MIAMI — Talk about disrespectful.

Not only is that the most fitting way to describe the Miami Dolphins’ performance in the Toilet Bowl battle of one-win teams with the Cleveland Browns, but it accurately describes how Miami’s fellow NFL bottom dweller treated the Dolphins (1-6) during this 31-6 loss.

How bad was it you might ask?

The ...Read more

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Fred Warner cheered from a Levi’s Stadium suite with his surgically repaired ankle elevated. Down below, the San Francisco 49ers put on a victorious show for its fallen linebacker and a prime-time audience.

Sunday night’s 20-10 win over the Atlanta Falcons delivered a much-needed morale boost.

While Christian ...Read more

CHICAGO — Asked about the overall trajectory of his offense, Chicago Bears coach Ben Johnson elected for a visual representation over a verbal one. He moved his hand up and down in front of him, undulating like a wave rolling up onto the shores of Lake Michigan.

“Up and down,” Johnson said. “That’s what we’ve looked like. We haven�...Read more

BOSTON — Drake Maye spent his Friday night standing on the sidelines of a high school football game.

On Sunday, it looked like he was playing in one.

In his 19th start, Maye broke the Patriots’ franchise record for highest completion percentage in a single game with at least 20 throws. He sliced and diced Tennessee’s defense, then set ...Read more

NEW YORK — “Hello darkness, my old friend.”

That’s a lyric to Disturbed’s song, "The Sound of Silence," but it could be the theme of the New York Jets’ 2025 season.

The Jets have not played complementary football in any of their seven games this season, which is why they find themselves 0-7 and the only winless team in the NFL. ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — For the better part of a year, they were the problem children in Tampa Bay. Not unruly. Not disrespectful. Just a little underwhelming when it came to making plays and winning football games.

The secondary was the easy place to start when it came to figuring out the cause of most losses in 2024. There were all those last-minute ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Chargers had the look. All-gold uniforms. Retro logos. Powder-blue end zones with script from the nostalgic days of Dan Fouts and Don Coryell.

But their defense?

As dead as disco when it counted most.

Indianapolis Colts running back Jonathan Taylor, the NFL’s leading rusher, trampled the Chargers on Sunday ...Read more

A major Carolina Panthers milestone was met with a potentially notable potential loss Sunday at MetLife Stadium.

The Panthers (4-3) won their third consecutive game — a 13-6 victory over the New York Jets (0-7). But the victory was marred by the second-half exit of starting quarterback Bryce Young, who left the game in the third quarter with ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs trounced the Las Vegas Raiders 31-0 on Sunday afternoon at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, improving to a 4-3 this season.

Here are some takeaways from Kansas City’s Week 7 victory:

Turning point: The coin toss?

An argument could be made that the turning point of Sunday’s game was the coin toss...Read more

LONDON — Goodbye London. Hello bye week.

The Los Angeles Rams' ended an extended road trip and welcomed some time off with a 35-7 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday at Wembley Stadium.

Matthew Stafford passed for five touchdowns — three to Davante Adams and one each to rookies Konata Mumpfield and Terrance Ferguson — and ...Read more

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Mike Vrabel gets to leave Tennessee happy.

Closer than anticipated through the first half, the New England Patriots decisively beat the Titans 31-13 in Vrabel’s return to Tennessee, just 22 months after getting fired.

This one must have hurt for Titans fans, seeing their former head coach, sporting his familiar navy blue...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Philadelphia Eagles 2, Carson Wentz 0.

In facing their former quarterback Carson Wentz for a second time, the Eagles emerged victorious again, defeating the Minnesota Vikings, 28-22, on Sunday afternoon.

Jalen Hurts, the quarterback who replaced him permanently in Philadelphia in 2021, was the better quarterback in the duel. He...Read more

CHICAGO — The turnovers are coming in bunches right now. The Chicago Bears defense had another four takeaways Sunday in a 26-14 victory against the New Orleans Saints at Soldier Field.

It marked the fourth straight game with at least three takeaways — and the franchise’s first four-game winning streak since the final four games of the ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Two guys who are a combined age of about 82 and have started a combined 450 NFL games put together a total of seven touchdown passes, 64 points and 591 passing yards on "Thursday Night Football." And it was a thing of beauty, to be quite honest.

Joe Flacco absolutely torched the Steelers secondary, to the point where I actually ...Read more

DENVER Von was him.

From the moment he juked with his right shoulder and ran around helpless right tackle Mike Remmers in the first quarter, it was destined.

When he slipped under a block and stripped the ball from Cam Newton in the fourth quarter, it happened.

The Broncos won Super Bowl 50, their Orange Rush punctuating one of the most ...Read more

Last week’s lineup included three of the nine players who ended up in the Milly Maker-winning lineup, but it was ultimately undone by injuries.

Drake Maye (27.24 DraftKings points) continued his ascension toward the top-five quarterback discussion against the Saints, with Josh Jacobs (32 DK points) and Kyren Williams (16.7 DK points) each ...Read more

LONDON — Los Angeles Rams general manager Les Snead and Jacksonville Jaguars general manager James Gladstone still talk every week.

Gladstone worked for Snead for nine years before the Jaguars hired him last January. So they have remained in touch through free agency, the draft and the season.

But this week, with their teams playing against ...Read more