CHICAGO — On its first play of overtime Sunday, the Chicago Bears defense got exactly what it wanted.

Pro Bowl pass rusher Montez Sweat, singled up against Minnesota Vikings left tackle Brian O’Neill, won his one-on-one and did enough to turn the corner. And as quarterback Sam Darnold tried to find a deep shot down the field, he never felt ...Read more

MIAMI — Want to know the types of challenges that set a course for a season, and defines a career?

Then take a deep dive into the undertaking newly added Miami Dolphins inside linebacker Tyrel Dodson faces this week, as a difficult challenge is being placed on the newest Dolphins player’s shoulders.

Josh Jacobs is in the midst of another ...Read more

Each week of the NFL season, The Baltimore Sun will recap the best and worst from around the league. Here are our winners and losers from Week 12:

Winner: Saquon Barkley

Could a running back win the NFL Most Valuable Player Award? We’re about to find out.

Saquon Barkley vaulted himself into the conversation with a majestic performance in ...Read more

NEW YORK — Malik Nabers had “a talk” with Giants GM Joe Schoen and coach Brian Daboll after ripping the team’s “soft” play and the Daboll’s offense on Sunday.

And the rookie wide receiver said he still stands on what he said, even though he heard Schoen’s and Daboll’s side of the story.

“When I look at it, we tried to give ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — He was sacked four times and under constant siege.

His leading rusher was injured.

The inability of his receivers to catch his passes was too much for the fans at SoFi Stadium to bear, prompting them to boo after one particular fourth-quarter drop.

In the ultimate team sport, Justin Herbert remains a one-man offense.

The ...Read more

Each week I'll list the best widely available free agents for fantasy football — I define "widely available" as being owned in around half of all ESPN or Yahoo leagues — and some guys who are probably better off in the free agent pool than collecting dust on your roster.

Follow me on X (formerly known as Twitter) @UTEddieBrown if you have ...Read more

NEW YORK — On Saturday, The Athletic reported that Aaron Rodgers wants to continue playing in 2025 but not for the Jets.

However, during his weekly appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show,” Rodgers said, “That’s 100% false.”

“As far my future goes, I haven’t told anybody in my life that I want to play in 2025 and not for the Jets,�...Read more

MIAMI — A Miami-Dade traffic hearing officer dismissed Miami Dolphins star Tyreek Hill’s citations after the Miami-Dade Police officer who cited him failed to show up in court, in an incident that led to Hill getting handcuffed and pinned to the ground outside Hard Rock Stadium.

Miami-Dade Police issued Hill a $179 careless driving ...Read more

MIAMI — Shaq Barrett’s retirement during the summer stunned the Dolphins and their fans.

But after a few months on the sideline, the two two-time Pro Bowler wants back in.

Barrett, 32, has applied to the NFL for reinstatement from retirement, which is a procedural move. The Dolphins own his rights, and a league source said he would be fine...Read more

NEW YORK — Quarterback Tommy DeVito has a “sore” forearm, was limited for Tuesday’s walkthrough practice and is not 100 percent to start for the Giants on Thanksgiving Day at Dallas, coach Brian Daboll said.

DeVito somehow was not on Monday’s injury report after getting pummeled by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday but is now in ...Read more

CHICAGO — As the Chicago Bears continue to face massive hurdles in Springfield over plans to build a domed stadium next to Soldier Field, the team said Monday it has reached an agreement over property taxes for the 326 acres of land it owns in Arlington Heights that had tripped up plans to build a new stadium in the northwest suburb.

Team ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The Steelers' offense has reverted to the form it displayed early in the season when they relied on field goals rather than touchdowns — and it's not a good time for that to be happening again.

They have produced their fewest points in the past two games (37) since they opened the season with back-to-back victories against the ...Read more

SEATTLE — At the time, that Seahawks bye week felt like a "goodbye" week.

After dropping two straight and five of their past six, it seemed as if the Seahawks were saying sayonara to their season before their seven days off earlier this month.

The defense that Mike Macdonald was supposed to repair in his first year as head coach was a ...Read more

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — The analytics favored the Baltimore Ravens going for it. Reality said it would have been disastrous had they not converted.

With Baltimore trailing the Chargers, 10-7, on Monday night in a critical AFC showdown at SoFi Stadium and facing fourth-and-1 from its 16-yard line late in the second quarter, coach John Harbaugh ...Read more

I’ve been looking for a sign.

For weeks — for this entire season — I’ve withheld judgment on first-year 49ers’ defensive coordinator Nick Sorensen.

Is he good at his new job? Is he bad? I’ve seen hints of both, so I’ve been waiting for a eureka moment to make such a determination.

It came Sunday in Green Bay.

It’s one thing ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The second-best play of the Kansas City Chiefs’ last-second win in Charlotte began with Patrick Mahomes identifying the Carolina Panthers’ defensive coverage and calling it out at the line of scrimmage — like a teacher offering answers to the test before placing it on your desk, as his receiver would later say.

The ...Read more

DETROIT — Detroit Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams won't be charged in relation to a traffic stop last month in which two guns were found in the car, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy's office announced Monday.

Prosecutors had been investigating the case since Williams was arrested, then released, at the scene of a traffic stop in the ...Read more

NEW YORK — Admittedly, if Brian Daboll were to acknowledge numerous examples of poor effort from some of his biggest name players, the Giants’ head coach would be signing his own pink slip.

So he had plenty of motivation to pretend during Monday’s Zoom call that everything was fine for his 2-9 team after Sunday’s sixth straight loss, a ...Read more

BOSTON — New England Patriots safety Jabrill Peppers was removed from the NFL’s commissioner’s exempt list, the league announced Monday.

Peppers was placed on the list on Oct. 9, four days after being arrested and pleading not guilty on assault, strangulation and drug charges. Peppers is scheduled to go to trial on Jan. 22.

Peppers ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Ravens had just demolished the Buffalo Bills on national television and the clock was nearing 11:30 p.m. at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore when the phone rang inside the luxury box. As Jack Harbaugh was winding down a thrilling night with family and friends, his eldest son, John, called up from the jubilant locker room...Read more