PHILADELPHIA — The NFC North hates to see Vic Fangio’s defense coming.

One week after limiting the Green Bay Packers to seven points on the road, the Philadelphia Eagles defense stifled the Detroit Lions Sunday night at Lincoln Financial Field, handing the league’s second-ranked scoring offense a 16-9 loss. For the first time this season,...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers safety Jalen Ramsey and Cincinnati Bengals receiver Ja’Marr Chase were talking trash to each other throughout Sunday’s game at Acrisure Stadium, but it was something else that apparently came from Chase’s mouth that got Ramsey ejected.

Ramsey said he threw a punch at Chase after the Bengals receiver spit...Read more

NEW YORK — The New York Giants‘ 27-20 loss to the Green Bay Packers at MetLife Stadium, in the team’s first game since Brian Daboll’s firing, wasn’t even Sunday’s main event.

A report about concussed franchise quarterback Jaxson Dart was leaked to ESPN, saying that “people both inside and outside the Giants organization spoke with...Read more

PITTSBURGH — I’m sure those gusty winds helped. But let’s give credit where it’s due: The Pittsburgh Steelers beat the snot out of Ja’Marr Chase on Sunday.

They hit him. They punched him (maybe for good reason). They swarmed him. They disrupted him. They got right up in his face and trash-talked him — and they ultimately frustrated ...Read more

CLEVELAND — Myles Garrett could only do so much for the flailing Cleveland Browns, and it was nearly enough.

Despite four sacks from the NFL’s leading terrorizer of quarterbacks, the Baltimore Ravens survived the All-Pro’s onslaught Sunday at Huntington Bank Field. Just barely.

All it took was a little razzle-dazzle.

With the game tied ...Read more

DENVER — Initial thoughts from the Denver Broncos’ 22-19 win over the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 11 at Empower Field:

— The Chiefs are dead. DEAD!: Patrick Mahomes will be seeing Ja’Quan McMillian in his sleep. If he can sleep at all. Because the Broncos just stuck a dagger in the back of the AFC’s longest active dynasty. The Broncos�...Read more

GLENDALE, Ariz. – Skyy Moore nearly upstaged Brock Purdy’s comeback and Arizona homecoming. Moore returned Sunday’s opening kickoff 98 yards before getting tackled a yard shy of the goal line.

Enter: Purdy.

Purdy, after missing the past six games with an injured big toe on his right foot, promptly handed the ball off to Christian ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Midnight Mode, indeed.

On the day the Los Angeles Rams donned black uniforms for the first and only time this season, the offense largely went dark.

Red-hot quarterback Matthew Stafford cooled. Star receivers Davante Adams and Puka Nacua struggled to consistently make the clutch plays that they often make look routine.

But ...Read more

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