to play amid the COVID-19 pandemic. A number of referees
11:08 AM ET RYAN FITZPATRICK‘S WILDEST moment over the past four months, the one that encapsulates the totality of whatever the hell he’s experienced, was easily the most symbolically accurate: 19 seconds left, down two to the Las Vegas Raiders on Saturday night, playoff elimination for the Miami Dolphins in sight, defensive end Arden Key
7:00 AM ET NFL NationESPN With one week of regular-season games remaining, it’s time for the NFL Power Rankings to look to the future. After a 2020 that was different from anything we’ve ever seen and chock full of challenges (on and off the field), we look ahead to (hopefully) better times in 2021. Our
Dec 28, 2020 Kelly CohenESPN What’s snarky, self-deprecating and smack-talking all at once? Well, your favorite team’s social media accounts, of course. It’s a fine line that accounts have to walk, especially in 2020, but when they do it correctly, it makes internet magic. And in a year when sports fans have had to find
2:08 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Cam Newton has mostly struck a positive chord in his first year with the New England Patriots, but after another frustrating performance in which he was pulled midway through the third quarter of a blowout loss to the Buffalo Bills, he vented. Newton was asked about a graphic on
7:24 PM ET Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jared Goff underwent surgery on his broken right thumb Monday in Los Angeles and is unlikely to play Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. If he can’t play Sunday, Goff could return for the playoffs if the Rams advance. John Wolford is Goff’s backup
8:00 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Barring what San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan would call a shocking development, quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo has played his final snap of the 2020 NFL season as he continues to work his way back from a high ankle sprain. That doesn’t mean, however, that Garoppolo has played his
6:23 PM ET Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford said any decision on whether or not he’ll play against the Minnesota Vikings in Sunday’s season finale will be based on his health after he injured his right ankle on the first series of Saturday’s loss to Tampa Bay. It’s Stafford’s third significant injury of the season.