6:19 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Already awaiting tight end George Kittle‘s return from knee and ankle injuries, the San Francisco 49ers will now also be monitoring the progress of their other top receiving option. Niners coach Kyle Shanahan announced Tuesday that wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders suffered some cartilage damage in his ribs against

11:55 AM ET Associated Press GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Green Bay Packers say Zeke Bratkowski, the quarterback who backed up Bart Starr during the team’s 1960s dynasty, has died at his Florida home. He was 88. The Packers Hall of Famer was a quarterback in Green Bay from 1963-1968 and again in 1971. One

6:00 PM ET The Saints lost by 17 points to the Falcons. And even with Patrick Mahomes back under center, the Chiefs couldn’t outlast the Titans. The Jets got by the Giants in a Battle of New York, Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson piled on offense against an overmatched Cincinnati team and the Browns held off the

7:23 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Chiefs defensive end Emmanuel Ogbah, the team’s leader in sacks, will undergo season-ending surgery this week for a torn pectoral muscle he suffered during Sunday’s loss at Tennessee, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Ogbah has 5.5 sacks, which is one more than defensive tackle Chris

10:24 AM ET CHICAGO — The National Football League is looking into how the Detroit Lions handled the reporting of quarterback Matthew Stafford‘s back injury in the week leading up to Sunday’s loss to Chicago, including the designation of Stafford being questionable and then ruled out, a source said. “We’ll look into it and gather

Nov 7, 2019 If someone asks you to name the best quarterback never to win a Super Bowl, the answer is clear. Dan Marino was one of the greatest signal-callers in NFL history, but after losing to the 49ers in Super Bowl XIX at age 23, he never made it back to the biggest stage.

6:13 PM ET PITTSBURGH — For the second week in a row, Pittsburgh Steelers safety Minkah Fitzpatrick made his way to the end zone. This time, Fitzpatrick made the heads-up play to scoop up a loose ball from Jared Goff as the Los Angeles Rams quarterback was drilled by Javon Hargrave. Hargrave sacked Goff before

9:18 AM ET Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford has fractured bones in his back and doctors will not let him play Sunday against the Chicago Bears, a source told ESPN. Stafford was practicing Friday and throwing 60-yard passes, but doctors wanted him to have further testing on this painful back injury, according to multiple sources.

7:03 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON — Pete Carroll said there’s a “good chance” wide receiver Josh Gordon makes his Seattle Seahawks debut Monday night against the San Francisco 49ers. “He did really well,” Carroll said of Gordon’s first week of practice with Seattle. “He was very impressive in terms of picking stuff up, studying

5:05 PM ET Despite the public unrest amongst some New York Jets fans and the repeated calls for coach Adam Gase’s job, team owner Christopher Johnson is expected to remain patient, per sources familiar with his thinking. Circumstances always could change, but ownership is not inclined to make any head coaching moves. The Jets are