7:00 AM ET CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Browns have never won a Super Bowl. But nearly year ago, against the same team they’ll face on Monday Night Football, it sure felt like they did. After going 635 days without a victory, the woeful Browns had become the NFL’s punching bag and punchline. From Tim Couch
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10:45 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles were hit hard by an avalanche of injuries in Sunday night’s 24-20 loss to the Atlanta Falcons. Wide receivers DeSean Jackson (groin) and Alshon Jeffery (calf) both exited the game in the first half and did not return, and tight end Dallas Goedert appeared to tweak his calf
5:07 PM ET ATLANTA — Julio Jones came through when it counted most. The Falcons’ star receiver’s 54-yard, catch-and-run touchdown proved to be the difference in the Falcons’ 24-20 win over the Philadelphia Eagles. “My team needed me in that situation and I came through for them,” Jones said on the winning catch. The fourth-quarter
6:30 PM ET NFL NationESPN New England and San Francisco each put up 40-plus points on their way to 2-0 starts. Lamar Jackson had another huge game to keep Baltimore undefeated. Meanwhile, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and Jacksonville were among the teams that stumbled again and dropped to 0-2. NFL Nation reporters give you what you need
11:00 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — It took only a few days of misfortune to erase the feel-good vibe from the summer. The New York Jets blew a 16-point lead in their season opener, lost wide receiver Quincy Enunwa to a season-ending neck injury and — this one still is hard to fathom —
8:30 AM ET By now, we’ve learned to expect greatness from the New England Patriots. Winning is our default expectation for them. Bill Belichick & Co. have been favored in more than 90% of Tom Brady‘s starts since the future Hall of Famer returned from his torn ACL in 2009. They are 2-0 this season,
9:43 PM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — Derek Carr is not one to usually argue with game officials. But on this occasion, the Oakland Raiders quarterback was steamed. Carr had just thrown his second interception in the third quarter of the Raiders’ 28-10 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, when a flag came flying
8:31 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — A sullen Kirk Cousins took full responsibility for the costly interception he threw in the fourth quarter of a 21-16 loss to the Green Bay Packers that stunted the Minnesota Vikings‘ chances of taking a late-game lead at Lambeau Field. “There’s no justification,” Cousins said. “It was unacceptable,
7:05 AM ET We know you’re not supposed to overreact to Week 1, but what about Week 2? A two-game sample is twice as large as a one-game sample (math!), and besides, history tells us it absolutely can matter where you stand after the first two weeks. Since 1990, when the current playoff format began,
1:22 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 LOS ANGELES — At this rate, the controversies between the Los Angeles Rams and New Orleans Saints might never die. On Sunday at the Los Angeles Memorial