Stephon Gilmore warmly greeted Robert Kraft

Stephon Gilmore didn’t like the way his career with the Patriots ended, but he doesn’t seem to blame owner Robert Kraft. The cornerback, playing his former team for the first time, warmly greeted Kraft before pregame warmups. The Patriots tweeted a photo of Gilmore with his arm around Kraft. The Panthers tweeted a video of [more]

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Tua Tagovailoa active despite finger injury that will reportedly keep him from starting

Word on Sunday morning was that the Dolphins are planning to start Jacoby Brissett against the Texans because Tua Tagovailoa is dealing with an injured finger, but the injury isn’t enough to put Tagovailoa on the inactive list. Tagovailoa is in the lineup and will be the only backup option should Brissett be knocked out [more]

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Several Vikings wearing “Free Odell” shirts in pregame warmups

Friday’s news apparently didn’t make its way to Minnesota. Via Mike Garafolo of NFL Media, several Vikings players were wearing “Free Odell” shirts during pregame warmups in Baltimore. The players sending the message include receiver Justin Jefferson, who like Beckham went to LSU, and cornerback Cameron Dantzler (pictured with Beckham), a fellow Lousiana native. On [more]

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Sam Darnold, Christian McCaffrey active for Panthers

Panthers quarterback Sam Darnold was cleared through the concussion protocol on Saturday, but his status for Sunday’s game against the Patriots remained questionable because of a right shoulder injury. The Panthers erased the question mark on Sunday morning. Darnold is active and set to start as the Panthers try for a second straight win. Darnold [more]

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NFL Week Nine early inactives: James Robinson out for Jaguars

Every week we bring you all the inactives from the 1 p.m. ET games in one post, constantly updated with the latest information. The Jaguars won’t have their leading rusher for Sunday’s game against the Bills. James Robinson was listed as questionable because of a heel injury that kept him out of practice on Wednesday [more]

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Harrison Smith on COVID-19 reserve list, out Sunday

Safety Harrison Smith will not play for the Vikings in Baltimore on Sunday. The Vikings announced that Smith has been placed on the COVID-19 reserve list a little more than 90 minutes before their game with the Ravens is scheduled to start. Courtney Cronin of ESPN.com reports that the team was running extra tests after [more]

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Report: Jacoby Brissett to start for Dolphins as Tua Tagovailoa rests injured finger

The Dolphins are going with Jacoby Brissett as their starting quarterback today against the Texans. Tua Tagovailoa, who was listed as questionable on the injury report because he hurt a finger on his throwing hand, will get some time to rest his injury, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN. The Dolphins don’t have any other [more]

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