Football (NFL)

Sep 16, 2025, 12:54 PM ET Tom Brady did not violate any NFL rules by wearing a headset in the Las Vegas Raiders’ coaching booth during Monday night’s game. The NFL said Tuesday in a statement that Brady, a minority owner with the Raiders and a broadcaster for Fox, is “prohibited from going to a […]

Getty Images Calijah Kancey left the Buccaneers’ Week 2 win over the Texans in the second quarter after suffering a pectoral injury that kept him out for the remainder of the game. On Tuesday, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported the third-year defensive lineman was feared to have suffered a torn pectoral muscle, which would end his

We are through Week 2 of the 2025 NFL regular season, and while the 2026 draft is still months away, it’s never too early to take a look at the projected first-round draft order for all 32 teams — using ESPN’s Football Power Index (FPI). Each week during the season, ESPN’s FPI projects the draft

Just two weeks into the 2025 NFL season, two different quarterbacks have already been sidelined with turf toe injuries. The San Francisco 49ers’ Brock Purdy was the first to go down, playing all of Week 1 but missing Week 2 with the issue. The Cincinnati Bengals’ Joe Burrow followed suit with an even more serious

Sep 16, 2025, 12:20 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Sean McVay says he tore his plantar fascia while coaching the Los Angeles Rams to victory over the Tennessee Titans last Sunday. McVay revealed his foot injury Monday night on his “Coach McVay Show” produced by the Rams. The youngest coach to win a Super Bowl

Heading into the 2025 NFL season, the Cincinnati Bengals were viewed as a Super Bowl contender, but after losing Joe Burrow to long-term injury on Sunday, the oddsmakers have essentially given up on the Bengals.  With Burrow set to miss at least three months due to his toe injury, the Bengals Super Bowl odds went from

Elizabeth MerrillSep 16, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close Elizabeth Merrill is a senior writer for ESPN. She previously wrote for The Kansas City Star and The Omaha World-Herald. CAM JURGENS’ WHITE Dodge Ram pickup truck crunches the gravel as he pulls up to his boyhood home on the outskirts of Pickrell, Nebraska, population 186. Three

It turned out to be a dangerous Week 2 for NFL quarterbacks, with four picking up injuries that could cause them to miss Week 3 and potentially longer. The biggest blow came to the Bengals, as Joe Burrow is set to be sidelined for the majority of the season with a toe injury, making this

Stephen HolderSep 16, 2025, 06:00 AM ET Close Stephen joined ESPN in 2022, covering the Indianapolis Colts and NFL at large. Stephen finished first place in column writing in the 2015 Indiana Associated Press Media Editors competition, and he is a previous top-10 winner in explanatory journalism in the Associated Press Sports Editors national contest.

We’re only two weeks into the 2025 NFL season, but that doesn’t mean there hasn’t been enough action to draw some conclusions. Each week of the season is a new data point, after all, and the more of those we get, the more we learn. And in Week 2, we learned a whole lot. That’s why

Ben BabySep 16, 2025, 10:31 AM ET Close Ben Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. He joined the company in July 2019. Prior to ESPN, he worked for various newspapers in Texas, most recently at The Dallas Morning News where he covered college sports. He provides daily coverage of the Bengals for ESPN.com, while

Getty Images The Cincinnati Bengals are set to be without star quarterback Joe Burrow for at least three months after he suffered a brutal toe injury that requires surgery. In the wake of Burrow’s devastating injury, the Bengals are signing veteran quarterbacks Mike White and Sean Clifford to the team’s practice squad, according to NFL Media.