8:43 PM ET BRADENTON, Fla. — The San Francisco 49ers suspended radio analyst Tim Ryan on Wednesday after he said on a Bay Area radio station that Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson’s dark skin helps him disguise a dark football when running fake handoffs in Baltimore’s zone-read heavy offense. Ryan will not broadcast Sunday’s game against
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8:10 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — With a few days to digest Sunday’s 34-7 blowout loss to the Los Angeles Rams, Arizona Cardinals rookie quarterback Kyler Murray looked back at the game with repulsion. “It’s just a disgusting feeling,” Murray said Wednesday. “I’m sure you were disgusted watching it. I was disgusted being in it.
7:51 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Lamar Jackson bandwagon now includes the pope. Representatives from the Archdiocese of Baltimore gave a Ravens No. 8 jersey to Pope Francis during a visit in Rome on Tuesday. The jersey, which features Jackson’s number, has “Francis” on the back and was autographed by coach John Harbaugh
7:45 PM ET ALAMEDA, Calif. — While Oakland Raiders rookie running back Josh Jacobs, whose 1,061 rushing yards rank fourth in the NFL, revealed on social media he has been playing with a fractured right shoulder since Week 7 — “I just play on it,” Jacobs wrote on Snapchat — quarterback Derek Carr commended the
7:36 PM ET ESPN News Services ALLEN PARK, Mich. — David Blough is ready to honor Tyler Trent with his shoes. Blough, a quarterback for the Detroit Lions, showed off a special shoe Wednesday with Trent’s likeness on it. Trent was the inspirational Purdue fan who died of bone cancer at age 20 on Jan.
6:48 PM ET ALLEN PARK, Mich. — Matthew Stafford has had broken bones in his back for the past two seasons, but the Detroit Lions quarterback said Wednesday it is not changing his thoughts about his long-term future in the NFL. And that the 31-year-old would like to continue to play. “I want to play
7:30 PM ET NFL NationESPN With just four weeks remaining in the 2019 NFL season, the matchups in Week 14 will sway the playoff outlook for many teams. As usual, the health status of each team will be a factor in the outcome of each contest. Here’s the latest scoop from inside NFL locker rooms
5:49 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — After slogging through two straight seasons without the playoffs, Aaron Rodgers has meaningful games to play in December. And just two days past his 36th birthday and late in his 15th NFL season, that’s more than enough to drive the Green Bay Packers’ two-time NFL MVP quarterback. “Yeah,
4:27 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis Colts backup quarterback Chad Kelly is facing multiple lawsuits following two incidents from when he was with the Denver Broncos in October 2018. The first suit, which was brought by Jackson Belcher, the personal photographer of Broncos pass-rusher Von Miller, claims Kelly hit Belcher during a Halloween party in
4:17 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians, who had cited quarterback Jameis Winston as a major reason he came out of retirement, declined to say whether or not Winston would be part of the organization’s plans after the 2019 season, when his rookie contract expires. Arians was asked Wednesday if he was