LEXINGTON, Ky. — Two weeks into the season, former Kentucky quarterback Will Levis is among the early NFL storylines. Just not for the reasons he might have hoped.

Perhaps you’ve seen the Tennessee Titans’ second-year quarterback on the highlight reel. More like the lowlight reel. The Titans are off to an 0-2 start thanks in part to plays...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kareem Hunt is moving from unemployment to an NFL spotlight, and the irony in the stark, abrupt contrast is that the team supplying that contrast sent him in the inverse direction six years ago.

Well, irony is one word for it. There are others.

Discomfort.

Confusion.

Hunt is back with the Chiefs on what will initially be...Read more

LAS VEGAS — After a record number of contestants were eliminated from a popular Circa football contest, the company is apparently feeling sorry for the losers and offering an “empathy package.”

The $1,000-per-entry Circa Survivor contest started with 14,266 entries. After two weeks of games, there are only 3,877 players left.

With just ...Read more

RENTON, Wash. — Seahawks center Connor Williams spent the last two seasons playing the same position in Miami, snapping the ball to Tua Tagovailoa.

So Thursday, when Williams saw Tagovailoa take a hard hit against Buffalo and leave the game with a concussion — the third for the Dolphins quarterback since 2022 — it hit him as deeply as ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — It is not a season-ending injury, and it will not require surgery or any other procedure.

That is the upside for the Rams and injured receiver Cooper Kupp based on coach Sean McVay's comments Wednesday.

On a day the Rams placed safety John Johnson III and offensive lineman Jonah Jackson on the team's seemingly never-ending list...Read more

NEW YORK — The beard is gone. The confidence is not.

A clean-shaven Daniel Jones said Wednesday that “everyone realizes our record” but “no one is discouraged” on the New York Giants (0-2) entering Sunday’s must-win in Cleveland against the Browns (1-1).

“We’re a good football team,” Jones said at his locker. “We have a ...Read more

BOSTON — Before Mac Jones broke last year, do you remember how he looked?

Jones successfully withstood waves of pressure in the New England Patriots’ season opener.

He navigated a sea of hurries and hits in Week 2.

In Week 3, he stood and faced the Jets, who took turns batting him around like a piñata.

Then, he fell apart, and the ...Read more

CHICAGO — The Chicago Bears were back on the practice fields Wednesday afternoon for the first time since their prime-time loss to the Houston Texans in Week 2. The Bears will play their third consecutive game against an AFC South opponent Sunday when they travel to Indianapolis to face the Colts.

With a feisty defense setting the tone and a ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — On Monday, Miles Sanders picked up the phone and called Bryce Young — his quarterback, yes, but also his “dawg” who he wanted to check on.

Sanders had something specific he wanted to say.

“I was in the same position last year,” Sanders said. “So if anybody knows what he’s going through, it’s me.”

...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert was not seen on the field Wednesday during the practice media viewing period after suffering an ankle injury during Sunday's win over the Carolina Panthers.

Herbert will be listed on the injury report after he "got rolled up on" during the victory. He was able to finish the game as he ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — If Sunday’s win at Detroit is any sign, Baker Mayfield has made a pretty nice career of leading his teams to triumph by sheer force of will.

The Space Coast Junior/Senior High Vipers can attest firsthand to that force — and its philanthropic nature.

Count them as the latest team to be elevated by Mayfield’s heart. The ...Read more

GREG COTE’S NFL WEEK 3 THURSDAY PICK

PATRIOTS (1-1) at JETS (1-1)

Line: NYJ by 6.

Cote’s pick: NYJ, 20-16.

TV: 8:15 p.m. Thursday, Prime Video.

Owing mostly to the bygone Brady/Belichick era, the Patriots had beaten the Jets 15 times in a row (!) before NYJ finally stopped that skid to end the 2023 regular season. Now it’s time for ...Read more

CHICAGO — A coalition of public groups joined forces Wednesday to oppose a new Chicago Bears stadium on the lakefront, saying the billions of dollars at stake would be better used for affordable housing, health care and improved neighborhood parks.

Friends of the Parks, which opposes private development of the lakefront, led the effort to ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The Steelers won ugly for the second straight week, but from the buzz around them, one would think they are 0-2.

So, just in case you were confused, let me help you out:

The Steelers went on the road twice in a row to start the season, and they WON both games.

They are 2-0.

There are no style points. There is no extra credit ...Read more

NEW YORK — Bryce Young’s benching Monday in Carolina was a thunderbolt across the NFL’s landscape, a reminder that no one’s job in this league is safe, not even recent No. 1 overall quarterback picks.

It is the latest example of Panthers owner David Tepper still struggling to figure out this football thing and fit in.

Young’s ...Read more

MIAMI — Everyone associated with the Miami Dolphins has put on a brave face.

What else are the players and the coaches supposed to do, or say, while the team awaits Tua Tagovailoa’s return from the gruesome concussion he suffered in Thursday night’s embarrassing loss to the Buffalo Bills?

The season’s on the brink of disaster with 15 ...Read more

DENVER — The Broncos were in desperation mode against the Pittsburgh Steelers when Sean Payton called Josh Reynolds’ number.

Trailing 10-0 with 7:43 left in the third quarter at Empower Field on Sunday, Sean Payton dug deep into his bag of tricks, putting running back Javonte Williams behind the center in shotgun with quarterback Bo Nix ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The Twin Cities and the state of Minnesota started their fondness for building sports stadiums in 2009, when Gophers football returned to campus with the opening of then-TCF Bank Stadium. The crowds throughout the home schedule were announced at a capacity of 50,805, and it was particularly jammed on Halloween night with Michigan...Read more

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — The Atlanta Falcons clearly still are a work in progress under first-year coach Raheem Morris.

But fixing some things – like the missed tackles that Bill Belichick alluded to on the ESPN “ManningCast” – are a little easier coming off an exhilarating last-minute 22-21 victory over the Eagles in a nationally ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Jets home opener last year was electric and full of optimism and excitement, mainly because it was Aaron Rodgers’ first start with the team.

Many fans remember Rodgers running out onto the field with the American flag during pregame introductions, which, according to him, was an idea on the spur of the moment. They also ...Read more