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...

Tua Tagovailoa will miss the game with an oblique injury. ATLANTA (AP) — Cooper Rush will be the Atlanta Falcons’ starting quarterback on Sunday at Pittsburgh after Tua Tagovailoa was ruled out on Fri...

Sam Darnold played just five snaps. A.J. Brown will be sidelined for a while. De’Zhaun Stribling was carted off the field. High-profile injuries are adding up just two games into the NFL season. It’s ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Before Sean McVay jumped on his second 15-hour flight in less than two days, he insisted the Los Angeles Rams ‘ unorthodox travel plan for Australia wasn’t the reason his S...

In the nearly seven months since the San Francisco 49ers last played a game that counted, they watched the Seattle Seahawks celebrate a Super Bowl win in the Niners’ home locker room and the Los Angel...

If Bijan Robinson isn’t the best running back in the NFL, then the Atlanta Falcons star is a close second, says one of the linebackers tasked with tackling him. Robinson led the league last season in ...

Ayoung boy approached Bo Nix at the park this spring and asked the Denver Broncos quarterback a simple question. “Are your ankles crooked?” Nix, who broke his right ankle against Bu_alo in the playo_s...

Change can be good. _at’s the message Andy Reid delivered to John Harbaugh aer the former Ravens head coach was pink-slipped aer 18 seasons, including 306 wins and a Super Bowl title 13 years ago. Har...