PITTSBURGH — The visiting team on Sunday looks good on paper, talented enough to perhaps make this matchup one of the most important games of the Steelers’ season.

Then again, we’re talking about the Cleveland Browns.

Maybe that line of thinking is a product of my environment. For the majority of my life, playing the Browns signified a ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Bills quarterback Josh Allen has rushed for nearly 3,500 yards after contact in his NFL career.

The Ravens should sit with that for a moment.

Before another encouraging assessment of practice, before declaring themselves ready to respond to consecutive defeats that featured double-digit collapses and demanded uncomfortable ...Read more

SEATTLE — For three quarters a week ago Thursday, Rome Odunze appeared on his way to giving more evidence to those tempted to tag him with the dreaded label of “first-round bust.

For the first 45 minutes as the Chicago Bears tried to hold off the New England Patriots, the former University of Washington receiver — who led the nation with ...Read more

CHICAGO — If you want to say the Chicago Bears have gone all-in on this season with their major swing to acquire All-Pro defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons, no problem.

In weighing the possibility of the blockbuster deal that was finalized Thursday night, general manager Ryan Poles pulled the trigger because he views it as a move that better ...Read more

BALTIMORE — For the first time in 28 days, Lamar Jackson will play a football game.

Ravens coach Jesse Minter said Friday that the two-time NFL Most Valuable Player will return to action Sunday against the Buffalo Bills at Highmark Stadium. Jackson, who practiced fully for a third straight day Friday in Owings Mills, has missed the past three...Read more

Christian Watson didn't literally come back from the dead on "Thursday Night Football."

But what the Green Bay Packers receiver pulled off during his team's 27-19 win over the Carolina Panthers was nearly as dramatic.

"He resurrected himself," quarterback Jordan Love said during a postgame interview on Prime Video.

Injured while making a 53-...Read more

A federal appeals court affirmed a jury’s finding that the National Football League violated antitrust law with its Sunday Ticket game-broadcast package and ordered a new trial that could again expose the league to billions of dollars in damages.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals concluded Friday that a judge erred ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — At first glance, the Chiefs’ 20-3 loss at Seattle was humbling. But upon further review a few days later, well, maybe it was even worse.

At least considering the jarring context of the offensive stats:

Of Patrick Mahomes’ 153 NFL starts, including the playoffs, the Chiefs on Sunday tied for their fewest points (matched...Read more

BALTIMORE — Maybe it’s time for Ravens coach Jesse Minter to let his hair down.

By that I mean let his personality take over this team, because so far Minter, 43, has been pretty boring, about as ho-hum as another episode of “Gilligan’s Island.”

On Monday, Minter said the Ravens were working on trying to find and establish team ...Read more

GREEN BAY, Wis. — On a night when the Carolina Panthers’ offense needed life, all Bryce Young could do was run for his.

His offensive line was outclassed, out-toughed, out-played.

And yet, as the clock ticked late into the fourth quarter under the lights in Green Bay’s Lambeau Field, Young ran and ran and ran and nearly willed Carolina ...Read more

Here's a look back at Week 7's action and fantasy advice for the week ahead:

WEEK 7 RECAP

Bears 30, Patriots 24: Caleb Williams threw for 308 yards and two touchdowns without an interception. Luther Burden III erupted for 130 yards and a score on four receptions, while Colston Loveland caught seven passes for 69 yards and a TD, further ...Read more

Los Angeles Times NFL writer Sam Farmer examines the matchups and makes his predictions for Week 8 of the NFL season.

All lines and over/under numbers are according to FanDuel Sportsbook.

Last week, Farmer posted an 9-5 (.643) record. Through the first seven weeks of the season, he is 63-44. (.589).

Using point spreads with the scores Farmer ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — An analysis of the medical records of more than 2,000 deceased former NFL players estimates that a staggering 74.5% of them likely had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a neurodegenerative brain disease tied to high-impact sports such as football.

Boston University has been on the forefront of diagnosing CTE for years and ...Read more

CHICAGO — The Chicago Bears traded for Tennessee Titans All-Pro defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons on Thursday, exchanging their 2027 and 2028 first-round draft picks and a 2027 fourth-round pick for Simmons and a 2028 fifth-round pick.

Simmons, 29, is a three-time All-Pro (one first-team and two second-team nods) and four-time Pro Bowl ...Read more

MIAMI — Maybe he’s being humble, secretive or flat-out wants the world to stay out his business, but Rodney McGraw claims he can’t remember exactly who broke the news to the defensive end that he’d been signed to an NFL team’s 53-man roster.

A couple of days after the Miami Dolphins called the undrafted rookie up from the practice ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The opening scene of “Kordell Stewart: Slash & Burn,” HBO’s newest sports documentary, wastes no time getting right to the point.

Thirty seconds in, the viewer is taken to Schenley Park. Stewart, now 54 years old, is behind the wheel of a Range Rover, sunglasses over his face. His vehicle parks in a specific area, one he ...Read more

ALLEN PARK, Mich. — The Minnesota Vikings are coming, bent on bruising and blitzing. The Detroit Lions have seen this before, and it still sounds positively frightful.

“They create havoc and chaos,” Campbell said Wednesday. “And inevitably they force you to make massive errors, massive turnovers. It’s just wave after wave and these ...Read more

DENVER — The Chiefs make it easy not to like them. And just in case you wondered why, on Wednesday they signed Justin Tucker.

You know, the shamed kicker we all thought retired. The uglier a player’s behavior, the more the Chiefs seem to want the guy. Even if it is only to occupy a place on the practice squad.

Chiefs coach Andy Reid ...Read more

CHICAGO — Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams said he believes his newly adopted Caddix-branded cleats have helped him avoid injuries, and he plans to wear them even if he keeps getting fined.

“(I’m) focused on my health,” Williams said after practice Wednesday at Halas Hall. “I’m focused on being able to be out here for the ...Read more