SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Ricky Pearsall’s knee didn’t just give out on the second day of San Francisco 49ers training camp; it also showed how fragile the the 49ers’ bridge to the future is.

On Saturday, John Lynch announced Pearsall is heading for season-ending PCL surgery, putting the former first-round pick on ice until 2027.

His ...Read more

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs’ injury list grew Saturday, with two additions.

Wide receiver Xavier Worthy suffered a shoulder injury. Rookie wide receiver Cyrus Allen suffered a bone bruise, a source told The Kansas City Star.

Worthy appeared to hurt his right shoulder as he made a diving catch near the goal line on a pass from ...Read more

RENTON, Wash. — Sam Darnold no longer must deal with the one big question that hovered ominously this time a year ago — could he really lead an NFL team to the promised land?

The Seahawks' convincing run to a Super Bowl title and Darnold’s role in two thrilling, comeback wins over the Rams that proved pivotal along the way provided an ...Read more

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — The most prominent on-field development of this Chiefs training camp stepped to a microphone before he actually stepped onto the field. The next 12 minutes could be summed up in two words.

He’s back.

The fact that Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes received medical clearance two days before the team convened in St. Joseph...Read more

SEATTLE — Oops, they’ve done it again.

It seems that winning the Super Bowl isn’t enough to make it into the top-10 overall rankings of “Madden NFL 27.” And before you try to say that the Seahawks are in the No. 10 spot, you are mistaken.

That would the “Seattle Seawhawks.”

It’s not the first time that the team has been ...Read more

OXNARD, Calif. — At this time last year, the Dallas Cowboys’ training camp in Southern California wasn’t about football.

Sure, there was a first-year head coach implementing his style of football over the course of a dozen-plus practices and there was a lot happening there, but it was completely overshadowed by the contractual hold-in of ...Read more

DENVER — For 20 full minutes Thursday, Sean Payton lost himself in the sands of time.

It is common, on summer and fall afternoons in Dove Valley, for the Broncos’ head coach to walk to a podium and dip into the past to discuss the present. The 62-year-old Payton’s mind rarely works linearly, his thoughts akin to a script from a ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — NFL analyst Tony Romo has been placed on indefinite leave by CBS Sports and will be replaced in the booth by J.J. Watt, the network announced Friday.

Watt, a three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year, will work alongside Jim Nantz and sideline reporter Tracy Wolfson as CBS' lead team during Romo's absence.

Romo was arrested ...Read more

FOXBORO, Mass. — The last two days of practice have proven that it was way, way, way too early to panic about any lack of connection between Drake Maye and A.J. Brown early in Patriots training camp.

Maye hit Brown on 4 of 4 targets during Friday’s nearly two-hour padded practice. That came one day after Maye hit Brown on 4 of 5 targets ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — The first move is always the most important. That was when Baker Mayfield stutter-stepped past Joel.

From there, he stiff-armed Bryan and then beat Avram to the edge. At that point, it was just a matter of outrunning Darcie and Ed.

Yup, three-plus years into the Mayfield experiment, the Glazer siblings found out what it’s ...Read more

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — On the first day of his 14th and likely final training camp, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce broke downfield into a corner route rather well-covered by linebackers Nick Bolton and Drue Tranquill.

“Deep to short,” Bolton described their alignment around him, to “make it a little bit contested.”

But the ever-aware Kelce...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Jalen Carter plodded off the dais late Wednesday morning with a look of relief on his face, as if he were a student who feared public speaking and had just delivered an oral presentation for class. The Eagles’ first practice of training camp, at the Jefferson Health Training Complex, had ended minutes before. It was humid, and...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Saquon Barkley has long been an admirer of the wide zone run scheme. He’d study film of running backs like Todd Gurley — who thrived with the Los Angeles Rams under Sean McVay — and think about what he might look like in an offense like that.

Now he doesn’t have to daydream.

The Eagles held their first training camp ...Read more

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — It’s time for Deebo 2.0.

The 49ers are re-signing wide receiver Deebo Samuel to a one-year, $7 million deal, a league source confirmed. Last year, the 49ers traded Samuel for a fifth-round draft pick to the Washington Commanders, the franchise that Brandon Aiyuk has unsuccessfully angled to join since walking out on ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Do you think the Rams have a tracker at their headquarters for how many days it's been since Puka Nacua's last embarrassing incident?

They might. Because we all remember how frequently the self-inflicted damages were occurring during that bizarre and jarring stretch starting late last year.

We had the biting incident and ...Read more