KANSAS CITY, Mo. — NFL rosters must be set in two weeks.

Will defensive tackle Aaron Donald decide in the days ahead if he will return to the Rams?

Rams coach Sean McVay is not putting a hard timeline on it.

"I'm hopeful that it will be sooner than later, but I also want to respect when he does feel like that clarity will come," McVay said ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The end zone was nearly as elusive for the Philadelphia Eagles as the intrigue that surrounded the game.

The Eagles dropped their preseason opener, 24-7, to the Baltimore Ravens, a contest in which most of the starters on both sides rested. But while the Ravens offense managed to move the ball, picking up 440 net yards, the Eagles...Read more

CHICAGO — It’s an NFL tradition. Each rookie stands in front of a team meeting and sings a karaoke song to the group. It’s relatively harmless rookie hazing.

Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams was famously jeered off the stage by teammates in 2024. A year ago, tight end Colston Loveland crushed it with “Let Me Love You” by Mario...Read more

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Jaxson Dart received yet another concussion check in Saturday’s 13-10 Giants preseason opening loss to the Minnesota Vikings.

The second-year quarterback fortunately cleared the protocol, returned to the game and threw a touchdown pass to rookie receiver Malachi Fields.

But it is beyond concerning that Dart’s ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Ty Simpson's NFL debut could not have gone much better.

Going into Saturday's preseason game against the Kansas City Chiefs, the Los Angeles Rams rookie quarterback had said he did not expect to be perfect. The goal, he said, was to learn from mistakes and not repeat them.

Simpson, the 13th pick in the NFL draft, made no ...Read more

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Kyler Murray led the Minnesota Vikings to points on his first drive as the team’s starting quarterback in Saturday’s preseason opener against the New York Giants.

His best play was a third-and-7 completion that complemented the team’s reconfigured run game on a 10-play, 54-yard drive.

J.J. McCarthy directed ...Read more

SEATTLE — The Seattle Seahawks have agreed to a four-year, $132 million contract extension with Devon Witherspoon that will make him the highest-paid cornerback in the NFL at an average of $33 million a year, a source confirmed to The Seattle Times Saturday morning.

The deal includes $101 million guaranteed and was first reported by The NFL ...Read more

RENTON, Wash. — Words aren't something you can wear on your finger or place on your mantel, but sometimes they can be as meaningful as any award or accolade. And Seahawks receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba received some awfully kind ones during training camp.

On Tuesday's episode of "Hard Knocks," Seattle receivers coach Frisman Jackson praised the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Rams shocked fans — and much of the NFL — when they selected quarterback Ty Simpson with the 13th pick in the NFL draft.

Simpson started only 15 games at Alabama before the Rams ostensibly made him the eventual heir apparent to Matthew Stafford.

Now, after offseason workouts, two weeks of training camp and a few ...Read more

LANDOVER, Md. — The Miami Dolphins played their starters in their preseason opener, and the first-team offense found the end zone in a 20-7 loss to the Washington Commanders.

Starting quarterback Malik Willis and running back De’Von Achane combined to orchestrate a 14-play, 93-yard touchdown drive while rookie wide receiver Caleb Douglas ...Read more

ESPN NFL draft analyst Matt Miller, who lost his left arm after his car hit a truck in southern Missouri, has been charged with a misdemeanor as a result of the crash.

Miller was charged Monday in Jasper County with failure to drive on the right half of a roadway when the roadway was of sufficient width, resulting in an accident. Miller, 43, is...Read more

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — It doesn’t matter if it’s January, with a Super Bowl on the line, or an August preseason game where half the stadium is empty and the other half is thinking about beating traffic.

Chaos will find the San Francisco 49ers’ quarterback room.

On Thursday night, the Niners tempted fate by suiting up only two ...Read more

RENTON, Wash. — As Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald met the media after a walk-through Friday, he made clear the team feels comfortable that the potential reward in bringing in cornerback Terrion Arnold is worth the risk.

As Macdonald spoke, Arnold was not yet officially a Seahawk.

But at some point soon, the cornerback is expected to sign a ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — A very good thing: He was his harshest critic.

Fernando Mendoza was better than he let on when evaluating his play Thursday night. He looked the part. He got more comfortable as time passed. He settled into things. Didn’t force much at all.

It wasn’t near-perfect and it shouldn’t have been. There was some good and bad to ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Despite his implication that American hero Dr. Anthony Fauci somehow acted improperly during the COVID-19 pandemic, and despite his denials that he was considering retiring over the winter (he was), Vic Fangio is a compulsive truth-teller — at least, in his own mind. He dogged the Dolphins when he was there, he’s told us ...Read more

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Rashee Rice strolled around a corner and into a white tent alongside the Chiefs’ training camp practice fields at Missouri Western State. He placed two hands on a lectern, one on each side of a microphone, and nodded to signal his preparedness for questions.

It’s that familiar time of year.

It’s a familiar setting.

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FORT WORTH, Texas — At 61, Steve Beuerlein is at the age where he is often reminded weekly of his own mortality, and now he has joined millions of Americans who search for ways to extend their life as many years as possible.

Not just years, but quality years.

Unlike so many of his former teammates who grapple daily with the specter of ...Read more