8:36 AM ET The Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers have produced vicious hits, dramatic finishes and now a historic matchup of head coaches. In Sunday’s clash for first place in the AFC North, the Steelers’ Mike Tomlin and the Ravens’ John Harbaugh will become the first pair of head coaches in the Super Bowl era
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8:36 AM ET Last week, I looked at the NFL teams whose playoff chances have fallen most significantly since the start of the 2020 season. This week, I’m going in the opposite direction and looking at the five teams whose chances have improved the most since the beginning of the campaign, according to the estimates
6:00 AM ET NFL NationESPN When it comes to the best division in football, few can compete with the arms race in the AFC North. When the NFL season began, it became the first division ever to start three Heisman Trophy winners to open a season. Nearly halfway through 2020, Lamar Jackson, Baker Mayfield and
6:00 AM ET HOUSTON — With the NFL trade deadline approaching on Nov. 3 and the Houston Texans entering their bye week with a 1-6 record, it would seem that the time has come to sell on the 2020 season. Unlike his predecessor, Bill O’Brien, who was both the general manager and head coach, interim
9:37 PM ET Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said Wednesday evening that the team’s release of defensive tackle Dontari Poe was primarily because of Poe’s weight and lack of production. Jones declined to say whether Poe’s persistence in kneeling for the national anthem before games was a consideration. “When you’re 30 pounds overweight and you’re
9:50 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. — After the Los Angeles Dodgers clinched the World Series on Tuesday night, Rams quarterback Jared Goff sent text messages to outfielders Cody Bellinger
7:30 PM ET Associated Press Jimmy Orr, a sure-handed wide receiver who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Colts after starring at the University of Georgia, has died. He was 85. Orr died Tuesday night. His death was confirmed Wednesday by Edo Smith and Sons Funeral Home in Brunswick, Georgia. Jim Irsay, owner of
7:43 PM ET NFL NationESPN It’s Week 8 in the NFL, and running backs are predictably getting the bumps and bruises (and worse) that could keep them out or limit their effectiveness. Aaron Jones missed the Green Bay Packers‘ win at Houston and his calf injury could linger into Sunday’s matchup against Minnesota. The Seattle
6:20 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians said wide receiver Antonio Brown “looked fantastic” in his first day of work with the Bucs. “He looks fantastic. I think we had really good conversations today, he and I,” Arians said Wednesday, the first day Brown could enter the facility because incoming
5:58 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Things haven’t gone as Melvin Gordon had hoped so far in his first season with the Denver Broncos. Whether it was his DUI arrest earlier this month or his fumbles on the field this past Sunday, Gordon said Wednesday that he is sorry for what he called the first