Dec 22, 2019 Regardless of current state and outlook, each NFL team has at least one player who needs to make a statement to close the regular season. As teams finish their Week 16 games and begin to look ahead to next week, our NFL Nation reporters identify one such player with something to prove
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Dec 23, 2019 ESPN.com staff There is one shopping day left until Christmas, but many NFL players have beaten Santa Claus on the deliveries. Some, including Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster, got started by buying toys for children in their communities. 🎄 this might be the best feeling! Merry Christmas Alyssa! pic.twitter.com/Coof54qMSK — JuJu
6:00 AM ET SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers defensive lineman Sheldon Day is on the run again, searching and pursuing in an effort to keep up. Just 16 days earlier, Day and his fellow Niners defensive linemen found themselves in a similar situation chasing around Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson. On this day,
9:24 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — Moments after Seattle Seahawks defensive coordinator Ken Norton Jr. spoke with reporters at Seahawks headquarters Tuesday, Marshawn Lynch made an unscheduled visit to the podium and waited for the first question. Asked what brought him back to Seattle, Lynch shared a brief message, smiled and walked away.
5:30 PM ET HOUSTON — On Tuesday, Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt practiced for the first time since he tore a pectoral muscle nearly two months ago. When Watt got the news on Oct. 27 that he had torn the muscle, he assumed he was done for the season and said he “didn’t even
5:01 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 THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — The Los Angeles Rams have ruled cornerback Jalen Ramsey out of Sunday’s season finale against the Arizona Cardinals because of a knee injury,
2:24 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Lamar Jackson is even outperforming Santa this year. Jackson, the NFL Most Valuable Player front-runner, surprised his Baltimore Ravens offensive linemen on Christmas Eve by greeting each one in the locker room with a Rolex watch. “We’re really grateful for that guy,” guard Bradley Bozeman said Wednesday. “I
1:20 PM ET Each week of the NFL campaign, we will sift through the deeper options at each position with an eye toward identifying streaming fantasy commodities with valuable matchups to consider. Do you need replacement options for injured players? Or are you merely dealing with depth issues? We have some choice names to consider
Dec 23, 2019 Mike ClayESPN Writer Close Fantasy football, NFL analyst for ESPN.com Member of Pro Football Writers of America Founding director of Pro Football Focus Fantasy 2013 FSTA award winner for most accurate preseason rankings The Fantasy 32 analyzes the NFL from a fantasy perspective, with at least one mention of each of the
12:00 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS — David Bakhtiari is willing to admit it now: He was a little miffed when, during the second day of full-pads practice in training camp this past summer, Za’Darius Smith blew by him on consecutive reps. Bakhtiari, the Green Bay Packers‘ All-Pro left tackle, doesn’t lose in the one-on-one drill. Like