Category: football

Several Detroit Lions react to the $1.6 billion prize for the Mega Millions lottery, which will be drawn on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. The bar has already been set for the NFL trade deadline. With the Oakland Raiders agreeing Monday to ship Amari Cooper to the Dallas Cowboys for a first-round pick, the

The “Good Morning Football” crew debates if wide receiver Amari Coper solves the Cowboys offensive issues.

A neutered Giants offense hasn’t stopped Odell Beckham from racing into the NFL record book.

Last week’s Yahoo daily fantasy football GPP lineup featured only one real disappointment (Joe Mixon). Everyone else either scored a TD (Nick Chubb, John Brown, Brandin Cooks, David Njoku, Kenyan Drake) or had 100 total yards (Josh Gordon), and our D/ST (Minnesota) came through with four takeaways

Sony Michel suffered a knee injury while fumbling in the second quarter of Sunday’s game between the New England Patriots and Chicago Bears. CHICAGO — New England Patriots running back Sony Michel had to be helped off the field, and eventually carted to the locker room, after suffering a potentially

Vrabel’s decision to go for two didn’t work out in London in a one-point defeat.

Coach Adam Gase said Thursday that Tannehill won’t require surgery to address what’s believed to be a sprained AC joint in the quarterback’s right shoulder, Joe Schad of The Palm Beach Post reports. Tannehill’s injury has prompted the Dolphins to rule him out for a second straight game

Thanks to inflated expectations among oddsmakers and the betting public defending Super Bowl champions often have trouble covering spreads. The Philadelphia Eagles are finding that out, going just 2-4 against the spread so far this season. Can Philadelphia cover a near-touchdown against Carolina on Sunday

The Cardinals upgraded eight players to a full practice on Wednesday and all are available for Thursday night, but the team has ruled three players out and two more questionable. The Broncos will be missing five players on Thursday, including two starters on their offensive line. And two quarterbacks

The “Good Morning Football” crew talks about what it would take for the Cowboys to overtake the Redskins and Eagles in the NFC East.

Caption Close The Texans worked out former New England Patriots and Detroit Lions linebacker Marquis Flowers, according to his agent. Flowers is a former Cincinnati Bengals sixth-round draft pick from Arizona. He was traded to the Patriots for a seventh-round pick last year. Flower had 10 tackles and

The crew for the “Aftermath” discusses the fallout after Chiefs outside linebacker Breeland Speaks said he held up from sacking Tom Brady out of fear that he’d be called for roughing the passer in Week 6 against Tom Brady and the New England Patriots.

Nick Wagoner ESPN Staff Writer Close Covered Rams for nine years for stlouisrams.com Previously covered University of Missouri football Member of Pro Football Writers of America Follow on Twitter SANTA CLARA, Calif. — As a wide-eyed rookie out of Eastern Illinois, New England Patriots quarterback Jimmy

Social Media reaction to Jon Gruden’s mess in Oakland, the Bills disastrous backup quarterback, and Brock Osweiler owning the Bears.

Sometimes questionable means questionable. Sometimes it means there’s no question a guy’s playing. Via Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle, Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson will get that 50-50 designation for Sunday’s game against the Bills. Watson suffered some degree of “chest” injury after taking

As the NFL’s two worst rushing teams prepare for a titanic showdown at U.S. Bank Stadium on Sunday, let’s check in with the “Never Cousins” crowd. Anyone? The Vikings enter the weekend 2-2-1 and back in the postseason picture after a gut-check, 23-21 victory at Philadelphia that really wasn’

The Ravens ran 25 running plays and 59 passing plays Sunday, and that was a problem mainly because they lost to the Cleveland Browns. Every modern NFL offense is, by design, a pass-first offense. The last team to finish with more running plays than passing plays was the 2015 Buffalo Bills. Even with

The NFL is settling back into a sense of normalcy, something at least somewhat reflected in the Week 6 lines.  Unlike the week prior, the Week 6 odds out of Las Vegas have plenty of big lines that will make for some tough decisions. Four lines check in at seven or more points and some—like the Arizona

Saints kick off to start the game and the defense pulls off a 3 and out to start the game. Mark Ingram makes an immediate impact getting to 1st and goal on a dump-off screen past from Drew Brees. He follows it up with a walk in TD from the 2. Will Lutz misses the extra point. The defense isn’t so

Notable bets is a regular Monday roundup of wagers — some sharper than others — made recently at sportsbooks across the nation. The betting public has had better weekends. First, they flocked to back underdog Conor McGregor with a flurry of five-figure wagers across Las Vegas. Then they woke up Sunday

The Atlanta Falcons got trounced, 41-17, and the most amazing thing about the game was it really wasn’t even that close. The Pittsburgh Steelers had their way with the Falcons for four quarters, and the game never seemed in doubt. Now the Falcons have to wonder if their 2018 can be salvaged. Count

A banged-up offensive line led to a rough day at the office for the Raiders in Carson. 

The Chargers appears to have answered some questions. Then again, maybe it’s just the Raiders. Philip Rivers and company cruised to an easy 26-10 win over the Raiders, excelling on both sides of the ball and at least not self-destructing on special teams. Rivers completed 22-of-27 passes for 339 yards

Thanks to a clutch play by Baker Mayfield in overtime, the Browns beat the Ravens 12-9.

Mahomes attempted over 150 passes this year before being picked off.

The Browns’ offense has issues. The offensive line is fairly solid, but Mayfield has a rookie left tackle in Desmond Harrison, who was away from football for three years before playing one season last fall at Division II West Georgia. Imagine, that’s the player replacing future Hall of Famer

Saints quarterback Drew Brees hopes to focus exclusively on registering a win on Monday night against Washington. Try as he might, however, part of his attention will be devoted to a record he’ll break during that game, with only 201 more passing yards: The mark for career passing yards. He told reporters

At the quarter-pole of the NFL season, no one has been able to slow Patrick Mahomes and the high-flying Kansas City Chiefs. One of two undefeated teams in the NFL, the Chiefs (4-0) will try to remain perfect when they host the Jacksonville Jaguars (3-1) on Sunday in what shapes up as a classic matchup

After practicing on a limited basis all three days last week before getting deactivated for the Ravens’ eventual 26-14 victory at the Pittsburgh Steelers, rookie tight end Hayden Hurst said he anticipates making his NFL debut Sunday at the Cleveland Browns Sunday. “I’d imagine that I’d go