7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The Week 18 NFL schedule for the 2022 season is stacked with great matchups, and we got you covered with what you need to know heading into the weekend. Our NFL Nation reporters bring us the biggest keys to every game and a bold prediction for each matchup. Additionally, ESPN

9:28 PM ET Alaina GetzenbergESPN ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The worst part of the past three days for Buffalo Bills cornerback Dane Jackson was the unknown. His hometown friend Damar Hamlin had collapsed on the field during the first quarter of Monday night’s Bills-Bengals game and was in critical care in the hospital after suffering

9:20 PM ET CINCINNATI — The Week 17 game between the Bengals and Bills has been canceled and will not continue, the league announced Thursday night. Monday’s game was suspended with less than six minutes left in the first quarter when Buffalo safety Damar Hamlin went into cardiac arrest after making a tackle. His heartbeat

10:37 AM ET ESPN News Services Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin is beginning to awaken as he shows “substantial improvement” in his recovery from going into cardiac arrest and collapsing on the field during Monday’s game, doctors at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center said Thursday. One of the doctors, Timothy Pritts, said Hamlin is

5:27 PM ET CINCINNATI — The prayers between Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins and Damar Hamlin’s family are going both ways. In his first comments since Hamlin went into cardiac arrest and collapsed, Higgins said Thursday that Hamlin’s mother, Nina, has been in touch and offered prayers in support in the aftermath of his

1:35 PM ET CINCINNATI — The show of support around Cincinnati for Damar Hamlin now includes a large effort involving the wife of Bengals coach Zac Taylor. Sarah Taylor is leading the charge of grade-school students in Cincinnati who are writing get-well cards for the Bills safety, who remains hospitalized at the University of Cincinnati

5:32 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has been sidelined for over a month with a sprained knee, but offensive coordinator Greg Roman isn’t counting him out for the postseason, which begins next week. “He’s a special guy,” Roman said after Thursday’s practice. “I think if somebody’s got a chance

5:56 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball COSTA MESA, Calif. — Speaking to reporters on Thursday for the first time since he was ejected from a Week 16 matchup against the Indianapolis Colts for

7:00 AM ET Rob Demovsky Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered Packers for Green Bay Press-Gazette from 1997-2013 Two-time Wisconsin Sportswriter of the Year as selected by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Eric Woodyard What was a dog of a game on the afternoon of Nov. 6 at Ford Field has turned into the game

6:00 AM ET EAGAN, Minn. — A season-long debate about the Minnesota Vikings is nearing an end, and here’s the best we can say: They have produced a season unlike any other in modern NFL history. Their performance has shocked analysts who track metrics that usually reflect reliable outcomes, and it has left supporters to