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10:32 AM ET The Tennessee Titans have closed their facilities until Saturday after three players and five non-players tested positive for COVID-19, a league source told ESPN’s Dianna Russini on Tuesday. The Titans, citing an “abundance of caution,” issued a statement Tuesday saying they’ve halted in-person work Tuesday. The Minnesota Vikings, who played the Titans

12:12 AM ET Patrick Mahomes and Lamar Jackson are many things — quarterbacks, playmakers, artists and friends. But right now, one thing they are most certainly not is rivals. Mahomes is too good to have a rival. He proved Monday night that he is playing a different game than everybody else, with the same wonderment

5:20 PM ET The Houston Texans are bringing in safety Earl Thomas for a workout, and his signing this week is more likely than not, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The Baltimore Ravens abruptly parted ways with the seven-time Pro Bowl selection in August after Thomas had an on-field altercation with teammate Chuck Clark.

6:45 AM ET It felt as if Bears coach Matt Nagy overreacted Sunday when he yanked starting quarterback Mitchell Trubisky from the game and put in Nick Foles. Sure, Trubisky hadn’t been great against the Falcons. And he’d just thrown a drive-killing interception. But we’ve certainly seen him look worse, and besides, the Bears were

6:20 PM ET NFL NationESPN Week 3 in the NFL was pretty wild. The Bills nearly fell to the Rams after taking a big lead, but quarterback Josh Allen led an eventful final drive to move Buffalo to 3-0 on the year. The Falcons did fall to the Bears, losing their second double-digit lead in

8:15 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN SEATTLE — Another week, another record for Russell Wilson. And thanks to his five touchdown passes Sunday to bail out near collapse by his defense, another nail-biting win for the 3-0 Seattle Seahawks over the Dallas Cowboys. Seattle prevailed 38-31 at CenturyLink Field when defensive back Ryan Neal — just

11:34 AM ET Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones is inactive for Sunday’s game against the Chicago Bears while recovering from a hamstring injury. Jones injured his left hamstring before the season then strained it again during last week’s 40-39 loss at Dallas. He did not practice all week leading up to the Bears game,

10:05 PM ET The Green Bay Packers will give star wide receiver Davante Adams up until game time Sunday night to recover from his hamstring injury and prove that he can play against the New Orleans Saints, a team source tells ESPN. Adams is officially listed as doubtful, and the source told ESPN that it’s

8:29 PM ET Associated Press COSTA MESA, Calif. — The Los Angeles Chargers will be without two of their starting defensive linemen for at least the next three games after putting defensive end Melvin Ingram and defensive tackle Justin Jones on injured reserve Saturday. Ingram practiced Wednesday and Thursday but did not go Friday because

6:00 AM ET Sarah Barshop Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered the Packers for ESPN Milwaukee Marquette University graduate Brooke Pryor Close ESPN Staff Writer Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman. On the wall that extends from the first floor to the second in the

7:15 AM ET ESPN staff The Week 3 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)

11:53 AM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan confirmed Friday what he’s hinted at all week: Nick Mullens will start at quarterback in place of the injured Jimmy Garoppolo on Sunday against the New York Giants. Shanahan indicated Wednesday that Mullens would “most likely” start in place of Garoppolo, who

6:59 AM ET Mike Triplett Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered Saints for eight years at New Orleans Times-Picayune Previously covered LSU football, San Francisco 49ers Iowa native and University of Iowa graduate Rob Demovsky Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered Packers for Green Bay Press-Gazette from 1997-2013 Two-time Wisconsin Sportswriter of the Year as selected by

11:48 PM ET It doesn’t matter what jersey Ryan Fitzpatrick wears when he plays the Jacksonville Jaguars. Take your pick of a half-dozen different team uniforms. All of them have led to one result: victory. Fitzpatrick on Thursday night became the first NFL player since at least 1950 to record at least one victory for

7:34 AM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A year ago this week, Minshew Mania took flight. Rookie quarterback Gardner Minshew threw a pair of first-quarter touchdown passes to lead the Jacksonville Jaguars to a 20-7 victory over the Tennessee Titans on Thursday Night Football. He did a postgame interview on the NFL Network and joined Scott

6:45 AM ET The idea of an NFL game being must-win in Week 3 seems silly, but that’s only true for 21 of the league’s 32 teams. The other 11 teams started 0-2, which leaves them in an incredibly vulnerable position heading into the third week of the campaign. You never want to suggest that

8:00 PM ET NFL NationESPN The 2020 NFL season heads into Week 3 highlighted by a matchup of undefeated AFC powers in the Baltimore Ravens and Kansas City Chiefs on Monday Night Football (8:15 p.m., ESPN). The Chiefs might be without Darrel Williams (ankle), their best power running back, and Ravens offensive tackle Ronnie Stanley

11:44 AM ET A Los Angeles Chargers team doctor accidentally punctured quarterback Tyrod Taylor‘s lung just before kickoff Sunday while trying to administer a pain-killing injection to the quarterback’s cracked ribs, league and team sources told ESPN. That is the reason Taylor did not start Sunday and rookie quarterback Justin Herbert unexpectedly did against the