11:05 PM ET ALAMEDA, Calif. — Oakland Raiders linebacker Vontaze Burfict, suspended for the season after Week 4 for what the NFL deemed a culmination of dirty play, sounded off Friday about the league’s punishment in the wake of Cleveland Browns edge rusher Myles Garrett hitting Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph with his helmet a

7:25 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph will not pursue legal charges or take additional action toward Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett following Thursday night’s on-field altercation, a source told ESPN. It is now considered an NFL matter exclusively. Earlier Friday, Rudolph’s agent Tim Younger said “no options have been removed

1:15 PM ET CINCINNATI — Bengals cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick will be placed on the team’s injured reserve list and will be out for the season, coach Zac Taylor said Friday. Kirkpatrick has not played since he suffered a hyperextended knee during the Bengals’ Week 6 loss at Baltimore. Since the outlook for the cornerback’s potential

1:30 AM ET On Thursday night, Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett committed the closest thing we’ve seen to an on-field crime in the modern era of pro football. Only one response will suffice. The NFL must issue the longest suspension for a single on-field act in its history, ending Garrett’s 2019 season with six

Passing Yards PIT Rushing Yards PIT Receiving Yards FirstEnergy Stadium Coverage: FOX/NFL Cleveland, OH 44114 36° Line: CLE -3.0 Over/Under: 42 Capacity: 67,431 Down:4th & 10 Ball on:PIT 22 Drive:3 plays, 0 yds3 plays, 0 yards, 1:24 PIT CLE 50 20 20 PIT CLE 30 40 50 40 30 10 20 20 10 (13:36) (Shotgun)

10:36 AM ET A man has been arrested and charged with felony vandalism for allegedly pulling the face mask off a Joe Montana statue outside Levi’s Stadium on Monday. Santa Clara police announced in a statement Wednesday that Jorge Alberto Lopez faces the charge for vandalizing the statue, which is part of a two-statue display

9:05 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN Former Seattle Seahawks defensive lineman Malik McDowell has been sentenced to 11 months in jail and three years of probation after pleading guilty last month to a series of crimes earlier this year in Michigan, court records show. As part of McDowell’s sentencing Wednesday in Oakland County (Michigan) Circuit Court,

7:52 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — After missing six games with a broken fibula, San Francisco 49ers left tackle Joe Staley is out again for at least another couple of weeks. Niners coach Kyle Shanahan announced Wednesday that Staley had finger surgery after he fractured and dislocated it in Monday night’s game against the

11:43 AM ET Eric GomezMexico writer It doesn’t take much probing to find traces of Michael Davis‘ heritage. The third-year Los Angeles Chargers cornerback includes the word “Mexicano” front and center on his Instagram profile. At his Southern California home in Irvine, a traditional blue and white Mexican poncho hangs off a wall. Tattoos of

11:15 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — As if the Seattle Seahawks‘ 27-24 win over the San Francisco 49ers on Monday night wasn’t wild enough — with four-plus quarters of back-and-forth football, a combined seven turnovers and two defensive scores — the overtime coin toss has produced the NFL’s version of the great Laurel