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8:51 AM ET Former NFL player and head coach Dan Reeves has died, his family said. Reeves was 77. Reeves spent 38 years in the league, winning a Super Bowl as a player with the Dallas Cowboys and as a Cowboys assistant under Tom Landry. As a head coach, he led the Denver Broncos to

4:56 PM ET NFL NationESPN Week 17 of the NFL season is here. Six teams have already clinched a postseason berth, which leaves eight remaining playoff spots. As squads try to make a late-season push, they have to deal with injuries and players in COVID-19 protocols. The Minnesota Vikings won’t have receiver Adam Thielen for

2:30 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — For a third straight week, quarterback Lamar Jackson has not been ruled out despite missing nearly all of the Baltimore Ravens‘ practices. Jackson, who is dealing with a right ankle injury, hasn’t practiced the past two days after limping badly Wednesday. After Friday’s practice, Ravens coach John Harbaugh

7:10 AM ET ESPN staff The Week 17 NFL schedule for the 2021 season is stacked with great matchups and we have you covered with what you need to know heading into the weekend. Our NFL Nation reporters bring us the biggest keys to every game, a bold prediction for each matchup and, of course,

1:00 PM ET Ryan Hockensmith ON CHRISTMAS DAY, John Madden gathered his close family members and friends around his TV at 2 p.m. A documentary about him and his tall-tale life, “All Madden,” was airing on Fox, and he wanted to watch it with the people he loved the most. Many of the people in

7:15 AM ET There are just 32 remaining games in the 2021 NFL season, and only six playoff spots are clinched. Amazingly, 24 teams’ postseason hopes are still mathematically alive. And even with all of two weeks left, there are endless permutations of how the rest of the regular season could play out and how

4:35 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Aaron Rodgers is willing to make one promise when it comes to his future: the Green Bay Packers quarterback won’t take too long after this season to decide it. Rodgers offered a glimpse on Wednesday into what his thought process will be when deciding what he wants to

3:52 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — This Sunday will be Saquon Barkley‘s first game back at Soldier Field in Chicago, where he tore the ACL in his right knee just over 15 months ago. Not that he’s trying to think about the moment that everything changed. Closure returning to the spot that may have

4:00 PM ET The NFL and NFL Players Association have reached an agreement to set isolation time at five days for all players who test positive for COVID-19, matching new guidance announced Monday by the Centers for Disease Control, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The agreement includes both vaccinated and unvaccinated players and is contingent

7:01 AM ET Editor’s note: The list of professional athletes and team personnel entering COVID-19 protocols has increased in recent weeks, causing games to be rescheduled across multiple sports. Some unvaccinated NFL players have had to miss a game while being quarantined for 10 days, while others who have been vaccinated have had to produce

7:17 PM ET ESPN News Services John Madden, the Hall of Fame coach turned broadcaster whose exuberant calls combined with simple explanations provided a weekly soundtrack to NFL games for three decades, died Tuesday morning, the NFL said. He was 85. The league said he died unexpectedly and did not detail a cause. Madden gained

6:45 AM ET NFL NationESPN Selecting Most Valuable Players is something the NFL Power Rankings takes seriously. But at the same time, we realize how easy it is to pick a quarterback, write a few words about him and declare him the MVP of a team. So we’re not going to do that in 2021.

5:52 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers resumed practice Monday after a long holiday weekend without starting quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo. That’s because Garoppolo suffered at least a right thumb sprain early in Thursday’s 20-17 loss to the Tennessee Titans. However, a league source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter that Garoppolo is dealing

6:12 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN SEATTLE — As the Seattle Seahawks wind down their worst season in more than a decade, coach Pete Carroll doesn’t believe a “restart” is in order. “Not for one reason at all am I thinking that we have to restart this whole thing and create a new philosophy and a

2:39 PM ET Amid swirling rumors about his job security, Chicago Bears coach Matt Nagy said Monday he is operating under the assumption that he will coach the team’s final two games of the regular season. The Bears have never fired a coach during the season, but a new NFL rule allows teams to begin

8:00 PM ET NFL NationESPN Week 16 of the 2021 NFL season should give some clarity to the playoff races in both conferences. Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers made history in the early game on Saturday, throwing his franchise-record 443rd career touchdown pass. Green Bay, which clinched a playoff spot last week, beat the Browns, dimming

11:30 PM ET Now we’re getting somewhere. Four more NFL teams clinched playoff spots Sunday, bringing the grand total to six with 33 games remaining in the season. The Chiefs, Buccaneers, Rams and Cardinals have joined the Packers and Cowboys in the 14-team field. The Seahawks, Giants and Panthers, on the other hand, joined a

first Quarter BUF NE TD 6:37 Isaiah McKenzie Pass From Josh Allen for 3 Yrds, T.Bass extra point is GOOD, Center-R.Ferguson, Holder-M.Haack. 13 plays, 61 yards, 6:57 7 0 second Quarter BUF NE TD 14:28 Damien Harris 16 Yard Rush, N.Folk extra point is GOOD, Center-J.Cardona, Holder-J.Bailey. 13 plays, 75 yards, 7:09 7 7 FG