WASHINGTON -- Ha Ha Clinton-Dix signaled it was going to be a good night for the Bears five minutes into Monday night's game against the Redskins at FedEx Field.

The Bears safety snared quarterback Case Keenum's overthrown pass intended for wide receiver Trey Quinn and returned it 37 yards for a touchdown, his first pick-six in a Bears uniform....Read more

Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton has been ruled out for this Sunday's game against the Houston Texans.

Newton re-injured his left foot in Week 2 against Tampa Bay and did not practice all last week leading up to Sunday's 38-20 win over the Arizona Cardinals. Newton originally sprained his mid-left foot in the third week of the preseason...Read more

The Falcons will move around the pieces, like every team must in cases like this. Maybe they'll plug in Kemal Ishmael, a hard-nosed fellow, at strong safety to play the run. And maybe turn to Sharrod Neasman when more coverage is required.

And they'll never quite have the same edge that Neal supplied.

While wondering how the latest wounds ...Read more

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- So much fuss has been made about this Carolina Panthers defense -- about defensive schematics and alignments, stunts and blitzes, all the nuts and bolts and nitty-gritty of football mechanics.

But one maxim holds absolute:

"(Quarterbacks) can't complete anything," defensive end/outside linebacker Mario Addison said with a ...Read more

Ravens coach John Harbaugh rolled the dice in his team's 33-28 loss Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs, opting to go for it on fourth down several times and attempt multiple 2-point conversions.

He had mixed results in the gambles and some of his decisions proved pivotal in an eventual one-possession game.

After the game, Harbaugh said that...Read more

The future prime-time television institution "Monday Night Football," now marking its 50th season, was only in its third week on ABC when the Bears made their first appearance.

Dick Gordon caught a pair of touchdown passes from Jack Concannon in a 28-14 loss to the Lions at Tiger Stadium.

The Bears' second appearance, a 1971 road loss to the ...Read more

CLEVELAND -- The shorthanded Browns flirted with upsetting the defending NFC champion Los Angeles Rams on "Sunday Night Football," but their weaknesses haunted them in the fourth quarter of a 20-13 loss at FirstEnergy Stadium.

Desperate for a touchdown in crunch time, the Browns went three-and-out during a possession starting at their 10-yard ...Read more

Coming off a frustrating loss in Detroit, the Chargers found even more frustration at home, losing Sunday to Houston 27-20.

En route to the defeat, they blew a 10-point halftime lead, lost a touchdown on a penalty call and had an interception wiped out by offsetting penalties.

They also failed repeatedly to stop the Texans on third down (...Read more

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Four turnovers on their first five series was a horrendous way for the 49ers to launch their home opener Sunday.

Surrendering a fourth-quarter lead and then committing a fifth turnover had the 49ers all set to blow their undefeated start to the season.

Then came a 5-yard touchdown pass from Jimmy Garoppolo to Dante ...Read more

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Sitting on the bench at State Farm Stadium, having just tossed his second touchdown of the first half, Kyle Allen put into words exactly what everyone watching him was thinking:

"That was (expletive) beautiful."

Allen was referring to his 52-yard strike to D.J. Moore, who took a deep crossing route about 35 yards after the ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Chiefs had a possession early in the third quarter when Patrick Mahomes didn't attempt a pass. The Chiefs didn't score.

The heck with that.

Next time, they came out slinging. The end result was another Mahomes touchdown pass and the Chiefs were on their way to a 33-28 victory over the Baltimore Ravens.

The Mahomes ...Read more

INDIANAPOLIS -- The Falcons talk about taking a "business trip" when they play on the road.

But it's clear, that for at least a half, they go on vacation. No real business has been conducted in the first half of their road games in 2019.

The Falcons fell behind by 17 points to the Colts on Sunday. A frantic rally came up short in a 27-24 loss ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Vikings lapped the Raiders at U.S. Bank Stadium on Sunday by adhering to a formula from which, in all likelihood, they'd prefer not to deviate.

They ran for 211 yards against a hapless Oakland defense, cruising to a three-touchdown lead for the second straight home game and again effectively relegating Kirk Cousins to a ...Read more

CLEVELAND -- The matchups were memorable, not for their seriousness but for the fun.

After the 2014 and 2016 seasons, cornerback Aqib Talib played against star receiver Odell Beckham Jr. in the Pro Bowl, the NFL's annual exhibition that is heavy on camaraderie and light on real competition.

"That's playing around," Talib said last week. "...Read more