7:32 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — After a season in which the New England Patriots plummeted to the bottom of the league rankings in several key offensive categories, the club announced Thursday that it will begin interviewing candidates next week to fill the role of offensive coordinator. This confirms that head coach Bill Belichick, set
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6:17 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson on Thursday night posted to social media that he won’t play in Sunday night’s wild-card game at the Cincinnati Bengals, explaining that his left knee “remains unstable” and that his injury is more serious than originally believed. Jackson indicated on Twitter that he
6:05 PM 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 COSTA MESA, Calif. — Los Angeles Chargers wide receiver Mike Williams is questionable to play in Saturday night’s wild-card playoff game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Williams did
3:07 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — In what has seemed like a long period without good news for the Baltimore Ravens‘ quarterback situation, backup Tyler Huntley resumed throwing at Thursday’s practice. Huntley, who has tendinitis in his right throwing shoulder, had not attempted a pass during the media viewing portion of the past four
2:22 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Owner Woody Johnson believes the New York Jets are a quarterback away from ending their 12-year playoff drought, and he’s willing to spend big bucks for a proven veteran. “Absolutely,” he told a small group of reporters Thursday in his office at the Jets’ facility. “We’ve got a
10:51 AM ET HENDERSON, Nev. — Two weeks and a day after being benched by the Las Vegas Raiders, quarterback Derek Carr broke his silence and bade farewell to the team’s fans in a statement on social media Thursday. Carr had been the Raiders’ starting quarterback since being selected in the second round of the
12:13 PM ET Alaina GetzenbergESPN ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — A potential AFC Championship game between the No. 2 seed Buffalo Bills and No. 1 seed Kansas City Chiefs would take place in Atlanta at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, the NFL announced Thursday. The game would take place at 6:30 p.m. ET on Sun., Jan. 29. All other
THE FOOTBALL LEAVES Justin Herbert‘s hand and appears to travel downhill, nose down, a plane forever on approach. It rotates through the air roughly 12½ times per second, the laces spinning vertiginously into a white fuzz. A football released by Herbert’s right hand and powered by his right arm has always been more than a
7:00 AM ET Dan OrlovskyESPN When the NFL playoffs for the 2022 season kick off Saturday, we will see some of the league’s best talent under center. Eleven of the top 15 finishers in Total QBR made the field. Eight of the 14 playoff teams’ projected starters were first-round picks (along with two of the
11:10 PM ET Former Stanford coach David Shaw interviewed Wednesday with the Denver Broncos regarding their vacant head-coaching position, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Shaw spent nine years in the NFL, from 1997 to 2005, with the Philadelphia Eagles, then-Oakland Raiders and Baltimore Ravens, and is considering a return to the pro game after resigning