7:41 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS — Danielle Hunter‘s legacy had been crescendoing into elite territory long before the Vikings‘ defensive end became the youngest player in NFL history to record 50 career sacks. Hunter, who was 25 years and 40 days old on Sunday, reached the milestone on the third play of Minnesota’s 20-7 win over
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8:57 PM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Seattle Seahawks running back Rashaad Penny was ruled out of Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Rams in the first quarter because of a knee injury, the team said. Penny injured the knee on the Seahawks’ opening possession. Seattle’s other available tailbacks are starter
8:57 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN LOS ANGELES — Seattle Seahawks running back Rashaad Penny left Sunday night’s 28-12 defeat to the Los Angeles Rams after spraining the ACL in his knee on Seattle’s opening drive. Penny went down in obvious pain after gaining 16 yards on a screen pass. He was initially ruled questionable to
8:07 PM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University OAKLAND, Calif. — The Tennessee Titans throttled the Oakland Raiders 42-21 on Sunday for their fourth consecutive victory, improving to 8-5 and setting them up for a showdown at home against the
7:59 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots had their 21-game home winning streak (including playoffs) snapped Sunday with a 23-16 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs as their late comeback bid fell short. The loss, which included two questionable officiating calls that went against New England, drops the Patriots to 10-3. The
7:46 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The Kansas City Chiefs clinched a fourth straight AFC West championship at a most unlikely place, New England‘s Gillette Stadium. The Chiefs’ 23-16 victory over the Patriots, combined with the Raiders‘ earlier loss to the Tennessee Titans in Oakland, moves Kansas City to 9-4. That’s three games ahead of
7:37 PM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — Welp, that should be a wrap. The Oakland Raiders‘ run to a playoff spot, as unlikely as it seemed at the start of the season, is all but done, courtesy of a 42-21 loss to the Tennessee Titans on Sunday in the penultimate game at the Oakland Coliseum. The
7:34 PM ET GLENDALE, Ariz. — Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray threw perhaps his worst interception as an NFL quarterback in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s 23-17 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers. It was fourth-and-2 from the Steelers 6 with about 12:33 left in the game. Arizona was down 10. The analytics said go for
7:31 PM ET GLENDALE, Ariz. — Call it the Diontae Johnson game. With Pittsburgh’s top offensive threats in JuJu Smith-Schuster and James Conner out for the third week in a row, the rookie wide receiver became the latest under-the-radar player to fill the playmaking void in the Steelers’ 23-17 win over the Arizona Cardinals. Everything
7:13 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Playing on his 38th birthday, Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers celebrated by helping lead his team to a cathartic, 45-10 road win over the Jacksonville Jaguars. After three straight frustrating losses against AFC West rivals, the Chargers exorcised some demons by thoroughly handling the Jaguars at TIAA Bank