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1:24 AM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — A picked-up penalty flag in the final minute allowed the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to edge out the New York Giants 25-23 on Monday night at MetLife Stadium. Giants coach Joe Judge thought it was the wrong call. Bucs coach Bruce Arians thought it was the right call. The

7:15 PM ET The NFL competition committee expects to present a resolution to owners that includes a 16-team playoff scenario in the event games are lost because of the coronavirus pandemic, league sources told ESPN’s Chris Mortensen. The contingency plan — which could become more likely as bye weeks disappear — would feature eight playoff

6:35 AM ET ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — It rained here all morning, snowed as night fell, and in between, the Patriots’ 2020 season turned to mud and slid into nearby Lake Erie. Yes, the Bills (6-2) beat the Patriots (2-5) on Sunday, which is no small thing. They play twice a year, and this was

6:10 PM ET NFL NationESPN Week 8 in the NFL was action-packed. In an intense AFC North battle, the Steelers held off Lamar Jackson and the Ravens’ offense in the final minute to move to 7-0 on the season. The Vikings got by the Packers on a massive day from Dalvin Cook. And the Chiefs

first Quarter NO CHI FG 8:13 Wil Lutz Made 38 Yrd Field Goal 12 plays, 55 yards, 6:47 3 0 FG 1:17 Cairo Santos Made 44 Yrd Field Goal 14 plays, 49 yards, 7:00 3 3 second Quarter NO CHI TD 8:10 Allen Robinson II Pass From Nick Foles for 24 Yrds, C.Santos extra point

10:37 PM ET One factor that contributed to the Miami Dolphins‘ decision to name rookie Tua Tagovailoa as their starting quarterback was the fact that Miami owns the Houston Texans‘ first- and second-round picks in next year’s NFL draft, league sources told ESPN. The Dolphins need to know what they have in Tagovailoa as they

9:40 AM ET The roster percentages for this column are updated every Friday morning, and any players from Thursday’s Falcons-Panthers game have been taken out. Each week of the NFL season, we will identify fantasy football waiver-wire pickups specifically for those of you looking for streaming options in deeper formats (including IDP leagues). These are

2:37 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys on Saturday ruled out quarterback Andy Dalton for Sunday’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles because of a concussion, which means rookie Ben DiNucci will start in the key NFC East meeting. Dalton suffered the concussion in the third quarter of last week’s loss to the Washington

5:18 PM ET CINCINNATI — Bengals wide receiver John Ross opened up about his role and uncertain future in Cincinnati on Friday. Ross, who has not played in three of the team’s past four games as his role has diminished, rebuffed a report that suggested a team source wasn’t sure if the speedy receiver still

10:08 PM ET New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley underwent surgery Friday in Los Angeles to repair the torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. “Surgery was a success,” Barkley’s mother, Tonya Johnson, wrote in an Instagram post that included a picture of her son in a hospital bed. Barkley is expected to

7:05 AM ET In the middle of the weirdest NFL season comes the weirdest NFL trade deadline, which is Tuesday at 4 p.m. ET and, like everything else this year, fraught with the unprecedented. Example: This week, an NFL head coach told me one of the questions being asked in his front office about potential

7:15 AM ET ESPN staff The Week 8 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)

11:50 PM ET This time the Atlanta Falcons held on in the fourth quarter. Though it wasn’t without some drama. The Falcons beat the Carolina Panthers 25-17 Thursday night after taking an eight-point lead and sealing the victory with an interception by cornerback Blidi Wreh-Wilson at the Atlanta 9-yard line with less than a minute

1:30 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman underwent a precautionary standard knee procedure Thursday morning, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter, and is expected to miss Sunday’s road game against the Buffalo Bills. The Patriots are practicing in the rain Thursday and Edelman is not on the field with

7:43 PM ET NFL NationESPN It’s Week 8 in the NFL, and running backs are predictably getting the bumps and bruises (and worse) that could keep them out or limit their effectiveness. Aaron Jones missed the Green Bay Packers‘ win at Houston and his calf injury could linger into Sunday’s matchup against Minnesota. The Seattle

3:31 PM ET The NFL is moving forward with plans for a reduced-capacity Super Bowl LV, to be played Feb. 7 even if the league ultimately adds an 18th week to its regular season, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. At this point, the NFL is planning to hold capacity to 20% at Tampa’s Raymond James

7:00 AM ET As great NFL quarterbacks aim for the record books, sometimes they get knocked into them. The distinction of the most-sacked quarterback ever will soon belong to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers‘ Tom Brady or the Pittsburgh Steelers‘ Ben Roethlisberger, who’ve gone down behind the line of scrimmage a combined 1,017 times over 38

6:50 AM ET NFL NationESPN As the NFL Power Rankings charge toward midseason, this is a good time for assessment. And this week, it’s about identifying who must pick up the slack over the final 10 weeks of the campaign. While most of the selections below are individual players, position units and even coaches bear