12:37 PM ET PITTSBURGH — When it comes to social justice statements and demonstrations, the Pittsburgh Steelers are making one thing clear: They are unified. In the hours before opening the season at MetLife Stadium against the New York Giants, the Steelers began posting photos to Instagram holding the names of their hometowns and steps
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7:00 AM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — It was the second full day of padded practices. New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley took a handoff from quarterback Daniel Jones and ambled off to the right side. That’s when an unmistakable voice with a Philly twang boomed as if it were blasting through a megaphone.
11:15 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — An MRI done on Colts running back Marlon Mack confirmed that he suffered a season-ending torn Achilles in Sunday’s loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars, according to a source. Mack suffered the injury after catching an underneath pass in the second quarter. He immediately grabbed his ankle, got up and took
10:52 AM ET The NFL sent a memo Monday morning to reinforce its requirement that coaches wear face coverings at all time on the sidelines during games, threatening discipline for those who don’t comply. The sharply worded message, written by executive vice president of football operations Troy Vincent, came in response to wide variance in
11:06 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots quarterback Cam Newton, whose 15 rushing attempts in Sunday’s season-opening win were his second-highest total in a game in his career, said he isn’t concerned about the injury risk if the trend continues. “That’s just been me. Every year, a new discussion comes up of ‘It’s
6:45 AM ET It’s probably taking things too far to say that the Patriots have managed to revamp their entire offense around Cam Newton in two months. It’s probably way too soon to say that Newton looks just like his old MVP self and that the rest of the league made a horrible miscalculation in
3:42 AM ET ESPN News Services Dak Prescott‘s throw to a tightly covered Michael Gallup had found its target down the sideline and put the Dallas Cowboys in position inside the 20 to kick a routine potential tying field goal with 21 seconds left Sunday night against the Los Angeles Rams‘ in the debut of
10:00 PM ET Before his big family trip from New England to Tampa, Tom Brady boxed and wrapped his gear, his footballs, his six Super Bowl rings, everything except the AFC East. What a shame that he could not bring his favorite division with him. Did you see Brady’s first 85-yard drive and 2-yard touchdown
9:23 PM ET Cowboys linebacker Leighton Vander Esch was among the trio of Dallas players to be ruled out of Sunday’s 20-17 loss to the Rams in Los Angeles because of injury. In the first half, Vander Esch suffered what a source said is a broken collarbone, although it is not a season-ending type of
10:13 PM ET CINCINNATI — Quarterback Joe Burrow was quick to shoulder the blame, warranted or not, after the Cincinnati Bengals lost in his rookie debut. Burrow gave himself a “D” despite being one play away from scoring the game-winning touchdown in the closing seconds of a 16-13 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers on