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2026 NFL draft questions: Top prospects, QB class, risers
There’s no official start to NFL draft season. But there’s no better time than the present to kick it off, as the calendar turns to December. The 2025 college football regular season just concluded, with conference championship weekend, the 12-team College Football Playoff and bowl games up next. Plus, the 2025 NFL season has only…
Vikings waive Thielen to let WR find bigger role in last season
Kevin SeifertDecember 1, 2025, 12:39 PM ET to close Kevin Seifert is a staff writer covering the Minnesota Vikings and the NFL at ESPN. Kevin has covered the NFL for more than 20 years, joining ESPN in 2008. He was previously a beat reporter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and the Washington Times. He is…
Colts say Sauce Gardner’s Achilles OK, IR move not being mulled
stephen holderDec 1, 2025, 02:51 pm ET to close Stephen joined ESPN in 2022 and covers the Indianapolis Colts and the NFL extensively. Stephen won first place in column writing at the 2015 Indiana Associated Press Media Editors contest, and he is a past top-10 winner in explanatory journalism at the Associated Press Sports Editors…
Jaguars’ Coen says Cooke’s alleged threat normal trash talk
michael dirocoDecember 1, 2025, 01:52 PM ET to close Michael DiRocco is an NFL Nation reporter for ESPN and covers the Jacksonville Jaguars. Before that he covered the University of Florida for more than a decade for ESPN and the Florida Times-Union. DiRocco graduated from Jacksonville University and is a multiple APSE award winner. Jacksonville,…
2025 NFL playoff picture: Sorting division races in NFC, AFC
Bill BarnwellDec 1, 2025, 09:00 AM ET Close Bill Barnwell is a senior NFL writer for ESPN.com. He analyzes football on and off the field like no one else on the planet, writing about in-season X’s and O’s, offseason transactions and so much more. He is the host of the Bill Barnwell Show podcast, with…
Sources: Michigan State targets Pat Fitzgerald as new coach
November 30, 2025, 07:23 PM ET Has emerged as a target of Pat Fitzgerald michigan state football’s coaching search, sources confirmed to ESPN’s Pete Thamel on Sunday night. Both sides are working towards an agreement, which is expected to be finalized in the near future. Fitzgerald’s anticipated arrival came two years after Michigan State fired…
Early Week 14 bets: Bears cover at Green Bay, Cowboys have edge on Lions
week 14 The push has begun with an important NFC battle dallas cowboys to visit detroit lions On “Thursday Night Football”. Cowboys have won back-to-back philadelphia eagles And kansas city chiefsWhile the Lions are facing defeat at home green Bay Packers, Editor’s Choice 1 related Sunday’s slate includes some major divisional games Chicago Bears Heading…
Week 13 winners and losers: Bijan Robinson, A.J. Brown deliver; Lamar Jackson, Jaxon Smith-Njigba struggle
Nov 30, 2025, 06:12 PM ET Week 13 of the 2025 fantasy football season featured standout performances by Bijan Robinson, A.J. Brown, Patrick Mahomes and Davante Adams, while fantasy stars Lamar Jackson, Jahmyr Gibbs, Saquon Barkley and Jaxon Smith-Njigba all were held in check. Who were the big winners and losers around the league? Matt…
College football Power Rankings: How did the top 25 look in Week 14?
Lane Kiffin was understandably the story of the Egg Bowl, but the coach’s prolonged employment decision didn’t really qualify as surprising for those who have followed his career. You know who was a surprise? Trinidad Chambliss. Did anyone outside of Oxford, Mississippi, or Big Rapids, Michigan, where Chambliss starred for Division II Ferris State before…