ATLANTA — Ravens longtime backup quarterback Tyler Huntley said last week that starting for the first time this season, replacing the injured Lamar Jackson on Sunday night, would be like riding a bike.

It turned out to be a thrilling ride.

With Baltimore trailing 23-15 and just over two minutes remaining Sunday night against the Falcons, ...Read more

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Miami Dolphins coach Jeff Hafley knows who and what he has in his locker room. The same goes for his players. This isn’t a team with an identity crisis.

Ask anyone. Veteran edge rusher Josh Uche. Promising left tackle Patrick Paul. Upstart safety Dante Trader Jr. They know who they are. They simply need to find a way ...Read more

GLENDALE, Ariz. — After the first quarter of Sunday's game at State Farm Stadium, it looked like the Detroit Lions were going to have some tough conversations on both sides of the ball going into the bye week.

But the dam broke at the end of the first quarter.

The Lions scored 31 consecutive points and forced five straight three-and-outs for...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Chargers finally made a play they could hang in the Louvre — a spectacular 42-yard touchdown run — but in the end Sunday only wound up with another L.

It was their fifth loss in a row this season, another turnover-plagued nightmare, that resulted in a 23-17 defeat to the Denver Broncos.

Most painful for the ...Read more

SEATTLE – An NFC West prize fight broke out Sunday, complete with touchdowns, turnovers, taunting, tie scores and tense trading of leads.

Once this Week 5 doozy ended, the San Francisco 49ers’ undefeated record ratched up to 5-0 via a 32-29 triumph over the defending Super Bowl-champion Seattle Seahawks.

It took a midfield stand, of all ...Read more

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — So much for the 3-0 start for the Las Vegas Raiders, who are losers Sunday for the second straight week.

This time uncompetitively.

The Raiders were eviscerated 45-17 at Gillette Stadium by a New England Patriots team down star cornerback Christian Gonzalez — along with three other cornerbacks. Mistake-averse its first ...Read more

LANDOVER, Md. — Cam Skattebo fumbled away a New York Giants win on Sunday. Then Jayden Daniels handed them a 27-27 tie in a jaw-droppingly dysfunctional ending for the Washington Commanders.

The Giants’ running back seemingly had fumbled the ball and the game away at Washington’s 24-yard line while needing only a field goal to win in ...Read more

NEW YORK — The New York Jets kept giving the ball away.

Their defense refused to give the game away.

Behind a dominant pass rush led by rookie David Bailey, the Jets (2-3) snapped their three-game losing streak with a 17-12 victory over the Cleveland Browns (3-2) on a rainy Sunday afternoon at MetLife Stadium.

Braelon Allen delivered the ...Read more

NEW ORLEANS — The Minnesota Vikings, after a 23-13 victory over the New Orleans Saints at Caesars Superdome, remain perfect to start the 2026 NFL season.

The Vikings won Sunday without Jordan Addison, who was deactivated after a brief pregame workout to determine whether his sore hamstring would affect his availability, and without T.J. ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers didn’t exactly mop the floor with the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday. And their defense didn’t exactly wash away what happened 10 days earlier in Cleveland.

But they dusted off a couple big plays from Jaylen Warren and did enough to clean their house — in Mike McCarthy’s words from earlier this week...Read more

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots are officially back on track and should be considered one of the top threats in the AFC after thoroughly dominating the Las Vegas Raiders 45-17 at home on Sunday.

The Raiders entered Week 5 with a better record than the Patriots but were completely overmatched by last year’s AFC champions.

The 3...Read more

MIAMI — Miami Dolphins quarterback Malik Willis called the Week 4 loss a backward step.

Unfortunately, Sunday’s outing was an even further step in the wrong direction.

The Cincinnati Bengals beat the Dolphins 31-24 in large part due to the offense’s inability to get the passing attack going.

After failing to reach 100 yards through the ...Read more

LONDON — Philadelphia Eagles coach Nick Sirianni stood in front of his team Sunday evening at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and later on a stage in front of a podium and blamed himself.

“What hurts there is that the guys fought so hard and then I don’t make the decision that I should make at the end of the game and I cost us that game,” ...Read more

LONDON — Once again, the Philadelphia Eagles were down their top two offensive weapons in Saquon Barkley and DeVonta Smith. The offensive line featured yet another reconfigured starting combination.

And once again, the Eagles were in a position to win, but they couldn’t put the game away.

The Eagles went up, 17-16, over the Jacksonville ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Star edge rusher Myles Garrett is eligible to return from injured reserve next week, but the Rams probably will wait to open the 21-day window for him to rejoin the roster, coach Sean McVay said Saturday.

"It's kind of week to week in terms of how he feels, but I would say it's more likely that we do not start his clock next ...Read more

CHICAGO — The symmetry of a 16-game season has been gone for a while, but in the NFL they still talk about the “first quarter” of the season as a period for self-discovery.

Chicago Bears coach Ben Johnson said in training camp — and again last month — that it would take four games to determine the identity of this team, even as it ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — After adding Odell Beckham Jr. to their practice squad on Wednesday, the Vikings will have the wide receiver available to play on Sunday in New Orleans.

Beckham will be elevated from the practice squad for the Vikings’ game against the Saints, according to a source with knowledge of the situation. The 33-year-old receiver ...Read more

SEATTLE — I wasn’t convinced that Russell Wilson’s personality would translate to television.

Because during 14 NFL seasons, and a decade in Seattle, I rarely saw one. Publicly, Wilson was purposefully unknowable. He was a winner, a magician, a play-extender and a moonball maven. He was a relentlessly positive, remarkably durable, a ...Read more