CHICAGO — Chicago Bears coach Ben Johnson did not commit to a starting quarterback Monday as the team prepares to play the Atlanta Falcons in Week 6.

Regular starter Caleb Williams returned to practice Friday and worked out with team trainers Sunday at Lambeau Field. But Johnson gave no indication if Williams might be ready to return. He hasn...Read more

SEATTLE — The Seattle Seahawks can beat anyone in the NFL.

Especially the Seahawks.

On Sunday, the formidable and undefeated San Francisco 49ers benefited. They deserve credit for surfing the landslide of Seahawks mistakes to a 32-29 NFC West win. Kyle Shanahan’s team also mounted back-to-back fourth-quarter scoring drives in a Lumen Field...Read more

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Bo Nix is not fixed.

Not even close.

The defense dropped its fangs into Justin Herbert. Jim Harbaugh did something stupid. And the ground game found fertile soul.

So, sure, the Broncos deserved their 23-17 win over the Los Angeles Chargers, smelling salts and panic bringing Denver to its senses Sunday as the season ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Nick Sirianni was clear on Sunday afternoon that his decision to allow Jake Elliott to kick the ball to Ameer Abdullah with eight seconds left cost his team the game. A day later, after being able to review the game-ending situation that led to the Eagles’ third straight loss, Sirianni again admitted his mistake.

“Leading ...Read more

The NFL draft is a multibillion-dollar, months-long pageant where countless folks in team-issued polo shirts spend months grinding tape, measuring hands, breaking down 40-yard splits and projecting the futures of players and the league.

And even after all of that, quite often teams discover they drafted fool’s gold.

But every once in a while...Read more

San Francisco 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw has been suspended for one game after head-butting a Seahawks player who was not wearing a helmet during Sunday's win in Seattle.

Greenlaw head-butted Seahawks linebacker Ernest Jones IV on the Seattle sideline during the second quarter. The scuffle began after Greenlaw bumped Sam Darnold as the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The shootout at SoFi Stadium.

That's perhaps the best way to describe the last time the Los Angeles Rams played host to the Buffalo Bills.

It was Week 14 in 2024, and Bills quarterback Josh Allen was on his way to winning the NFL most valuable player award. Though it came in a losing effort, his performance against the Rams ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — San Francisco 49ers receiver Mike Evans may have earned a spot in the trash-talking hall of fame on Sunday without even trying.

Or so he says.

Late in the second quarter of the 49ers' 32-29 victory in Seattle, Fox Sports cameras showed Evans and Seahawks cornerback Trevon Diggs jawing after a play. In one of the season's most ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — It is not yet a relationship. We’re barely at the hand-holding stage.

And yet there is something sweet, something special about this young man we’re seeing.

For instance, when he picked up the first of Tampa’s first downs in Thursday night’s 24-16 win at Dallas. It’s not just that he scrambled on third down and gained...Read more

MIAMI — Everyone has guilty pleasures.

I have recently developed this unhealthy obsession with watching doctors, estheticians and dermatologists remove blackheads from people’s faces.

Any time one of those videos appears on my social media pages I’m frozen, staring at the screen until I see how much puss, oil and dead skin gets removed ...Read more

ATLANTA — Ravens longtime backup quarterback Tyler Huntley said last week that starting for the first time this season, replacing the injured Lamar Jackson on Sunday night, would be like riding a bike.

It turned out to be a thrilling ride.

With Baltimore trailing 23-15 and just over two minutes remaining Sunday night against the Falcons, ...Read more

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Miami Dolphins coach Jeff Hafley knows who and what he has in his locker room. The same goes for his players. This isn’t a team with an identity crisis.

Ask anyone. Veteran edge rusher Josh Uche. Promising left tackle Patrick Paul. Upstart safety Dante Trader Jr. They know who they are. They simply need to find a way ...Read more

GLENDALE, Ariz. — After the first quarter of Sunday's game at State Farm Stadium, it looked like the Detroit Lions were going to have some tough conversations on both sides of the ball going into the bye week.

But the dam broke at the end of the first quarter.

The Lions scored 31 consecutive points and forced five straight three-and-outs for...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Chargers finally made a play they could hang in the Louvre — a spectacular 42-yard touchdown run — but in the end Sunday only wound up with another L.

It was their fifth loss in a row this season, another turnover-plagued nightmare, that resulted in a 23-17 defeat to the Denver Broncos.

Most painful for the ...Read more

SEATTLE – An NFC West prize fight broke out Sunday, complete with touchdowns, turnovers, taunting, tie scores and tense trading of leads.

Once this Week 5 doozy ended, the San Francisco 49ers’ undefeated record ratched up to 5-0 via a 32-29 triumph over the defending Super Bowl-champion Seattle Seahawks.

It took a midfield stand, of all ...Read more

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — So much for the 3-0 start for the Las Vegas Raiders, who are losers Sunday for the second straight week.

This time uncompetitively.

The Raiders were eviscerated 45-17 at Gillette Stadium by a New England Patriots team down star cornerback Christian Gonzalez — along with three other cornerbacks. Mistake-averse its first ...Read more

LANDOVER, Md. — Cam Skattebo fumbled away a New York Giants win on Sunday. Then Jayden Daniels handed them a 27-27 tie in a jaw-droppingly dysfunctional ending for the Washington Commanders.

The Giants’ running back seemingly had fumbled the ball and the game away at Washington’s 24-yard line while needing only a field goal to win in ...Read more