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The Ravens used a punishing drive to take a late lead over the Chiefs. On the 14th play of the possession, quarterback Lamar Jackson kept an option play, ran to the right, and flipped into the end zone to give Baltimore a 36-35 advantage. But Baltimore’s two-point conversion attempt failed when Jackson’s pass to receiver [more]

In 1976, Vikings rookie receiver Sammy White had touchdown catches of 40 yards or longer in his first two NFL games. That hadn’t happen since then. Today, it did. Ja'Marr Chase of the Bengals, with a 42-yard touchdown catch at Chicago, became the first rookie receiver to do it since White, forty-five years ago. White [more]

If Tom Brady plays long enough, he’ll end up with pretty much every record in the books. He’s within two games of another one. According to the league, Brady’s five touchdown passes on Sunday gave him 35 career games with four or more. That ties him for second all time with Peyton Manning. Drew Brees [more]

Since becoming the Chiefs’ starting quarterback in 2018, Patrick Mahomes had never thrown an interception in September. That changed in the third quarter on Sunday night, and it led to a Ravens touchdown. With 14:13 left in the contest, Baltimore trails 35-30. Mahomes’ interception came on third-and-12 from the Kansas City 49. Mahomes was about [more]

If Greg Zuerlein hadn’t made a 56-yard field goal to become the hero for the Cowboys on Sunday, Mike McCarthy might have been the goat. But Zuerlein did, getting the Cowboys coach off the hook for his questionable clock management. The Cowboys had one timeout and faced second-and-six from the Chargers 41 with 33 seconds [more]

Earlier in Sunday night’s game, Kansas City’s Travis Kelce became the fastest tight end to reach 8,000 career receiving yards. He just added quite a few more on a 46-yard touchdown in the third quarter, giving the Chiefs a 35-24 lead. With the Ravens’ pass rush bearing down on Patrick Mahomes on second-and-10, the quarterback [more]

Bobby Wagner had 13 tackles in last week’s victory over the Colts. The Seahawks linebacker left that game with a much better feeling than he did Sunday when he set a franchise record with 20 in an overtime loss to the Titans. “It’s cool, but we lost, so it doesn’t really matter,” Wagner said, via [more]

Kansas City and Baltimore are back to trading blows as the third quarter begins. The Ravens have largely taken away receiver Tyreek Hill as an option for Patrick Mahomes on Sunday. But the rest of Kansas City’s receivers have stepped up. Byron Pringle was the latest to do so on the opening drive of the [more]

The Ravens will be without one of their starting safeties for the rest of Sunday Night Football against the Chiefs. Baltimore announced at the start of the second half that DeShon Elliott is out with a concussion. Elliott left the game with 1:45 left in the second quarter after a 4-yard run by Kansas City’s [more]

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The Chiefs and Ravens got off to a frenetic start on Sunday Night Football, with a pair of touchdowns scored within the first five minutes. But both teams settled in, with Kansas City taking a 21-17 lead into halftime. After Baltimore tied the game at 14 with running back Latavius Murray‘s 5-yard touchdown run, Kansas City [more]

Latavius Murray hasn’t been with the Ravens for very long, but he’s proving to be a valuable addition. The veteran running back powered his way to a 5-yard touchdown in the second quarter, tying the Chiefs and Ravens at 14 with just over three minutes left in the first half. Baltimore and Kansas City had [more]

After ending Baltimore’s first possession with a pick six, Tyrann Mathieu has intercepted another pass. On third-and-14, Jackson was looking for receiver Marquise Brown in the end zone. But Brown was well covered, and Mathieu stepped in front of the receiver to pick off the pass. Mathieu returned the interception to the Kansas City 14. [more]

Greg Zuerlein had the bull’s eye on him in Dallas-Fort Worth last week whether he realized it or not. Cowboys fans blamed the kicker for their loss to the Buccaneers in the season opener. Zuerlein, who was returning from offseason back surgery, missed a 31-yarder, an extra point and a 60-yarder in the season opener. [more]

Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer was not expecting his kicker to miss a field goal as time expired today in Arizona. Zimmer said that as kicker Greg Joseph lined up to attempt a 37-yard field goal in the final seconds, it seemed like everything was setting up for the Vikings to win. “I felt good [more]

It seems like Patrick Mahomes makes some sort of unbelievable throw every week. On Sunday, the Chiefs quarterback did it with just over six minutes left in the first quarter. After the Ravens tied the game at seven, Mahomes launched a 33-yard touchdown pass to receiver Demarcus Robinson to put the Chiefs back ahead. It [more]

The Ravens went down by a touchdown before Patrick Mahomes even took a snap with safety Tyrann Mathieu‘s pick six. But Baltimore got right back at it, scoring a touchdown to tie the game at seven. Running backs Latavius Murray, Ty'Son Williams, and Devonta Freeman combined to take five carries on the drive, accounting for [more]

Chiefs safety Tyrann Mathieu missed last week’s season opener after a stint on the COVID-19 list. He was activated the day before the game, but head coach Andy Reid elected to give him a week just to make sure Mathieu had his wind back. It didn’t take long for Mathieu to announce his presence. On [more]

The Falcons didn’t wait long to decide to move on from their punter. Hopefully, they gave him a seat back to Atlanta before doing so. The team will waive Cameron Nizialek this week, Jeff Schultz of TheAthletic.com reports. Nizialek averaged 39.3 yards on four punts Sunday in the loss to the Bucs with two shanks. [more]

The Saints went from 38-3 winners over the Packers in Week One to 26-7 losers to the Panthers in Week Two and one difference between the two games was the number of assistant coaches they had available for the game. Eight of head coach Sean Payton’s assistants were not at the game because of COVID-19 [more]

The Texans face the Panthers on Thursday night, and quarterback Tyrod Taylor has a hamstring injury. Coach David Culley said Sunday as to whether Deshaun Watson will play in Taylor’s absence, “We’ll see.” The league office would likely say the same thing. As previously explained, the league hasn’t decided whether to place Watson on paid [more]

A stirring second half comeback and a field goal by the latest kicker on the Titans’ carousel in overtime have given Tennessee its first win of the 2021 season. Randy Bullock hit a 36-yard field goal with under five minutes to go in the extra period to give the Titans a 33-30 win in Seattle. [more]

There were a couple of points in Sunday’s game when it looked like the Seahawks might put the Titans away by a comfortable margin, but neither a 15-point halftime lead nor a 14-point fourth quarter lead proved to be enough to put things out of reach. Derrick Henry ran for a 60-yard touchdown to cut [more]

The Chargers couldn’t get out of their own way Sunday. They had two touchdowns called back by penalties in addition to a negated 31-yard reception and ended up with 12 penalties for 99 yards. They missed a field goal, and they threw two interceptions in scoring range. The Cowboys escaped with a 20-17 victory on [more]

In what may have been the most entertaining game so far in this NFL season, the Vikings and Cardinals battled back and forth for 60 minutes until Minnesota missed a last-second field goal and Arizona escaped with a 34-33 win. Kirk Cousins did everything in his power for the Vikings, completing 22 of 32 passes [more]