2:29 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — The Colts will be missing two of their most important players on offense and defense in their biggest game of the season at Cleveland this weekend. Starting left tackle Anthony Castonzo and All-Pro linebacker Darius Leonard have been officially ruled out for Sunday’s game against the Browns, coach Frank Reich
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2:32 PM ET NFL officials have been authorized to penalize teams for unsportsmanlike conduct if a coach or someone else on the sideline approaches them while not wearing appropriate face coverings, according to a memo sent to teams Friday. The memo, written by senior vice president of officiating administration Perry Fewell, came in response to
4:37 PM ET San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo will start Sunday’s game against the Miami Dolphins, coach Kyle Shanahan said Friday. Garoppolo has not played since suffering a right high ankle sprain in Week 2 against the Jets, when he left the game at halftime. On Wednesday, he practiced for the first time since
1:31 PM ET The Miami Dolphins placed rookie left tackle Austin Jackson on injured reserve Friday, meaning he will miss at least three weeks and likely longer with a foot injury suffered in Sunday’s loss to the Seattle Seahawks. This is the most significant update amid a flurry of Dolphins injury situations ahead of Sunday’s
1:10 PM ET CINCINNATI — One of the Cincinnati Bengals‘ best defensive players will make his season debut this weekend. Cincinnati defensive tackle Geno Atkins is expected to play against Baltimore, coach Zac Taylor said in a teleconference after Friday’s practice. Atkins missed the first four games of the season with a shoulder injury he
12:50 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Longtime Pittsburgh Steelers offensive lineman and radio broadcaster Tunch Ilkin has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Ilkin, 63, a two-time Pro Bowler who played 13 of his 14 NFL seasons in Pittsburgh during a career that ran from 1980 to 1993,
11:28 AM ET FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys will be without seven-time Pro Bowl left tackle Tyron Smith for the rest of the season. Coach Mike McCarthy said Smith will undergo surgery next week to fix a neck issue that has bothered him over the years and forced him to miss two of the
12:16 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson declared himself at full strength when he returned to the practice field Friday. Jackson, the reigning NFL MVP, missed consecutive practices in the regular season for the first time in his career. He was held out Wednesday with a knee injury and then
11:04 AM ET Washington has placed wide receiver Steven Sims Jr. on injured reserve with a toe injury. Sims has not played or practiced since Washington’s Week 3 loss to the Cleveland Browns. The 23-year-old has six catches for 103 yards and zero touchdowns this season. 1 Related Last season for Washington, as an undrafted
6:50 AM ET Already the most exhausting one in history, the 2020 NFL season now peeks its head around the corner into Week 5 amid cacophonous calamity. Every morning brings fresh news of positive COVID-19 tests, schedule delays, amended protocols, questions that spawn more questions. Two games were postponed last week, two more already have