Player Notes

There isn’t much missing on Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ résumé.Mahomes has won two NFL MVP awards, had seasons in which he’s led the league in passing yards, touchdown throws and lowest interception rate. He’s also had 13 fourth-quarter comebacks and led the Chiefs to a pair of Super Bowl titles, winning the game’s MVP both times.But in Mahomes’ mind, there is something missing from his career ...

Indianapolis StarNearly a year after former Indianapolis Colts quarterback Art Schlichter was found unresponsive in a Hampton Inn hotel room, charged with possession of cocaine, and found guilty of the crime, he has been sentenced to one year probation, according to court records.The sentence issued by a Franklin County, Ohio, judge last week is the latest in 63-year-old Schlichter's encounters with ...

Akron Beacon JournalPITTSBURGH — The game was there for the taking. All Deshaun Watson needed to do was lead the Browns down the field in the final three minutes.Watson got the Browns halfway there Monday night against the Pittsburgh Steelers, reaching the Steeler 47 with two minutes remaining. However, that's as far as he would go, as his fourth-down pass fell incomplete with a minute remaining in ...

Ja’Marr Chase said he just needs to be patient while Tee Higgins has the “hot hands,” but at the same time, the Cincinnati Bengals third-year wide receiver wants more deep shots sent his way.The explosive plays down the field have been missing the first two games, despite that being something that has opened up the offense and made the Bengals tough to defend in the past.Chase has 10 catches for 70 ...

A House committee on Tuesday explored plans to redevelop Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in Washington, a makeover that could temp the Commanders to return to the site.Delano Hunter, acting director of the D.C. Department of General Services, told lawmakers that new legislation to redo the stadium “has the potential to transform and expand recreation in our city for generations to come.”“To many, ...

The Green Bay Packers probably have the best left side of an offensive line in the NFL when both left tackle David Bakhtiari and left guard Elgton Jenkins are healthy and playing how we’ve come to expect.Entering the 2023 season, Bakhtiari seemed finally in the clear of the knee problems that had plagued him for the last two-plus seasons and Jenkins without rust to start a season after taking a while ...

Deion Sanders has the Colorado Buffaloes 3-0 and ranked as the No. 19 team in the country according to the AP Top 25 Football Poll.Dallas Cowboys star Micah Parsons expressed admiration for what Colorado has accomplished with Deion Sanders as head coach and gave his thoughts on Colorado’s season on his show “The Edge with Micah Parsons.”Parsons was disgusted by the hit leveled on Travis Hunter by Colorado ...

Admittedly, the welcome to the Big 12 I offered Colorado in July was a tepid one. When news broke that the CU Regents had approved a shift here from the Pac-12, I wrote that it was about as good as the Big 12 was likely to do and that the Buffs — my Buffs, I like to call them after matriculating there for two semesters half a century ago — were “not going to replace Oklahoma or Texas in any fashion.”Allow ...

Derrick Brown said it “hurt everybody.”Brian Burns prays “it’s not season-ending.”Kamu Grugier-Hill, who stepped up admirably to fill the role created after Shaq Thompson’s ankle injury, could pretty much only muster words of despondence like everyone else.“For Shaq to go down like that,” the veteran Grugier-Hill said, struggling to find the words. “I mean, Shaq is the best linebacker I’ve played with ...

Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers said in a social media post Wednesday he’s “completely heartbroken” that his season came to an end after just four snaps in a Monday Night Football game against the Buffalo Bills.The Instagram post is Rodgers’ first public statement since suffering a season-ending Achilles injury, which effectively put an end to the Jets’ Super Bowl chances.“Thank you to every person ...