10:53 AM ET HOUSTON — The Texans have closed their facility after a player tested positive for COVID-19, the team announced Wednesday. It is the Texans’ bye week, but the facility is closed for a deep cleaning and the team is performing contract tracing. “Late last night, we received notice that a Texans player tested
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8:32 AM ET The Cincinnati Bengals have told defensive end Carlos Dunlap to stay home rather than come to work Wednesday as the team sorts out his future, sources confirmed to ESPN’s Dianna Russini. The Bengals have had trade talks centered on their disgruntled pass-rusher, and those are continuing, according to the sources. NFL Network
8:04 AM ET The Miami Dolphins are signing tight end Adam Shaheen to a two-year extension worth up to $7.85 million with $3.2 million guaranteed, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Acquired in late July from the Chicago Bears for a conditional 2021 seventh-round pick, Shaheen has made the most of his fresh start in
7:00 AM ET As great NFL quarterbacks aim for the record books, sometimes they get knocked into them. The distinction of the most-sacked quarterback ever will soon belong to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers‘ Tom Brady or the Pittsburgh Steelers‘ Ben Roethlisberger, who’ve gone down behind the line of scrimmage a combined 1,017 times over 38
7:25 AM ET FRISCO, Texas — It’s not easy being Mike McCarthy these days. The Dallas Cowboys are 2-5, trending more toward a top-five draft pick in 2021 than a playoff spot in the woeful NFC East in the coach’s first year. Nothing has gone right for McCarthy. It’s not easy being Mike McCartney, either.
5:01 PM ET The Dallas Cowboys traded veteran defensive end Everson Griffen to the Detroit Lions for a conditional draft pick, the team announced Tuesday. Terms of the conditions have not been announced, but multiple sources tell ESPN that Dallas received a conditional sixth-round draft pick in 2021 that could become a fifth-rounder. Griffen gives
5:43 PM ET Associated Press Free-agent safety Eric Reid told The Associated Press he declined an offer to join Washington’s practice squad. Washington (2-5) lost safety Landon Collins to a season-ending Achilles tendon injury in a win over Dallas on Sunday. Rookie Kamren Curl, a seventh-round pick, will replace him for now. “I just don’t
3:28 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — In the wake of Sunday’s 27-point loss to the Kansas City Chiefs that dropped the Denver Broncos offense to 28th in the league and the team to 2-4, Broncos tight end Noah Fant said it’s time for the offense to “put up or shut up” about its potential. “I
3:04 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville Jaguars coach Doug Marrone is excited about the second half of the season. Marrone knows that may not make a lot of sense to anyone outside the organization considering the Jaguars are 1-6, have one of the league’s worst defenses, and have won just three of their past
4:34 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers on Tuesday released cornerback Eli Apple hours after he left practice for treatment on a hamstring injury that has hampered him much of the season. Apple, 25, signed a one-year, $3 million deal in May, but he was active for only two games due to injuries.