BALTIMORE — Ravens wide receiver Zay Flowers didn’t practice for a third straight day Friday, putting his status in doubt for Sunday night’s AFC divisional round game against the Buffalo Bills in Orchard Park, N.Y.

Coach John Harbaugh wouldn’t go as far as ruling him out just yet, however. “I think he’ll have a chance,” he said ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs are reportedly losing a key member of their front office to the Tennessee Titans.

Per multiple reports Friday afternoon, the NFL franchise in Nashville has tapped Chiefs assistant general manager Mike Borgonzi as its next general manager.

Borgonzi was hired by the Chiefs in 2009 and had since filled ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — If you want to know the truth, sometimes even the irrepressible and apparently unflappable Patrick Mahomes actually feels anxiety in the crucible of the biggest moments of the biggest games.

But … only when he’s on the sideline.

“I feel nervous until I get on the field,” he said when I asked him in October about ...Read more

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — So you’re telling me you watched Justin Herbert’s four-interception AFC wild-card stinker against the Houston Texans last weekend and you’re starting to think the haters are onto something? You’re thinking he might actually be overrated.

Tell me you don’t know ball without telling me you don’t know ball.

Let ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The Steelers' plan for life after Ben Roethlisberger is now a topic for the history books — and it's not the kind of history anybody would want to repeat.

We can now study it the way we'd study Napoleon's invasion of Russia and likely reach a similar conclusion — that it was an arrogant, ill-conceived, ill-executed disaster ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — This time last year the Eagles were reeling. They’d finished the regular season 1-5, they’d been demolished in Tampa for the second time in three playoff runs, the quarterback had regressed and the defense stunk. Third-year head coach Nick Sirianni and his staff hung on the edge of a cliff.

Sirianni survived, but only after...Read more

MIAMI — Carson Beck is the new big man on campus in Miami.

The former two-year starter at the University of Georgia will reportedly earn $4 million as the new quarterback for the University of Miami after the Hurricanes won one of the most aggressive, and lucrative bidding wars for an injured underachiever.

His new name, image and likeness (...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Quarterback Sam Darnold’s disappointing finish to this Vikings season does not close the door on him returning to the team in 2025.

General Manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah told reporters during Thursday’s season-ending news conference that Darnold is among the “good options” the Vikings have at quarterback moving forward.

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Los Angeles Times NFL writer Sam Farmer examines the matchups this week in the divisional round of the playoffs. Lines according to FanDuel Sportsbook (O/U = over/under). Farmer had a regular-season winning percentage of .695 and .533 against the spread. Record for the wild-card round of the playoffs was 4-2 (.667) and, using point spreads with ...Read more

We’ll count the wild-card round as a solid start to the postseason crescendo of our 34th season of NFL picks in the Miami Herald. Highlights: Bull’s-eyed both of our upset picks with Commanders (+3) winning at Tampa Bay and Rams (+1 when we made the pick) beating Vikings. Lets’ run the table from here!

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Wild-card round: 5-1, ....Read more

NEW YORK — Following the Jets’ season-finale victory against the Dolphins on Jan. 5, Aaron Rodgers told reporters that he was unsure if he wanted to continue playing.

Over a week later, during his appearance on The Pat McAfee Show, Rodgers said he’ll decide on his future after the Jets hire a new general manager and coach.

“I told them...Read more

The Super Bowl is fast approaching, now just a few weeks away. The reigning Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs are vying for their fourth title in six years and an unprecedented third in a row. Teams like the Buffalo Bills and Detroit Lions may have something to say about that, each focusing their sights on winning their first ever Super ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Ivan Glubish, better known by his stage name, Vanya Sax, was supposed to be playing a birthday party Sunday — at an Eagles tailgate, of course — but had to cancel after he got the call to play on a bigger stage: the national anthem for the team’s wild-card matchup with the Packers.

For Glubish, 2024 was the biggest year ...Read more

At this point of the NFL calendar, we’ve separated the wheat from the chaff.

The divisional round includes star quarterbacks young and old, headlined by Most Valuable Player candidates Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen facing off in Buffalo with a trip to the AFC championship game on the line. In the NFC, Jayden Daniels has shown how quickly and ...Read more

ATLANTA — Without even realizing it, Chamblee High football coach Bob Swank took his first step toward bringing on an all-time NFL great to his coaching staff in the spring of 2022.

It was after a parent-athlete meeting to lay out the summer schedule, team rules and the like. An eighth grader approached Swank and asked if he could still join ...Read more

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — High atop the Miami Dolphins’ 2025 offseason priority list, possibly No. 1, must be a resolution to be a smarter, more disciplined team.

At least twice during the regular season, and once during the season-ending press conference, coach Mike McDaniel and general manager Chris Grier mentioned how the Dolphins tend to ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce declared himself the No. 1 Swiftie during an interview Wednesday on “The Stephen A. Smith Show.”

That should come as little surprise considering Kelce and superstar singer Taylor Swift have been dating for nearly 18 months.

Kelce, who made the Pro Bowl for the 10th time this season after ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — In the aftermath of the Eagles wild-card round win against the Green Bay Packers, Jalen Hurts is focused on the result.

It’s fair to acknowledge the uneven production and mid-game stagnation from the Eagles passing game during the 22-10 win last Sunday — even Hurts did during his Wednesday news conference — but the Eagles...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh will have a cardiac ablation this offseason as well as hip replacement surgery.

"Soon," Harbaugh said.

During the Chargers' Week 6 game at the Denver Broncos, Harbaugh, 61, retreated to the locker room and was treated for an irregular heartbeat. Marco Zucconi, the Chargers' director of player health,...Read more

DENVER — Greg Penner throws shade the way Peyton Manning threw the out-and-go. The Chiefs caught more strays Wednesday at Dove Valley than the ASPCA.

“Is Patrick Mahomes in your sights as you’re building this organization?” the Broncos’ CEO was asked during an end-of-season news conference at Broncos Park powered by CommonSpirit.

To ...Read more