5:02 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots called on some razzle dazzle to score a touchdown on their opening drive against the Kansas City Chiefs. A goat and a squirrel get tricky.@TomBrady | @edelman11 pic.twitter.com/7E8CONuLZb — New England Patriots (@Patriots) December 8, 2019 After benefittng from defensive pass interference penalties on their
Month: December 2019
4:48 PM ET ESPN News Services Mike Norvell was the first coach Florida State interviewed for its football vacancy and though the search took school administrators around the country, they kept coming back to the man running Memphis’ program. “We really liked him,” Florida State athletics director David Coburn said Sunday during a news conference
4:28 PM ET HOUSTON — Maybe not “Infinity and Beyond,” but Broncos rookie quarterback Drew Lock‘s historical day Sunday kept the Denver Broncos‘ slim hopes alive to finish a season at the .500 mark after an 0-4 start. With Lock behind center for just his second career start — his first start on the road
4:38 PM ET HOUSTON — All week, Houston Texans coaches and players insisted that there would be no letdown after beating the New England Patriots. “That’s not the type of guys we have in that locker room,” quarterback Deshaun Watson said Wednesday. “Then the leadership we have, we’re not going to allow it.” About that.
4:28 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS — The one thing coach Matt Patricia had held onto all season long with the Detroit Lions was how his team fought. He got emotional about it on Thanksgiving after a loss to Chicago. He mentioned it over and over again throughout a season gone wrong. And yet on Sunday, while
4:38 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS — The reeling, injured and discombobulated Detroit Lions are not a good football team. The Minnesota Vikings treated their divisional opponent as such in a 20-7 win at home on Sunday. With its defense under an intense microscope entering the final quarter of the season, Minnesota left little in doubt against
4:24 PM ET CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Browns seemed to have forgotten that they boasted the NFL’s leading rusher. And on top of it, that they were facing the NFL’s worst run defense. Thank goodness for their slim playoff hopes, they remembered in time for the second half. Everything you need this week:&• Full schedule
4:40 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — The weekly referendum on Washington Redskins rookie quarterback Dwayne Haskins will go something like this: He gutted it out on a hobbled knee; he couldn’t do enough threaten the Green Bay Packers early and a bad first half was followed by a much better second half. Haskins completed
4:35 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — The defense kept the Indianapolis Colts in the game Sunday against Tampa Bay by forcing four turnovers. But when it mattered most, the defense was also the reason the Colts lost to the Buccaneers and blew a chance to move up in the AFC playoff race. The Colts’ defense
4:15 PM ET ESPN News Services The New Year’s Six bowl games this season features both newcomers and conference title game losers looking to end their seasons on a high note. Baylor and Georgia will attempt to bounce back from losses in their respective conference championship games when they face each other in the Sugar