2:55 AM ET Brady HendersonESPN SEATTLE — Seahawks cornerback Tre Flowers and receiver David Moore went from puking to producing Monday night. Those two were among the hardest hit by a flu bug that started making its way through the Seahawks’ locker room midway through last week. They combined to lose at least 22 pounds
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6:34 PM ET The New England Patriots waived kicker Kai Forbath on Monday, three days after he was signed to replace Nick Folk, who had an appendectomy last week. Forbath missed an extra point Sunday night in the Patriots’ loss to the Houston Texans, and also made a chip-shot, 23-yard field goal and one extra-point
1:33 PM ET Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians said Monday that running back Ronald Jones II was benched in the third quarter against the Jacksonville Jaguars for missing an assignment on a blitz pickup that resulted in a sack-forced fumble of quarterback Jameis Winston. Coming out of the backfield with 9:28 to go in
7:27 PM ET GLENDALE, Ariz. — The bye week came at the worst time for the Arizona Cardinals. The progress they made in their last four games went right down the drain on Sunday in an ugly 34-7 loss to the Los Angeles Rams. Kyler Murray was sacked six times and threw an interception that
11:30 PM ET The NFL’s trio of Thanksgiving Day games delivered one divisional championship and put a second team on the cusp of a playoff berth. The Saints clinched the NFC South with a 26-18 victory over the Falcons, securing the first of 12 playoff spots. They are the 15th team to win a division
1:23 PM ET BALTIMORE — Entering Sunday’s game against the San Francisco 49ers, the Baltimore Ravens had not allowed a point on their opponent’s opening possession all season. San Francisco receiver Deebo Samuel changed that less than three minutes into Sunday’s matchup. Facing fourth-and-2 at Baltimore’s 33 on what had to that point been a
11:12 PM ET Denver Broncos rookie second-round draft pick Drew Lock will make his first NFL start Sunday against the Los Angeles Chargers, league sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. He will be the third starting quarterback for the Broncos this season after Joe Flacco (now on injured reserve) and Brandon Allen, and Denver’s seventh different
6:03 PM ET The season of the road team continued on Thanksgiving as all three road teams won outright, with two of them covering. Road teams moved to 99-74-6 ATS on the season (57%). In addition to that, a number of notable trends are at stake this week. Those include Frank Reich’s unbeaten ATS record
1:05 PM ET COSTA MESA, Calif. — The Los Angeles Chargers will get a much-needed boost Sunday with the team officially activating safeties Derwin James and Adrian Phillips from injured reserve. James started the season on injured reserve due to a stress fracture in his right foot that required surgery. The All-Pro safety returned to
9:29 PM ET Associated Press Deacon Jones, Dick Butkus and Lawrence Taylor are among six unanimous choices at defensive line and linebacker for the NFL’s All-Time Team. Linebackers Butkus and Taylor and linemen Jones, Gino Marchetti, Bob Lilly and Alan Page have been chosen by all 26 panelists in voting revealed Friday to celebrate the