5:51 PM ET Washington Redskins tight end Jeremy Sprinkle was fined a total of $84,231 for two separate incidents during last week’s game against the Minnesota Vikings. The fine is worth more than two game checks for Sprinkle, who is making $645,000 this season. Sprinkle was fined $56,156 for the first incident and $28,075 for

2:58 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — Unless things change rapidly, the Dallas Cowboys will be without linebacker Leighton Vander Esch for Monday night’s game against the New York Giants, according to sources. Vander Esch suffered a neck injury in the Oct. 20 win against the Philadelphia Eagles and the hope was the bye week would

6:00 AM ET It has been a bit of a soft launch for the 2019 rookie running back class, with only the Oakland Raiders‘ Josh Jacobs emerging as a go-to guy in the first half of the season. But we saw some encouraging signs from the Chicago Bears‘ David Montgomery, the Buffalo Bills‘ Devin Singletary,

7:50 PM ET Green Bay Packers outside linebacker Za’Darius Smith has been cited for speeding and possession of marijuana or synthetic marijuana, according to documents filed in Wisconsin Circuit Court in Racine. The violations occurred Sept. 29, according to the documents, and a hearing date is scheduled for Thursday. The charges are not criminal charges,

3:45 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants wide receiver Sterling Shepard has cleared concussion protocol and is set to return Monday night against the Dallas Cowboys. Rookie cornerback Corey Ballentine (concussion) was also cleared. Shepard has missed the past three games since suffering his second concussion in four weeks on Oct. 6

11:42 PM ET GLENDALE, Ariz. — On Tuesday, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo was asked if he was OK with not getting much of the attention for his team’s unblemished start. Garoppolo smiled, shrugged his shoulders and replied, “I’m all right with being undefeated, yeah.” Two days later, Garoppolo and the Niners not only

6:48 PM ET CINCINNATI — Bengals fans have found a unique way to show their appreciation for veteran quarterback Andy Dalton. The foundation run by Dalton and his wife JJ has received nearly $4,000 in donations since it was announced Tuesday that he would be replaced by rookie Ryan Finley as the team’s starting quarterback.

2:45 PM ET It’s time. It’s clearly time. You see, two weeks ago, as you may have seen (or heard), the official Arizona Cardinals twitter handle trolled fantasy players pretty hard, telling everyone with a very cutesy cartoon that they should have started Chase Edmonds. After the fact. In a game in which starter David

6:43 AM ET Arizona Cardinals star running back David Johnson is not expected to play Thursday night against the San Francisco 49ers, a source tells ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The absence of Johnson, who officially is listed as questionable, means that newly acquired Kenyan Drake likely will have a prominent role against the undefeated Niners’ top-ranked

9:56 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Eagles cornerback Avonte Maddox revealed that he lost feeling in his body for about 20 seconds following an accidental collision with teammate Andrew Sendejo in a Week 4 game against the Green Bay Packers. Maddox practiced in full Wednesday for the first time since injuring his neck and suffering a