11:35 AM ET Tampa Bay Buccaneers have put tight end O.J. Howard on injured reserve with a ruptured Achilles tendon that will end his season, the team announced Tuesday. Howard’s injury happened in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s win over the Los Angeles Chargers, when Ke’Shawn Vaughn caught a 9-yard touchdown pass from Tom Brady.
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11:11 AM ET The NFL’s offensive surge in 2020 has pushed into historic territory. The league has averaged a combined 51.3 points per game, the highest through four weeks of a season since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger. The previous high was 48.1 points per game, set in 2018. A variety of factors have contributed to
9:39 AM ET New England Patriots quarterback Cam Newton, who tested positive for COVID-19, was asymptomatic as of Monday, a source confirmed to ESPN. That means Newton could be cleared to return in five days since his first positive test if he continues not to exhibit any symptoms, has two negative tests 24 hours apart
9:48 AM ET FRISCO, Texas — The shuffle on the Dallas Cowboys‘ offensive line will continue. Center Joe Looney suffered a sprained medial collateral ligament in his right knee on the first play of Sunday’s loss to the Cleveland Browns and could miss two to three weeks, a source told ESPN. Rookie Tyler Biadasz will
10:32 AM ET Atlanta Falcons starting free safety Damontae Kazee has a torn Achilles tendon and will miss the remainder of the season, a source tells ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. Kazee suffered the injury in the second quarter of Monday night’s loss to the Green Bay Packers and was carted off the field. He fell to
8:46 AM ET ESPN News Services The Tennessee Titans had no positive COVID-19 tests Tuesday, sources told ESPN’s Dan Graziano and Dianna Russini. The results follow no positive tests Monday, according to ESPN sources. That means the team can return to the practice facility on Wednesday. A total of 20 Titans players and other staff
9:08 AM ET The Miami Dolphins decided quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick will continue to start in Week 5 at the San Francisco 49ers, the team announced Tuesday on Twitter. So the transition to much-heralded rookie Tua Tagovailoa will have to wait at least one more week. This update comes just one day after Dolphins coach Brian
6:45 AM ET NFL NationESPN While the NFL Power Rankings are a weekly thing, it’s never too early to jump ahead and look toward the playoffs. With roughly a quarter of the season in the books, that’s what we’re doing. This week, we determined each team’s postseason chances, according to the ESPN Football Power Index
7:30 AM ET The NFC East is the NFC Least. It’s not just bad — it’s worse than last season. The Dallas Cowboys can’t stop a nosebleed, the New York Giants can’t reach the end zone, the Philadelphia Eagles barely have a recognizable offensive lineman or wide receiver and the Washington Football Team doesn’t even
2:25 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Green Bay Packers tight end Robert Tonyan knew quarterback Aaron Rodgers was going to start this season off on a tear — how so, he would not say — but that would have at least sounded more believable than someone saying Tonyan would lead the NFL in touchdown