12:00 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — As the Miami Dolphins were cruising to their fourth straight victory on Sunday, the crowd at Hard Rock Stadium began a chant that illustrated how far quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has come in just over a year. “M-V-P, M-V-P,” rained down from the stands on two occasions during the
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1:09 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — Quarterback Deshaun Watson is set to rejoin the Cleveland Browns on the practice field this week. Since Oct. 10, Watson has been allowed to participate in team meetings and work out at the Browns’ training facility. But now he will be permitted to practice with the team for the
11:00 AM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Quarterback Baker Mayfield will return to the starting lineup for the Carolina Panthers on Sunday after an MRI taken over the weekend revealed that PJ Walker suffered a high ankle sprain in Thursday night’s victory over the Atlanta Falcons. Sam Darnold, who lost the open competition to Mayfield for
12:05 PM ET The Buffalo Bills had 12 men on the field when they made a critical defensive play in overtime in their wild game Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings. The play occurred with 5 minutes, 17 seconds remaining in the overtime period, just after the Vikings had completed a 24-yard pass to receiver Justin
12:43 PM ET ESPN News Services Buccaneers running back Leonard Fournette is likely to be ready for Tampa Bay’s next game after its bye despite suffering a hip pointer Sunday against the Seahawks in Munich, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The Buccaneers’ next game is at the Browns in Week 12. Fournette rushed for 57
10:29 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots‘ Bill Belichick, the league’s longest-tenured head coach, repeated his stance Monday that coaches should be allowed to challenge plays under two minutes. Belichick did so after being asked about a key play in the Minnesota Vikings‘ thrilling 33-30 overtime victory over the Buffalo Bills, in which
8:45 AM ET What, you thought my Monday column was going to be about the Saints-Steelers game? After Sunday’s 33-30 victory by the Vikings in Buffalo, it was impossible to consider talking about anything else. With close competition from the first Falcons-Panthers game in late October, Vikings-Bills has to be considered the best game of
7:09 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Sitting on the elegant stone steps in the Great Stair Hall at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Donovan McNabb, Michael Vick and Jalen Hurts gathered Tuesday for a conversation on their shared history as Eagles leaders and Black quarterbacks in the NFL. McNabb, the eldest at age 45, recounted a
10:09 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan understood why linebacker Dre Greenlaw drew a penalty for unnecessary roughness following a helmet-to-helmet hit on Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert late in the first half of Sunday night’s game. But even after his team emerged with a 22-16 victory to
9:58 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Derek Carr, rocking back and forth at the podium with tears in his eyes and a halting voice, apologized for being “emotional” in the wake of the Las Vegas Raiders‘ 25-20 loss to the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday at Allegiant Stadium. The Colts came in with an interim coach