9:25 AM ET The NFL can be a fickle league. Nobody roots for coaches to get fired or players to be benched, but those consequences are a fact of the football universe. We saw Texans coach/general manager Bill O’Brien get fired after Week 4 and Falcons coach Dan Quinn follow him out the door the
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6:50 AM ET Here came the Browns on Sunday, rolling into Pittsburgh looking nothing at all like the Browns we’re used to. They carried a 4-1 record and a four-game win streak into Heinz Field, eager for a chance to prove their legitimacy at the home of a 4-0 division rival. And they got smoked.
11:35 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — After a blowout loss to the Miami Dolphins that many San Francisco 49ers called embarrassing, the Niners spent this past week hammering home the need for a sense of urgency Sunday night against the Los Angeles Rams. Lest their 2020 season slip away before they even reach the
9:15 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Up by a score but looking for more, San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan decided to be bold on fourth down early in the second quarter of Sunday night’s game against the Los Angeles Rams. On fourth-and-2 from the Rams’ 44, Shanahan kept his offense on the field.
9:58 PM ET New York Jets coach Adam Gase, trying to keep his winless team from fracturing, wasn’t pleased that defensive coordinator Gregg Williams took a veiled shot at the offense when speaking to reporters on Friday. Gase addressed Williams’ comments Sunday night after a 24-0 loss to the Miami Dolphins, which dropped the Jets
7:54 PM ET Don’t tell Aaron Rodgers that Super Bowl LV is at Raymond James Stadium. That hasn’t been the Green Bay Packers quarterback’s happy place. Twice, he’s left Tampa Bay injured: a shoulder in 2008 and a calf in 2014. He showed up there hoping for something different, saying this week: “I’m hoping the
8:14 PM ET MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The Miami Dolphins crowd rose to its feet, making more noise than it had at any point during a 24-0 victory over the New York Jets as rookie quarterback Tua Tagovailoa jogged onto the field for his first NFL action. Ryan Fitzpatrick waved his arms up and down
7:51 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady threw two touchdown passes, running back Ronald Jones rushed for two more and tight end Rob Gronkowski finally saw the end zone in a 38-10 knockout blow to the undefeated Green Bay Packers on Sunday — the Bucs’ first complete performance of the
6:29 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — It took him six games to get there, but tight end Rob Gronkowski has scored his first touchdown as a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It came on a third-and-6 with 1:07 to go in the first half. Tom Brady found Gronkowski in the left corner of the
6:37 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS – Mike Zimmer didn’t give much thought to whether he would pull Kirk Cousins in the midst of a first half in which the Minnesota Vikings‘ quarterback threw three interceptions that resulted in an eventual 40-23 loss to the Atlanta Falcons, replying with a simple “no” when asked if he considered