CHICAGO — The Chicago Bears had hoped all week that Caleb Williams would be available to play Sunday, and that’s going to happen.

The quarterback will return to start against the Atlanta Falcons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium after missing three games with a right hamstring injury.

Coach Ben Johnson was upbeat about the possibility Williams ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles are placing Jalen Hurts on injured reserve because of a superficial blood clot in his calf, the team announced on Saturday afternoon.

Hurts, the 28-year-old quarterback, must miss at least the next four games, sidelining him until Nov. 22 against the Pittsburgh Steelers at a minimum. However, the Eagles have not set ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Though not part of an NFL punter’s official job description, Ethan Evans was on the phone seeking information again this week.

Evans called players who were holders for new Los Angeles Rams kicker Blake Grupe in New Orleans and Indianapolis.

“I was like, ‘Hey, what do I need to know about him?’” Evans said. “‘Is ...Read more

DENVER — All he does is make playoff quarterbacks pay. So why won’t the Broncos pay Ja’Quan McMillian?

“He’s checking everything, getting us in the right calls. A lot of stuff in our defense, we wouldn’t be able to do it without J-Mac,” Broncos cornerback Riley Moss told me after another woolly night at Empower Field led to a 17-...Read more

SEATTLE — Are there any silver linings to the situation facing the Seahawks after the 17-14 overtime defeat Thursday night against the Denver Broncos?

Any historical precedents the team can rely on? And just how inexplicable was the defeat Thursday from a statistical standpoint and is there anything else ailing Seattle’s offense aside from ...Read more

BALTIMORE — What’s the rush?

Seriously.

Take a look at where the Ravens stand, who’s playing quarterback and the team they’re set to square off against on Sunday. Baltimore has enough going for it to give Lamar Jackson’s injured ankle another week.

No one should question how badly he wants to play.

The Ravens (4-1) enter Week 6 ...Read more

FOXBORO, Mass. — Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel left the door open for wide receiver A.J. Brown, left tackle Will Campbell and running back TreVeyon Henderson to play Sunday against the Jets.

The Patriots would have to activate Brown, who suffered a high ankle sprain in Week 1, off injured reserve by Saturday at 4 p.m. in order for him to ...Read more

DENVER — The Broncos are getting pass-rusher Jonathon Cooper back on the field.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell removed Cooper, 28, from an exempt list that held him out of Denver’s first six games, making him eligible to play for the Broncos in Week 7 against Arizona.

In a statement, the league said its review of Cooper’s conduct for ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs ruled out wide receiver Rashee Rice and left tackle Josh Simmons for their game Sunday against the Los Angeles Chargers. Cornerback L’Jarius Sneed was limited in practice all week because of his knee injury, and he is questionable to play.

Rice injured his hamstring during the team’s Week 4 win ...Read more

MIAMI — Miami Dolphins owner Steve Ross is selling more shares of his sports empire, reducing his ownership stake in South Florida’s NFL franchise for the third time in less than three years.

According to the Sports Business Journal, Chilean billionaire financier Jean Eric Salata has a deal in place to buy 2.1% of the Dolphins, and its ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson was ruled out for Sunday’s game against the Cleveland Browns on Friday by coach Jesse Minter.

It will mark the second straight game he has missed. The two-time NFL Most Valuable Player has not practiced since suffering an ankle injury late in the second quarter on Oct. 4 in a win over the ...Read more

SEATTLE — Despite Sam Darnold’s recent issues with turnovers that have been a key reason for the Seahawks losing three of its last four games, coach Mike Macdonald said Friday morning he is not considering a quarterback change.

Asked on his weekly postgame radio show on Seattle Sports 710 if he would consider a change, Macdonald said “no,...Read more

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — You might know me as the guy who thinks the winless and rebuilding Miami Dolphins will win five games this season.

But a while back I got to thinking …

“What if the Dolphins (0-5) only win three or fewer games this season? What could fans expect in the next three or four years?”

So, I took an anecdotal look at ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — For decades, the San Diego River flowed past Qualcomm Stadium, hidden from the tailgate parties and game-day crowds by a fence and acres of asphalt.

Rob Hutsel still remembers how little there was to see.

“There was a fence and then there was some green thing behind it,” said Hutsel, co-founder, president and CEO of the San ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — At some point last summer, as Patrick Mahomes spent most of his time in a training room, his head coach informed him of a planned change for the offense.

They wanted to move his position.

Well, let me clarify: They wanted to move his positioning.

An offseason analysis of a fractured offense had led the Chiefs in several ...Read more

DENVER — One of the most improbable comebacks in Seahawks history was sitting right there.

And then, as has happened all too often this season, Sam Darnold threw it away.

A Darnold pass intended for Rashid Shaheed on a third-down play on the Seahawks’ first possession of overtime was intercepted — their third turnover in the game — and...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The revelation Thursday that Jalen Hurts was suffering from a blood clot in one of his calves and will miss the Eagles’ game this Sunday against the Carolina Panthers would have been stunning enough during a run-of-the-mill season. But after the last few weeks, after a string of injuries to several of the team’s most ...Read more

CHICAGO — Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams is nearing a return from what he described as a “bad” hamstring tear in his right leg, but he has some medical hurdles to pass ahead of Sunday’s matchup with the Atlanta Falcons before the training staff can clear him.

“We’ll go through the stress test this week and at the end of ...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. — Former UConn star quarterback and ESPN analyst Dan Orlovsky shared some tragic news on Thursday, as he posted that his brother-in-law had died suddenly.

“This weekend, our family experienced an unimaginable tragedy. My brother-in-law, Fed, passed away unexpectedly, leaving behind my sister and their three amazing boys,” ...Read more