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5:34 PM ET NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Saints quarterback Jameis Winston was carted back to the locker room with a knee injury during the second quarter of Sunday’s game against his former team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He was officially ruled out after halftime. Winston was injured during a horse-collar tackle by Buccaneers linebacker

4:30 PM ET NFL NationESPN Week 8 of the 2021 NFL season had some close Halloween matchups, including an overtime Titans-Colts game that saw a wild pick-six for Tennessee in the final two minutes and then a game-tying drive for Indianapolis. The Titans ultimately won on a big OT field goal. The Jets came from

11:53 AM ET ATLANTA — Falcons wide receiver Calvin Ridley will not play in Sunday’s game against the Carolina Panthers — the second game he’ll miss due to an undisclosed personal matter. Ridley did not travel with the team for an Oct. 10 game in England against the New York Jets. He did play against

11:29 PM ET The Houston Texans are prepared to keep Deshaun Watson past Tuesday’s NFL trade deadline, league sources told ESPN. Although many in the Texans organization want to turn the page and move on from Watson as soon as possible, Houston is ready to reopen trade discussions centered around the quarterback in the offseason,

2:46 PM ET The Dallas Cowboys will take their decision on Dak Prescott’s availability for Sunday’s contest against the Minnesota Vikings to game time, two sources told ESPN’s Ed Werder. “We are literally going to take it into tomorrow [night],” one source said. Officially Prescott is listed as questionable because of a calf strain he

7:15 AM ET NFL Nation reporters Many a successful NFL season, and by the same token, many a successful fantasy football season, is determined by a team’s relative health. For actual teams as well as fantasy managers, when a player such as Christian McCaffrey goes down, it’s a difficult pill to swallow. There simply isn’t

7:00 AM ET MINNESOTA VIKINGS RUNNING back ​​Dalvin Cook woke up on Dec. 29, 2020, to a missed call from his father, James. That’s weird, the running back thought about the call that came in before midnight. His dad knew he was asleep and never called that late. Before Cook had a chance to dial

1:39 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Packers keep winning games and losing players. They did both again Thursday, when they beat the Arizona Cardinals yet lost tight end Robert Tonyan and running back/kick returner Kylin Hill. Tonyan’s agent, Jack Bechta, tweeted Friday that his client suffered a clean tear of the ACL in

7:15 AM ET ESPN staff The Week 8 NFL schedule for the 2021 season is stacked with great matchups, and we got 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,

11:58 PM ET GLENDALE, Ariz. – The Arizona Cardinals learned what life is like with an injured DeAndre Hopkins. And it wasn’t pretty. The wide receiver left Thursday night’s game midway through the first quarter because of a hamstring injury and didn’t return until midway through the third quarter. When he returned, Hopkins was little

11:36 PM ET NFL commissioner Roger Goodell made a total of nearly $128 million via a combination of salary, bonuses and other benefits over the past two fiscal years, The New York Times reported Thursday night. According to the newspaper, the total was divulged at the just-concluded owners meetings this week in New York City.

7:25 AM ET We’re seven weeks into the 2021 NFL season, and the first-year cornerbacks continue to flex their collective muscles. Three of them make the second edition of our rookie rankings. And while our top 10 has some movement, once again only one quarterback made the cut. It’s actually a pass-catcher atop the board

10:48 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — On the eve of their biggest game of the season to date, the Arizona Cardinals lost one of their most important defensive pieces. Defensive end J.J. Watt will undergo what is likely to be season-ending shoulder surgery, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Wednesday night. No date has been

4:25 PM ET The attorneys for some former Washington Football Team employees rejected NFL commissioner Roger Goodell’s reasoning for not making the investigation into the organization public, saying in a letter that their clients wanted anonymity but also a written report. Goodell had said in a news conference at the league meetings Tuesday that they

11:00 AM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers will not pursue Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson with the NFL trade deadline approaching on Tuesday, a league source confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. ESPN and multiple media outlets reported earlier this week that the Panthers (3-4) had renewed their interest in potentially pursuing a Watson

8:30 AM ET Week 7 was a revenge of the home teams after a sluggish start to the season. Will the books adjust or view it as a one-week spike in front of home crowds? The Cowboys remain the only undefeated team vs. the point spread, while Niners, Jets and WFT all have one cover

7:00 AM ET NFL NationESPN Just like most of the populace, the NFL Power Rankings don’t like to admit when we’re wrong. So this week’s topic was a bit tough to bring up, as we asked our NFL Nation writers to pick the one thought they had about their team this preseason that hasn’t played

6:50 AM ET ESPN staff The Houston Texans are the team that’s most likely to have the No. 1 overall pick in the 2022 NFL draft when it begins on Thursday, April 28, according to the preseason 1-32 draft order projections from the ESPN Football Power Index (FPI). Could the Texans target a quarterback next