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Ravens trade for Eagles center Cam Jurgens to bolster offensive line

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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

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Vikings sign Odell Beckham Jr., pairing former LSU star with Justin Jefferson

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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

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ESPN's 2027 Super Bowl telecast will stream on Disney+

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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

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Dieter Kurtenbach: 49ers spent months building an edge to beat the Seahawks. It just vanished.

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The San Francisco 49ers walked off the field Sunday with a 24-14 victory over Denver and a 4-0 record.

But behind that perfect start lurks a brutal, recurring, nearly tragic nightmare: The 49ers thought they solved their Seattle problem in the offseason. Now they’re beginning Week 5 staring directly into the exact same tactical ditch.

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Mac Engel: The enchanting personnel move that has whiffed badly for the Cowboys

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HOUSTON — He put on his boots, and smiled so wide it could sprain his face to talk to two reporters, because Von Miller is just so happy to be here in this moment.

This is what it looks like to appreciate what you have before it’s gone.

“We came to H-Town and did what we needed to do,” the Cowboys linebacker said after Dallas rallied ...Read more

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Mike Vorel: Chiefs' Kenneth Walker III leads NFL in rushing, but Seahawks made right call

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SEATTLE — “The Seahawks should have paid Kenneth Walker III.”

Given everything, that’s an easy take to make.

Given Walker’s sizzling start in Kansas City — where the 25-year-old leads the NFL in rushing yards (537), rushing yards per game (134.3) and yards per carry (6.2) for the 4-0 Chiefs. Given the chest injury and fumbled first...Read more

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Altercation between former Bears LB Otis Wilson and Soldier Field security is under investigation

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CHICAGO — An investigation is underway after former Chicago Bears linebacker Otis Wilson got into an altercation with security at Soldier Field following Sunday’s game against the New York Jets, according to authorities and media reports.

In a statement to the Chicago Tribune, Monterrey Security — which provides security at all stadium ...Read more

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Fantasy football waiver wire Week 5: Starting two tight ends isn't weird anymore

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One of my favorite fantasy football rules is also one of the easiest to violate: Draft for value and figure out the lineup later.

That philosophy is how I ended up with Brock Bowers and Dalton Kincaid on one roster this season, then Trey McBride and George Kittle on another.

I didn’t enter either draft intending to collect tight ends like ...Read more

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Mike Sielski: Lane Johnson retires as the greatest Eagle of this generation. The team and its fans should be grateful for what he gave them.

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PHILADELPHIA — The greatest and most important Eagles player of the last 30 years left clues like breadcrumbs along the path of his career — clues about the weight he bore in his heart and mind, clues about the emotional and physical pain he overcame just to play professional football, clues that in time became confessions. Here was one:

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Lane Johnson announces retirement after 14 seasons with the Eagles

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PHILADELPHIA — Lane Johnson, the Eagles’ two-time All-Pro, six-time Pro Bowl right tackle, announced his retirement from the NFL after 14 seasons on Tuesday afternoon.

The 36-year-old Johnson took to social media to thank the city of Philadelphia, Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie, the Eagles organization and his teammates. He noted that right now...Read more

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'Excessive' suspensions of two NFL officials to be challenged by referees union

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The NFL Referees Association says the suspensions handed out by the league to two game officials this week went too far and that it will attempt to get them reduced.

On Monday, the NFL issued a two-game suspension for line judge Jeff Seeman and a one-game suspension for referee Adrian Hill for separate instances of "unprofessional conduct ...Read more

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Seahawks decide not to sign veteran RB Joe Mixon

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SEATTLE — The Seahawks are not expected to sign veteran running back Joe Mixon after he underwent a physical Monday, The Seattle Times has confirmed.

ESPN originally reported Tuesday that the team would not sign Mixon.

The Seahawks brought Mixon, a two-time Pro Bowl running back in a career dating to 2017, in for a workout on Monday and had ...Read more

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Troy Renck: No reason to panic, but Broncos' Bo Nix is not good enough when run game remains bad

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The Denver Broncos are good. But not good enough.

Dre Greenlaw reminded them of this sobering fact Sunday. On his first tackle and with last words. He celebrated by pointing at Sean Payton, and providing his unsolicited opinion to the coach after the San Francisco 49ers’ 24-14 victory at Levi’s Stadium.

“I love ...Read more

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Andrew Callahan: Patriots are still who you thought they were

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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — That, in case you forgot after that sunny Super Bowl run and dreary start to this season, is what Mike Vrabel-led teams do.

They punch up.

They connect on the jaws of giants, uppercutting again and again until the best teams and players in football topple over like they did Sunday. Josh Allen threw an interception on his...Read more

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Gerry Dulac: Mike McCarthy wanted emotion in Cleveland, and he got it -- just the wrong kind

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PITTSBURGH — Lip readers on social media had a field day with some of the animated and expletive-filled outbursts by Pittsburgh Steelers players in Cleveland this past Thursday night.

But they didn’t need to read lips when quarterback Aaron Rodgers screamed at coach Mike McCarthy to get the plays in quicker. His profanity was picked up by ...Read more

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David Murphy: What, exactly, do the Eagles do well? A crucial question as injuries mount and London calls.

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PHILADELPHIA — Every great team needs a thing.

It needs a thing it can do better than anything else.

What is that thing for the Eagles?

Where should they turn when nothing is working? When the injuries accumulate? When the score tightens? When the offense as a whole looks lost?

There are lots of things that might explain the Eagles’ 24-...Read more

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Seahawks expected to sign veteran RB Joe Mixon

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SEATTLE — Veteran running back Joe Mixon is expected to sign to the Seattle Seahawks practice squad assuming he passes a physical, a source confirmed, adding depth to a position that is dealing with some injury concerns.

Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald confirmed during his Monday afternoon news conference that the team had Mixon in for a ...Read more

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QB Tyson Bagent will start for Bears vs. Packers in Week 5, Ben Johnson says

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CHICAGO — Tyson Bagent will start at quarterback for the Chicago Bears in Week 5 against the Green Bay Packers, coach Ben Johnson announced Monday during his weekly radio spot on WMVP-AM 1000.

In an interview with Bears play-by-play voice Jeff Joniak, Johnson said Bagent would be “the guy” Sunday at Lambeau Field. Last week Johnson didn�...Read more

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On hot seat, Jim Harbaugh backs Mike McDaniel again after Chargers fall to 0-4

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LOS ANGELES — Freakish start, familiar finish.

The first NFL game to open with back-to-back interceptions ended Sunday with another loss by the Los Angeles Chargers, who are 0-4 and still searching for answers.

The 30-23 defeat to the Seattle Seahawks didn't feel as close as the final score suggests, as quarterback Justin Herbert took a ...Read more

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Broncos' Pat Surtain II believed to have avoided serious injury, sources say

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Denver Broncos star cornerback Pat Surtain II is believed to have avoided a serious injury after missing the second half of the Broncos’ game on Sunday, multiple sources told The Denver Post.

The three-time All-Pro defensive back suffered a non-contact injury at the end of the first half in the Broncos’ loss to the ...Read more