LAS VEGAS — Buffalo Bills defensive back C.J. Gardner-Johnson has been suspended one game by the NFL for spitting in the direction of two Las Vegas Raiders players during Sunday’s game at Allegiant Stadium.

Gardner-Johnson was bickering with Raiders tight end Brock Bowers and was captured by video cameras spitting as Bowers walked away.

It...Read more

DENVER — The Denver Broncos are sticking by their quarterback despite growing calls for him to be replaced.

Bo Nix will remain Denver’s starter, coach Sean Payton said Monday morning on a conference call with reporters. While there has been no indication Payton has considered making a change at quarterback, Nix’s struggles have been ...Read more

Jalen Hurts’ medical situation is more serious than initially believed, as the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback has been diagnosed with multiple blood clots in his lungs, his agent and the team announced Monday.

Hurts is out for the season as he receives treatment, ESPN and NFL Network reported after the announcement that Hurts was diagnosed ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Jalen Hurts is out indefinitely and could miss the remainder of the 2026 season, according to a statement released Monday morning by the Philadelphia Eagles and his agent, Nicole Lynn.

According to the statement, further medical testing revealed multiple blood clots in Hurts’ lungs. He has been diagnosed with deep vein ...Read more

MIAMI — The Miami Dolphins have 12 more chances to avoid book-ending the 1972 Perfect Season with the Imperfect Season, becoming the first team in NFL history to go 0-17.

Avoiding infamy needs to become head coach Jeff Hafley’s top priority because that kind of blemish doesn’t come off a resume for anyone involved.

That means the ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — If the Eagles emerged from Sunday with anything more than another participation-medal loss, it lay in the continued synergy between the backup quarterback and the franchise receiver.

It began in the last game of last season. The game was relatively meaningless, and so DeVonta Smith was the only starter who played. That’s ...Read more

ATLANTA — When Caleb Williams walked into Chicago Bears coach Ben Johnson’s office earlier this week, the quarterback kept it brief.

“I walked in his office, dapped him up and said let’s get this thing going this week,” Williams said. “I walked out after that.”

That was all Johnson needed to know his quarterback was ready. Well, ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — The questions no longer matter. The answers are starting to sound the same.

One week, the key word is execution.

Another week, it’s adversity.

On Sunday, the theme was finishing.

And the common thread is despair.

“We have no more margin for error,” head coach Todd Bowles said solemnly.

Yes, the Buccaneers lost again ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — There are more than a few areas where Mike McCarthy’s influence can be noticed in the Steelers’ 4-2 start. His coaching in Sunday’s overtime win against the Buccaneers, however, did not contain many.

After pushing most of the right buttons over the past few weeks, McCarthy made a handful of questionable decisions, and the...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Other than the missing 23 carats of diamonds, the replica Super Bowl LVI rings fans received on Sunday at SoFi Stadium looked like the real thing.

That’s more than the Rams can claim.

The team that opened the season as the overwhelming favorite to win Super Bowl LXI continued to look like a cheap imitation.

They did not ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Bruised, battered and beaten, the Chargers limped into their bye week with a sixth straight defeat, starting a season that held so much promise in the heady days of July and August but now, in mid-October, seems like a lost cause.

Their 22-6 loss Sunday to the Chiefs was another exercise in futility.

The opening minutes ...Read more

ATLANTA — Chicago Bears coach Ben Johnson pulled his defensive starters early in the fourth quarter Sunday and then watched the Atlanta Falcons score 16 straight points to pull within one score.

The Falcons got the ball back with 3 minutes, 34 seconds on the clock, at which point Johnson needed a big play from his defense.

He got one in the ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — The Steelers overcame a 16-3 second-half deficit to beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 26-19, in overtime Sunday at Raymond James Stadium.

Aaron Rodgers completed seven of eight passes and threw a 6-yard touchdown to rookie receiver Germie Bernard on the first possession of overtime to put the Steelers in front. They ended the game...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — This wasn’t Rocky Balboa triumphantly running up the Philadelphia Museum of Art steps. This was more like a team cautiously walking up the steps and keeping its head on the swivel the whole way.

Nevertheless, the Carolina Panthers were able to escape Philadelphia Sunday afternoon with a 25-14 win.

The Panthers D mostly ...Read more

CLEVELAND — It happened again.

For the second time this season, the Ravens couldn’t hold a fourth-quarter lead, this time against the Browns.

Leading 10-3, running back Derrick Henry fumbled, and Cleveland methodically marched 35 yards in seven plays, with Audric Estime scoring on a 2-yard run to tie the game. Two possessions later, with ...Read more

NEW YORK — John Harbaugh benched Cam Skattebo for fumbling. Then the Giants gave the ball away four times anyway in a 34-27 loss to the Saints on Sunday at MetLife Stadium.

But they might have found something with J.J. McCarthy. The young quarterback nearly led a miracle comeback in an electric fourth quarter that fell just short.

McCarthy ...Read more

DENVER — Bo Nix has become No Nix.

He is not Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. That would represent progress.

He is Dr. Heckle and Mr. “Pull the covers over your head and” Hide.

The way Nix is playing has gone from unrecognizable to nonfunctional. He has posted three of his five lowest career passing yardage marks this season. The Broncos ran 29...Read more