Month: October 2021

11:11 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 THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay summed up a short week of game preparation succinctly on Wednesday morning as he squeezed in a

11:55 AM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — The Miami Dolphins placed wide receiver Will Fuller on injured reserve on Wednesday, keeping him out of at least the team’s next three games. Dolphins coach Brian Flores previously ruled Fuller out of Sunday’s game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, after the receiver left Miami’s loss to the

11:33 AM ET PITTSBURGH — Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is accepting blame for Pittsburgh’s 1-3 start but reiterated his confidence in the team turning things around. “I need to be better,” Roethlisberger said Wednesday. “I need to fight through and figure out how to make better decisions, how to make better throws, how to be

1:26 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville Jaguars coach Urban Meyer said he never considered resigning in the wake of two viral videos that emerged showing him with at least one woman who was not his wife in a Columbus, Ohio, bar. But he did apologize again Wednesday, once to players and staff in a

1:15 PM ET ASHBURN, Va. — The NFL Player’s Association has sent a request for information to the NFL regarding the recent raid involving the Washington Football Team’s head athletic trainer, citing health and safety concerns. Washington head trainer Ryan Vermillion was placed on administrative leave after the DEA searched both his home and his

1:07 PM ET Rookie Justin Fields will remain the Chicago Bears‘ starting quarterback going forward this season, coach Matt Nagy announced Wednesday. Nagy had previously said veteran Andy Dalton would regain the starting job once he was healthy enough to return from a knee injury that has sidelined him the past two weeks. Fields led

1:16 PM ET The New England Patriots have traded four-time Pro Bowl cornerback Stephon Gilmore to the Panthers for a 2023 sixth-round pick, Carolina announced Wednesday. The trade comes after the Patriots and Gilmore could not agree to terms on a restructured contract, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, and both sides had said public farewells.