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7:15 AM ET ESPN staff The Week 13 NFL schedule is stacked with great matchups. Our NFL Nation reporters bring us the keys to every game, a bold prediction for each matchup and final score picks. Additionally, ESPN Stats & Information provides a stat to know for each game, and the Football Power Index (FPI)

2:47 PM ET Cincinnati Bengals rookie quarterback Joe Burrow is officially starting his recovery process. Burrow underwent knee surgery on Wednesday, the team announced. The procedure took place 10 days after Burrow suffered what sources previously told ESPN was a torn ACL and MCL in his left knee and other structural damage. “The procedure went

4:01 PM ET Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Josh Gordon has been reinstated for the final two weeks of the 2020 season, the NFL announced. Gordon will be allowed to begin COVID-19 testing on Friday and might join the Seahawks on Wednesday, Dec. 9, if he tests negative for the virus. He will be permitted to

7:15 AM ET Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen some movement in the MVP race for the 2020 NFL season. Last year’s winner has fallen out of contention, and the early front-runner for this year was leapfrogged by two former winners. With five weeks left in the season, can anyone catch Patrick Mahomes and

9:11 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Mike Tomlin’s assessment of the Pittsburgh Steelers‘ performance in the Wednesday matinee win against the Baltimore Ravens was blunt. “It was really junior varsity, to be quite honest with you,” Tomlin said after the 19-14 victory. “It was in all three phases. We couldn’t run the ball effectively when we

6:00 AM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When Eric Bieniemy was a free-agent running back in 1999, he had some relatively lucrative contract offers with other teams. He instead signed a deal for the minimum salary with the Philadelphia Eagles so he could play for their new head coach, an obscure former assistant by the

9:57 AM ET Baltimore Ravens running backs J.K. Dobbins and Mark Ingram are not expected to play in Wednesday’s game at the Steelers even though both are eligible to do so, according to a source. Dobbins and Ingram, who are currently on the reserve/COVID-19 list, did not travel with the Ravens to Pittsburgh on Tuesday

5:10 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Ravens are headed to Pittsburgh and Wednesday’s game is still on, but Baltimore had two more positive COVID-19 tests before departing Tuesday, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Sources told ESPN the positive tests belong to Ravens safety Geno Stone, a rookie seventh-round pick who has played two

5:10 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens activated nose tackle Brandon Williams, quarterback Trace McSorley and injured cornerbacks Tavon Young and Khalil Dorsey from the reserve/COVID-19 list on Tuesday. The Ravens have trimmed the number of players on the reserve/COVID-19 list to 16 players, which marks the first time they have reduced

6:45 AM ET NFL NationESPN The NFL Power Rankings enter December trying to figure out which games are truly the most important. Yes, every NFL game counts, but we admit that some just count a little bit more. Our NFL Nation writers assisted us in finding the most meaningful games down the stretch, picking games

11:39 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN There’s something about Russell Wilson playing in primetime. And there’s something about DK Metcalf playing in Philadelphia. The Wilson-to-Metcalf combination — plus another strong performance from the Seattle Seahawks‘ resurgent defense — was enough for a 23-17 win over the Philadelphia Eagles Monday night at Lincoln Financial Field. Metcalf caught

7:00 AM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — Over the first 10 weeks of the season, no team dropped back to pass as often as the Seattle Seahawks. Their offense went through Russell Wilson more than ever before, especially during the three games they played without their top two running backs, Chris Carson and Carlos

6:00 PM ET NFL NationESPN Week 12 in the NFL began with two blowout wins on Thanksgiving. On Sunday, the Falcons followed suit by routing the Raiders in a 37-point win. The Giants got win No. 4 on the season to move into first in the NFC East, the Titans made a statement in the

3:21 PM ET New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones left with a hamstring injury in the third quarter of Sunday’s 19-17 victory against the Cincinnati Bengals. Colt McCoy took his place as the Giants held on for the win, leaving them tied for first place in the NFC East with the Washington Football Team. The

4:59 PM ET The Kansas City Chiefs took a 17-0 lead on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday thanks to a pair of Patrick Mahomes touchdowns to Tyreek Hill. On the first, a 75-yard score, cornerback Carlton Davis was in one-on-one coverage with Hill but couldn’t keep up. Hill made the catch inside the 25

9:19 AM ET The Denver Broncos are expected to start undrafted rookie practice squad wide receiver Kendall Hinton at quarterback Sunday against the New Orleans Saints, but the team wanted their starting QB to be Rob Calabrese, their offensive quality control coach for the past two years, sources said. Denver felt that Calabrese had the

8:27 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — All season long, right from the first day of an abbreviated training camp in the August sun, Denver Broncos coach Vic Fangio has said 2020 would be a season “to improvise and adjust.’’ Now Fangio, the Broncos coaching staff and players have been handed the biggest adjustment anybody in

2:48 PM ET ALLEN PARK, Mich. — The Detroit Lions fired head coach Matt Patricia and general manager Bob Quinn on Saturday after two straight seasons under .500 and a third season where the team was again under .500 at midseason. Patricia’s record was 13-29-1 since taking over as the Lions coach in 2018. Quinn