ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — For all the concerns about injuries taking a bite out of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers offense, it’s been the defense that has let them down the past two weeks.

Coach Todd Bowles’ unit hasn’t stopped giving up chunk plays. After yielding four plays of 50 yards or more in last week’s loss to the New England Patriots, ...Read more

ATLANTA — The Atlanta Falcons’ kicker saved the game — for a little while.

Zane Gonzalez made two field goals in the fourth quarter, including a 45-yarder with 16 seconds left that tied the score and helped send the game to overtime after the Carolina Panthers scored a touchdown with 1:08 left and took a 27-24 lead.

Gonzalez’s kick ...Read more

You got lucky, Mike McDaniel. Your team saved you from yourself. You somehow got to be the winning coach in Madrid, Spain on Sunday despite yourself.

The Miami Dolphins beat the Washington Commanders in a duel of 3-7 teams because cornerback Jack Jones intercepted Marcus Mariota’s first pass in overtime to set the Fins up at the Commanders’...Read more

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Los Angeles Chargers didn’t have to worry about another historic comeback.

This time, the Jacksonville Jaguars left no room for doubt.

Unable to handle Jacksonville’s ground game or its pass rush, the Chargers offered little resistance in a 35-6 defeat under blue skies at EverBank Stadium.

It was the worst loss...Read more

DENVER — The Broncos may be without running back J.K. Dobbins for the rest of the season.

Dobbins, a source said, has a Lisfranc injury in his foot that required surgery and the Broncos placed him on injured reserve Saturday.

Dobbins, who injured his foot last week against Las Vegas, is technically first eligible to return Week 16 against ...Read more

Let’s start with disappointment.

It’s there, obviously. Along with frustration, misery and bitterness.

But are you more disappointed in USF for losing, 41-38, to Navy on Saturday afternoon, or are you disappointed in yourself for getting sucked into the excitement of a potential College Football Playoff bid? Maybe a little bit of both?

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Here’s a look back at Week 10’s action and fantasy advice for the week ahead:

WEEK 10 RECAP

Broncos 10, Raiders 7: Tre Tucker is Las Vegas’ WR1 with Jakobi Meyers in Jacksonville, even though it didn’t look like it against Denver. Through 10 weeks, Tucker is the overall WR27 in standard formats (WR31 in PPR). Tyler Lockett doubled ...Read more

DENVER — The Broncos are going to be without running back J.K. Dobbins for a good chunk of the remaining regular season at minimum and perhaps more.

Denver’s top running back is out a minimum of four games as the team plans to put him on injured reserve Saturday with a foot injury, a source confirmed to The Denver Post. But he could well ...Read more

The aging tackle still has a soft voice, still wears tie-dye T-shirts backing his Grateful Dead music and still is the long answer to the short question the Miami Dolphins need to resolve:

How did they get here?

And, by here, the idea isn’t Madrid, on Sunday, where the Dolphins play the Washington Commanders. Here is nowhere. Here is lost. ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — For as cool as the moment was — for as much noise had been made thanks to Rico Dowdle’s choices on and off the field over the past two weeks — there was something unexpected about the scene Friday afternoon.

It was … quiet.

Warm, welcoming, happy. But quiet nonetheless.

Dowdle visited the Charlotte offices of the ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — This is one of those situations where everybody is a little bit wrong and a little bit right. That’s usually how it goes with conundrums. Problems with easy solutions don’t stay problems long.

A.J. Brown has been a problem for a while now. I don’t mean that in an existential sense. There is no capital P. At least, not yet...Read more

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — “I was taken out of context” ranks up there with “the dog ate my homework,” “my account was hacked,” and “Your honor, I was raised by circus clowns.”

But sometimes, it’s a valid explanation, such as this week’s hubbub over comments made by Falcons quarterback Michael Penix Jr.

The social-media furor ...Read more

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Falcons quarterback coach D.J. Williams, who talks to quarterback Michael Penix Jr. every day, saw the social media clip that mischaracterized the players’ internal support.

“I understand the world we’re in,” Williams said on Friday. “I’m at a perfect age where I was able to grow up without social media. Then...Read more

RENTON, Wash. — The last time quarterback Sam Darnold faced the Rams, he was on the wrong side of an emotional landslide. It was in the playoffs last January, when Darnold was playing for the Minnesota Vikings and the game was moved from SoFi Stadium to Arizona in the wake of the devastating wildfires.

Not only did the Rams roll to a 27-9 ...Read more

NEW YORK — Could a quarterback change finally be on the horizon for the Jets?

The Jets’ two-game losing streak came to an end on Thursday night as they lost to the AFC East-leading Patriots, 27-14. And once again, Justin Fields had another abysmal performance. He completed 15 of 26 passes for 115 yards and a touchdown pass.

When asked on ...Read more

Here’s a question for Dolphins owner Stephen Ross: What are you hoping to achieve in 2026 if you bring back the duo of coach Mike McDaniel and quarterback Tua Tagovailoa?

That’s not asked in an angry or smart-alecky tone. It’s asked in a neutral, businesslike tone.

The Dolphins can’t make ex-general manager Chris Grier the fall guy for...Read more

My wife, stepdaughter and I alternate who gets to decorate the Christmas tree every year.

Two years ago it was a celebration of Taylor Swift and her many illustrious eras.

Last year, my wife created a shrine to the seminal 1990s movie “Clueless.”

This holiday season we’re going with a 7 1/2-foot animated Chewbacca in a Santa hat. ...Read more