Category: NFL

NFL Adds Monday Night to Wild Card Weekend

NEW YORK—The NFL is adding Monday night to its Wild Card Weekend. The league announced Friday that it will play one of its first six playoff games on Monday night, beginning with this season. The NFL added a third wild-card team in each conference last season, and then played three wild-card games on Saturday and…


Packers-Niners Renew Now Familiar NFL Rivalry on Sunday

If it seems as if the Packers have transferred to the NFC West or the 49ers moved to the NFC North, blame the schedule makers at league headquarters. When Green Bay (1–1) visits San Francisco (2–0) on Sunday, it will be the fourth trip to the Bay Area for the Cheeseheads in 22 months. The…


Rookie NFL Quarterbacks Struggling Through First 2 Weeks

The rookie class of quarterbacks that entered the season full of fanfare is finding the adjustment to the NFL is not very easy. Top two picks Trevor Lawrence and Zach Wilson lead the league with five interceptions after opening the season with back-to-back losses. Trey Lance has barely seen the field and Mac Jones is…


Fields to Make First Start for Bears With Dalton Injured

LAKE FOREST, Ill.—Justin Fields is set to make his first start for the Chicago Bears. The team will go with the prized rookie quarterback when the Bears visit the Cleveland Browns this week with veteran Andy Dalton sidelined because of a left knee injury, coach Matt Nagy said Wednesday. “Justin’s gonna be our starter,” he…


Zuerlein Makes 56-Yarder on Last Play, Cowboys Beat Chargers

INGLEWOOD, Calif.—Throughout his rehab from a broken ankle last season, Dak Prescott thought about what it would feel like to be on the field again and lead the Dallas Cowboys on a game-winning drive. Prescott directed the Cowboys on an 11-play, 49-yard march against the Los Angeles Chargers, culminating in Greg Zuerlein’s 56-yard field goal…


Lamar Jackson Finally Leads Ravens Over Chiefs 36–35

BALTIMORE—With a vault and a jump pass, and all the confidence from his coach and teammates he could ask for, Lamar Jackson finally beat Patrick Mahomes and Kansas City. Using his legs to rush for 107 yards and scoring twice, including flipping into the end zone for the winning score, Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens…


Stafford Leads Rams to Late Scores in 27-24 Win Over Colts

INDIANAPOLIS—Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford refused to let a sore right thumb derail his Sunday plans. Carson Wentz’s right ankle wasn’t nearly as forgiving. Stafford led the Rams on two late scoring drives, Matt Gay made a tiebreaking 38-yard field goal with 2:23 to play and the injured Wentz watched Indianapolis’ final two possessions…


Six-Time Pro Bowl DT Roger Brown Dies at 84

Roger Brown, a six-team Pro Bowl selection in the 1960s, died Friday. He was 84. His cause of death was not announced. Brown, born in Virginia, played collegiately at Maryland-Eastern Shore before being drafted by the Detroit Lions in the fourth round of the 1960 draft. He played seven seasons with the Lions (1960-66), followed…


Raiders Nearly Win, Then Finally Succeed in Beating Ravens

Derek Carr lofted a 31-yard touchdown pass to a wide-open Zay Jones with 3:38 left in overtime to give the Las Vegas Raiders a wild 33-27 victory over the visiting Baltimore Ravens on Monday night. The winning score came two plays after Carl Nassib forced a fumble by Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, and Darius Philon…


Stafford Leads Los Angeles Rams Past Bears 34-14 in Dynamic Debut

INGLEWOOD, Calif.—Matthew Stafford’s second pass for the Los Angeles Rams traveled 53 majestic yards through the air and dropped right into the hands of Van Jefferson, who fell down untouched, stood up and scored. The Rams have bet their future on Stafford being the key to turning a good team into a great one. With…