11:27 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — For the San Francisco 49ers players remaining from 2018, Thursday’s game probably dredged up many unwanted but familiar feelings. Decimated by injuries and with the new twist provided by the COVID-19 pandemic making matters worse, the Niners opened Thursday night’s 34-17 blowout loss to the Green Bay Packers
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10:11 PM ET The Chicago Bears have been cleared by the NFL to resume football-related activities at their team facility on Friday, the team announced. The Bears paused all in-person work and closed Halas Hall on Thursday morning after another player tested positive for COVID-19. The Bears finished the day by holding virtual meetings as
9:57 PM ET The NFL has fined the Las Vegas Raiders $500,000, coach Jon Gruden $150,000 and also took a 2021 sixth-round pick from the team for repeated COVID-19 protocol violations late in October, sources confirmed to ESPN. Sources told ESPN’s Dan Graziano that the penalties, which were first reported by Yahoo, are the result
9:10 PM ET We are now through eight weeks of the NFL season — basically, the halfway point. And while it has been a season unlike any other, games have, in fact, been played for eight weeks. Not always in the order expected, but we do have a really good sample size. One of the
8:40 PM ET Aaron Rodgers to Davante Adams. Put it on repeat. Four days after he caught three touchdown passes for the Green Bay Packers against the Minnesota Vikings, Adams went back to work almost immediately Thursday night against the host San Francisco 49ers. He stretched out to haul in a 36-yard touchdown that survived
7:37 PM ET HENDERSON, Nev. — Las Vegas Raiders right tackle Trent Brown was returned to the reserve/COVID-19 list on Thursday, the second time he has been on the list after testing positive for the coronavirus two weeks ago. The Raiders made the move because Brown still has complications from the illness. Brown had come
3:45 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Pro Bowl running back Christian McCaffrey is “trending in the right direction” to return from injured reserve for Sunday’s game at Kansas City, Carolina Panthers coach Matt Rhule said Thursday. “If we played right now, I feel he’d be able to play,” Rhule said. The team has until 4
5:13 PM ET EAGAN, Minn. — Good is the enemy of great in Everson Griffen‘s world. The newly acquired defensive end for the Detroit Lions took exception to his former coach Mike Zimmer calling him a “good player” ahead of the Minnesota Vikings‘ Week 9 showdown with their NFC North opponent. Asked about Griffen’s return
5:27 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — One day after San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Kendrick Bourne tested positive for COVID-19, that result has led to the NFL taking a deeper look into possible protocol violations. While it’s standard procedure for the NFL to look into all positive tests at team facilities, a league source
3:48 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — Although Drew Brees downplayed the significance of his shoulder injury Wednesday, he remained limited in Thursday’s practice. The New Orleans Saints quarterback was working off to the side with no pads during the early portion of practice that was open to the media and was officially listed as a