Sam Darnold needs a second chance to prove his worth in the NFL almost as desperately as the Broncos need a quarterback.Could this be the start of a wonderful bromance?“I believe in myself. I know I’m a good football player. I know I can help an NFL team win,” ...

WATCH: A rematch is coming between Mahomes and Allen. Columnist Chad Finn and reporter Christopher Price run through the games and predict the winners.Bill Belichick completed a second interview with the Atlanta Falcons this weekend about their head coaching job, ...

By Matt CalkinsSeattle Times columnistSANTA CLARA, Calif. — There is some nuance to that late-game fracas, which will be touched on later in this space. But the optics symbolized something all too real in the Seahawks’ camp.As Seattle receiver DK Metcalf tussled ...

Longtime Seattle Times sports columnist Larry Stone is on his farewell tour.In case you haven’t heard, he has decided to retire and leave a Stone-shaped hole in our organization.The Seattle Times isn’t the only one who will miss him. You, our readers, will, and ...

10/26/2023Sterling Shepard is in his eighth year with the Giants, and Sunday he returned a punt for the first time in his career.Make that, he attempted to return a punt.It looked like a harrowing experience for him, and it sounds like it was, as well.“It was difficult, ...

10/25/2023Tyrod Taylor became the first Black quarterback to win a game for the Giants in the franchise’s 99-year history with last Sunday’s 14-7 victory over the Washington Commanders.Taylor accomplished the feat as only the second Black QB ever to start a game ...

Jason Peters was putting on his shoulder pads for his first Seahawks practice. It was another, countless practice of his seemingly endless football life.A new locker neighbor came over to the 41-year-old former Philadelphia Eagles All-Pro and Super Bowl champion.“Hi, ...

The quarterback is creaky. The running game is questionable. The receiving corps is inconsistent. The offensive line is uncertain. The defense is untested.The Rams enter the 2023 season with the league’s youngest team, one of the league’s most depleted rosters, ...

As the season nears and the year-over-year progress of Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields continues to be measured, offensive coordinator Luke Getsy considered what he wants the passing attack to look like when the curtain lifts for the opener against the ...

When the Raiders made the difficult decision to release linebacker Drake Thomas after a strong preseason, there was a hope he would clear waivers and be eligible to return.That didn’t happen.Thomas was claimed by the Seahawks and will continue his career on the ...

Among many out-of-nowhere facts about, well, out-of-nowhere Geno Smith: He was an English major in college.It’s been more than a decade now since the Seahawks quarterback who surprised the league in 2022 with a Pro Bowl season after seven years on NFL benches was ...

When Jaxon Smith-Njigba was told he needed wrist surgery, he informed Pete Carroll he’d be back on the field right away.When doctors told the Seahawks last week’s operation in Philadelphia to repair a broken bone in the rookie wide receiver’s left wrist went well ...

RENTON — When the Seahawks reconvened for practice Wednesday afternoon after two dizzying days of cutting down their roster and starting to build it back up, the team on the field looked almost as it had all of training camp.Of the 66 players at practice, all had ...

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 — Maybe the biggest surprise for the Seahawks on roster cutdown day occurred on the practice field after all the moves had been made.In the first real drizzle the Seahawks have had to practice in since camp began, there was rookie receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba ...

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 ...