CHICAGO — Chicago Bears coach Ben Johnson said Monday that he doesn’t expect starting quarterback Caleb Williams to practice this week.

What Johnson didn’t say is the availability of backup Tyson Bagent also is in question for both practice and Monday’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles at Soldier Field.

Bagent is in the league’s ...Read more

NEW YORK — Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart could be out for the entire 2026 season.

A Tuesday MRI revealed that Dart’s left knee injury is worse than initially believed, per ESPN. And the Giants and Dart now are facing the possibility of season-ending surgery.

This stands in stark contrast to the organizational messaging of “He’s going ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Did the Rams' humiliating season-opening loss to the San Francisco 49ers in Australia make you reevaluate your preseason choices?

Did it make you doubt the veracity of the Rams' championship claim?

Were you among the dummies who, as Davante Adams put it, were "freaking out"?

"You're a fool if you think that that's what it's ...Read more

LOS ANGELES —The Los Angeles Rams aim to ride the momentum gained from Monday night's victory over the New York Giants into Sunday's game against the Denver Broncos in Denver.

But it remains to be seen whether star receiver Puka Nacua will be available.

Nacua sat out against the Giants because of groin soreness.

"I'm not sure what his ...Read more

DENVER — Seattle head coach Mike Macdonald said recently that Broncos coach Sean Payton accused him of cheating in 2024 after the Seahawks gathered video clips of Denver’s plays during training camp.

Macdonald, who led Seattle to a season-opening win in 2024 against the Broncos — his first game as a head coach and Bo Nix’s first game as...Read more

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – If you are a Charger, or a Charger fan, it only gets more difficult from here.

And from the outside, given the performances of the past two weeks – and, essentially, the idea that they’ve squandered one-fourth of their home schedule with a pair of games that were ineffective at best and in some ways closer to ...Read more

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Welcome to the reckoning, Jordan Watkins.

This is the most important week of your young NFL career, and it isn’t close.

Because the San Francisco 49ers’ wide receiver room hasn’t just thinned out. It’s been stripped straight down to the structural studs.

Kyle Shanahan and Brock Purdy don’t just need a ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Baker Mayfield. Charismatic guy. Tough son-of-a-gun.

And 0-2 quarterback.

Todd Bowles. Sweet man. Respected leader.

And 0-2 coach.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Deep roster. Well-paid group.

And 0-2 team.

The rest is details. Gratuitous. All you really need to know is the Bucs are winless and seemingly witless.

This is where we ...Read more

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — The Rams’ glistening palace in South Los Angeles became the Giants’ own personal Hollywood house of horrors on "Monday Night Football."

Quarterback Jaxson Dart grabbed in pain at his left knee seven snaps in, limped off the field to a cart in the tunnel and did not return to a 28-6 loss at SoFi Stadium. Early reports ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Aaron Donald made his triumphant return to NFL relevance on Monday night, and notably so did the Los Angeles Rams.

The team that looked lost in its Down Under debut returned to form against the New York Giants, even with star receiver Puka Nacua watching in street clothes because of hip pain.

Matthew Stafford was surgical with ...Read more

DENVER — Even if I trust J.K. Dobbins’ pinky, I don’t trust his hammy.

Jonah Coleman’s time is coming. And coming soon. If you’re Broncos coach Sean Payton, why wait? Start your rookie tailback in the Walmart Bowl against the Rams on Sunday night, and let the Great Value chips fall where they may.

“I think all three of those (...Read more

BALTIMORE — Ravens coach Jesse Minter doesn’t think it’s “productive” to spend his Monday morning definitively saying they should have called something different. But that’s the question Ravens fans stirred over when their heads hit the pillow Sunday night.

Should Baltimore have tried for a kill shot deep ball to veteran receiver ...Read more

New York Giants starting quarterback Jaxson Dart went down with a left knee injury on the team’s first drive in a "Monday Night Football" matchup against the Los Angeles Rams.

Dart’s leg appeared to take a hit immediately after taking a blow from Rams pass rusher Josaiah Stewart. Rams linebacker Byron Young also made contact with Dart, who ...Read more

NEW YORK — Week 2 took a toll on two of the NFL’s top young quarterbacks, as Caleb Williams and Jayden Daniels on Sunday became the latest starters to suffer injuries.

Williams is considered week-to-week after leaving his Chicago Bears’ 9-3 loss to the Minnesota Vikings with a non-contact hamstring injury, head coach Ben Johnson said in ...Read more

NEW YORK — The New York Jets left MetLife Stadium on Sunday with a painful lesson and a lingering question.

Aaron Glenn left with no regrets.

A day after the Jets squandered a 10-point fourth-quarter lead in a 20-17 overtime loss to the Green Bay Packers, Glenn stood by his decision not to call a timeout with about a minute remaining in ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Eagles are reuniting with Zach Ertz, NFL sources said, confirming an initial ESPN report.

On the day tests revealed Dallas Goedert sprained the medial collateral ligament (MCL) in his knee in Sunday’s win over the Tennessee Titans and will miss multiple weeks, the Eagles are signing Ertz, 35, to their ...Read more

SEATTLE — What looked to be a major injury suffered by Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold five plays into the regular season might only end up sidelining him for one game.

Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald said Monday that he expected Darnold to be on the practice field in some capacity on Wednesday, opening up the possibility that he could...Read more

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua won’t play on Monday night against the New York Giants after he suffered a hip injury late last week, turning an oddly consequential game in Week 2 all the more interesting.

Nacua, who did not practice on Friday and Saturday, spent most of the preseason period on the sidelines ...Read more