When the Chargers drafted tight end Oronde Gadsden II in the fifth round of the 2025 NFL draft, they didn’t know how good a player they had. They didn’t even know after seeing him through the offseason, training camp and the preseason, and they made him inactive for the first two weeks of the regular season. But when they finally …
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The Texans picked up four takeaways off of the Seahawks on Monday night. But Houston’s offense struggled mightily to finish drives and Seattle ended up with a 27-19 victory to keep pace with the Rams and 49ers in the NFC West. Seattle raced out to a 14-0 lead with a Zach Charbonnet 1-yard touchdown run and Jaxon Smith-Njigba’s 11-yard TD …
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A couple of months ago, it wasn’t even clear whether Browns running back Quinshon Judkins would be able to play as a rookie. Now he looks like the best rookie running back in the NFL. Judkins didn’t sign his rookie contract until September because the Browns waited to sign him until he was cleared from a domestic violence allegation. Judkins …
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Nick WagonerOct 20, 2025, 01:56 AM ET Close Nick Wagoner is an NFL reporter at ESPN. Nick has covered the San Francisco 49ers since 2016, having previously covered the St. Louis Rams for 12 years, including three years (2013 to 2015) at ESPN. In over a decade with the company, Nick has led ESPN’s coverage of the Niners’ 2019 and …
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Steve Sarkisian is better than 179 yards and eight first downs, so what’s really going on with Texas’ offense? 247Sports Texas survives UK on Shipley’s 45-yard FG in OT ESPN Texas’ Arch Manning faces criticism for struggles in win over Kentucky Fox News Why Steve Sarkisian thinks defense, special teams can carry Texas Austin American-Statesman Cats Drop Overtime Heartbreaker to No. 21 Longhorns UK Athletics …
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Rich CiminiOct 12, 2025, 02:49 PM ET Close Rich Cimini is a staff writer who covers the New York Jets and the NFL at ESPN. Rich has covered the Jets for over 30 years, joining ESPN in 2010. Rich also hosts the Flight Deck podcast. He previously was a beat writer for the New York Daily News and is a …
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Sherrone Moore now owns merely a 1-5 record in road games as head coach at Michigan after the Wolverines fell to the USC Trojans in L.A. Memorial Coliseum by a 31-13 final score on Saturday night. BEAT THE WOLVERINES @WellsFargo pic.twitter.com/Zo7rhjPGsT — USC Football (@uscfb) October 12, 2025 Moore’s win against Ohio State last season remains the only regular season …
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The Chiefs got lucky. They scored on a 2-yard throw from Patrick Mahomes to Travis Kelce on third-and-goal. Officials, though, threw a flag for offensive pass interference. JuJu Smith-Schuster freed up Kelce with a rub that took out cornerback Jourdan Lewis and safety Eric Murray. Mahomes quickly argued with officials that Smith-Schuster was within 1 yard of the line of …
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The Broncos showed up and showed out on Monday Night Football. Denver piled up 512 yards of offense, including 186 rushing yards, in blowing out Cincinnati 28-3. Both teams are 2-2. Broncos running back J.K. Dobbins ran for 101 yards, Sean Payton’s first 100-yard rusher since then-Saints running back Latavius Murray had 103 rushing yards in Week 18 of the …
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Caleb Williams threw for 207 yards and 210 yards in the first two weeks, respectively, with three total touchdown passes. Against a depleted Cowboys secondary, missing DaRon Bland, and a pass rush without Micah Parsons, the Bears quarterback is having his best game of the season. Williams completed 10 of 16 passes for 239 yards and three touchdowns in the …
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