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11 sensible midseason NFL trade ideas, and why they make sense
More Teams. More Games. John Fox and Tedy Bruschi break down the teams they’d like to see make trades before the deadline. (1:19) The NFL trade deadline is fast approaching. Teams have until Oct. 30 to negotiate deals, and as we saw last year with the Cleveland Browns’ bungled attempt to trade for AJ McCarron, […]
Continue readingNFL playoff risers in 2020: Are the Packers, Cardinals and Buccaneers really this good?
Last week, I looked at the NFL teams whose playoff chances have fallen most significantly since the start of the 2020 season. This week, I’m going in the opposite direction and looking at the five teams whose chances have improved the most since the beginning of the campaign, according to the estimates of ESPN’s Football […]
Continue readingPittsburgh Steelers put guard Stefen Wisniewski on IR with pectoral injury
Guard Stefen Wisniewski, who started the first game in place of David DeCastro, was put on IR following Friday’s practice. Wisniewski suffered a pectoral injury against the Giants, leaving the field one play before fellow lineman Zach Banner sustained a season-ending knee injury for which he had surgery Friday. Neither Wisniewski nor DeCastro practiced all […]
Continue readingBiggest Week 2 injury questions for all 32 NFL teams: More Frank Gore, less Michael Thomas and George Kittle?
The 2020 NFL season heads into Week 2 with a battle of Ohio between the Cincinnati Bengals and Cleveland Browns on Thursday night (8:20 ET, NFL Network). The Bengals could be without defensive tackles Geno Atkins and Mike Daniels, which could mean good things for the Browns’ run game. Elsewhere, tight end George Kittle‘s sprained […]
Continue readingSteelers RT Zach Banner set to undergo season-ending knee surgery
Pittsburgh Steelers right tackle Zach Banner confirmed in a video posted to Twitter on Tuesday that he is having season-ending surgery on his knee on Friday. Banner, who won the job after training camp, was injured in the fourth quarter of the Steelers’ 26-16 win against the Giants. “Everything’s going to be OK,” he said, […]
Continue readingFresh off win, Ben Roethlisberger ‘just so excited’ to be leading Pittsburgh Steelers yet again
If Ben Roethlisberger had any jitters Monday night, the veteran quarterback shook them off in time for a vintage performance in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 26-16 victory against the New York Giants. Playing for the first time in a year since a season-ending elbow injury sustained in Week 2 of 2019, Roethlisberger completed 21 of 32 […]
Continue readingPittsburgh Steelers’ injuries in win include RB James Conner, RT Zach Banner, RG Stefen Wisniewski
Running back James Conner suffered an ankle sprain in the 26-16 win over the Giants, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter, but the team is “optimistic for a timely return,” a source added. Right tackle Zach Banner was also injured, as was right guard Stefen Wisniewski. Coach Mike Tomlin didn’t have a definitive update after the […]
Continue readingBiggest Week 1 injury questions for all 32 NFL teams: Latest on Bucs’ Mike Evans, Bears’ David Montgomery
The 2020 NFL season opens Thursday with the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs playing host to the Houston Texans (8:20 p.m. ET, NBC). The lack of an offseason program and only 14 padded practices in training camp have contributed to a variety of soft-tissue injuries. Chicago Bears running back David Montgomery and wide receivers […]
Continue reading20 contenders for the 2020 NFL season, 20 big weaknesses: Ranking the Achilles’ heels
In the salary-cap era, no NFL team can head into a season with above-average starters at every position. Some teams have come close — and others have been able to mask their issues with dominant players at other positions — but every team’s weakness gets exposed. The New England Patriots, who have won six Super […]
Continue reading2020 NFL training camp position battles for all 32 teams: Quarterback openings for Patriots, Dolphins, more
As 2020 NFL training camps move from strength and conditioning work to padded practice over the next week, the competition for starting jobs will heat up across the league. There will be a maximum of 14 padded practices per team and, with no preseason games due to the coronavirus pandemic, they will go a long […]
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