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Matt Calkins: Did Seahawks give away shot at playoffs with error-filled Rams loss?

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SEATTLE — There is no official halfway point in a 17-game NFL season, but this is about as close as it gets for the Seahawks.

Nine games in. A bye week in front of them. If there’s a time for a midseason evaluation, this is it.

And though there is an array of areas to criticize — from quarterback play, to offensive-line shortcomings, to ...Read more

Mark Bradley: Surfin' Birds -- the Falcons are riding a wave

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ATLANTA — One reason the NFL cognoscenti was slow to embrace these Falcons was that in each of their first five games, three of which they won, they trailed in the final minute of regulation. A more generous view might have held that, this being the NFL, we shouldn’t be shocked if a team with a bona fide quarterback wins its share of such ...Read more

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David Murphy: The Eagles are the anti-Jaguars, and Nick Sirianni deserves some credit for that. Now, let's talk about situational awareness.

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PHILADELPHIA — Bad teams are easy to spot. I'm not talking about teams with bad quarterbacks, or bad defenses, or bad offensive lines. I'm not even talking about teams with no talent at all. I'm talking about teams where the stank is greater than the sum of the parts, where a group of seemingly functional players combines to play a brand of ...Read more

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Chiefs win in OT vs. Buccaneers

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs survived an injury scare, then leaned on their big guys up front to remain undefeated on the season with a win Monday night.

Quarterback Patrick Mahomes had to be helped off the field after re-injuring his ankle but didn’t miss a snap, and Kansas City’s run offense highlighted three late scoring ...Read more

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The Dolphins have been within a touchdown in each of their last three losses. What happened?

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MIAMI — The Miami Dolphins have led in the second half of each game during the past three weeks.

And yet, when the final buzzer sounded, the result has been the same: a single-digit loss. Each loss has come about rather differently, however, it appears to follow a very similar formula, according to coach Mike McDaniel.

“The tonality, now ...Read more

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Jim Souhan: Vikings have a chance for rare achievement of 13 wins

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MINNEAPOLIS — Since the 1998 Vikings went 15-1 in the regular season, the franchise has produced two seasons of 13 or more regular-season victories.

Before 1998, the Vikings, in part because of shorter schedules during their glory days, had produced zero.

Eight games into the 2024 campaign, the Vikings look poised to reach 13 again.

They ...Read more

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Tom Krasovic: With Justin Herbert healthy and productive, Chargering may become a thing of the past

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SAN DIEGO — A lot has changed with the Los Angeles Chargers since they hired Jim Harbaugh.

But what hasn’t changed is the stunning good fortune the franchise has enjoyed at the NFL’s most important field position.

For the past two-plus decades, the Chargers have gone into most games with a better quarterback than their opponent.

It’s ...Read more

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Troy Renck: Bo Nix can no longer be Broncos' best runner. It's time to see if Audric Estime can deliver.

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DENVER — The most promising and deflating takeaway from the Ravens’ rout of the Broncos centered on one player: Bo Nix. He met the moment but emerged as the Broncos’ QB1, WR2 and RB1.

That combination will leave the Broncos SOL in pursuit of a playoff berth. It is not sustainable and requires change.

Coach Sean Payton told reporters on ...Read more

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John Niyo: Lions in their element as NFC North reign continues at Lambeau

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Green Bay, Wis.— When it rained, they roared.

And when this one was over, after the Lions had survived all the elements — the rain, the wind, and even the NFL replay officials in New York — the forecast was remarkably clear: Detroit rules the NFC North now, no doubt about that.

But once the storm finally had passed Sunday night at ...Read more

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Michael Cunningham: 'Hungry' Falcons not as good as 2016 team, but winning like it

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ATLANTA — The Falcons beat a struggling, injured team on Sunday. That’s meant as a compliment. Good NFL teams handle their business in situations like this. The Falcons did that against the Cowboys at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

The 27-21 victory was Atlanta’s fifth in the last six games. The Falcons are 6-3. That’s their best record after ...Read more

Shane Waldron will continue to call plays for Bears offense. 'We're going to look inward,' Matt Eberflus says.

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CHICAGO — The Chicago Bears staggered back from Arizona on Sunday night with plenty of corrections to make and issues to address after a lopsided 29-9 loss to the Cardinals.

Now 4-4, the team should have a bounce-back remedy ready this week with the 2-7 New England Patriots visiting Soldier Field on Sunday. Still, the task of reversing the ...Read more

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Mike Vorel: Geno Smith was at his best and worst, and that's not enough for Seahawks to win

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SEATTLE — It was the best of Geno.

It was the worst of Geno.

The Seahawks are not talented or disciplined enough to survive the extremes.

Which is not to say that Geno Smith — the Seahawks' 34-year-old signal caller — is solely responsible for Sunday's 26-20 overtime loss to the Los Angeles Rams. He completed 21-of-34 passes for 363 ...Read more

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Cowboys QB Dak Prescott to be sidelined multiple weeks with hamstring injury

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After suffering a hamstring injury in the third quarter of Sunday’s loss to the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, quarterback Dak Prescott is expected to be sidelined for multiple weeks, according to a team source.

A stint on the injured reserve is being discussed for Prescott, but that decision will come after he gets a second opinion on the injury...Read more

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Bears' Matt Eberflus says 'I can make a better play call' after Cardinals' 53-yard gut-punch TD run

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GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Chicago Bears didn’t play well in the first half Sunday at State Farm Stadium, but they still were just 12 seconds away from going into halftime down five points to the Arizona Cardinals.

The Bears were set to open the third quarter with the ball and that deficit would have felt surmountable, even given how lopsided ...Read more

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49ers' post-bye updates on Christian McCaffrey, Jauan Jennings, Jake Moody

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. — For most San Francisco 49ers, they returned to practice Monday after a five-day hiatus relishing their Week 9 bye. For Christian McCaffrey, he reappeared for the first time in 53 days.

McCaffrey has recovered well enough from Achilles tendinitis in both legs to take the next step toward his season debut, which could come...Read more

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Dan Wiederer: A blowout. An embarrassment. Matt Eberflus and the Bears find themselves reeling again.

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GLENDALE, Ariz. — Let’s be real. There’s not enough sugar in Brazil to coat whatever that was Sunday at State Farm Stadium.

A blowout. An embarrassment. An absolute stinker.

For a Bears team looking to bury the previous week’s stomach-twisting road loss to the Washington Commanders, this proved to be a brutal response.

Sloppy and ...Read more

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Broncos trade OLB Baron Browning to Cardinals for sixth-round pick

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DENVER — The Broncos are making moves ahead of the NFL trade deadline after all.

Denver traded outside linebacker Baron Browning to Arizona in return for a sixth-round draft pick in the 2025 draft, the team announced Monday afternoon.

Browning, a third-round pick in 2021, is in the final year of his rookie contract. He’s been productive ...Read more

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Bill Belichick interviews Donald Trump on podcast as 2024 presidential election continues to intersect with sports

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NEW YORK — The 2024 presidential race again intersected with the sports world Monday when SiriusXM released a new Donald Trump interview with Bill Belichick and Jim Gray ahead of Election Day.

The 24-minute conversation on the “Let’s Go!” podcast primarily stuck to sports, with Trump again expressing his disdain for the “weird”-...Read more

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Steelers defense motivated for Jayden Daniels, Commanders in Week 10 after poor prime-time outing

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PITTSBURGH — The Steelers enjoyed their bye week after finishing the first half of the season with a victory against the Giants, but when Teryl Austin's defense reports back to work to begin preparations for the Commanders, they'll be focused on bouncing back from their worst outing of the season.

Though Pittsburgh remains one of the NFL's ...Read more

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<strong>Vikings right the ship in the second half to beat the Colts 21-13</strong>

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MINNEAPOLIS — The Vikings’ sixth win of the season, which began with sour notes against a .500 opponent that had a history of peculiar games at U.S. Bank Stadium, lacked the polish of the home victories that propelled their 5-0 start.

After two NFC losses in five days, though, they needed a win that would help them keep pace in the NFC ...Read more