Last February, Eugene “Mercury” Morris walked from his home office, where legal papers covered his desk, out to his garage in South Miami where two framed jerseys hung on the wall. One was his No. 22 Miami Dolphins jersey that he wore in one of his three Super Bowls.

“We should have won all three,” he said.The other frame held his faded...Read more

MIAMI — How many more weeks of this quarterback catastrophe do Miami Dolphins fans have to endure?

Or should we say suffer through because that’s a more fitting description of the Dolphins’ offensive ineptitude in the first game the team played without Tua Tagovailoa, which concluded with a 24-3 loss to the Seattle Seahawks.

We’ve got ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Here are three takeaways from the Raiders’ 36-22 loss to the Carolina Panthers on Sunday at Allegiant Stadium:

1. Embarrassed

Sunday was supposed to be a triumphant homecoming for the Raiders.

They were coming off an improbable road upset of Baltimore. They were hosting what looked like the NFL’s worst team through two weeks...Read more

ARLINGTON, Texas — The last time Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson was at AT&T Stadium, it was draft night in 2018, and he promised he would deliver Baltimore a Super Bowl trophy. Sunday, Jackson and a gashing ground game helped keep that promise alive for this season.

Jackson rushed for 87 yards and a touchdown and completed 12-of-...Read more

LOS ANGELES — All Matthew Stafford needed was a chance.

The San Francisco 49ers gave the Rams' veteran quarterback two opportunities in the final minutes of Sunday's game at SoFi Stadium and Stafford made them pay both times.

Stafford engineered a game-tying touchdown drive and then a game-winning field goal drive as the Rams came back to ...Read more

TAMPA BAY, Fla. — Dondrea Tillman could hardly get the words out over the ruckus in the Denver Broncos’ postgame locker room.

He smiled as he tried to put his dream NFL debut — two sacks in a dominant 26-7 win against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers — into perspective.

Mostly, his teammates did it for him.

From down the row of lockers came ...Read more

NEW ORLEANS — It’s a win that will reverberate. It would’ve been a loss that reverberated.

The Philadelphia Eagles again lost the turnover battle. They lost four offensive starters to injuries, and another on defense. But Saquon Barkley’s 65-yard burst finally put the Eagles on the board less than two minutes into the fourth quarter, ...Read more

CLEVELAND – Brian Daboll and the New York Giants are off the mat.

Daniel Jones, Malik Nabers, Brian Burns and Dexter Lawrence, four of the franchise’s biggest investments and most important players, rose to the occasion in their first win of the season on Sunday, 21-15, over the Cleveland Browns at Huntington Bank Field.

Nabers caught two ...Read more

Mistakes again doomed the Chicago Bears on Sunday at Lucas Oil Stadium, and the Indianapolis Colts capitalized to pull off a 21-16 victory.

Quarterback Caleb Williams committed three turnovers — two interceptions and a fumble — as the Bears dropped to 1-2. Williams completed 33-of-52 passes for 363 yards and threw his first two NFL ...Read more

MIAMI — Eugene “Mercury” Morris - a three-time Pro Bowl running back, a two-time Super Bowl champion, a radiant and playful personality and perhaps the most vocal advocate for the undefeated Dolphins in any discussion about the best team in NFL history - died on Saturday night at 77, his son Troy-Jeffery Morris said in a social media post ...Read more

NEW YORK — The New England Patriots have tormented the New York Jets for most of the last quarter century.

Finally, it appears Gang Green is ready to put all those nightmares behind them.

The Jets came into Thursday night’s game knowing they were the better team and proved it in their 24-3 triumph over the hated Patriots.

“It’s only ...Read more

The Lineup isn’t quite in mid-season form, but Week 2 was certainly a step in the right direction, and much better than its predecessor.

Last week’s lineup (144.38 DraftKings points) offered up some solid blocks to build around. Malik Nabers (31.70), Chris Godwin (27.70) and Jordan Mason (20.40) all produced four to five times the fantasy ...Read more

CHICAGO — The Week 2 loss at Houston was not what set off doomsday predictions for the Chicago Bears. Rather, it was how they lost.

The Bears couldn’t protect Caleb Williams, who also struggled at times to keep himself out of harm’s way, and there was almost nothing in the way of production from the running game, an essential for a rookie...Read more

On the opening possession of the second half Sunday night, Caleb Williams had the ball in his hands with a chance to lead a go-ahead touchdown drive. It was third-and-3 from the 37-yard line, and Williams had a window of opportunity to hit the kind of big play the Chicago Bears offense so desperately needs.

The sequence wasn’t blocked ...Read more

Reporters covering the Vikings in Cleveland last month experienced a sharp edge to Kevin O’Connell that would surprise the public. But it drew smiles and nods from several members of the organization who say the friendly head coach has been known to show some bite to them on rare occasions as well.

“K.O.’s viewed as this great human being...Read more