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1:17 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — Sean Payton, the New Orleans Saints coach who once brought you a surprise onside kick to start the second half of a Super Bowl, might have just made his most fascinating decision yet. Taysom Hill — one of the NFL’s most intriguing and polarizing playmakers — will make his

11:24 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN The Seattle Seahawks have ruled out veteran tight end Greg Olsen for the remainder of Thursday night’s game due to a foot injury. Olsen went down in obvious pain without being contacted with around 11 and a half minutes left in the fourth quarter. He had to be helped into

5:09 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — DeAndre Hopkins‘ game-winning Hail Mary touchdown Sunday didn’t just help the Arizona Cardinals beat the Buffalo Bills, move into a tie for first place in the NFC West and temporarily own the third seed in the entire NFC. It also helped bump Hopkins’ Madden rating jump from 98 to

3:46 PM ET Detroit Lions rookie running back D’Andre Swift didn’t practice Thursday due to a concussion, leaving his status for Sunday’s game against the Carolina Panthers in doubt considering the NFL’s concussion protocol rules. It’s not clear when Swift suffered the concussion. He was not listed on the team’s injury report Wednesday and spoke

3:10 PM ET Starting this Saturday, all NFL teams must operate under the league’s intensive COVID-19 protocols for the remainder of this season, according to a league memo sent to teams Wednesday afternoon and obtained by ESPN. Requirements under the intensive protocols, which 28 of the league’s 32 teams have already experienced at some point

8:00 PM ET NFL NationESPN Green Bay Packers receiver Davante Adams, who has seven touchdown catches in his past four games, isn’t necessarily sweating his status for Sunday, especially after he was able to return to the game in Week 10 after suffering an ankle injury. But nothing is certain with Adams, which is a

6:00 AM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The margin for error was already slim in the second quarter of last season’s divisional round playoff game against the Houston Texans, so it’s no coincidence quarterback Patrick Mahomes went looking for tight end Travis Kelce to rally the Kansas City Chiefs. Using their backyard brand of football,

10:26 PM ET The Kansas City Chiefs plan to sign cornerback DeAndre Baker to their practice squad, a source confirmed to ESPN. Baker had been facing four counts of robbery with a firearm in Florida in connection with an alleged incident in May, but the charges were dropped Monday. Though he’s beginning with the Chiefs

1:27 PM ET PITTSBURGH — On the heels of another win against an AFC North opponent, the undefeated Steelers will head to Jacksonville to take on a one-win Jaguars team this weekend. Coming just four days before a Thanksgiving rematch with the Baltimore Ravens, Sunday’s meeting has all the makings of a trap game, but

6:45 AM ET NFL NationESPN As the NFL Power Rankings dive into the second half of the season, we decided to be gluttons for punishment and play the “What if?” game. We asked every NFL Nation reporter one thing that the teams they cover have done in 2020 that they wish they could take back.

11:30 PM ET Chicago Bears quarterback Nick Foles was carted off the field after being slammed to the turf late in the fourth quarter of Monday night’s 19-13 loss to the Minnesota Vikings. With 44 seconds left in the game, Foles dropped back to pass and attempted to avoid the Vikings’ rush, but Minnesota defensive

5:27 PM ET Antonio Brown was accused last month by the community in which he lives of destroying a security camera and throwing a bicycle at a security guard on Oct. 15, the Miami Herald reported Monday, citing a police report. The Hollywood (Florida) Police decided they had probable cause to charge Brown with criminal

2:48 PM ET The results of medical evaluations performed Monday on New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees revealed that he has multiple rib fractures on both sides of his chest and a collapsed lung on the right side, according to a source. Brees is unsure how much time he might be forced to miss before

6:31 PM ET NEW ORLEANS — Jameis Winston replaced Drew Brees as the New Orleans Saints‘ quarterback to start the second half Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers after Brees injured his ribs in the second quarter. Brees remained suited up on New Orleans’ sideline while Winston was in the game. Brees had been limited

7:46 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN Entering Sunday’s game, the Buffalo Bills were in the driver’s seat in the AFC East, sporting a 7-2 record on the heels of a three-game win streak — but there’s a backseat driver. After the Bills’ loss in the final seconds to the Arizona Cardinals the Miami Dolphins‘ demands to

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6:00 AM ET The New Orleans Saints are facing significant discipline for not wearing masks during their postgame celebrations last Sunday night — as seen in videos they posted to social media, including the team’s own Twitter account — after their victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, league sources tell ESPN. Video of Saints players

8:16 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers‘ flight to Charlotte, North Carolina, was delayed more than five hours on the tarmac Saturday night, a team source told ESPN. The delay was due to mechanical issues, the source said, and was not COVID-19 related. The plane was supposed to take off at 2:25