More Teams. More Games. Pat McAfee says Mark Andrews‘ potential return for the Ravens’ divisional round matchup should give their offense a boost. (2:26) OWINGS MILLS, Md. — After the Baltimore Ravens clinched the AFC’s No. 1 seed on New Year’s Eve, players joyfully commemorated the season by taking group pictures while holding a newspaper […]
Continue readingAdditionally, ESPN Stats & Information provides a big stat to know and a betting nugget for each contest, and our Football Power Index (FPI) goes inside the numbers with game projections. ESPN researcher Kyle Soppe hands out helpful fantasy football intel, as well. Finally, Seth Walder and Eric Moody give us final score picks for […]
Continue readingLAKE FOREST, Ill. — The Chicago Bears have acquired wide receiver Chase Claypool from the Pittsburgh Steelers at the trade deadline in exchange for a 2023 second-round pick, it was announced Tuesday. The pick going to the Steelers is Chicago’s own selection and not the 2023 second-round pick that it received Monday after trading linebacker […]
Continue readingBateman, the No. 27 overall pick, had groin surgery last month after going down while running a route in training camp. He would provide another target for Lamar Jackson, who ranks 18th in the NFL with 761 yards passing. Baltimore also activated wideout Miles Boykin (hamstring) off IR. Boykin, a third-round pick in 2019, has […]
Continue readingPhillips becomes the eighth Ravens player (and sixth starter) to get placed on IR over the last three weeks. Baltimore now has a total of 14 players on IR, which tops the league, according to the Ravens. The Dallas Cowboys are second with 12. Making his first start at left guard Monday night, Phillips was […]
Continue readingTeams in the NFL are required to cut their rosters to 53 players by 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday. Cuts come earlier this season as teams had three preseason games — not four — to accommodate the 17-game regular season schedule. The biggest names let go are New England Patriots quarterback Cam Newton and New […]
Continue readingOWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson‘s playful and charismatic mood was put on pause for one question Tuesday. Has Jackson heard the talk that the NFL will catch up to him this season? Last week, ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reported that people around the league have told him: “This might be the year […]
Continue readingOWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens first-round pick Rashod Bateman will have surgery on his groin this week and could miss the start of the season. “He’ll be back from that sometime in September,” Ravens coach John Harbaugh said after Thursday’s practice. “I think that’s pretty good news.” Bateman’s surgery likely jeopardizes his availability for […]
Continue readingOWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens first-round pick Rashod Bateman will miss “a number of weeks” after the rookie wide receiver suffered a soft tissue leg injury, coach John Harbaugh said Wednesday. “I don’t know how many [weeks],” Harbaugh said. “It’s not going to be months, but it will be weeks and we’ll see where […]
Continue readingAs teams prep for this weekend’s 2021 preseason games, quarterbacks took the spotlight at training camp practices on Wednesday. The Ravens’ Lamar Jackson had his most accurate day of camp, Zach Wilson looked comfortable for the Jets, and Jordan Love prepared to start in the Packers’ preseason games on Aaron Rodgers‘ day off. Miami’s Tua […]
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