ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The new car smell of the Buffalo Bills’ Highmark Stadium has already worn off on Josh Allen a little more than a month since the gleaming $2.1 billion facility opened. So exc...

After 251 days, Scott Hanson said the best words on TV: “7 hours of RedZone football start now.” Week 1 of the 2026 NFL season is officially in the books, and fantasy football managers already have pl...

Jaxson Dart, Cam Skattebo and the rejuvenated New York Giants gave John Harbaugh a successful debut. A sleepy effort in Australia has the Super Bowl favorites reeling after one game. Now the Los Angel...

Both sides are out of cards to play in the dispute. Former Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin liked to say, “If you have red paint, paint the barn red.” Well, the Steelers have painted themselves i...

A 37-year-old still playing at an NFL All-Pro level, is Cameron Heyward a modern-day Superman? No — try, Batman. As in, the batted-down-ball man. Heyward has become arguably the best in the world at b...

Deep pass consistency and run game efficiency should be on head coach Mike McCarthy’s “to do’” list this week. The Pittsburgh Steelers walked away from Week 1 with a 20-13 win over the Atlanta Falcons...

Two of the biggest backfires on the NFL’s opening weekend came roughly 70 hours and 9,500 miles apart. Packers coach Matt LaFleur took points off the board but didn’t come up with a first down, and th...

It might seem counterintuitive, but the Pittsburgh Steelers got more out of T.J. Watt by playing him less. The outside linebacker had two sacks, four tackles, three tackles for loss, two quarterback h...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — For Josh Allen, the grass is most definitely greener across the street. As the Buffalo Bills moved closer to their first regular-season game Thursday in their new Highmark St...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes’ surgically repaired left knee felt so good on Monday night that he even ran for a touchdown against the Broncos. Twice. After his first scramble to the end zon...

Air Aaron was in effect in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ opener. After a debut season with the team in which his average time to throw was the quickest among the NFL’s starting quarterbacks, and his averag...

Getting to play for your hometown team is surely a dream come true for an NFL player, but Jaquan Brisker says he dreamed even bigger. In one of his actual dreams, the former Gateway standout saw himse...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike McCarthy is pretty much over talking about Joey Porter Jr.’s back and his contract situation. Until one or the other is resolved — having both go away seems unlikely in the shor...

Lamar Jackson dropped back on third-and-16, and as the pocket collapsed, he somehow ducked between a couple of pass rushers before finding a running lane and taking off for the first down. “Playing fo...

Offenses didn’t need any time to shake off the rust. They lit up the scoreboard in one of the highest-scoring opening weeks in NFL history. The Bears beat Carolina 59-37, falling three points shy of t...

Cleveland Browns fans are used to their team stumbling out of the gate and not playing well in season openers. However, Sunday’s 3410 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars sparked anger and disappointment ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — T.J. Watt began his 10th season by trying to move past the noise that followed his ninth. The noise that said the Pittsburgh Steelers star outside linebacker had lost a step, maybe t...

Five things we learned after the Pittsburgh Steelers opened their season with a 20-13 win against the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday: 1. Rookie review That 11 rookies made the Steelers’ season-opening rost...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Kirk Cousins became the 15th quarterback to throw at least 300 touchdown passes in his career after tossing three on Sunday to lead the Las Vegas Raiders to a 27-13 season-opening vic...

Injury report lists the Steelers cornerback as “questionable” to play in Sunday’s opener. Time for negotiation is running out, warned Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Joey Porter Jr., who remained nonco...