6:06 PM ET ALAMEDA, Calif. — The Oakland Raiders have told veteran defensive end Bruce Irvin they will release him, a source confirmed to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, ending a star-crossed 2½-year tenure with the team. Irvin was not on Saturday’s NFL wire, meaning he now cannot be released until 4 p.m. Monday. If and when
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10:39 AM ET EAGAN, Minn. — The Minnesota Vikings will elevate wide receiver Chad Beebe off the practice squad and onto the active roster ahead of Sunday’s game against the Detroit Lions, multiple sources told ESPN on Saturday. Beebe, a rookie from Northern Illinois and the son of former NFL receiver Don Beebe, joined the
5:21 PM ET Last week’s top trends didn’t come through after the Chiefs allowed a backdoor field goal to the Broncos and the Packers-Rams over came up a point short. Which NFL underdog can pull off a Week 9 upset? Here are a few reasons you should look at the Pittsburgh Steelers in Baltimore on
5:56 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Su’a Cravens will buckle a chinstrap on a football helmet and play in a regular-season game Sunday for the first time since Dec. 11, 2016. Cravens, who has been on injured reserve since the end of the preseason with a knee injury, was formally moved to the Denver Broncos‘
8:00 AM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — The debate grew so loud, it could be heard across the Los Angeles Rams‘ locker room. Along a row of lockers occupied by
1:17 AM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Jon Gruden stood by his claim that players are “dying” to play for the Oakland Raiders in 2019, adding that he doesn’t believe his current players took it as a message that they are not good enough. “I’m just trying to get people excited about the Oakland Raiders,”
5:58 PM ET The San Francisco 49ers will start quarterback Nick Mullens on Thursday night against the Oakland Raiders. Mullens, an undrafted free agent in 2017 out of Southern Miss, will make his first appearance in a regular-season NFL game. C.J. Beathard‘s wrist injury is affecting his grip on the football, but he will still
7:30 AM ET The future of coaching in the NFL emerged from a woodshed. In 2004, Jon Gruden was in his third season as head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Each morning, Gruden would rise at 3:17 and head to work at One Buc Place, the team’s training facility that Gruden semi-affectionately dubbed “The
9:40 PM ET NFL Nation reporters assess the biggest injuries across the league for Week 9. Scan through all 32 teams by division, or click here to jump ahead to your favorite team: AFC EAST Bills QB Derek Anderson did not practice Wednesday and remained in the concussion protocol. Coach Sean McDermott said he was
6:03 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — Jack Patera, the original head coach of the Seattle Seahawks, died Wednesday at his home, the team confirmed. He was 85. “I know Jack was real sick and he was battling,” Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said of Patera, who had pancreatic cancer. “First head coach of the