6:51 AM ET Anyone who enjoyed ESPN’s Joe Tessitore referring to Seattle’s DK Metcalf as “Decaf Metcalf” can now drink it as well. A Georgia-based coffee company, Volcanica Coffee, partnered last week with Metcalf to begin selling 16-ounce bags of “Decaf Metcalf” coffee on the company’s website. Tessitore has blessed the deal, with he and
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Nov 30, 2019 Although Derrick Henry is the league’s third-leading rusher, the Tennessee Titans have not had discussions about a contract extension with the running back, league sources told ESPN. As a matter of policy, Tennessee does not do contract extensions in-season with players, and it has 23 players scheduled to become free agents this
9:24 PM ET With the NFC East winner poised to have a .500-or-worse record and with NFC wild-card teams expected to have double-digit victories, there have been increasing public calls for the playoffs to be reseeded. But those calls are more from fans and media; they have not happened within the NFL. A source with
8:30 AM ET It’s starting to get serious. Six teams have a chance Sunday to clinch spots in the NFL’s 2019 postseason. Here is what you need to know about each team as the early games approach. To avoid confusion, we’ve largely omitted scenarios involving tie games. Baltimore Ravens: They can clinch a playoff spot
5:18 PM ET The New York Jets‘ disappointing season took another bad turn Saturday, as they ruled out running back Le’Veon Bell for Sunday’s game against the Miami Dolphins. Bell became ill this week, the team said, and he didn’t practice Thursday and Friday, when he was listed as questionable. Coach Adam Gase didn’t give
4:31 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS — The Detroit Lions and members of its football operations were fined $110,000 total for not properly updating the injury status of quarterback Matthew Stafford before the Nov. 10 game against the Chicago Bears — the first game Stafford missed since the start of the 2011 season. The NFL fined the
1:46 PM ET The Carolina Panthers are giving linebacker Shaq Thompson a four-year, $54.2 million extension that includes $28 million guaranteed, agent Doug Hendrickson told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Saturday. Hendrickson said the deal has a max value of $57 million and contains a $16 million signing bonus. Thompson, 25, has three sacks in 12
12:41 PM ET Quarterback Eli Manning will start for the New York Giants against the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday Night Football, the team announced Saturday. Daniel Jones was officially ruled out Saturday due to a high ankle sprain. Also ruled out for the Giants are tight ends Evan Engram (foot) and Rhett Ellison (concusssion), along
7:00 AM ET MILAN, Ind. — Chrissy Lanham stood next to a cardboard cutout of her husband as the final seconds ticked off the clock inside Cincinnati’s Paul Brown Stadium. The flesh-and-bone version of Jeff Lanham was watching roughly 45 miles west in the makeshift tent atop the couple’s restaurant and bar in Milan, Indiana.
6:00 AM ET Alshon Jeffery turned back the clock last week with his best fantasy performance in four years … while being started in fewer than 25% of ESPN leagues. More than 80% of ESPN fantasy owners also missed out on recent surges from James Washington, Anthony Miller, Cole Beasley and Dede Westbrook — all