3:32 PM ET ALLEN PARK, Mich. — Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford said he will be ready to go for the offseason program when it starts in April after suffering a back injury that took away half of his 2019 season. The 31-year-old missed the final eight games of the year after fracturing bones in
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3:23 PM ET ALAMEDA, Calif. — Derek Carr is looking forward to some “fresh air” in Las Vegas after an ugly end to his time in Oakland as Raiders quarterback, even as speculation mounts that he will not be with the team in Southern Nevada. “Very much,” Carr said Monday during locker room clean-out day,
7:00 AM ET We’ve made it to the 2019 NFL playoffs. After 17 weeks of ups and downs and overreactions of all kinds, the playoff matchups are set. From here on out, there’s no more speculation or projection — only proof. You win, you keep playing. You lose, you’re done. But there’s still some mystery
2:35 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — John Elway said Monday that it would be “unrealistic” to say Drew Lock would not be the Denver Broncos‘ starting quarterback in the 2020 season. The Broncos players, including Lock, went through their end-of-the season check-out procedures as Lock said he believed he had done enough to be the
2:28 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Eli Manning is contemplating retirement. If he does return, it almost certainly will not be with the New York Giants. Manning, who turns 39 on Friday, has spent all 16 of his professional seasons with the team that traded for him during the 2004 NFL draft. But he
2:15 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs will be without rookie free safety Juan Thornhill for the playoffs after learning he tore his left ACL in Sunday’s regular season ending victory over the Los Angeles Chargers. “He’s had a heck of a year,” Reid said of Thornhill, a second-round draft pick
1:35 PM ET The Oakland Raiders signed veteran offensive guard Richie Incognito to a two-year extension on Monday, the team announced. Terms were not disclosed, but a source told ESPN the deal is worth $14 million. Incognito, 36, had been out of football since 2017 before signing with the Raiders this year and starting 12
1:42 PM ET ASHBURN, Va., — Washington Redskins quarterback Alex Smith stressed that he still wants to play again, despite an injury more than a year ago that remains career-threatening. He also said he has no interest in a front office role. Smith spent all season on injured reserve while rehabbing the broken fibula and
12:48 PM ET Philadelphia Eagles guard Brandon Brooks is out for the season after suffering a shoulder injury during Sunday’s win over the Giants, according to coach Doug Pederson, who would not commit to tight end Zach Ertz‘s status for next week. Brooks, who was selected to his third straight Pro Bowl this season, suffered
12:12 PM ET The New England Patriots head into the playoffs as 20-1 long shots to win the Super Bowl, their worst odds at any point this decade. The Baltimore Ravens, at 2-1, are the favorites in updated Super Bowl odds released Monday at Caesars Sportsbook. The Kansas City Chiefs are next at 3-1, followed