Veteran quarterback Joe Flacco helped the Cleveland Browns stay deep within the AFC playoff mix Sunday, guiding the team to a a 31-27 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars in Cleveland.Flacco, who made his second start with the team this week, threw for 311 yards on ...

No undrafted NFL defender has played more for his team this season than Vikings linebacker Ivan Pace Jr.His 25 tackles, including five in Sunday's win against the Panthers, are tied for second among all rookies, whether drafted in the first round or signed after ...

Giants cornerback Amani Oruwariye left the practice facility in an ambulance on Wednesday after suffering a neck injury.The 27-year-old practice squad member was placed on a backboard and carted off the field after a special teams kickoff drill, according to The ...

At last, the NFL’s regular season is upon us. And after one of the most fascinating offseasons in recent history, with all kinds of comings and goings and highly anticipated acquisitions, we’re about to see how it all unfolds.Whether it’s familiar faces in new ...

The Tennessee Titans play the New Orleans Saints in Week 1 of the 2023 NFL season.Our game-by-game predictions for the Titans feature early key games vs. the Bengals, Browns and Ravens.Is The Tennessean picking the Titans to reach the playoffs in its 2023 NFL season ...

READY FOR TAKEOFF? It isn’t often that a team with the longest active playoff drought in the sport becomes the most fascinating one in the league in the span of one short offseason, but that’s what has happened to the Jets with the acquisition of Aaron Rodgers. ...

With the regular season finally coming up, the Vikings released their unofficial depth chart ahead of Sunday’s season opener against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at U.S. Bank Stadium.Not much has changed since the Vikings released their unofficial depth chart early ...

When Sean Payton arrived on the Front Range this offseason intent on turning around the Broncos, he embarked upon a challenge that has eluded every Super Bowl-winning coach who preceded him.Since the AFL and NFL merged in 1966, a total of 35 coaches have led their ...

The most difficult game to play in the NFL isn’t a road game, a Thursday night game on a short week, or even a Super Bowl. It’s the quarterback game. The most influential position in North American professional team sports is also the most enigmatic one to forecast ...

There were no significant surprises Tuesday afternoon as the Baltimore Ravens cut down their roster to 53 players. They kept 25 offensive players, 25 defensive players and three specialists, the exact mix they prefer. No position was left with improper numbers.There ...

Boogie Basham arrived at the Giants’ facility Tuesday afternoon following a trade from the Bills, and the first thing he did was hug general manager Joe Schoen.“He’s the reason I got drafted in Buffalo in the first place. So to come in here, he wanted me here, ...

Jihad Ward has no time for Hard Knocks, the Jets and cheap shots.Ward, the Giants’ edge rusher, said he shoved Aaron Rodgers last Saturday because of “some sucker s--t” that wide receiver Randall Cobb and Rodgers pulled on the Jets’ first drive.He didn’t like Cobb’s ...

DEMETRIUS HARVEYThe Jacksonville Jaguars made a flurry of roster moves Tuesday prior to getting the team down to the league's mandatory 53-man roster limit ahead of the regular seasons.Jacksonville began the week with 91 players, making a total of 37 official roster ...

Just like that the Broncos have a new kicker.Denver on Tuesday traded a 2024 conditional seventh-round pick to New Orleans for Wil Lutz. Lutz will be reunited with Broncos coach Sean Payton, his former coach with the Saints.To make room for Lutz, the Broncos waived ...

Last week, The Athletic draft guru Dane Brugler teed up his preseason 2024 NFL Draft rankings. This week, Austin Mock released his projected win totals for every NFL team.The natural next step? Our first mock draft of the season.And, no surprise here, the quarterback ...

RENTON — Following Seattle’s final preseason game Saturday at Green Bay, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said the team hoped to keep as much of its roster together as possible.Tuesday, when cutdown day arrived, Seattle mostly did just that.There were few real surprises ...

It was, relative to all other immensely expensive acquisitions and long-term quarterback plans, a stunningly quick fall for Trey Lance’s 28-month 49ers career — all ebb, very little flow.He outlasted Jimmy Garoppolo, the incumbent Lance was drafted to replace, ...

Giants cutdown day was headlined by their second trade for a linebacker in the last week.GM Joe Schoen acquired the Bills’ Boogie Basham and a 2025 seventh-round pick from his friend, Buffalo GM Brandon Beane, in exchange for a Giants 2025 sixth-rounder.Basham ...

Scott Fitterer likes to be aggressive when it comes to making roster moves ahead of the NFL cut deadline. The third-year Panthers GM is known for his wheeling and dealing ways as the hourglass runs out of sand and the minutes dwindle closer to the league-mandated ...