BALTIMORE — Nate Wiggins believes Year 3 is his time.

The Ravens cornerback made that abundantly clear when we spoke one-on-one Wednesday at his locker stall.

“This year is very big for me,” Wiggins said. “Going on to Year 3, man, I need to stand on business. For me, I just want everybody [to] know I’m one of the best cover guys in ...Read more

CHICAGO — The Chicago Bears are 1-0, but quarterback Caleb Williams is going to face a very different challenge in Week 2. Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores is always an enigma.

The Vikings finished second among 32 defenses in Week 1 with a 50% QB pressure rate, according to NFL Pro. The Vikings had four sacks in their ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The first pass Patrick Mahomes threw in an NFL game in nine months targeted the player to whom he’s completed nearly a thousand passes in his life.

Easy prediction, right?

Mahomes dropped back just four minutes into the Chiefs’ opener against the Broncos on Monday, looked to his left and never took his eyes off his ...Read more

FOXBORO, Mass. — You can say this for over-the-hill Aaron Rodgers.

The man can still protect a football.

Like a mama bear with an oblong cub.

Rodgers threw an interception 1.4% of the time last season to match his career mark, the lowest in NFL history among starting quarterbacks. All of Rodgers’ other 2025 passing stats were middling or ...Read more

CHICAGO — In the new world of Chicago Bears football, the defense has allowed 478 yards or more on four occasions since the start of last season.

The latest example was Sunday’s season-opening 59-37 victory over the Carolina Panthers, the type of shootout the Bears haven’t been accustomed to and rarely had a chance in during seasons past....Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A lawsuit filed by former Minnesota Viking offensive lineman Matt Kalil has been thrown out by a judge who rejected his claims that his privacy was invaded by his ex-wife discussing their sex life and his genitalia on a social media livestream.

U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz sided with popular social media influencer Haley ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Rams will be without edge rusher Myles Garrett for at least the next four games.

Will they have Aaron Donald for Monday night's game against the New York Giants?

"We'll see how this week goes," coach Sean McVay said Thursday before practice.

The Rams are coming off an embarrassing 27-7 defeat by the San Francisco 49ers in ...Read more

Patriots running back TreVeyon Henderson opened up about a social media post he published Monday on X, referencing a Massachusetts legal battle involving the custody and gender identity of a 17-year-old who has been separated from their parents for almost two years after the father was arrested and charged with assault.

The parents, Joseph and ...Read more

Los Angeles Times NFL writer Sam Farmer examines the matchups and makes his predictions for Week 2 of the NFL season.

All lines and over/under numbers are according to FanDuel Sportsbook.

Last week, Farmer posted a 7-9 (.438) record.

Using point spreads with the scores Farmer predicted, his record against the spread in Week 1 would have been ...Read more

Our 36th season of NFL picks in the Miami Herald has begun. We launched the “Friday Page” in 1991, when Dan Marino was still in his Pro Bowl prime, the Grateful Dead had the highest-grossing music tour, and LeBron James was a 7-year-old kid in Akron. As it tends to do, time has flown. Our new season did not begin ideally, but we shall shed ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Jaaqua Hunt, a longtime teacher, has a favorite saying that she shares with her students and with her son Jalyx, the third-year Eagles outside linebacker — “blossom where you’re planted.”

“You don’t have to originate in a place to become a part of that place,” she said. “So, take advantage of where you are.”

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PHILADELPHIA — Landon Dickerson stepped into a South Philadelphia sports bar Monday night and started answering questions, and anyone there who cared to understand the reality of professional football should have stopped chowing down on cheesesteaks and crab fries and listened closely to him.

Dickerson didn’t break any news about his health...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — On Wednesday, former Eagles center Jason Kelce said “You never want to overreact to Week 1.”

Still, Jason’s warning about reading too much into things too soon didn’t stop him and his brother, Travis, from dissecting all of the ins and outs of the NFL’s opening week on the latest episode of their podcast, New Heights....Read more

LOS ANGELES — Don't be distracted.

In the aftermath of the Rams' humiliating season-opening defeat in Australia, the team's defense is dominating the news cycle: edge rusher Myles Garrett's knee surgery, lineman Aaron Donald's potential season debut.

But as coach Sean McVay prepares his team for Monday night's game against the New York ...Read more

GREG COTE’S NFL WEEK 2 THURSDAY PICK

LIONS (1-0) at BILLS (1-0)

Line: BUF by 4 1/2.

Cote’s pick: BUF, 34-30.

TV: 8:15 p.m. Thursday, Prime Video.

Punters, take the night off. Scoreboard operator, don’t blink. The betting over/under of 54.5 points is astronomical for the NFL, but it could be 70, and I might still consider the over. ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Giants are taking more time to adjust to the three-hour West Coast time change than the Los Angeles Rams did to make the 11-hour switch for their season opener in Australia.

John Harbaugh is flying the Giants to L.A. on Saturday night for the team’s Week 2 Monday Night Football game at SoFi Stadium instead of the making the ...Read more

Joe Buck will call his seventh Super Bowl in February. It will be his first with ESPN — and, it turns out, won’t be his last.

The “Monday Night Football” play-by-play announcer and the network agreed to a six-year, $108 million extension, according to the Athletic. Buck’s deal was set to expire following this season.

Super Bowl LXI ...Read more