PITTSBURGH — Aaron Rodgers is old.

That hasn’t been a problem for the Pittsburgh Steelers this year. It will be come February.

This is Rodgers’ final season. His looming departure serves as a rallying point for now, inspiration for the Steelers to send an all-time great out on top.

But when he’s gone, the franchise will again find ...Read more

MIAMI — This Miami Dolphins team isn’t good, but if we’re being hand-to-the-Bible honest, nobody expected them to be.

The team general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan is building has talent, but an ultra-thin roster.

They have a few impact players, talents such as Zach Sieler, Aaron Brewer and Jordyn Brooks, but most of the roster lacks ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Just when the Carolina Panthers thought they could call the tune, the Denver Broncos changed the Key.

How do you rack up an NFL-record 16 one-score wins in a row? How do you go from humbled in Week 1 to 7-2 and leading the AFC West heading into Week 10? Because your players trust each other. Because the coaches trust players...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Vikings lost 23-6 to the Buffalo Bills on "Monday Night Football" at U.S. Bank Stadium after an ugly offensive performance with Carson Wentz starting in place of Kyler Murray, who was ruled out with a hamstring strain.

Wentz was 8 of 25 for 81 yards with two interceptions.

The Vikings defense limited the league-...Read more

BOSTON — New England Patriots running back Rhamondre Stevenson is expected to miss multiple weeks with a knee injury that has affected his plantaris tendon, according to ESPN.

Stevenson left Sunday’s loss to Green Bay in the second half and will be out this Sunday when the Patriots kick off against the Detroit Lions at 9:30 a.m. ET in ...Read more

NEW YORK — John Harbaugh left little doubt on Monday that the New York Giants intend to acquire at least one player if not more before Tuesday’s 4 p.m. ET NFL trade deadline.

“The now weighs more important than the future, if you’re gonna put it on a scale,” Harbaugh said. “And you go from there.”

But the first-place Giants (5-2-...Read more

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Brandon Aiyuk has been reinstated by the NFL, which granted the San Francisco 49ers a two-game roster exemption as they presumably finalize his exit strategy.

The 49ers might need less than 24 hours, so long as another team bites on a trade for Aiyuk before Tuesday’s 1 p.m. PT deadline.

Coach Kyle Shanahan and general...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Rams’ receiver corps — and the team’s aspirations for another Super Bowl title — continue to sustain major hits.

Star Puka Nacua likely will be placed on injured reserve because of a right knee sprain he suffered during the Rams’ victory over the Washington Commanders, coach Sean McVay said Monday.

Nacua caught 14...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Tired of merely rolling their eyes when teammates engage in locker-room talk that questions space travel authenticity and the curvature of the earth, NFL players turned media personalities Travis and Jason Kelce brought on astrophysicist and fellow media personality Neil deGrasse Tyson to set the record straight on their podcast ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Left tackle Ronnie Stanley likes the addition of Jacoby Brissett, but he knows the veteran quarterback isn’t the cure-all for the Baltimore Ravens.

“There are a lot of things that we need to fix on our end,” said Stanley, an 11-year veteran. “I don’t think anyone can just come in and fix all the problems.”

He is right...Read more

OAKLAND, Calif. — It didn’t take long walking around the area of Oakland Coliseum on Saturday to start to feel nostalgic.

Sad, too.

Maybe even guilty?

In the end, we the people of southern Nevada did this.

Even if the blame partly, or even mostly, falls on the city of Oakland for failing to make it work here. And even if the Raiders and ...Read more

CHICAGO — Caleb Williams threw four interceptions Sunday night at Soldier Field, and still the Chicago Bears found a way to win.

The Bears turned the ball over five times, the final one a Luther Burden III fumble late in the fourth quarter that gave the Tampa Bay Buccaneers a short field. They turned it into a touchdown and converted a 2-...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers came within a couple of fingertips — the fingertips of tight end Tommy Tremble’s right hand and the fingertips of Bryce Young’s throwing hand — from pulling off an important upset Sunday.

When it was over, though, the Panthers (3-5) had instead lost their third straight game, this time by a ...Read more

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Three touchdowns on the San Francisco 49ers’ first three series set the stage for Sunday’s rout, which featured a season high in points.

But it was the 49ers’ greedy defense that stole the spotlight, forced five turnovers after halftime and valiantly protected the lead in a 38-17 win over the Las Vegas Raiders at ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Los Agneles Chargers sank deeper into the NFL basement Sunday, and inched ever closer to the No. 1 pick in the 2027 draft.

They lost at home to the Houston Texans, 44-22, absorbing their most lopsided loss before a half-filled SoFi Stadium, where the get-in ticket prices last week dipped below $15 on the secondary market.

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots got smacked by the Green Bay Packers and reality in a 45-27 loss Sunday.

Safety Kevin Byard and quarterback Drake Maye called the Week 9 matchup against the Packers a “measuring stick game.” The Patriots didn’t measure up to a team with an explosive offense and a disruptive defense. They’ll...Read more

LANDOVER, Md. — Count Puka Nacua among the legion of Los Angeles Rams players who suffered injuries this season.

Nacua was sidelined for two games because of a hip injury and he has produced at an All-Pro level despite a calf problem.

But Nacua remains the Rams’ biggest weapon — with edge rusher Myles Garrett making his own case for ...Read more