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Ken Sugiura: Falcons defense does job against Chiefs, but offense does not
ATLANTA — A funny thing has happened in the first three weeks of the Falcons’ season.
The defense has largely played better than the offense. It happened again Sunday night when the Falcons defense more than held its own against two-time defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City and the greatest quarterback of this generation, Patrick ...Read more
Dolphins forced to turn offense over to team's third quarterback
MIAMI — Tim Boyle voluntarily describes himself as an NFL survivor.
That’s the mind-set an undrafted backup quarterback, who has existed on the fringe of a team’s roster since 2018, has to take to justify his nomadic existence, which has him playing for his sixth team in seven years.
“I’m chugging along. It’s been interesting,” ...Read more
Chargers vs. Steelers takeaways: Slew of injuries forces Jim Harbaugh into backup mode
The Los Angeles Chargers lost several starters to injury, including quarterback Justin Herbert, in a 20-10 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday at Acrisure Stadium. Herbert left the arena in a walking boot after reinjuring his right ankle while absorbing a sack during the third quarter.
With AFC West rival Kansas City next, what we learned...Read more
Rams-49ers takeaways: Backups on offense, clutch defense provide winning kick
LOS ANGELES — The Rams defeated the San Francisco 49ers 27-24 on Sunday night at SoFi Stadium.
What we learned from the victory that improved the Rams' record to 1-2:
Joshua Karty can kick under pressure
The Rams, bedeviled by kicking woes in 2023, used a sixth-round draft pick to select Joshua Karty.
Karty came through with a field goal ...Read more
Chargers could be minus Justin Herbert, Joey Bosa and starting tackles for Chiefs
LOS ANGELES — The Chargers could soon need a bigger injury tent.
After four starters, including star quarterback Justin Herbert, missed the end of the Chargers' 20-10 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, coach Jim Harbaugh deflected all questions about the mounting injuries Monday, deferring until the team is required to release an injury report ...Read more
Paul Zeise: Steelers offensive line had Chargers 'tapping out' by end of game
PITTSBURGH — There was a point in the second half of the Steelers-Chargers game Sunday where it sure felt like the Chargers defense wasn't having much fun out there. It seemed like the entire unit was looking at the clock and counting down the minutes until they could get back on the bus to the airport to take their flight home to sunny ...Read more
Mike Sielski: Nick Sirianni and the Eagles never make it easy on themselves, do they?
NEW ORLEANS — There are NFL coaches who make things hard for themselves, and then there is Nick Sirianni, who might as well assign himself to read James Joyce in Braille. It took him just minutes after the Philadelphia Eagles' 15-12 strange and exhilarating victory here Sunday over the Saints, just seconds after he had entered a Superdome ...Read more
Mike Vorel: Give Seahawks credit for battering a backup QB ... but bigger tests await
SEATTLE — On Sunday, the Seahawks made a backup quarterback look like one.
Two, actually.
Fans here know that's no small feat. For years, the Seahawks have been illogically bombarded by backups, dissected by signal callers more accustomed to clipboards.
Take Mason Rudolph, who completed 75% of his passes and threw for 274 yards in a 30-23 ...Read more
Bill Plaschke: What a sight! Rams save their season with awestruck win against 49ers.
LOS ANGELES — "Holy —!"
Sean McVay began his postgame news conference like a slack-jawed sailor, but he spoke the truth.
Holy rebound. Holy resilience. Holy Rams.
They began this stomach knot of a Sunday afternoon flat on their backs, trailing the San Francisco 49ers by two touchdowns in the first 15 minutes — winless and helpless and ...Read more
Vikings QB Sam Darnold has left knee bruise, isn't expected to miss time
MINNEAPOLIS — After undergoing additional medical testing, Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold was determined to have a left knee bruise and is not expected to miss any time, head coach Kevin O’Connell said Monday.
Darnold suffered a left knee injury in the third quarter of Sunday’s win against the Houston Texans when former Vikings edge ...Read more
Chiefs remain undefeated in dramatic 22-17 road win vs. Falcons
ATLANTA — The Kansas City Chiefs are still undefeated. And they have their defense to thank for that.
Kansas City held on for a 22-17 road victory over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday night to improve to 3-0, as the defense had two dramatic stands in the fourth quarter.
The Chiefs stopped the Falcons on two plays from the 5-yard line to ...Read more
Dave Hyde: Mercury Morris chased Dolphins wins and his justice with the same, obsessive drive
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
Omar Kelly: Dolphins are facing a quarterback catastrophe
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
3 takeaways from Raiders' loss to Panthers: Triumphant homecoming becomes disaster
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
Ravens ride Derrick Henry to huge lead, hang on to beat Cowboys, 28-25, for first win
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
Rams' rally from 10 points behind late in fourth quarter to stun 49ers
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
Broncos OLB Dondrea Tillman logs two sacks in NFL debut as part of dominant defensive outing against Buccaneers
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
Seahawks improve to 3-0 after penalty-filled win against Dolphins
SEATTLE — Put all the asterisks you want next to the three wins the Seattle Seahawks have so far this season.
Sure, they’ve beaten a rookie QB making his first career start and backups in weeks two and three.
And all three wins came with some head-scratching, anxiety-increasing moments.
But the reality is that they are 3-0 — one of only...Read more
Lions click on offense, hold off Cardinals, 20-13
GLENDALE, Ariz.— The Detroit Lions' first road game of the season felt like a home game.
Riding the momentum of a State Farm Stadium crowd flush with Honolulu Blue, the Lions limited an explosive Arizona Cardinals offense and got back in the win column Sunday with a 20-13 victory.
Detroit's defense stifled a Cardinals offense that was second...Read more
Vikings roll over Texans 34-7 to improve to 3-0
MINNEAPOLIS — Last year, the Vikings won just two times at home, in the worst year they’d ever had at U.S. Bank Stadium.
It was clear even in the preseason, when the Vikings played for a comeback victory over the Las Vegas Raiders, how much it bothered Kevin O’Connell not to win at home. After an upset victory over the San Francisco 49ers...Read more
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