7:34 AM ET Mike ClayESPN Writer Close Fantasy football, NFL analyst for ESPN.com Member of Pro Football Writers of America Founding director of Pro Football Focus Fantasy 2013 FSTA award winner for most accurate preseason rankings The Fantasy 32 analyzes the NFL from a fantasy perspective, with at least one mention of each of the
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6:00 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — When it comes to the hardest things to find in professional football, the discussion usually starts with franchise quarterback. Then maybe top pass-rusher. Or left tackle. Possibly shutdown corner. Not often mentioned yet worthy of being in the discussion is the three-down linebacker. Rare is the ‘backer who can
6:00 AM ET Brady HendersonESPN SEATTLE — It’s been a season of superlatives so far for Russell Wilson. The Seattle Seahawks quarterback was already off to the best start of his career when he delivered another surgical performance Thursday night against the Los Angeles Rams. Wilson tossed four more touchdowns — with one coming on
8:16 AM ET The San Francisco 49ers didn’t just get after Baker Mayfield on the field Monday night. They took him apart off it as well. Niners defensive back Richard Sherman said after the game that the Browns quarterback refused to shake hands during the coin toss before the game. “What’s amazing, and annoying, was
7:41 AM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley is unlikely to play Thursday night against the New England Patriots despite returning to practice late last week, multiple sources told ESPN. He had been eyeing this week’s contest as a potential return date. Barkley has been dealing with a high
7:00 AM ET ESPN.com Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print ESPN NFL senior writer Jeremy Fowler recently asked 25 NFL insiders — coaches, scouts and executives — who they’d start at quarterback if they had to win one game, and the results included Tom Brady, Patrick Mahomes, Russell Wilson, Drew Brees and Ben Roethlisberger.
11:26 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers had a long wait to get back to 4-0. A wait that lasted exactly 29 years to the day. But, for the first time since 1990, the Niners closed the first quarter of the season with an unblemished record by throttling the Cleveland Browns
11:24 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The Cleveland Browns were humiliated, humbled and, ultimately, hammered on Monday Night Football in a wholly hapless showing. The San Francisco 49ers rolled 31-3, effectively putting the Browns away on the first series of the second half with an appropriately overpowering 90-yard touchdown drive. Last Sunday, it seemed
10:06 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Nick Bosa clearly hasn’t forgotten that Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield planted the Oklahoma flag in Ohio Stadium two years ago. After knocking Mayfield down to force intentional grounding at the end of the first half of Monday Night Football, the San Francisco 49ers pass rusher celebrated by
10:06 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa has a long memory. So long, in fact, that as he spent most of Monday night in Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield‘s face, he harkened back to what Mayfield did on Sept. 9, 2017. That was the night Mayfield planted an