Category: Football

Rich Cimini, ESPN Staff WriterOct 30, 2024, 12:48 PM ET

CloseRich Cimini is a staff writer who covers the New York Jets and the NFL at ESPN. Rich has covered the Jets for over 30 years, joining ESPN in 2010. Rich also hosts the Flight Deck podcast. He previously was a beat writer for the New York Daily News and is a graduate of Syracuse University. You can follow him via Twitter @RichCimini.Open Extended Reactions

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Rather than cutting kicker Greg Zuerlein, whose slump has played a key role in their disappointing season, the New

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Stephen Holder, ESPNOct 30, 2024, 12:20 PM ET

CloseStephen joined ESPN in 2022, covering the Indianapolis Colts and NFL at large. Stephen finished first place in column writing in the 2015 Indiana Associated Press Media Editors competition, and he is a previous top-10 winner in explanatory journalism in the Associated Press Sports Editors national contest. He has chronicled the NFL since 2005, covering the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2005-2013 and the Colts since 2013. He has previously worked for the Miami Herald, Tampa Bay Times, Indianapolis Star and The Athletic.Open Extended Reactions

INDIANAPOLIS — Colts coach Shane Steichen says the decision to

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Mike Reiss, ESPN Staff WriterOct 30, 2024, 12:21 PM ET

CloseMike Reiss is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the New England Patriots. Reiss has covered the Patriots since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2009. In 2019, he was named Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. You can follow Reiss on Twitter at @MikeReiss.Open Extended Reactions

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots rookie quarterback Drake Maye will be a limited participant in practice Wednesday as he progresses through the NFL’s concussion protocol.

Coach Jerod Mayo said Maye’s status for Sunday’s road game against

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Daniel Oyefusi, ESPNOct 30, 2024, 12:00 PM ET

CloseDaniel Oyefusi covers the Cleveland Browns for ESPN. Prior to ESPN, he covered the Miami Dolphins for the Miami Herald, as well as the Baltimore Ravens for The Baltimore Sun.Open Extended Reactions

Jameis Winston has been named AFC Offensive Player of the Week, the NFL announced Wednesday, becoming the first Cleveland Browns quarterback to win the award in four years.

Winston, making his first start since Sept. 25, 2022, passed for 334 yards and three touchdowns in the Browns’ 29-24 upset victory over the Baltimore Ravens. Winston set a

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Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterOct 30, 2024, 06:00 AM ET

ClosePreviously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman.Open Extended ReactionsSteelers kicker Chris Boswell has converted 23 of 24 field goal attempts, including six of seven from at least 50 yards, already matching his total of attempts and long-range field goal makes from last season. Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images

LINED UP BEYOND the midfield star logo at AT&T Stadium for a field goal attempt, Dallas Cowboys punter Bryan Anger corralled the football from long snapper Trent Sieg. With

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Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNOct 30, 2024, 06:00 AM ET

CloseMarcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter covering the Buffalo Bills, before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Observer won the APSE award for breaking news and the South Carolina Press Association award for enterprise writing in 2018.Open Extended Reactions

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Facing third-and-9 from the Arizona Cardinals‘ 22-yard line Sunday, Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa took the snap, wiggled away from a collapsed pocket and took off running to his left, toward

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Eight weeks of the 2024 NFL season have passed. Some teams are riding high, while others are grasping for wins.

Much of what we thought we knew when it all began in September has been validated — but lots of surprises, and injuries, have changed the course of what we thought would happen. Jayden Daniels and Caleb Williams have impressed as rookie quarterbacks. The NFC West is up in the air. The descent of the Panthers and the Giants is indisputable, and Derrick Henry is still unstoppable.

With that

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Rich Cimini, ESPN Staff WriterOct 29, 2024, 07:50 PM ET

CloseRich Cimini is a staff writer who covers the New York Jets and the NFL at ESPN. Rich has covered the Jets for over 30 years, joining ESPN in 2010. Rich also hosts the Flight Deck podcast. He previously was a beat writer for the New York Daily News and is a graduate of Syracuse University. You can follow him via Twitter @RichCimini.Open Extended Reactions

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers believes he has discovered a “little fountain of youth,” and it’s nothing to

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