11:45 AM ET Washington Redskins running back Adrian Peterson has a grade 1 high ankle sprain and a grade 2 low ankle sprain, he told ESPN’s Josina Anderson on Tuesday. Despite those injuries, Peterson said “I’m good” for Thursday night’s game against the Minnesota Vikings, his former team. Peterson, 34, had a MRI on Monday.
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9:46 AM ET The XFL’s inaugural season will open Feb. 8 with a game between the D.C. Defenders and Seattle Dragons in Washington, D.C., according to a full schedule the league released Tuesday morning. The game will be televised on ABC. Each of the XFL’s eight teams have been divided into two divisions. They will
6:00 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Marquez Valdes-Scantling found it humorous when someone suggested Aaron Rodgers‘ most recent performance — his perfect performance in terms of passer rating and most other reasonable devices to measure quarterback play — should be considered something of a breakout. “I mean, I wouldn’t say it was a breakout
7:23 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots have acquired veteran wide receiver Mohamed Sanu from the Atlanta Falcons in exchange for a second-round draft pick, league sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Sanu gives the Patriots an inside target, especially on third down, to help take pressure off top target Julian Edelman. The
7:23 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots have acquired veteran wide receiver Mohamed Sanu from the Atlanta Falcons for a second-round draft pick. Sanu gives the Patriots an inside target, especially on third down, to help take pressure off top receiver Julian Edelman. The 6-foot-2, 210-pound Sanu, 30, is in his eighth
11:34 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Emboldened by his terrific Week 6 performance, New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold entered Monday night playing and talking like a true franchise quarterback. By the second quarter of the Jets’ 33-0 loss to the New England Patriots, he was talking like a beaten man. “I’m seeing ghosts,”
7:30 AM ET More replay. Add a sky judge. Do both. Do neither. None of it will matter, not now or in the future, until the NFL embraces its proposed fixes for officiating. What is clear beyond all else is that, sometime after Week 2, the league sabotaged its new rule to review pass interference.
8:51 PM ET Odell Beckham Jr. posted Monday on social media that he had been fined by the NFL for not wearing pants that covered his knees during Cleveland‘s loss to Seattle on Oct. 13. The Browns star wide receiver posted a letter from the league on Instagram, telling him he’d been fined $14,037 for
7:24 PM ET Detroit Lions running back Kerryon Johnson is expected to miss time with a right knee injury he suffered Sunday against Minnesota, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Lions coach Matt Patricia said earlier Monday he had briefly talked with doctors but would not know anything for sure until later on. Johnson has
6:55 AM ET Just before halftime Thursday night, things appeared to have taken a bleak turn for the Chiefs, their fans and really anyone who wants to believe things can be good and special in this wild, unpredictable world. Patrick Mahomes, the most thrilling player in today’s NFL, was lying on the ground with his