The Steelers lost to the Bills, 28-27, on Thursday night at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y. Let's take a look at the Steelers who are rising and falling as the preseason rolls on:

Rising

— Will Howard led two short touchdown drives and made good, quick decisions on his two touchdown throws. He didn’t have many opportunities to throw...Read more

ATLANTA — Before NFL commissioner Roger Goodell all-but-officially handed the Seahawks over to the Khosla family Wednesday afternoon, he gave one last thank you to Paul and Jody Allen.

“They have done an amazing job over the 30 years, and I know that the Khosla family respects that, appreciates that, and will do their best to beat that ...Read more

NEW YORK — As an NFL offseason of recovery and ramp-up nears its end, Patrick Mahomes is right where he hoped to be.

The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback believes he’s on track to start Week 1 against the Denver Broncos at home on Sept. 14, which would be exactly nine months after he tore the ACL and LCL in his left knee.

“This has always ...Read more

The FBI has charged two men with scamming at least 26 women out of $1.3 million in four states. One of the alleged fraudsters posed as a San Francisco 49ers player.

Daejon Labrayae Love, 35, and Taylor Jamie Chan, 18, have been charged in federal court in Portland, Ore., with wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

From February 2022 ...Read more

Christian Gonzalez expressed frustration this week that he hasn’t reached a contract extension with the Patriots, and it’s becoming apparent why.

ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Thursday on “The Pat McAfee Show” that the Patriots and Gonzalez haven’t “been close” on a contract extension.

The Patriots’ Week 1 opponent, the Super...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Rams never found a way to consistently deploy speedy receiver Tutu Atwell. But they apparently can't quit him.

On Thursday, the Rams traded second-year running back Jarquez Hunter to the Miami Dolphins in exchange for Atwell, the team announced.

ESPN first reported the trade.

Hunter, 24, was a 2025 fourth-round draft pick ...Read more

SEATTLE — The Big Cat will continue to make his home in Seattle for at least three more years.

The Seahawks have reached agreement on a three-year extension with defensive lineman Leonard Williams, a source confirmed to The Seattle Times.

ESPN and The NFL Network first reported the news Thursday morning, stating that the deal for Williams �...Read more

DENVER — Barron mind, corners turn corners at different speeds.

Justin Simmons played on 31% of the Broncos’ defensive snaps as a rookie in 2016. Cornerback/nickel back/who-the-heck-knows back Jahdae Barron appeared in 30% of Denver’s snaps as a rookie last fall.

So, yeah, it’s safe to say that our old friend No. 31 has seen this movie...Read more

ATLANTA — The Khosla family is just one step from officially taking over ownership of the Seattle Seahawks after the NFL unanimously approved their purchase of the team Wednesday afternoon.

That thumbs up arrived in a unanimous vote during a special meeting of league owners at the Atlanta Airport Marriott. It paves the way for the sale of the...Read more

BALTIMORE — Lamar Jackson dropped back to pass and, with plenty of room to step up in the pocket, zipped a pass 20 yards through the air to Devontez Walker streaking across the middle of the Washington Commanders’ defense.

The third-year receiver caught it in stride and hit the gas, leaving a trail of defenders in his wake as he raced for ...Read more

The NFL’s 107th season kicks off soon. I remember that very first game. Dad didn’t trust the airplane fad yet, so we took a steam-engine train to Ohio. Man, the Dayton Triangles defense was great! Made things miserable for the Columbus Panhandles’ young quarterback, rookie Aaron Rodgers.

Anyhow, I have been predicting games in the Miami ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — This one time, anyway, winning a preseason game was a cause for the Chiefs.

Months after the then-American Football League team had been clobbered by Green Bay, 35-10, in the first Super Bowl in 1967, they were left simmering by the postgame words of Packers coach Vince Lombardi. The Chiefs, he declared, didn’t “compare...Read more

FOXBORO, Mass. — The Patriots have been more willing than Christian Gonzalez to publicly discuss their contract negotiations with the star cornerback.

Gonzalez doesn’t seem particularly thrilled by it, and he expressed frustration Tuesday that a deal hasn’t yet been reached.

Patriots executive vice president of player personnel Eliot ...Read more

FOXBORO, Mass. — There was the metaphor, right overhead.

Just past 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, a helicopter descended while Christian Gonzalez took questions from reporters a few hundred yards from its landing pad. The Patriots had just finished their final training camp practice of the summer. Gonzalez was still in uniform, a full participant for a ...Read more

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Jed York’s 49ers practiced Tuesday without him present, as they have throughout training camp, as they did two days earlier when the franchise’s 46-year-old owner sat in a suburban Ohio jail.

There is no outcry among the 49ers to shame him or demand change in the hierarchy after his Sunday morning arrest in a ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The Las Vegas Raiders may have been the beneficiary of some good luck with a positive diagnosis on the injury suffered by star running back Ashton Jeanty during Sunday’s practice.

Coach Klint Kubiak suggested there may have even been some divine intervention at play.

“The power of prayer,” Kubiak said Tuesday in addressing ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The mother of Ravens wide receiver Rashod Bateman’s child recanted her original statement that he pushed her into a wall and put his hands on her during a dispute that led to Bateman’s arrest in June.

Bateman’s attorney John Kennedy of New York-based Reed Smith said the alleged victim authorized him to provide The Baltimore ...Read more

San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York used a false name to text a person he believed was a sex worker before being arrested in a sting operation at a mobile home park near his residence in Ohio, according to an incident report obtained by the Bay Area News Group.

On Saturday, the day before his arrest, York texted a number listed in an undercover ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — On Monday, Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid still wasn’t ready to confirm Patrick Mahomes’ Week 1 status.

To this point, the Chiefs have held Mahomes back from any preseason action as he continues his rehab and recovery from the torn ACL and LCL he suffered eight and a half months ago.

Mahomes has never missed ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Receiver Allen Robinson II spent one season with the Rams. It didn't go the way L.A. fans had hoped when the former Pro Bowl receiver signed a three-year, $46.5 million deal with the then-reigning Super Bowl champions.

Still, Robinson had some positive takeaways from that portion of his career to share during a video he posted ...Read more