PITTSBURGH — I won’t bury the lede. You all read the headline, so let’s get right to it.

The 2026 Pittsburgh Steelers enter this season as the most boring team in the NFL.

I know this won’t be a popular opinion among our readers. I get it — but I also don’t care. My job is to write what I feel, to tell it like it is. And right now,...Read more

MIAMI — Training camps blossom across the NFL landscape this week as American football takes the handoff, and the headlines, from the football World Cup. Thirty-two teams bring 32 degrees of expectations, but no team kicks off the 2026 season with hopes at once higher, and lower, than the Miami Dolphins.

Hopes are high in South Florida with ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A day before Minnesota Vikings veterans report to training camp, the team added another experienced defender from new general manager Nolan Teasley’s past.

The Vikings agreed to terms with Jamal Adams, the three-time Pro Bowler who came to Seattle in a trade from the New York Jets in 2020 and converted to linebacker last ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla.— Prior to last season, when discussing players Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans will be talking about 50 years from now, Todd Bowles said that Vita Vea is the one player on defense he could not replace.

“There’s nobody like him,” Bowles said.

But the Bucs head coach may have no choice but to find another starting defensive tackle ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Mia Bieniemy, the wife of Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy, was shot Sunday night at their home in Virginia, sources confirmed to The Kansas City Star.

Elijah Bieniemy, the son of Eric and Mia, has been arrested and charged in the shooting. He is being held without bond, the Loudoun County Sheriff’s ...Read more

The Indianapolis Colts took a flyer on an impressive athlete from Kenya 13 years ago, but a story that began with an inspirational backdrop has taken an increasingly familiar turn: Daniel Adongo was deported from the United States last month, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed.

According to ICE, Adongo, 37, overstayed his visa ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Vikings begin training camp Wednesday, with the first session open to fans Aug. 1.

If you’re just catching up for the first time since last season — when the Vikings finished 9-8 and missed the playoffs — before making the trip to TCO Performance Center for some sun and practice viewing, we’ve got you ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — When he retired in March 2024, I thought: That makes sense, the only person who could possibly stop Aaron Donald would be Aaron Donald.

Now I'm not so sure.

Because it's starting to look like even Aaron Donald might not be able to stop Aaron Donald.

The defensive lineman could be back terrorizing the NFL this season.

Do it, ...Read more

SEATTLE — It's a little difficult to type these words when Leonard Williams, Devon Witherspoon and Ernest Jones IV are flying around out there on defense.

This statement comes with reluctance when Sam Darnold, Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Rashid Shaheed are lining up on the other side of the ball.

Almost all of the Seattle Seahawks key figures ...Read more

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Football is a game of orchestrated violence, but human gray matter doesn’t care if you’re wearing a gold helmet or driving a black Tesla.

When Kyle Shanahan’s car crumpled into a Mercedes SUV on July 14 in downtown Palo Alto, it didn’t just break bones and cut his face; it put the NFL’s premier offensive ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The question about what exactly Tom Brady is thinking by continuing this ridiculous fake rivalry with internet celebrity turned professional wrestler Logan Paul keeps popping up all over social media.

It has even replaced, “What’s Fernando Mendoza really like?” as the most commonly-asked question when doing radio interviews ...Read more

Former NFL guard Jordan Devey, who won Super Bowl 49 with the New England Patriots in 2015, died Tuesday. He was 38.

Devey’s family revealed in a GoFundMe fundraiser that the football star died by suicide. They said he was known for his “unwavering dedication to serving others.”

“His commitment to uplifting those around him extended ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Sean McVay knows the expectations.

And why not? He created them.

McVay coached the Rams to the brink of a Super Bowl appearance last season and then watched general manager Les Snead engineer two blockbuster trades that make McVay's 10th Rams team the favorite to win Super Bowl LXI at SoFi Stadium.

With a chance to win another...Read more

FOXBORO, Mass. — This time last year, Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel was still pushing quarterback Drake Maye as a leader.

It already feels like that will be less of an emphasis in Year 2 of Vrabel and Maye’s partnership. Maye felt like he had to earn a vocal leadership role, and he did just that in a season in which he finished second in ...Read more

FOXBORO, Mass. — Patriots owner Robert Kraft put the ball in Christian Gonzalez’s court Saturday.

Kraft revealed Saturday on the first day of training camp that the Patriots have offered Gonzalez a contract extension that would both make him the highest-paid cornerback in the NFL and the highest-paid player in team history.

“We love ...Read more

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Kyle Shanahan, the San Francisco 49ers’ 10th-year coach, is recovering from a concussion and multiple fractures after a two-car collision July 14 in Palo Alto, prompting a temporarily reduced role as training camp began Saturday.

Shanahan is not expected to be sidelined into the regular-season opener in Australia ...Read more

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — John Lynch said Saturday that one of the things his loves about his job is that “every year brings challenges.”

He better love it, because the San Francisco 49ers, despite never being on HBO’s "Hard Knocks," have all the storylines of a premium-cable drama.

Things are never ho-hum in Santa Clara. Peace is just a ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The preparation for a reboot will unfold over the next month in St. Joseph, Mo., on the back fields of the Missouri Western State campus.

The preparation for the quarterback began months earlier, with Patrick Mahomes rehabbing the most serious injury of his career in the Chiefs’ Kansas City training facility.

Will he be ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Both the Ravens and Lamar Jackson are in ideal situations when it comes to current contract talks.

If Jackson, 29, leads the Ravens to a Super Bowl title or plays well in the postseason, then the team has to make him the highest-paid quarterback in the NFL. If he has a dismal or disappointing showing like he did last season, then ...Read more

DENVER — Broncos linebacker Jonathon Cooper will be arraigned on Aug. 31 after appearing virtually Friday for a hearing in a Douglas County courtroom.

Cooper, 28, faces a felony charge of second-degree assault by strangulation and three misdemeanors, including violating a protection order, following two arrests in June.

Cooper was initially ...Read more