NFL reviewing heated exchange between referee and Vikings' Eric Wilson amid Week 4 officiating fallout
Quick Hits
- Refs under review: The NFL is investigating two separate Week 4 run-ins between players and officials — a heated exchange between a referee and Vikings linebacker Eric Wilson, plus an incident involving Cardinals tight end Trey McBride that went viral after the Giants' win over Arizona. The players' union has already issued a statement.
- Lamar Jackson hurt: The Ravens' star quarterback exited Sunday's game against Tennessee and is "day-to-day" — translation: no long-term diagnosis, but no guarantees for next week. Backup Tyler Huntley took over at halftime with Baltimore up 24-7.
- WNBA semifinals opened with a jolt: Golden State's defense smothered Las Vegas, and Jordin Canada lifted Atlanta past New York in both Game 1s — though CBS notes injuries are "already impacting both series."
- Baseball is down to eight teams: MLB's division series are underway, with Dodgers-Braves meeting in Game 2 Sunday and ESPN asking whether this is finally Milwaukee's year.
- Week 4 fallout: CBS Sports flagged Cowboys receiver CeeDee Lamb's "historic" day, handed Bears coach Ben Johnson an A- despite injuries, and left Houston's playoff hopes "hanging by a thread" after another Texans loss.
Minnesota Teams
- The Vikings made national headlines for the wrong reason: the league is reviewing a heated exchange between a referee and veteran Eric Wilson, one of two player-official incidents from Week 4 now under investigation. No discipline has been announced — the review is ongoing.
- Before kickoff, CBS Sports' experts listed the Vikings among their five "best bets" of the week, but full game recaps hadn't hit our feed at publish time — check back tomorrow for the result details.
NFL
- The Lamar Jackson situation is the league's big health story: he's being monitored and considered day-to-day after leaving the Titans game, with Tyler Huntley stepping in for the second half of what was a 24-7 game.
- From CBS' winners-and-losers column: Patriots quarterback Drake Maye "rediscovered his 2025 form" against Buffalo, while Houston's latest loss has the Texans' season on the brink barely a month in.
- Report card time: Ben Johnson's Bears earned an A- "despite injury woes" and the Bengals "slipped again." CBS' overreactions column, though, argues Johnson still won't win Coach of the Year and debates whether the Rams should remain Super Bowl favorites.
- The weekly roundup also noted CeeDee Lamb's historic performance, a "bizarre tiff" involving New England coach Mike Vrabel, and concluded the Packers "don't instill any faith" in a possible playoff run.
- Sunday night's prime-time game was Lions at Panthers in Charlotte, where CBS' experts were forecasting a high-scoring shootout — no result in our feed yet.
NBA
- With the NBA season a few weeks from tipping off, the hoop headlines belong to the WNBA semifinals: Golden State's defense took down Las Vegas, and Jordin Canada carried the Dream past the Liberty in Sunday's Game 1s. Both series are already dealing with injuries to key players, per CBS.
- ESPN published a viewer's guide to Aces-Valkyries and Liberty-Dream with keys to each matchup and who the favorites are — useful if you're hopping on the bandwagon late.
MLB
- The division series — the round of eight — is in full swing, and ESPN has odds posted for every game. Sunday's marquee was Game 2 of the Dodgers-Braves National League series, where CBS' SportsLine projection model weighed in with picks.
- The Brewers are the Upper Midwest team still alive, and ESPN examined whether Milwaukee's way will finally work in October — or whether the lack of power that's doomed past Brewers teams will do it again.
NHL
- The new season is warming up. Sunday's five-game slate was headlined by the Mammoth-Rangers game, which ESPN called a key interconference matchup (teams from opposite conferences — rare and a decent measuring stick), and Monday's four-game calendar is led by Sharks-Stars.
College Sports
- Week 6 brings some heavyweights: Alabama-Georgia, Oregon-UCLA and LSU-Kentucky headline the slate, and SportsLine's computer model likes Arkansas and Nebraska this week. There's also a Tuesday night appetizer with Southern Miss-Troy in Sun Belt play.
Other Sports
- UFC 332 went down Saturday in Salt Lake City, and CBS' takeaways crowned main-eventer Natalia Silva with "a signature moment" against Wang Cong, while prospects Jacobe Smith and Anthony Wint took steps forward in their development.
- Looking ahead: UFC 335 was announced for Dec. 12, headlined by Charles Oliveira-Diego Lopes and Alex Pereira-Sergei Pavlovich, with a ceremonial "BMF" belt on the line — a fan-favorite title that's more about bragging rights than rankings.