9:27 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 Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jared Goff expressed uncertainty whether he will be able to play in the team’s regular-season finale after he suffered a thumb injury on
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4:30 PM ET Everything was looking perfect for the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday. A 24-7 lead. A victory was in sight. A step closer to the playoffs. Even potentially going into Week 17 with a chance to win the AFC South. But things fell apart like nothing they had experienced this season. The defense couldn’t
7:46 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN SEATTLE — The Seattle Seahawks are NFC West champions, and they have their resurgent defense to thank for that. That recent trend continued Sunday at Lumen Field as the Seahawks held the Los Angeles Rams to three field goals in a 20-9 win, securing Seattle’s first division title since 2016.
4:35 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — It’s official: The New York Jets are out of the Trevor Lawrence sweepstakes. Prepare for four months of Sam Darnold debate. With their second major upset in a seven-day span, a 23-16 win over the Cleveland Browns on Sunday at MetLife Stadium, the Jets (2-13) clinched the second
first Quarter LAR SEA FG 6:21 Matt Gay Made 44 Yrd Field Goal 14 plays, 62 yards, 5:57 3 0 second Quarter LAR SEA FG 12:48 Jason Myers Made 45 Yrd Field Goal 9 plays, 34 yards, 3:01 3 3 FG 9:38 Matt Gay Made 51 Yrd Field Goal 10 plays, 42 yards, 3:10 6
6:00 PM ET HOUSTON — Defensive end J.J. Watt has expressed frustration about the Houston Texans‘ play amid this losing season on several occasions, but his frustration appeared to boil over after Sunday’s 37-31 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. After acknowledging that the defense had played “horrendously” on Sunday and that this was the most
6:22 PM ET Following Sunday’s loss to the New York Jets, which prevented the Cleveland Browns from clinching a playoff berth, quarterback Baker Mayfield said he “failed the team” after fumbling three times. “Plain and simple, I have to hold onto the damn ball,” said Mayfield, who fumbled on Cleveland’s final two drives, allowing the
5:31 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert broke the rookie passing touchdown record Sunday, with a nine-yard scoring pass to running back Austin Ekeler to give him 28 on the season. The previous record was 27, set by the Cleveland Browns‘ Baker Mayfield in 2018. Herbert’s record-setting touchdown pass came at the
4:40 PM ET PITTSBURGH — While many were already busy writing the postmortem for Ben Roethlisberger‘s career, the 38-year-old quarterback penned an improbable chapter in his comeback with the help of his resurgent defense in a 28-24 comeback win to defeat the Indianapolis Colts. Roethlisberger helped the Steelers climb out of a 17-point hole with
6:29 PM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy dreams of the double-double. No, not the In-n-Out restaurant special. Rather it’s when his team ends the first half with a touchdown and opens the third quarter with a touchdown on the first possession. Quarterback Andy Dalton and wide receiver CeeDee Lamb took care