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Ben Baby, ESPN Staff WriterNov 19, 2024, 04:13 PM ET

CloseBen Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. He joined the company in July 2019. Prior to ESPN, he worked for various newspapers in Texas, most recently at The Dallas Morning News where he covered college sports. He provides daily coverage of the Bengals for ESPN.com, while making appearances on SportsCenter, ESPN’s NFL shows and ESPN Radio programs. A native of Grapevine, Texas, he graduated from the University of North Texas with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. He is an adjunct journalism professor at Southern Methodist University and a member of

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Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterNov 19, 2024, 04:11 PM ET

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Colorado coach Deion Sanders, who has his team pushing for a Big 12 title and a College Football Playoff appearance, says he doesn’t intend on leaving despite talk about him being a possible candidate for other jobs, including in the NFL.

Sanders has engineered an impressive turnaround at Colorado (8-2), which already has doubled its wins total from 2023. The Pro Football Hall of Famer, who began his college coaching career at Jackson State, has been mentioned as

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Kalan Hooks, ESPNNov 19, 2024, 02:09 PM ET

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Though Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray‘s primary mission in the Big Apple was handing the New York Jets a loss in Week 10, he wanted to get a taste of the city as a tourist the following week.

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After a busy weekend that included attending UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden, Murray stuck around for more of the New York City experience on his bye week. On Monday, the Cardinals quarterback posted a video on TikTok trying out a slice from Joe’s Pizza.

Along with his social media

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Rich Cimini, ESPN Staff WriterNov 19, 2024, 12:19 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. — The New York Jets‘ disappointing season claimed another casualty Tuesday, as owner Woody Johnson fired general manager Joe Douglas, sources told

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Daniel Oyefusi, ESPNNov 19, 2024, 12:11 PM ET

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BEREA, Ohio — Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski said Tuesday that he’s not concerned about talk that he is on the “hot seat” amid his team’s 2-8 start to the season.

The Browns are off to their worst start since 2017, when the team went 0-17, and in recent weeks, there has been speculation on local Cleveland radio regarding Stefanski’s

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NFL Nation, ESPNNov 16, 2023, 06:00 AM ET

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Coordinating an offense and calling plays in the NFL is a pressure-filled job.

If your team’s offense is clicking on all cylinders like Ben Johnson’s Detroit Lions and Kellen Moore’s Philadelphia Eagles, or if you’ve received unexpectedly good results from your quarterback, like the Minnesota Vikings‘ Kevin O’Connell has with Sam Darnold, you can look like a genius.

On the other hand, if your quarterback and offense are underperforming, you could lose your job. Just ask Shane Waldron, who was recently replaced by Thomas Brown

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NFL Nation, ESPNNov 12, 2024, 07:00 AM ET

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Welcome to Week 12 of the 2024 NFL season. Down went the No. 1 Kansas City Chiefs to the Buffalo Bills. After K.C.’s loss on Sunday, how do our Power Rankings shake out this week?

Meanwhile, the Detroit Lions obliterated the Jacksonville Jaguars, and the Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers beat their division foes to climb to 8-2 in the standings.

Are the Chiefs still No. 1? Or has another team earned that spot?

In addition to the rankings, we asked our

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Mike Reiss, ESPN Staff WriterNov 19, 2024, 06:00 AM ET

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots rookie quarterback Drake Maye has started six NFL games and the results have been what many inside the organization have hoped they would be. Maybe even better.

The Patriots (3-8), who

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DJ Bien-Aime, ESPNNov 19, 2024, 02:40 AM ET

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ARLINGTON, Texas — Texans coach DeMeco Ryans called running back Joe Mixon “a force” after his three-touchdown performance in Houston’s 34-10 win over the Dallas Cowboys on “Monday Night Football.”

Mixon did the heavy lifting for the Texans’ offense as he scored all

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