9:46 AM ET Kevin SeifertNFL Nation Close ESPN.com national NFL writer ESPN.com NFC North reporter, 2008-2013 Covered Vikings for Minneapolis Star Tribune, 1999-2008 The timing couldn’t have been worse. Referee Shawn Smith’s crew was struggling Thursday night, hours after we learned that the NFL is now willing to fire officials during the season for poor
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8:00 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz had the same reaction as many across the country when Doug Pederson put two fingers in the air instead of one late against the Minnesota Vikings in Week 5, his team trailing by eight. “I was a bit slack-jawed, like, ‘What are we doing?'” Schwartz
12:21 AM ET HOUSTON — Less than a week after Deshaun Watson had to take a 12-hour bus ride to Jacksonville to ensure he could play in the game due to lung and rib injuries, the Houston Texans quarterback threw for five touchdowns in the team’s 42-23 victory over the Miami Dolphins on Thursday night.
11:45 PM ET HOUSTON — Wide receiver Will Fuller left the Houston Texans‘ Thursday night game against the Miami Dolphins with a knee injury. Fuller injured his knee midway through the fourth quarter while attempting to catch a deep pass from Deshaun Watson in the end zone. He was checked out on the field but
11:45 PM ET Associated Press ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Bill Bowlen, the brother of Denver Broncos principal owner Pat Bowlen, is asking a Colorado District Court to remove the three members of a trust that is running the franchise with Pat Bowlen battling Alzheimer’s. Pat Bowlen, who has been nominated as a finalist for the Pro
8:09 PM ET ALAMEDA, Calif. — Doug Martin had been a starting running back in the NFL since entering the league in 2012. He has rushed for more than 1,400 yards twice, gone to two Pro Bowls and been named first-team All-Pro once. Coming off an NFL bench to assume a starter’s role, as he
7:05 PM ET ASHBURN, Virginia — Washington Redskins corner Josh Norman called Eric Reid‘s comments earlier in the week a slap in the face to the Players Coalition, criticizing the Carolina Panthers‘ safety Thursday. Things got heated between Panthers safety Eric Reid and Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins before Sunday’s game, and it spilled onto the
6:12 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Jaguars will be without three of their top four cornerbacks — including second-team All-Pro A.J. Bouye — for Sunday’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles in London. Jacksonville defenders say they might be missing the “aura and confidence” they had last season, but they’re confident they will get
5:59 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Denver Broncos linebacker Von Miller called the team’s Halloween party earlier this week a “private” and “safe” gathering that was separate from the arrest of former backup quarterback Chad Kelly. Kelly attended the party and later was arrested on suspicion of first-degree criminal trespass in the early morning hours
4:43 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens rookie quarterback Lamar Jackson wants his first jersey exchange to be with Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton after Sunday’s game. Baltimore Ravens safety Eric Weddle called Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton a “fast dinosaur” because he’s “big and runs people over.” Newton said it’s not the