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Giants QB Jaxson Dart leaves game vs. Rams with knee injury

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New York Giants starting quarterback Jaxson Dart went down with a left knee injury on the team’s first drive in a "Monday Night Football" matchup against the Los Angeles Rams.

Dart’s leg appeared to take a hit immediately after taking a blow from Rams pass rusher Josaiah Stewart. Rams linebacker Byron Young also made contact with Dart, who ...Read more

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NFL injury updates on Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels and more starting QBs

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NEW YORK — Week 2 took a toll on two of the NFL’s top young quarterbacks, as Caleb Williams and Jayden Daniels on Sunday became the latest starters to suffer injuries.

Williams is considered week-to-week after leaving his Chicago Bears’ 9-3 loss to the Minnesota Vikings with a non-contact hamstring injury, head coach Ben Johnson said in ...Read more

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Aaron Glenn has no regrets after controversial calls cost Jets in overtime loss

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NEW YORK — The New York Jets left MetLife Stadium on Sunday with a painful lesson and a lingering question.

Aaron Glenn left with no regrets.

A day after the Jets squandered a 10-point fourth-quarter lead in a 20-17 overtime loss to the Green Bay Packers, Glenn stood by his decision not to call a timeout with about a minute remaining in ...Read more

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Sources: Zach Ertz is reuniting with the Eagles as tight end depth grows thin

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PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Eagles are reuniting with Zach Ertz, NFL sources said, confirming an initial ESPN report.

On the day tests revealed Dallas Goedert sprained the medial collateral ligament (MCL) in his knee in Sunday’s win over the Tennessee Titans and will miss multiple weeks, the Eagles are signing Ertz, 35, to their ...Read more

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Seahawks say QB Sam Darnold will return to practice 'in some capacity'

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SEATTLE — What looked to be a major injury suffered by Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold five plays into the regular season might only end up sidelining him for one game.

Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald said Monday that he expected Darnold to be on the practice field in some capacity on Wednesday, opening up the possibility that he could...Read more

Dieter Kurtenbach: The 49ers' WR room is down to the studs. It's time for Jordan Watkins to step up.

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Welcome to the reckoning, Jordan Watkins.

This is the most important week of your young NFL career, and it isn’t close.

Because the San Francisco 49ers’ wide receiver room hasn’t just thinned out. It’s been stripped straight down to the structural studs.

Kyle Shanahan and Brock Purdy don’t just need a ...Read more

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Rams WR Puka Nacua inactive for Monday's game vs. Giants with hip injury

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INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua won’t play on Monday night against the New York Giants after he suffered a hip injury late last week, turning an oddly consequential game in Week 2 all the more interesting.

Nacua, who did not practice on Friday and Saturday, spent most of the preseason period on the sidelines ...Read more

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Mac Engel: Cowboys should give elbow of Washington's Jayden Daniels a game ball

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ARLINGTON, Texas — The moment Jayden Daniels’ left arm bent in a direction God does not intend, the Dallas Cowboys had the matchup advantage they needed, because Christian Parker is not.

The Cowboys’ first-year defensive coordinator has not inspired a lot of confidence in a fanbase that desperately wants to believe that his hiring would ...Read more

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Caleb Williams 'will likely miss some time' -- though Bears coach Ben Johnson not ruling out Week 3

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CHICAGO — Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams may have avoided the worst-case scenarios after injuring his right hamstring Sunday, though coach Ben Johnson said Monday that Williams might miss “some time.”

Johnson declared Williams “week to week” but did not rule out the possibility that Williams could play in Week 3 against the ...Read more

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Bears QB Caleb Williams avoided a major injury to his hamstring, report says

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CHICAGO — Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams avoided any major injury to his right hamstring, according to a report from The Ringer and Netflix reporter Tom Pelissero.

Per the report, the Bears are not ruling out Williams’ possible return for the Week 3 game against the Philadelphia Eagles on “Monday Night Football” at Soldier ...Read more

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Vikings QB Kyler Murray clears concussion protocol, will start Week 3 vs. Buccaneers

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MINNEAPOLIS — Kyler Murray has cleared the NFL’s concussion protocol and will start the Minnesota Vikings’ Week 3 game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, head coach Kevin O’Connell said Monday.

Though Murray returned to practice on a limited basis last week while working through the five-phase protocol, he was not fully cleared and was ...Read more

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Mirjam Swanson: Mike McDaniel's complicated scheme is turning Chargers' offense into a disaster

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LOS ANGELES — Be careful what you wish for when you're wishing for a new offensive coordinator.

Chargers fans were so over Greg Roman. Anything would be better than his run-heavy scheme stunting quarterback Justin Herbert's anticipated ascension. Anyone would be preferable to the man holding the reins while the Chargers scored just three ...Read more

Mike Vorel: How Seahawks QB Drew Lock sent a message that transcends stats in win

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GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Seattle Seahawks didn’t win despite Drew Lock.

They won, in part, because of their “backup quarterback.”

That’s something many Seahawks fans would have said even a week ago, after Lock relieved injured starter Sam Darnold and erased a 10-point second-half deficit to defeat the reigning AFC champion New England ...Read more

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Omar Kelly: The standard for this Dolphins season needs to be avoiding blowouts

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. — There’s often a moment leading up to a loss when the doubt creeps in, the confidence gets rattled and the composure gets compromised.

There were probably many of those moments for this young Miami Dolphins team, which unraveled in the third quarter, allowing 21 straight points in San Francisco’s 35-13 win.

But the ...Read more

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Five things that stood out about the Chiefs' overtime win vs. the Colts on 'SNF'

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Patrick Mahomes looked more like himself.

The late-game fortune looked pretty reminiscent, too.

The Chiefs used the best outing from Mahomes in more than two years for a 33-30 overtime win against the Colts in a game built for Sunday Night Football.

Here are five observations from immediately after a great game at Arrowhead Stadium:

1. The...Read more

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Broncos defense rallies against Jaguars on short week after parking lot film session

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DENVER — In 10 feet of Empower Field grass, the Denver Broncos defense found plenty of real estate to make a stand.

They’d played much better than Monday night’s Kansas City disaster class through 30-plus minutes Sunday against a dangerous Jacksonville offense, and yet a 10-3 game felt in danger of slipping out of reach when the Jaguars ...Read more

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After rally attempt falls short, Bears backup QB Tyson Bagent 'ready to roll' in Caleb Williams' stead

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CHICAGO — Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams carried lofty expectations coming into his third season, and they only grew when he engineered a 59-point season-opening win.

That all came crashing to a halt with 7 minutes, 27 seconds left in the fourth quarter Sunday in a 9-3 loss to the Minnesota Vikings at Soldier Field when Williams ...Read more

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Raiders pull off road upset vs. Chargers, earn first 2-0 start in 5 years

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INGLEWOOD, Calif. — The Las Vegas Raiders made the kind of egregious mistake Sunday that has led to far too many losses the last few seasons.

This time, they immediately atoned for their error.

The result was a 26-14 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers at SoFi Stadium and their first 2-0 start since their last playoff campaign of 2021.

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Seahawks ride Jaxon Smith-Njigba for club-record 12th straight win

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GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Seattle Seahawks’ franchise-record 12th straight win Sunday featured each of the trademarks of the previous 11 victories in this streak.

Explosive offensive plays?

Yep, and beginning just two plays in when quarterback Drew Lock, indeed looking like the best backup in the NFL, hit Jaxon Smith-Njigba for an 82-yard ...Read more

49ers win 35-13 in home-opening rout of Dolphins

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Touchdown. Touchdown. Halftime.

Touchdown. Touchdown. Touchdown. Holy moly.

So it went for quarterback Brock Purdy and the San Francisco 49ers’ fun-to-watch offense in Sunday’s 35-13 rout over the Miami Dolphins, an ideal start to a three-game homestand at Levi’s Stadium.

Purdy, coming off a three-touchdown ...Read more