1:10 PM ET Not only are the New York Jets playing poorly on Sundays but they are not practicing with a sense of urgency, according to two defensive players. In recent days, safety Bradley McDougald and linebacker Avery Williamson have questioned the team’s practice habits. Whether intended that way or not, their comments will be
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1:34 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Eagles coach Doug Pederson came to quarterback Carson Wentz‘s defense Wednesday when asked about some of the “lay-up” throws he has missed over the first two weeks of the season. “Have you played quarterback in the National Football League?” Pederson shot back at the questioner, who said he had not.
12:31 PM ET Atlanta Falcons coach Dan Quinn said that star receiver Julio Jones re-injured his left hamstring in Sunday’s 40-39 loss to the Dallas Cowboys, and that the team will monitor Jones’ status through the week to determine his availability for this week’s matchup with the Chicago Bears. Jones admitted after the Dallas game
6:00 AM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — There are parts of Kyler Murray‘s life that are well known. The Arizona Cardinals‘ franchise quarterback has been in the spotlight since he was a sophomore in high school. He’s a Heisman Trophy winner, a first-round draft pick in two sports and a rookie of the year. But there
9:19 AM ET Former Chicago Bears star Gale Sayers, considered one of the greatest running backs in the history of the National Football League despite a career cut short by knee injuries, has died at age 77 after battling dementia. Known as the “Kansas Comet”, Sayers was voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame
6:00 AM ET Soon after Sheila Ford Hamp became owner of the Detroit Lions in June, she reached out to an old friend. They trade emails frequently, discussing grandkids, life and memories of their time together at Yale. However, this conversation would be different. The friend had written a book, one she felt her employees
6:00 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Aaron Jones relishes these kinds of games, the ones in which the Green Bay Packers face another of the NFL’s running back elites. Last season, it was Ezekiel Elliott, Christian McCaffrey, Saquon Barkley and, of course, NFC North rival Dalvin Cook. The matchup did not favor Jones every
7:30 AM ET The quarterback star of the 2020 NFL season thus far is hardly a new name. Here’s the best thing I can say about Russell Wilson after the Seattle Seahawks‘ first two games: He has thrown almost as many touchdown passes (nine, a league high) as he has incompletions (11). Against all odds,
8:52 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants are signing former Pro Bowl running back Devonta Freeman after losing Saquon Barkley for the season. Freeman and the Giants agreed to a one-year deal worth up to $3 million, Freeman’s agent, Drew Rosenhaus, told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Tuesday. Freeman is expected to
9:49 PM ET Atlanta Falcons tight end Hayden Hurst said he approached Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott after Sunday’s game to express his support in the wake of what Hurst called “disgusting” comments made by Fox Sports 1’s Skip Bayless about Prescott’s opening up about his mental health. Prescott recently shared in an episode of