2:32 PM ET PITTSBURGH — In the aftermath of the Pittsburgh Steelers‘ worst loss in more than three decades, Mike Tomlin took accountability and owned his team’s failures Tuesday. “We were a disaster in all three phases, and we have to own that, starting with myself and I do,” Tomlin said. “… When it’s that
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2:41 PM ET One concussed NFL quarterback and two questionable flags for roughing the passer. That’s all it took for the first officiating feeding frenzy of the 2022 season. There is no evidence that Tua Tagovailoa‘s concussion, and its subsequent fallout, is connected to the pair of penalty flags that prompted leaguewide discussion Sunday and
1:07 PM ET Anthony OlivieriESPN.com Brett Favre says he has done nothing wrong and has been “smeared” in the media in response to his involvement in a sprawling welfare investigation in Mississippi, according to a statement given to Fox News Digital. “I have been unjustly smeared in the media,” Favre said in the statement, which
1:17 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Even though quarterback Baker Mayfield is expected to miss two to six weeks with a high ankle sprain, Carolina Panthers interim coach Steve Wilks believes he has the talent to turn around a 1-4 team that just fired its head coach. Tests on Mayfield’s high ankle sprain revealed no
6:00 AM ET ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — With his uniform still on, Najee Harris sat in his locker in the visitors dressing room at Highmark Stadium more than 30 minutes after the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 38-3 loss to the Buffalo Bills. Beside him, coach Mike Tomlin sat in an empty locker, talking in a hushed tone
10:33 AM ET Atlanta Falcons defensive tackle Grady Jarrett said he was in “not a little but a lot disbelief” at the roughing the passer flag thrown on him when he sacked Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady late in Sunday’s 21-15 Buccaneers win over the Falcons. Jarrett’s comments, on his weekly appearance on 680
9:41 AM ET Associated Press The NFL plans to discuss roughing the passer penalties amid outrage over two disputed calls in Week 5, a person with direct knowledge of the matter told The Associated Press. The person, speaking on condition of anonymity because the conversations are internal, said changes to the rule are not expected
6:30 AM ET NFL NationESPN Welcome to Week 6 of the NFL regular season. Our power panel — a group of more than 80 writers, editors and TV personalities — evaluated how teams are stacking up through five weeks. This week, our rankings saw the Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers vault into the top
1:57 AM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Referee Carl Cheffers said he followed the roughing the passer rule when he penalized Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones late in the first half of Kansas City’s come-from-behind 30-29 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders on Monday night. The Chiefs had just scored to trim their deficit to
11:42 PM ET Adam Teicher Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered Chiefs for 20 seasons for Kansas City Star Joined ESPN in 2013 Paul Gutierrez Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered Oakland Raiders for CSNBayArea.com and Sacramento Bee for eight years Member of Pro Football Writers Association Previously worked at Los Angeles Times, Las Vegas Review-Journal and