Report: Patriots G Jared Wilson has a high-ankle sprain
Patriots left guard Jared Wilson left Sunday's win over the Bengals with an ankle injury and he could be looking at some more time out of the lineup.
Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that Wilson has been diagnosed with a high-ankle sprain. Recovery times from those injuries can vary, but they often keep players out for multiple weeks.
Ben Brown replaced Wilson in Sunday's win.
The Patriots play the Giants on Monday night and then have a bye in Week 14, so the third-round pick could miss just one game while getting multiple weeks to recover.
Wilson's injury came on New England's third offensive play and they lost left tackle Will Campbell to a knee injury later in the game. Head coach Mike Vrabel said on Monday that he expects Campbell to miss time, so the 10-2 AFC East frontrunners are going to have to adapt on their offensive line heading into Week 13.
Monday Night Football: How to watch the Carolina Panthers vs. San Francisco 49ers NFL game tonight
The 6-5 Carolina Panthers visit the 7-4 San Francisco 49ers for a Week 12 Monday Night Football matchup at Levi's Stadium. Both NFC teams find themselves on the playoff bubble, and while the 49ers have a better chance of making it to the postseason as of right now, a win for Carolina would be massive, especially as they're coming off a Week 11 win against the Atlanta Falcons. Rookie receiver Tetairoa McMillan has shown up for the team big time in recent weeks and the momentum is there, will Carolina be able to eke out a potentially season-changing win? We'll find out on Monday.
You can tune into Monday Night Football's Panthers vs. 49ers game on ESPN, which is available on steaming platforms like ESPN unlimited, Fubo, and DirecTV, and for a limited time, you can get an amazing deal on Sling's Day Pass — you can watch 24 hours of TV on Sling Orange, including this week's MNF game, for just $1. Here's how.
How to watch the Carolina Panthers vs. San Francisco 49ers:
Date: Monday, Nov. 24, 2025
Time: 8:15 p.m. ET
TV channels: ESPN, ESPN Deportes
Streaming: Fubo, DirecTV, ESPN Unlimited, NFL+ and more
Carolina Panthers vs. San Francisco 49ers game time:
The Panthers vs. 49ers game kicks off at 8:15 p.m. ET/5:15 p.m. PT this Monday, Nov. 24, 2025.
Carolina Panthers vs. San Francisco 49ers game channel:
The Week 12 game between the Panthers and the 49ers will air on ESPN and ESPN Deportes.
How to watch the Carolina Panthers vs. San Francisco 49ers game without cable:
You can tune in to ESPN and ABC through your cable provider, or on streaming platforms like DirecTV, Fubo and more. You can also stream the game on the ESPN App with ESPN Unlimited, or with NFL+ (via phone or tablet only).
Many NFL games are broadcast on local channels, so if you're looking to catch an in-market game, it may be as simple as turning on your TV (or setting up a digital TV antenna) or finding a live TV streaming service that carries the correct RSN (Regional Sports Network). If you want to watch out-of-market games, a $7 monthly subscription to NFL+ will let you watch every out-of-market local and primetime game in the season on your phone — but only a select few regular-season games on your TV. You could also spring for the uber-expensive NFL Sunday Ticket package to get every out-of-market Sunday game of the season.
When it comes to nationally broadcast games, NFL games typically air across ESPN, NBC, CBS, Fox, ABC and NFL Network. Thursday Night Football games stream exclusively on Amazon Prime Video, select football games will stream exclusively on Peacock, games on CBS will stream live on Paramount+, and Monday Night Football games will air on ESPN or ABC and stream on the newly revamped ESPN+ this season. That's six channels and four streaming platforms to keep up with this season — and that's not counting your local RSN's for in-market games and an NFL+ or NFL Sunday Ticket subscription for out-of-market games. Plus, Netflix is once again hosting at least two Christmas Day matches, so add that subscription into the mix. And we can't forget about Fox One, Fox's first streaming service, a place where you can also stream games airing on FOX (if you don't already have access to it).
Confused? You're not alone. Here's a breakdown of the platforms we recommend checking out during the 2025 NFL season, so that come game time, tuning into your favorite team's games will be as easy as simply turning on the TV.
Every way to watch NFL games this season:
To recap, here are all the ways you can watch NFL games in 2025.
Be afraid, America. The Patriots are very much back
In The Usual Suspects, the stone-cold-classic 1995 crime thriller, the bad guys seem pretty obvious — blindingly so, really, loud and in your face and claiming all of your attention every time they’re onscreen. But the real villain is lurking right there in plain sight, an apparently broken wretch who’s been pulling the strings all along without anyone noticing.
Why do I lead an NFL column with a reference to a 30-year-old movie about a villain hiding in plain sight? Oh, I don’t know … have you checked the AFC East standings lately?
The New England Patriots are back, friends. Winners of nine straight, led by an old-school lead-with-the-forehead head coach, quarterbacked by the best signal-caller to join the NFL since the pandemic, held together by one of the top scoring defenses in the league, the Patriots are now officially a legitimate capital-P Problem for the rest of the league. Again.
You can understand why the NFL universe might be troubled by this development. After Tom Brady left the Greater Boston area for Florida and Bill Belichick decided to go re-enact the plot of Old School, the NFL thought it was done with the Pats for a decade or so. The Chiefs took up the “new dynasty” mantle, and everyone safely relegated the Pats to the six-win bin along with the Jets and Titans. Nightmares are never as scary in the daylight, and the Patriots’ two-decade run through the NFL faded into memory.
Until this season.
Mike Vrabel's arrival in New England has unlocked Drake Maye and the Patriots. (Photo by Ian Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
Mike Vrabel, who won three Super Bowls with the Pats and — perhaps even more impressively — led the Titans to the AFC championship game and, later, a No. 1 seed as a coach. (The decisionmaking that led to Tennessee releasing him is one reason why Tennessee has a single win this year, and New England has 10.) Vrabel has rebooted the culture in New England, bringing back the Belichickian swagger but not the needless Belichickian crustiness. The former linebacker now oversees a team whose defense ranks sixth in points allowed, eight in yards allowed, and second in rushing yards allowed. He’s also unlocked an offense that thrown for more yards than any team in the league. The results have been obvious, as has the praise from players up and down the roster.
“I think (Vrabel) has done a great job bringing us close together as a team, helping us to play for each other, not just for ourselves,” running back TreVeyon Henderson said after New England’s win over Cleveland. “So, I have been thankful to have him as a head coach. He has been doing such a good job of pushing me, pushing everyone on this team no matter who we are."
“He brings it every day, he challenges us but he also cares about us and cares about us outside of the building,” Drake Maye said in October. “He's just awesome to play for.”
Sure, players said that about Belichick too, but it always felt more like a hostage-video confession than a true expression of affection. Some wins come at more cost than others.
Maye himself is a key factor in the Patriots’ renaissance. His 3,130 yards (without a bye) lead the league. He ranks second in yards per completion at 8.8 (to Sam Darnold) and passer rating of 110.7 (to Matthew Stafford), and as a result is very much in the MVP conversation. It’s way too early to compare him to You Know Who, but a reliable young quarterback is a rare asset in the modern NFL. And if you’ve got a quarterback with this kind of touch …
just an excellent throw from Drake Maye on that Kyle Williams catch & run TD.
across the field while getting hit, puts it right on the money and Williams doesn't even have to break stride. Top-tier stuff. pic.twitter.com/1ldQl30vhN
Five games remain in the regular season for New England, starting with next Monday’s battle with an old nemesis, the New York Giants. Following the very late Week 14 bye, New England wraps the year with a run through the division, plus a visit to Baltimore. Difficult but manageable, especially given the AFC East lead the Patriots have posted over the 7-4 Bills.
And from there, who knows? If the Patriots were trying to get into the College Football Playoff, analysts would point to the ugly Week 1 loss to the Raiders, plus a whole bunch of high-calorie victories over teams like Miami, New Orleans, Tennessee, Cleveland, Atlanta and the Jets. But style points don’t matter in the NFL, victories do. Get into the playoffs — and they’re 99 percent likely to do so, per NFL.com — and the Patriots can do all kinds of damage. Again.
"You want high expectations," Maye said prior to the start of the season. "This city, the Patriots are used to winning, and that's what we're trying to get back to. You want people to expect you to play well."
Pat Patriot isn’t walking with a limp anymore, and the rest of the NFL has dropped its coffee cup. Only difference between this Patriots season and The Usual Suspects: the Pats’ season isn’t anywhere close to finished.