2:22 PM ET The Minnesota Vikings informed Everson Griffen and his agent last week that the star defensive end would not be allowed back with the team until he underwent a mental health evaluation, according to a police incident report obtained by ESPN’s Courtney Cronin. Les Pico, the Vikings’ executive director of player development, told
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8:06 AM ET BEREA, Ohio — This wasn’t the plan. Baker Mayfield was not supposed to be starting by the fourth week of the Cleveland Browns‘ season. He was supposed to be incubating, learning behind Tyrod Taylor. But the way things played out, the move from Taylor to Mayfield happened naturally, organically. Which made the
11:06 AM ET FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones said the new emphasis on roughing the passer that bars a defender from landing with his full body weight on the quarterback has altered the game “as much as any one [rule] I have seen make a change from our past.”
9:34 AM ET Everson Griffen is being evaluated at a hospital in the Minneapolis area following an incident over the weekend where police were called to the hotel at which the Minnesota Vikings defensive end has been staying, a league source told ESPN’s Josina Anderson. The source said Griffen is “getting assistance on personal matters”
10:10 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — One of the common lines of thinking in Bill Belichick’s coaching tenure has been that September is an extension of the preseason, in the sense that the coach is still figuring out how all the pieces fit. That’s why some of the New England Patriots‘ slower starts in past
8:00 AM ET HOUSTON — Tyrann Mathieu hasn’t been in Houston for that long, but the Houston Texans safety is well aware of how good teammate J.J. Watt was before he spent the majority of the past two seasons on injured reserve. And Mathieu was excited to see that high level of play return in
8:00 AM ET DETROIT — Ninja might live in Chicago and his father might be a Chicago Bears fan, but the world’s most prominent Fortnite player — and one of the better known esports competitors in the world — has stuck by his original hometown. And with it, the Detroit Lions. Ninja even attended the
10:54 AM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Austin Seferian-Jenkins wouldn’t be in Jacksonville were it not for the New York Jets. He believes there’s a possibility he might not even be alive, either. That’s why Sunday’s game against the Jets at TIAA Bank Field will be an emotional one for the Jacksonville Jaguars tight end. Not
7:00 AM ET ATLANTA — I got to drop in on the NFC South on Sunday, and boy was that fun. The New Orleans Saints‘ 43-37 overtime victory over the Atlanta Falcons was about as 2018 as football gets. Quarterbacks, more protected than ever, airing it out. A rookie receiver dominating his matchup. The ever-menacing
7:30 AM ET With three games in the books, teams are gaining better clarity on where they stand in terms of both their strengths and weaknesses. As we run down Week 4 of the Power Rankings, we’re focusing on the latter. What’s your team’s most glaring early-season problem? How we rank: Our power panel —