1:53 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots have downgraded No. 1 running back Damien Harris to out for Saturday’s game against the Indianapolis Colts because of a hamstring injury, which will thrust rookie Rhamondre Stevenson into the top role. Harris had been listed as questionable with the injury, and was limited in

7:00 AM ET HENDERSON, Nev. — With the Las Vegas Raiders‘ latest late-season pratfall — they are now 6-7 after a 5-2 start — and after last Sunday’s utterly embarrassing 48-9 loss at the rival Kansas City Chiefs, a structure-wide housecleaning could be on the docket. And with that likelihood comes the inevitable question —

6:00 AM ET Sunday’s Week 15 matchup between the Houston Texans and Jacksonville Jaguars, the two 2-11 teams at the bottom of the AFC South, will make history that neither team wants to be part of. Sunday’s game (1 p.m. ET, CBS) will be just the third divisional matchup between teams with two or fewer

11:45 PM ET The dawn of Week 15 brought us another shake-up in the AFC playoff picture. The Chiefs’ thrilling overtime victory Thursday night over the Chargers elevated them to the conference’s No. 1 seed. The Patriots can regain that position with a victory Saturday over the Colts, but for a few days at least,

4:33 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Len Hauss, a five-time Pro Bowl center for Washington who started every game over the last 13 seasons of his 14-year NFL career, has died. He was 79. His daughter, Lana Hauss Snyder, said in a telephone interview Thursday that Hauss died Wednesday at Wayne Memorial Hospital in

3:57 PM ET Fantasy staff The increase in players entering the NFL’s COVID-19 protocols might leave you with questions about how this could impact your fantasy football team as we enter the first week of the playoffs for ESPN standard leagues. We’ll try to answer what we can for you here. How does a player’s

12:43 AM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Jaguars have fired head coach Urban Meyer, ending a tumultuous tenure with the franchise after only 13 games. The announcement came roughly nine hours after the latest embarrassment for owner Shad Khan: a report in the Tampa Bay Times in which former kicker Josh Lambo alleged that

12:59 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens are still holding out hope that Lamar Jackson can start against the Green Bay Packers even after the quarterback missed Wednesday’s practice with a sprained right ankle. “It’s day-to-day right now,” Ravens coach John Harbaugh said of Jackson before Wednesday’s practice. “We got to see

6:00 AM ET Like many retired NFL players, Jared Veldheer has found a new way to occupy his time. He’s taken up cooking, which means he spends a lot of time in a kitchen. He’s also now into meal prepping and has become pretty good at grocery shopping. But he’s not a chef, he’s a

1:56 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs practiced on Tuesday without star defensive lineman Chris Jones, who was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list. Coach Andy Reid suggested Jones could still play in Thursday night’s road game for first place in the AFC West against the Los Angeles Chargers. A vaccinated player