KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The most prominent plays of Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ career have a striking commonality — or at least nearly all of them do — and that commonality is something he couldn’t mirror today.

He’s on the move.

It’s the left-handed pass while running from Von Miller; the 27-yard touchdown scramble down the ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — It was all right there for anyone who cared to see and read and understand. You can accuse A.J. Brown of a lot of things. You can accuse him of taking a few plays off last season out of longtime frustration and moments of immaturity. Of being passive-aggressive in public. Of failing to keep his true feelings about Jalen Hurts, ...Read more

FOXBORO, Mass. — A.J. Brown wasn’t cheap to acquire via trade with the Eagles, but now that he’s on the roster, his contract is a bargain for the Patriots.

The Patriots gave up a 2028 first-round pick and a 2027 fifth-rounder to acquire the Pro Bowl wide receiver from the Eagles. He now carries an unconventionally structured four-year, $...Read more

BALTIMORE — Zay Flowers has made himself pretty easy to spot around Baltimore this offseason.

The Ravens’ No. 1 wide receiver has attended all three voluntary organized team activity practices open to the media. Flowers made an on-field appearance at Orioles opening day at Camden Yards. He also surprised a local wedding full of Ravens fans ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The Steelers have signed tight end Darnell Washington to a new five-year deal worth $45.674 million, sources told the Post-Gazette on Wednesday.

It is the second significant move in as many days for the Steelers, coming one day after they signed outside linebacker Nick Herbig to a five-year, $103.65 million deal.

Herbig and ...Read more

SEATTLE — Former Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson made it official Wednesday that he is joining CBS Sports to serve as an analyst on the NFL Today.

He did so in a three minute and 15-second video posted to social media that also served as a goodbye to his NFL career and an apparent announcement of his retirement after 14 seasons, 10 with ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A warrant for the arrest of 49ers player Brandon Aiyuk was issued in February, alleging that he committed a misdemeanor speeding violation last year in Santa Clara County, officials said Wednesday.

The warrant, which was first reported by the California Post, is connected to a Dec. 20, 2025 incident in which Aiyuk allegedly...Read more

NEW YORK — John Harbaugh told Odell Beckham Jr. during their extended spring courtship that he dreaded possibly having to cut OBJ if a return to New York didn’t work out.

But Beckham told Harbaugh the coach didn’t have to carry that burden. He is here to earn his place, whatever the consequences.

“I like it this way,” Beckham said ...Read more

CHICAGO — Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams will grace the cover of Madden NFL 27 — the first player in franchise history to be on the cover of the popular video game — EA Sports announced Wednesday morning.

“When I received the call from Madden, it was like my childhood dream was coming true,” Williams said in a statement ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When he met with the media last Wednesday, Chiefs coach Andy Reid mostly declined to talk about wide receiver Rashee Rice, who is currently serving 30 days in a Dallas County Jail.

Rice was jailed last month after violating his probation and that came shortly after he had undergone what was described as a clean-up surgery ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The excitable kids had been instructed several times to give Bryce Young room.

“Stand in two rows!” camp organizers said.

“He’ll high-five all of you!” they reassured.

“He’s here all day!” they pleaded.

But the kids didn’t listen. They couldn’t. And who could blame them?

Young didn’t mind. As the ...Read more

SEATTLE — After outlasting the rival Los Angeles Rams to reach his franchise’s fourth Super Bowl, coach Mike Macdonald uttered four words that iconically encapsulated the Seahawks’ season.

You know which ones. Standing on a hastily assembled stage, Fox analyst Michael Strahan asked on Jan. 25: “Coming into the season, you were an ...Read more

SEATTLE — Monday morning’s news that Russell Wilson’s football career may be over as he reportedly heads to a new job in TV with CBS Sports creates an interesting future possibility for Seahawks fans — the sight of Wilson and Bobby Wagner entering the Pro Football Hall of Fame together five years from now.

That assumes, of course, that ...Read more

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — There won’t be a starting quarterback competition at Miami Dolphins training camp this year, although one of the tentpoles of the rebuild is competition.

Quarterback Quinn Ewers, the Dolphins’ 2025 seventh-round pick whose three starts as a rookie raised the possibility of battling for the starting job in 2026, knows...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — It is hard to find great football players. That’s a line Howie Roseman has gone back to over and over again during his tenure as Eagles general manager.

It is why he often has been the one acquiring premier talent via trade, rather than parting with elite players.

A.J. Brown might be the best player Roseman has traded away ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Chris Godwin rattled off the list of the Bucs’ wide receivers, a position group teeming with talent even if much of it remains young and unproven. One name, however, was noticeably absent: Mike Evans.

The longtime Tampa Bay star signed with the 49ers in free agency, news that caught Godwin the same way it did everyone else. ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Myles Garrett has played nine NFL seasons.

But with the Cleveland Browns, the five-time All-Pro defensive end never came close to reaching the Super Bowl.

That prospect changed dramatically this week when the Rams sent edge rusher Jared Verse, a first-round draft pick and two other future draft picks to the Browns in exchange ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The Steelers and outside linebacker Nick Herbig on Tuesday agreed to a stunning new contract worth $103.67 million over five years, sources told the Post-Gazette. The deal includes $42 million guaranteed.

It is a whopping amount for a player who is not technically considered a starter, as it makes Herbig the 14th-highest-paid ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — What a thrill for the Rams. For Matthew Stafford and Sean McVay. And for Myles Garrett, the generational defensive talent who finally got out of Cleveland and into a situation in which everyone cares as much about winning as he does.

But what about you, L.A. sports fan?

Are you hyped about the Rams’ latest blockbuster trade? ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — It’s yearbook season, and there was some reminiscing about the past after the Eagles finished their practice Tuesday, one day after A.J. Brown was finally traded to the New England Patriots.

There was no scribbling of that corny “don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened” quote long misattributed to Dr. ...Read more