12:05 AM ET Minnesota Vikings receiver Stefon Diggs, listed as questionable with a rib injury, is not expected to play Sunday against the visiting Detroit Lions, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Minnesota has its bye week upcoming, so Diggs will have two weeks to rest his injured ribs. On Saturday, the Vikings elevated wide receiver
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6:06 PM ET ALAMEDA, Calif. — The Oakland Raiders have told veteran defensive end Bruce Irvin they will release him, a source confirmed to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, ending a star-crossed 2½-year tenure with the team. Irvin was not on Saturday’s NFL wire, meaning he now cannot be released until 4 p.m. Monday. If and when
4:46 PM ET BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Chicago Bears placed three-time Pro Bowl right guard Kyle Long on injured reserve due to a right foot injury, the team announced Saturday. Long suffered tendon damage in the foot during last Sunday’s win over the Jets. “That’s my guy,” Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky said of Long after
5:46 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — The Arizona Cardinals released quarterback Sam Bradford on Saturday. Bradford signed with Arizona as a free agent in March and received a $10 million signing bonus, about $2.5 million in base salary and another $1 million in playing-time bonuses for a total of $13.5 million. He was scheduled to
10:39 AM ET EAGAN, Minn. — The Minnesota Vikings will elevate wide receiver Chad Beebe off the practice squad and onto the active roster ahead of Sunday’s game against the Detroit Lions, multiple sources told ESPN on Saturday. Beebe, a rookie from Northern Illinois and the son of former NFL receiver Don Beebe, joined the
8:00 AM ET From a fantasy standpoint, three of the biggest “winners” at the NFL trade deadline were guys who didn’t go anywhere. ESPN Denver Broncos reporter Jeff Legwold and Green Bay Packers reporter Rob Demovsky have been touting receiver Courtland Sutton and running back Aaron Jones, respectively, as sleeper candidates since this summer. And
9:18 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will resurrect “Fitzmagic” for at least one week, with coach Dirk Koetter naming Ryan Fitzpatrick the starting quarterback against the Carolina Panthers on Sunday (1 p.m. ET, Fox). For those who have experienced Fitzmagic on a personal level — long before beards were flying off
8:59 AM ET One season after leading the Toronto Argonauts to their 17th Grey Cup title, Marc Trestman was fired as head coach of the CFL team on Saturday. Trestman went 4-14 with the Argos this season, giving him a two-year record of 15-23 with the team. He had served as a head coach in
5:21 PM ET Last week’s top trends didn’t come through after the Chiefs allowed a backdoor field goal to the Broncos and the Packers-Rams over came up a point short. Which NFL underdog can pull off a Week 9 upset? Here are a few reasons you should look at the Pittsburgh Steelers in Baltimore on
5:56 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Su’a Cravens will buckle a chinstrap on a football helmet and play in a regular-season game Sunday for the first time since Dec. 11, 2016. Cravens, who has been on injured reserve since the end of the preseason with a knee injury, was formally moved to the Denver Broncos‘