3:51 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Le’Veon Bell‘s first season with the New York Jets has been a disappointment, fueling trade speculation, but he doesn’t want to be a one-and-done player. “I wouldn’t have signed here for four years if I didn’t want to be here four years,” Bell said Friday. Bell, who signed
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2:37 PM ET PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers will be without their starting running back for a must-win Week 17 game against the Baltimore Ravens. James Conner, who suffered a quad injury in the second quarter of last week’s loss to the New York Jets, will miss his sixth game of the season. Conner has
2:37 PM ET FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — The decision won’t please everyone in the fan base, but Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank felt comfortable enough with the direction of the this year’s team to retain coach Dan Quinn and general manager Thomas Dimitroff. 2 Related Does that mean the Falcons will be contenders in 2020?
11:17 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — Eagles running back Jordan Howard has been medically cleared to return from a shoulder stinger and is “good to go” for Sunday’s regular-season finale against the New York Giants, coach Doug Pederson said Friday. Howard, who served as the Eagles’ primary back before the injury, has not played since Week
11:17 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — Eagles tight end Zach Ertz has been ruled out of Sunday’s regular-season finale at the New York Giants with back and rib injuries. Ertz suffered a fractured rib, a source said, when he took a hit from safety Xavier Woods in the first quarter against the Dallas Cowboys last week.
10:57 AM ET Associated Press Elbert Dubenion, a receiver who played key roles in the Buffalo Bills winning consecutive American Football League championships in the mid-1960s, has died. He was 86. The Bills said Dubenion died Thursday, 55 years to the day of Buffalo winning its first AFL title with a 20-7 victory over the
9:13 AM ET Free agent Antonio Brown is getting a workout with the New Orleans Saints on Friday morning as the team does its due diligence on the embattled wide receiver, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Saints star receiver Michael Thomas has a hand injury and was among the team’s players listed as limited
9:13 AM ET METAIRIE, La. — Free agent Antonio Brown has worked out for the New Orleans Saints on Friday morning, coach Sean Payton confirmed. Payton said the team is doing their due diligence on the embattled wide receiver and they would need to get clarity from the NFL on whether Brown would be eligible
8:55 AM ET Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank has decided to retain coach Dan Quinn and general manager Thomas Dimitroff for the 2020 season. After a 1-7 start, the Falcons have shown dramatic improvement in the second half of the season with a 5-2 record. That includes road wins over San Francisco and New Orleans,
6:00 AM ET PITTSBURGH — It was Christmas afternoon and Pittsburgh Steelers players were scattering quickly after practice, in a rush to get back to their families. But Anthony Chickillo had business to take care of first. He took the Biñho board from T.J. Watt‘s spare locker and placed the table-top soccer game on the