5:48 PM ET HOUSTON — Before the Houston Texans‘ game on Sunday night, defensive end J.J. Watt had the chance to watch his younger brother T.J., an outside linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers, deliver another impressive three-sack performance. J.J. also knew that with those three sacks, T.J. had taken the lead in the family with
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5:04 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Allen Hurns defended the comment he made to ESPN’s Josina Anderson about a play call that led to a Dak Prescott interception in last weekend’s loss to the Houston Texans. According to Anderson, Hurns said the decision to run deep curls against two-man coverage on
7:18 AM ET The NFL trade deadline is fast approaching. Teams have until Oct. 30 to negotiate deals, and as we saw last year with the Cleveland Browns‘ bungled attempt to trade for AJ McCarron, they’ll use every last second of that time to try to make moves. The league has gotten far more trade-happy
3:49 PM ET Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin was fined $25,000 by the NFL on Wednesday for criticizing the officiating after his team’s 41-17 victory over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, a source confirmed to ESPN. Tomlin, a member of the NFL’s competition committee, had said on Tuesday he did not expect to be fined.
3:38 PM ET LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Chicago Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky isn’t going to mess with success. And his Bears teammates won’t let him, either. Trubisky confirmed on Wednesday that — for the second straight game — he intends to wear a compression sleeve on his right throwing arm when the Bears (3-1) face
3:13 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants will be getting back outside linebacker Olivier Vernon — perhaps their most indispensable defensive player — for Thursday night’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles. Vernon is expected to make his season debut after missing the first five games of the season with a high
3:15 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs are preparing to play without one of their top pass rushers, linebacker Justin Houston, in Sunday night’s game against the New England Patriots. Houston, who left last week’s game against Jacksonville with a sore hamstring and did not return, was not scheduled to practice
3:16 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco has drawn criticism from an unlikely source for his less-than-enthusiastic approach to lining up at wide receiver when Lamar Jackson comes in as the QB. “My wife gave me crap the one day, told me I need to look more interested out there,”
1:06 PM ET ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Buffalo Bills coach Sean McDermott did not dismiss Wednesday a report that the Philadelphia Eagles have inquired about trading for Bills running back LeSean McCoy. “LeSean is one of our better players,” McDermott said to begin his news conference. “I thought he had a good game [in Sunday’s
12:34 PM ET PITTSBURGH — James Conner has earned a prominent role in the Steelers offense with or without Le’Veon Bell, quarterback Ben Roethlisberger said Wednesday. Bell hasn’t signed his $14.5 million franchise tag while preserving his health for a long-term contract in Pittsburgh or elsewhere, but he’s planning a return for the Week 8