PHILADELPHIA — From his rookie season in 2007 through 2015, Darrelle Revis was the NFL’s best cornerback: seven Pro Bowls, four first-team All-Pro selections, 28 interceptions, three pick-sixes. He was so good that the Jets, for whom he played most of his career, seldom gave him help from safeties, which left him on an island. His nickname ...Read more

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — If everything went as planned for the Atlanta Falcons, then Kirk Cousins would be leading them to a second consecutive playoff appearance this year. If not, then Michael Penix Jr. would be the quarterback taking them to the postseason this year.

Worst case: Penix shows enough as a starter in 2025 to ensure the Falcons ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Vikings make their annual trip to Green Bay on Sunday, which means something memorable, dramatic or truly wacky is destined to occur. It’s never just run-of-the-mill football when the Vikings play the Packers at Lambeau Field.

The Lambeau Ledger is crammed full of oddities. A fake mooning, defensive mutiny, ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers would like nothing more than to play against his old rival, the Chicago Bears, on Sunday afternoon at Soldier Field. But the next few days will determine whether he gets that opportunity.

Rodgers left Sunday’s game against the Bengals just before halftime with a fractured bone in his left ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Another week, another absence for Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson.

For the second straight Wednesday, Jackson was missing from practice in Owings Mills. This time, he has a new injury, though, and was listed with an ankle injury on the first injury report of the week.

Whether he would be back Thursday or available for Sunday’s...Read more

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Michael Penix Jr., whom the team hoped was their quarterback of the future, will undergo season-ending surgery to repair a partially torn ACL in his left knee, the team announced Wednesday.

Amid five straight losses, the Falcons (3-7) turn to Kirk Cousins as the starter, with seven games remaining in the season, starting...Read more

NFL WEEK 12 THURSDAY PICK

BILLS (7-3) at TEXANS (5-5)

Line: BUF by 6.

Cote’s pick: BUF, 23-20.

TV: 8:15 p.m. Thursday, Prime Video.

If God invented football (although many credit Yale’s Walter Camp in 1880), then He or She surely envisioned a matchup like this one that kicks off NFL Week 12: Buffalo superman Josh Allen, off a six-...Read more

It’s officially prime time 2.0.

Cleveland Browns rookie Shedeur Sanders will make his first NFL start Sunday against the Las Vegas Raiders, head coach Kevin Stefanski said Wednesday.

That’s because starting quarterback Dillon Gabriel remains in concussion protocol.

“I’m doing everything I need to [do] to prepare, to be the best ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers have an actual shot at making the NFL playoffs.

It’s been a long time since you could write that sentence in mid-November and not be laughed out of the press box. But after a 30-27 overtime win over Atlanta on Sunday, the Panthers are 6-5 and just a half-game out of first place in the NFC South, ...Read more

DENVER — If you’re going to play with your food, Sean Payton, why not make it filet mignon?

The Denver Broncos are 6-0 this season when Marvin Mims has carried the ball at least once. They’re 11-3 in the regular season when that’s happened over the last two years. They’re 3-1 since September 2024 when Mims has received multiple ...Read more

ATLANTA — What might have been a moment of validation has instead cut the brake lines on a station wagon wildly careening down a dirt road into the valley of despair.

Monday’s distressing news was that Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Penix Jr. was placed on injured reserve for at least four games. It would be no surprise if it turned ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — The numbers do not lie. Not exactly.

It’s more like they exaggerate. They tease and bluff.

When it comes to rushing the quarterback, the numbers say the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are one of the better teams in the league. Right there in the top 10 in sack totals, which should tell you everything you need to know.

Except, in this ...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys received the needed return on the arrival of new players to their defense, and are now just one game below .500, a good 500 miles away from the playoffs.

By trading for defensive tackle Quinnen Williams and linebacker Logan Wilson, the Cowboys have made the decision to go for the playoffs, despite the ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The aura of the dynasty has dimmed, if not vanished, and what really remains suddenly seems an open question.

The pivotal X-factor that defined them has gone dormant, perhaps even evaporated, and Andy Reid’s gaudy 22-4 record after bye weeks didn’t hold up. Heck, even Mahomes’ magic has dwindled for the time being.

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LAS VEGAS — The Raiders’ latest loss was nearly over, and the Cowboys lined up to mercifully take a knee with 2 1/2 minutes remaining. And a yellow flag came out.

The Raiders were called for having too many men on the field.

I wondered: Had minority owner Tom Brady stayed to watch or had he slinked out of Allegiant Stadium in shame?

It ...Read more

It was a spat — or a spit — between two All-Pro NFL players: Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase and Pittsburgh Steelers defensive back Jalen Ramsey.

And it's going to cost Chase a half a million dollars unless the appeal he filed goes his way.

Chase was caught on video spitting in Ramsey's direction during Cincinnati's lopsided...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Aaron Rodgers has beaten the Chicago Bears more times than any NFL team in his decorated career, so much so that he once incited their fan base by famously saying, “I own you.”

Rodgers would love to post career victory No. 25 when the Steelers (6-4) play the new-look and surging Bears (7-3) on Sunday at Soldier Field. But his...Read more

PITTSBURGH — One of my favorite moments of Sunday's Pittsburgh Steelers game against the Cincinnati Bengals was when it was clear Mason Rudolph would have to enter the game for the injured Aaron Rodgers.

It wasn't that long ago Rudolph would have been booed out of the stadium. It wasn't that long ago Rudolph was basically run out of town.

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