3:14 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN GREEN BAY, Wis. — As happy as Dan Campbell was to lead the Detroit Lions to their first winning season since 2017, the second-year head coach was even happier to put the “Same Old Lions” narrative to rest. At Lambeau Field, on the prime-time stage, the underdog Lions ended the
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11:39 PM ET NFL NationESPN The 2022 NFL season came down to the end once again, as the Lions’ victory over the Packers at Lambeau Field on Sunday night sent the Seahawks to the playoffs. Seattle was in that position thanks to its overtime win against the Rams. The Dolphins also earned their way into
11:30 PM ET ESPN staff Week 18 of the 2022 NFL season wrapped Sunday. It’s never too soon to look ahead to next fall. The 2023 regular season kicks off on September 7. Who will your favorite team face? Here are the home and away opponents for every team in the 2023 NFL regular season.
11:16 PM ET DJ Bien-AimeESPN The Houston Texans fired coach Lovie Smith on Sunday night, hours after the team finished 3-13-1 in his first season. “We are grateful for [Smith’s] leadership and character, and we wish him the best moving forward,” chairman and CEO Cal McNair said in a statement. “While we understand the results
11:33 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN SEATTLE — Geno Smith, Pete Carroll and the Seattle Seahawks are headed back to the playoffs. An outcome that few thought was possible after the Russell Wilson trade became a reality Sunday night when the Detroit Lions defeated the Green Bay Packers, 20-16, at Lambeau Field. The Seahawks kept their
10:25 PM ET LANDOVER, Md. — The Dallas Cowboys entered Sunday with hopes of a second straight division title and the chance to move up to one of the top two seeds in the NFC if things went their way. They left FedEx Field with their worst loss of the year, 26-6 to the Washington
11:18 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 DENVER — Chargers coach Brandon Staley offered no apology Sunday after playing starters throughout most of a 31-28 loss to the Denver Broncos in the regular-season finale,
10:03 PM ET SEATTLE — After a whirlwind end of the season with the Los Angeles Rams, quarterback Baker Mayfield said he doesn’t know where he’ll end up next season, but said he knows he’s “good enough to be a starting quarterback.” “I have no doubt about that,” Mayfield said after the Rams’ Week 18
9:28 PM ET SEATTLE — Los Angeles Rams rookie safety Russ Yeast has a pulmonary contusion and was taken to the hospital, coach Sean McVay said Sunday. Yeast left the Rams’ 19-16 loss to the Seattle Seahawks with a chest injury and was transported in an ambulance. He is in stable condition, McVay said, but
9:52 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Arizona Cardinals defensive end J.J. Watt stepped down from the podium after his postgame press conference and, instead of taking the back way to the locker room to shower and get dressed before heading home to Arizona, he walked out to the hallway in the underbelly of Levi’s