University of Maryland graduate Lives in the Baltimore area with his wife and son OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson didn’t hold back Wednesday in providing a scathing assessment of his four-interception performance in Sunday night’s 16-10 victory over the Cleveland Browns. “Bad passes, inaccurate, underthrown passes. That’s all I seen. Bad […]

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts is dealing with an ankle injury, but coach Nick Sirianni is optimistic that the second-year signal-caller will be ready for Sunday’s game against the New York Jets. “We’re hopeful. We’re feeling good,” the coach said. “He’s feeling better every day. We’re excited that we’re going to have him out there […]

Four teams are on a bye, so all leagues will have some looking for replacements for Aaron Rodgers, Davante Adams, Nick Chubb, and D.J. Moore, among others. Circumstances could certainly be worse when it comes to a week with so many guys out of action, but it’s important to continue to find one-week answers to […]

Joe Burrow is smart, talented and supremely confident — and he’s got the Bengals contending for the first time in years. It was the start of the Cincinnati Bengals’ bye week, and Joe Burrow was asked about the team’s mindset after a fast start had stalled with two straight losses before the break. Burrow’s tone […]

Discussions surrounding the Dallas Cowboys’ ineffectual running game have primarily centered on Ezekiel Elliott and his banged-up knee. But Pro Bowl right guard Zack Martin said the offensive line takes some of the blame for the stagnant ground game. “I think you’ve got to look first and foremost at our room,” Martin said, via ESPN. […]

ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan Five-star quarterback Malachi Nelson committed to USC on Tuesday, following former Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley to the Trojans. “Yeah, This feels right,” Nelson wrote on Twitter, along with a graphic that included the words “STAYING HOME.” Nelson is the No. 3 prospect in the […]

Will Jimmy Garoppolo be on the move in the offseason? It certainly appears that way, based on NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport’s reporting this past Sunday. “Absent a Super Bowl run, which at this point is still theoretically possible, this is the 49ers’ plan next season: start Trey Lance, trade Jimmy Garoppolo,” Rapoport said on […]

Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman. PITTSBURGH — Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said there will be changes coming to his 5-5-1 team after its lopsided loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. “We just stunk the place up,” he said. “When you play the way that […]

This is the week you’ve been saving your FAAB budget for. Virtually all of the top Week 13 fantasy waiver pickups are running backs who are poised for high-volume workloads for at least one week, and with the fantasy football playoffs right almost upon us, getting one of those RBs could be the difference between […]

When Brian Kelly was asked on Nov. 22 whether he would ever leave Notre Dame for another school, he claimed he wouldn’t. Indeed, Kelly went so far as to channel Steelers coach Mike Tomlin in saying why he wouldn’t leave Notre Dame for anything short of a “fairy godmother” coming by with a $250 million […]