MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — I wasn’t a fan of the Miami Dolphins signing quarterback Malik Willis in the offseason. So what’s my evaluation of Willis after four games, roughly the one-quarter mark of the 17-game season?

I kinda like him. I see potential there.

Yeah, this represents a bit of a change.

I’m the guy who wrote two columns during...Read more

DENVER — Bo Nix has a legendary coach as a father, but he’s running an offense not even his mother can love.

Through four games, the Broncos are the only team averaging less than 200 yards passing and 85 yards rushing.

“I think when it comes to the Xs and Os, my mom (Krista) all the time, she’s like, ‘You all should’ve done this. ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The preseason games are over now.

Baltimore had its extended exhibition season playing Indianapolis, New Orleans, Dallas and Tennessee during the first four games of the regular season, but the Ravens are about to enter the meat of their schedule Sunday night in Atlanta, followed by a road game in Cleveland, hosting Cincinnati, ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Sometimes I feel like I missed my window. As a sportswriter, I mean. Paul Simon has a song called “Born at the Right Time” that he released in 1990, which is fitting, because when it comes to covering pro sports, I struggle to shake the sense that I was born at the wrong time.

It would have been cooler, and perhaps more ...Read more

It’s alive!

Left for dead just a week ago, the 2026 NFL season is born again in Tampa Bay.

The Bucs pulled off their biggest upset in years behind rookie quarterback Jalon Daniels and a late interception by Alex Anzalone to beat the Cowboys, 24-16, in Dallas on Thursday night.

With the NFC South in a typical mediocre morass, the Bucs are on...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Both NFL most valuable players. Both bound for Canton. Both surgically precise with their passes.

Matthew Stafford and Josh Allen are two of the best liars in football.

Peyton Manning sat in the studio and cued the video. Stafford looked off a Philadelphia safety last Sunday to hold him in place. He froze a cornerback with a ...Read more

MIAMI — The Miami Dolphins better be prepared to face at least member of the NFL’s best receiving duos in Sunday’s home game against the Cincinnati Bengals.

Ja’Marr Chase, who suffered a concussion in last Sunday’s loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars, participated in Thursday’s practice. While his involvement was limited, returning to ...Read more

CHICAGO — When it comes to the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers, you can never take any statistical advantage as a given. But there’s one phase of the game — at least on paper — the Bears seem to have the Packers over a barrel: the running game.

The Bears enter Sunday’s Week 5 matchup at Lambeau Field boasting the No. 1 rushing ...Read more

Here's a look back at Week 4's action and fantasy advice for the week ahead:

WEEK 4 RECAP

Browns 27, Steelers 24: Deshaun Watson threw for 268 yards and Harold Fannin Jr. caught another touchdown as Cleveland survived Aaron Rodgers’ 299-yard, three-TD performance, but the Browns’ five sacks and two interceptions reinforced why their ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Third time’s the charm.

On Thursday, ESPN host and former Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Stephen A. Smith fully apologized to both Lane Johnson and the Eagles for making light of the All-Pro’s mental health issues following his surprise retirement from the team.

“My intent was joking about the Eagles. My bottom line is ...Read more

DENVER — The Davis Webb play-calling experience, at least in its original form, lasted all of four games.

Head coach Sean Payton is set to be more heavily involved in offensive play-calling going forward, sources told The Denver Post on Thursday. It remains unclear whether Payton is assuming full play-calling duties or something short of that...Read more

Los Angeles Times NFL writer Sam Farmer examines the matchups and makes his predictions for Week 5 of the NFL season.

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

Last week, Farmer posted an 11-5 (.688) record. Through the first four weeks of the season, he is 37-27 (.578).

Using point spreads with the scores Farmer ...Read more

MIAMI — Zach Sieler played one of the best games of his nine-year NFL career on Sunday, delivering his seventh multi-sack game.

Chop Robinson finally flashed the talent and edge rushing that made him the Miami Dolphins’ 2024 first-round pick, producing 10 pressures and one sack in Miami’s 15-10 loss to the Minnesota Vikings.

“I was ...Read more

NEW YORK — Malik Nabers shouted at the Giants sideline during Sunday’s second half because he wanted the ball more. Now it’s not clear if he’s going to be able to play at all.

Nabers sat out Wednesday’s practice with soreness in his surgically repaired right knee and said it might sideline him for this week’s game at Washington.

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CHICAGO — As a backup with 14 NFL games under his belt, Chicago Bears quarterback Tyson Bagent has faced the Minnesota Vikings four times and the Detroit Lions once.

But he never had been called to duty against the Bears’ chief rival in the NFC North, the Green Bay Packers — until now.

And Sunday’s game is at Lambeau Field, which has ...Read more

Drake Maye is having a great week.

After a slow start to the season, the New England quarterback seemed to return to his almost-MVP form from a year ago (he finished second in voting to the Rams' Matthew Stafford) on Sunday during a 29-26 win over the previously unbeaten Buffalo Bills.

On Wednesday, Maye was announced as the AFC offensive ...Read more

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Kyle Juszczyk’s customary “juice drinking” celebration, upon the NFL’s further review, is just fine, as in OK, as if it’s OJ.

Juszczyk, the 49ers’ perennial Pro Bowl fullback, won last week’s appeal of a $14,926 fine levied by the NFL for “illegal celebrations and vulgar acts,” ESPN’s Adam Schefter ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Desperate times call for desperate measures.

After seeing their offensive line — particularly at center — decimated by injuries, the Ravens acquired veteran Pro Bowl center Cam Jurgens from the Philadelphia Eagles on Wednesday afternoon, the team announced. Baltimore also received a 2027 seventh-round draft pick, while ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Before they head to New Orleans this weekend, the Vikings added another famous LSU wide receiver who could play with Justin Jefferson on Sunday.

The team is signing Odell Beckham Jr. to its practice squad in an attempt to add veteran depth to its wide receiver group.

Beckham reunites with Kevin O’Connell, who coached him on ...Read more

The Super Bowl is coming to Disney+.

The Walt Disney Co. announced Wednesday that ESPN's telecast of the NFL's marquee event on Feb. 14 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, will be available to Disney+ subscribers. The company also said Disney+ will carry two ESPN "Monday Night Football" games in the current season.

ESPN is producing the ...Read more