12:04 AM ET Anthony Myers said that when the neurosurgeon gave him the green light, he immediately felt those pregame butterflies familiar to any athlete. He hadn’t practiced in more than a month, after all, and the playoff game against Milton Hershey was in just two days. “I wasn’t really prepared for the game. I

11:48 PM ET Houston Texans wide receiver Keke Coutee is expected to be active and play in Saturday’s wild-card playoff game against the Indianapolis Colts, a source told ESPN’s Dan Graziano. Coutee is officially questionable on the injury report with a hamstring injury that has sidelined him for the Texans’ last five games. Texans coach

8:00 AM ET MITCHELL TRUBISKY’S POSTGAME media conferences are mind-numbing exercises in amiable banality. He greets every question with a cheery and time-buying “For sure” and then proceeds to break it down to its least interesting parts. This is by design — he’d never allow himself to give anything away. Apart from the crowd, Trubisky

12:00 AM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — John Elway still has optimism, even as he looks for his fourth head coach in his tenure as the Denver Broncos‘ top football executive. As the Broncos have missed the playoffs for the third straight season, and fired coach Vance Joseph on Monday, Elway has taken plenty of blame

3:32 PM ET NFL Nation reporters assess the biggest injuries across the league for wild-card weekend. Read through all 12 teams (including those on a bye this weekend), or skip ahead to a particular matchup by clicking on the logos here: Colts: Starting center Ryan Kelly and safety Clayton Geathers were both full participants in

3:45 PM ET EAGAN, Minn. — Vikings coach Mike Zimmer says he has no problem being a lame-duck coach in 2019. Four days after the Vikings’ once-promising season came to a screeching halt with the team finishing 8-7-1 and missing the playoffs, Zimmer addressed his job status at his year-end press conference. Both Zimmer and

8:54 AM ET Welcome to the NFL playoffs! If you’re a lucky fan, congratulations. Your team has delivered on the preseason hype, survived the exhausting 16-game regular-season, and made it to January for postseason football. If you’re a fan of the Patriots or Saints, you probably made reservations months ago. If you’re backing the Colts

5:16 PM ET Kevin SeifertNFL Nation Close ESPN.com national NFL writer ESPN.com NFC North reporter, 2008-2013 Covered Vikings for Minneapolis Star Tribune, 1999-2008 NFL television ratings rose by 5 percent in 2018 compared to the 2017 season, according to figures released Wednesday by the league. The uptick partially stemmed two years of ratings slides for

4:48 PM ET Michael Wells INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Colts are on their way to having their starting offensive line back together for the AFC wild-card playoff game against the Houston Texans on Saturday. Center Ryan Kelly, the anchor of the offensive line, was a full participant in practice Wednesday. The Pro Bowl alternate said

6:01 PM ET ALLEN PARK, Mich. — The Detroit Lions announced they won’t renew the contract of offensive coordinator Jim Bob Cooter after the offense sputtered throughout head coach Matt Patricia’s first season with the franchise. Cooter, 34, had been the Lions’ offensive coordinator for three and a half seasons, surviving the team’s move from