9:49 PM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry exploded for a 99-yard touchdown run in the second quarter against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Thursday night. Henry’s run tied Dallas Cowboys Hall
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9:32 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — When the New England Patriots acquired wide receiver Josh Gordon from the Cleveland Browns in mid-September, they put his locker directly next to quarterback Tom Brady‘s, and Gordon credits the connection between them as a key factor in helping him succeed. “It’s good to be able to be in
8:17 PM ET Former Buffalo Bills wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin is signing with the Kansas City Chiefs, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The deal is for one year, the source said, meaning Benjamin will be a free agent this offseason. Benjamin, a first-round pick of the Carolina Panthers in 2014, had cleared waivers Wednesday
7:08 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. – San Francisco 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman just turned 30 in March but he has already begun having thoughts and conversations about how the rest of his career might play out. During his weekly media session Thursday, Sherman offered the number he has in mind as a retirement age
6:36 PM ET ASHBURN, Va. — Washington Redskins running back Adrian Peterson had a simple request from his kids. They wanted to play with the new football he had just brought home. But it happened to be the one he carried when he scored and tied Jim Brown on the all-time rushing touchdown list Monday
4:12 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Two months after comparing Baker Mayfield to Brett Favre, Ravens defensive coordinator Don “Wink” Martindale heaped high praise on Patrick Mahomes. “I think Mahomes is [Joe] Montana — I’m taking about the San Francisco Montana and not the Kansas City Montana,” Martindale said. “I think how everything is
3:25 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — If the New York Giants aren’t going to be making the playoffs, Odell Beckham Jr. wouldn’t mind playing spoiler. The Giants play on the road against the stammering Washington Redskins on Sunday and close out the season by hosting the division-rival Dallas Cowboys. “At this point, we can
1:47 PM ET I’ve always thought that Jeremy Schaap is one of the best interviewers in the industry. Then I recently did a podcast with him. I have to tell you, I’ve done a ton of interviews in my life, and the one I did with Jeremy was among my favorites. So, as a result,
1:29 PM ET Washington Redskins quarterback Alex Smith is dealing with an infection caused by complications from multiple surgeries to his broken leg, sources confirmed to ESPN. Sources told ESPN’s Dianna Russini that there is concern that Smith, 34, is dealing with a career-ending injury after breaking the tibia and fibula in his right leg
1:25 PM ET Another professional football league — the Freedom Football League — has been created by former NFL players, including Ricky Williams, Terrell Owens and Simeon Rice, with the intention of “reimagining, rethinking, reinventing and reforming” the game, it was announced Thursday. Williams, appearing on ESPN’s Outside the Lines on Thursday, said there are