2:58 PM ET FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The NFL is not putting the tanking problem into a think tank. Commissioner Roger Goodell said the league is enjoying peak competitiveness, despite five teams winning one game or fewer through the first six weeks of the season. “I don’t think the league has ever been more competitive
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2:33 PM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota was far from pleased when he was told that Ryan Tannehill would be the starting quarterback against the Chargers. He accepted responsibility for the result
2:30 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Sammy Watkins will miss his second straight game on Thursday night against the Denver Broncos because of a sore hamstring. The Chiefs ruled Watkins out for the game on the week’s final injury report, along with four other regulars: cornerback Kendall Fuller (thumb),
2:18 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Jalen Ramsey says he’s “overjoyed” to have been traded from the Jacksonville Jaguars to the Los Angeles Rams. “Big, big day for me,”
12:37 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens safety Earl Thomas said it will be “business as usual” in his first game back in Seattle after a bitter divorce. “Nothing hit me yet,” Thomas said Wednesday. “I’m just trying to get the game plan down and take it one day at a time and
11:50 AM ET PITTSBURGH — When he returns from the concussion protocol, Mason Rudolph will be the Pittsburgh Steelers starting quarterback. Coach Mike Tomlin made that much clear in his brief bye week press conference Wednesday afternoon. “That guy is our quarterback when he clears the protocol,” Tomlin said. “It’s as simple as that. Appreciate
11:30 AM ET DAVIE, Fla. — The Miami Dolphins are making another quarterback change. Coach Brian Flores announced that Ryan Fitzpatrick will start Sunday against the Buffalo Bills. The move sends Josh Rosen, who started Miami’s past three games, to the bench. “Kind of came to that conclusion over the last couple of days. We
9:37 AM ET Oakland Raiders offensive tackle Trent Brown has been accused of multiple acts of domestic violence against his girlfriend as part of a lawsuit filed earlier this week. In the lawsuit, filed in Alameda County (California) Superior Court, a copy of which was obtained by ESPN, the woman accused Brown of slapping, punching
6:00 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Molly Crosby was in the perfect spot to watch her husband’s final kick on Monday night, the one that gave the Green Bay Packers their improbable last-second win over the Detroit Lions. Molly sat high above the south end zone at Lambeau Field. She watched Mason’s 23-yard field
7:45 PM ET The NFL trade deadline — 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Oct. 29 — is still two weeks away, but teams have been wheeling and dealing since August. The Miami Dolphins have added several picks, including two extra first-round picks in the 2020 NFL draft. The Houston Texans made a couple of bold