1:08 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Diontae Johnson wasn’t quite sure what to make of JuJu Smith-Schuster in the Pittsburgh Steelers‘ locker room before practice. For the first time in three months, Smith-Schuster was suiting up, pulling on his cleats and pads at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex practice facility after the Steelers designated him to

3:17 PM ET HOUSTON — The Texans have fired head coach David Culley, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Offensive coordinator Tim Kelly also was fired, a source told Schefter. New England Patriots linebackers coach Jerod Mayo is expected to emerge as a leading candidate for the Texans’ head coaching job, sources told Schefter. On

6:00 AM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn. — If everything goes according to plans, the next time the Tennessee Titans take the field, fans will once again get to chant, “HEN-RY! HEN-RY!” Titans running back Derrick Henry

3:00 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — This might be the last anyone hears of Aaron Rodgers‘ toe. The Green Bay Packers quarterback made it sound like his toe injury won’t be an issue in the playoffs. One sign of that came on Wednesday, when Rodgers took part in the first of two practices the

11:18 AM ET Safety Eric Weddle has come out of retirement and signed with the Los Angeles Rams for the playoffs after the season-ending injury to Jordan Fuller. Weddle’s return to the Rams was announced by his agent, David Canter, on Wednesday. The Rams later announced that they had signed Weddle to their practice squad.

6:00 AM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — It’s Sept. 13, 2020, and San Francisco 49ers left tackle Trent Williams hasn’t played a meaningful snap of football in 623 days. Getting through the opener against the visiting Arizona Cardinals without incident would be cause for celebration for Williams, who was diagnosed with a rare cancerous growth

6:00 AM ET INGLEWOOD, Calif. — In his alternately turbulent and successful time with the San Francisco 49ers, quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo has had bigger and better numbers than what he did in Week 18 against the Los Angeles Rams. He has played in more meaningful contests with higher stakes. But given the circumstances surrounding what

1:18 PM ET If you think money doesn’t matter, don’t tell that to Jacksonville Jaguars defensive lineman Dawuane Smoot, who entered his final NFL game of the 2021 regular season with money tied to his performance. And when Smoot picked up his sixth sack of the season in Jacksonville’s 26-11 upset win over the Indianapolis

Jan 10, 2022 Pure, unadulterated chaos. The final game of the 2021 NFL regular season was arguably the most dramatic of the entire league year. We’ve seen nail-biting finishes in this game before, like the 49ers-Seahawks matchup that decided a division by an inch two seasons ago. Leaving aside the elephant in the room that

9:39 AM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — Dolphins owner Stephen Ross is a University of Michigan alumnus; the school means a lot to him, as does its football program, which won the Big Ten championship this season. He’s not ready to shake that program up. Hours after firing head coach Brian Flores on Monday after