4:10 PM ET NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Saints finally broke their Week 1 curse in the most improbable fashion imaginable: A 58-yard field goal by Wil Lutz as time expired for a 30-28 victory over the Houston Texans — just 37 seconds after they had lost the lead by allowing a two-play, 75-yard
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10:39 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Tom Brady and Antonio Brown spent part of Monday together, taking the initial steps toward building more on-field chemistry. “Antonio, meeting him today, I really enjoyed being around him,” Brady said in his weekly Westwood One interview that aired Monday night. “He’s a very smart football player, knows how
8:07 PM ET ESPN News Services A Rhode Island man with what police called an “intense dislike” of the New England Patriots has been charged with threatening a shooting at Gillette Stadium before the team’s regular-season opener Sunday night. Tobias Gray, 44, appeared in a Rhode Island court Monday, wearing a New York Giants jersey,
5:00 AM 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 CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A day after Todd Gurley posted a video to his social media that featured pundits doubting his NFL future, the Los Angeles Rams running
6:32 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants wide receiver Sterling Shepard was diagnosed with a concussion, leaving his status in doubt for Sunday’s game against the Buffalo Bills. It is unclear when Shepard was injured. He had six catches on seven targets for 42 yards in a 35-17 season-opening loss to the
5:26 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — San Francisco 49ers starting running back Tevin Coleman is expected to miss multiple games after he sustained a high left ankle sprain in Sunday’s win against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. On a conference call with Bay Area media on Monday, Niners coach Kyle Shanahan said an MRI revealed that
4:07 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Jaguars placed Nick Foles on injured reserve Monday, but coach Doug Marrone said he does not expect the quarterback to miss the rest of the season despite having surgery to repair a broken clavicle. The earliest Foles could return, though, would be the Jaguars’ Nov. 17 game
3:51 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens cornerback Jimmy Smith will miss multiple weeks with a sprained right knee, coach John Harbaugh said Monday. Smith hurt his knee in the first quarter of Sunday’s 59-10 rout of the Miami Dolphins in Miami, when Ravens middle linebacker Patrick Onwuasor accidentally fell into the side
4:28 PM ET Field YatesESPN Insider Close Field Yates has previous experience interning with the New England Patriots on both their coaching and scouting staffs. A graduate of Wesleyan University (CT), he is a regular contributor to ESPN Boston’s Patriots coverage and ESPN Insider. Hey, we’re back! Fantasy Football season is upon us, which means,
2:52 PM ET A video producer who worked with Anthony Brown said Monday that Oakland Raiders coach Jon Gruden approved the use of his phone call in a video released by the disgruntled wide receiver. Alejandro Narciso, speaking on “The Dan Lebatard Show w/Stugotz” said he was recording Brown last week for a video project