12:00 PM ET PITTSBURGH — The Atlanta Falcons obviously weren’t trying to freeze out their best player, but it happened. Wide receiver Julio Jones, the guy who entered Sunday’s action leading the NFL with 502 receiving yards and tied for fourth in the league with 46 targets, didn’t catch his first pass of Sunday’s 41-17
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12:00 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs have been the NFL’s last remaining unbeaten team twice since coach Andy Reid arrived in 2013, not that it did them much good either time. They failed to so much as win a playoff game in 2013 — when they started 9-0 — or
12:25 PM ET Notable bets is a regular Monday roundup of wagers — some sharper than others — made recently at sportsbooks across the nation. The betting public has had better weekends. First, they flocked to back underdog Conor McGregor with a flurry of five-figure wagers across Las Vegas. Then they woke up Sunday and
11:03 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — Eagles running back Jay Ajayi was puzzled by the decision to not lean on the ground game, particularly early, in Sunday’s 23-21 loss to the Minnesota Vikings which dropped the defending champs to 2-3 on the season. “Obviously we want to be able to run the ball early and start
8:44 AM ET Marques Colston has caught more passes from Drew Brees than anyone. But as he reflected on those 706 catches for 9,709 yards and 72 touchdowns, the former New Orleans Saints receiver laughed at how many of them he never actually saw leaving Brees’ hand. QB Drew Brees is 201 yards away from
2:36 AM ET HOUSTON — Ah, the good old NFC East, where no one ever knows anything and sometimes no one appears to be very good. Four storied teams, one winning record between them, and by midnight ET that number will drop to zero unless the Washington Redskins can pull off a Monday Night Football
12:35 AM ET HOUSTON — For the second week in a row, the Houston Texans pulled off an overtime victory despite struggling in the red zone. In the week leading up to the Texans’ 19-16 overtime victory over the Dallas Cowboys, Houston Texans head coach Bill O’Brien was clear that while his offense has moved
12:56 AM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball SEATTLE — The Los Angeles Rams offense wanted to go for it. Coach Sean McVay listened. The Rams faced third-and-1 from their 42-yard line, leading the Seattle
8:48 PM ET Another week, another batch of key contributors felled by injury around the league. Here’s the latest on all the major injuries from our NFL Nation reporters, including the prognosis on each player for Week 5 and beyond: Breida sustained a left ankle injury in the first quarter of Sunday’s game against the
10:58 PM ET The four quarterbacks selected in the first round of the 2018 draft — Baker Mayfield, Sam Darnold, Josh Rosen and Josh Allen — all started on the same weekend for the first time in Week 4. Last week, the group was 0-4. This week? It’s the first time in the Super Bowl