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A day after the Jets traded for receiver Davante Adams — and two days after quarterback Aaron Rodgers called him out for running the wrong route on the play that became the game-sealing interception — receiver Mike Williams didn’t show up for work. The explanation was “personal reasons.” He showed

The 49ers will be on their third kicker of the season on Sunday. San Francisco General Manager John Lynch said today on KNBR that he expects newcomer Anders Carlson to be called up from the practice squad to the active roster and play Sunday against the Chiefs. “Anders is a

Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin has not named a starting quarterback for Sunday night’s game against the Jets, but all signs have pointed to Russell Wilson getting the nod for the first time this season. Wilson spent the offseason and preseason as the No. 1 quarterback on the depth chart,

Javonte WilliamsAAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post Had you asked Denver Broncos fans how they would feel about being 4-3 seven games into the season, the answers would have ranged somewhere between “elated” and “come on, man.” But here the Broncos sit after dismantling an admittedly overmatched, injury-ravaged New Orleans Saints team

When I first saw it, I moved on. Largely because I didn’t know what to make of it. But once I started hearing about it from executives with other teams, I decided to give it a closer look. Steelers safety DeShon Elliott posted a modified image of coach Mike Tomlin

Starting quarterback Derek Carr (oblique) and tight end Taysom Hill (rib) were doubtful for Thursday Night Football, so there was no real chance they were going to play. The Saints made it official, listing the two star players on their inactive list. Rookie quarterback Spencer Rattler will start his second

Wide receiver Diontae Johnson and linebacker Jadeveon Clowney are two of the headline names on a long Panthers injury report on Thursday. The Panthers have 22 names on the report with Johnson (ankle) and Clowney (shoulder) both listed as non-participants. It’s the second straight day that both players have been

The Buccaneers have another wide receiver to work into the practice mix. The team announced on Thursday that Rakim Jarrett has been designated to return from injured reserve. Jarrett suffered an undisclosed injury this summer and has spent the entire season on injured reserve. Jarrett made the Bucs as an

With Tyler Bass struggling this season, the Bills have brought in another kicker. Buffalo announced on Thursday that the team has signed Lucas Havrisik to its practice squad. Havrisik, 25, was most recently with the Browns during the offseason and training camp. Last season, Havrisik kicked in nine games for

History will be in the air in New Orleans on Thursday night as the Saints honor Drew Brees during their game against the Broncos and their head coach Sean Payton. Payton’s long run with the Saints and the Super Bowl he and Brees won while with the team will be

It’s a new season for the 49ers and the Chiefs, but it’s hard to avoid thinking about the end of last season as they head into Week Seven. The Chiefs will be at Levi’s Stadium on Sunday and that means that pre-game preparations for the Niners will include a look

Bills General Manager Brandon Beane says trading for wide receiver Amari Cooper this week may not be the last move his team makes in its quest to bring a Vince Lombardi Trophy to Buffalo this season. Beane told Pat McAfee that the Bills were eager to get Cooper from the

During his lone week off of the 2024 season, Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford spent time with the Fox pregame crew. Does that mean he’s thinking about a broadcasting career, once his playing days are over? “I don’t know,” Stafford told reporters on Wednesday. “I had fun on Sunday. That’s a

Texans running back Joe Mixon (ankle) returned to play 28 of 66 offensive snaps in Sunday’s game against the Patriots. It was clear he was not 100 percent, but Mixon still rushed for 102 yards on 13 carries, caught two passes for 30 yards and scored two touchdowns. He was

The Lions lost edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson during Sunday’s win over the Cowboys, leaving a significant void on the team’s defense. To that point, Hutchinson currently has the league lead with 7.5 sacks, despite Detroit already having its bye early in the season. But head coach Dan Campbell said on

As agent Drew Rosenhaus explores potential trade destinations for holdout Jets defensive end Haason Reddick, there’s a lingering term from the trade that sent Reddick to New York that complicates the deal. PFT has confirmed that the price the Jets will pay to the Eagles increases from a third-round pick

In June, the Associated Press clarified the guidelines for the official Comeback Player of the Year award. As of last week, betting trends showed that folks weren’t necessarily heeding the change. Which prompted a tweet last week from Rob Maaddi of the AP aimed at clarifying the clarification. Uncertainty still

The Jaguars signed safety Tashaun Gipson in August with the knowledge that he would miss the first six games of the regular season, but Gipson’s return to active duty has not proceeded as expected. Gipson was suspended six games for violating the league’s performance-enhancing drug policy and the Jaguars played

Last Sunday’s game against the Chargers offered a pretty good example of how Broncos rookie quarterback Bo Nix’s NFL career has played out thus far. Nix was 3-of-10 for 22 yards and an interception as the Broncos fell behind 20-0, but he returned to go 16-of-23 for 194 yards and

NFL schedulers sent the Steelers to Las Vegas to face the Raiders in Week Six and they have them back at home to host the Jets in Week Seven, so they’ve been keeping their eyes on wide receiver Davante Adams for some time. Adams was on the Raiders leading up

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The NFL schedule makers didn’t do the 49ers any favor when they scheduled them to play the Chiefs in Week Seven, following Kansas City’s Week Six bye. No coach in NFL history has been better at using the bye week to his team’s advantage than Chiefs coach Andy Reid, whose

A staggering array of rude statements can be justified with comments like “I was just answering a question” or “I was just being honest” or “I was just trying to help” or whatever the person who said the rude thing says after the fact to justify their rudeness. On Monday

The Broncos upgraded the practice participation level of two cornerbacks on Tuesday’s injury report. Riley Moss (hip) and Ja’Quan McMillian (ankle) were both bumped up to full participation. The Broncos only held a walkthrough, so both listings are an estimation of what they would have done in a full practice

The Raiders gave up first- and second-round picks to get Davante Adams from the Packers in 2022. In less than three seasons, the team paid him $62.78 million and in return got 37 games, one Pro Bowl, 221 catches for 2,869 yards and 23 touchdowns with no playoff appearances. The

The Packers are signing veteran kicker Brandon McManus to a one-year deal, NFL Media reports. McManus worked out for the Packers earlier Tuesday. They are cutting Brayden Narveson in a corresponding move. Narveson, who they signed just before the start of the season, missed five of his 17 field goal

Tom Brady is getting to own his cake and eat it, too. And even though his new partners have made it harder to serve both as an owner and a Fox broadcaster, not a single one of them opposed Brady’s bid to have it both ways. According to Brady’s statement

There’s an old saying in American business. The customer is always right. In the rare business with strictly limited supply, the seller is always right. And that pretty much summarizes the NFL’s relationship with those who buy its restricted, and ridiculously popular, inventory. The latest example comes from Tuesday’s contentious

Settling the latest lawsuit against Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson won’t end the league’s investigation. It nevertheless short circuits it. Speaking at the conclusion of Tuesday’s quarterly ownership meeting in Atlanta, Commissioner Roger Goodell said the league continues to investigate the allegation of sexual assault and battery, filed on September 10,

The NFL has made clear that any violent gestures, including finger guns, are not allowed. In the first five weeks, the league cracked down on the violent depictions with penalty flags and fines. Eight players were penalized and fined the first four weeks of the season for depicting violence, with

The Raiders shopped the contract of receiver Davante Adams for two weeks. On Tuesday, the Jets finalized a deal that sends him from the 2-4 Raiders to the 2-4 Jets. At the quarterly league meetings in Atlanta, owner Mark Davis discussed the decision to move on from Adams, 37 games

The NFL has fined seven players for hip-drop tackles this season. None came the past two weeks, league executive vice president Troy Vincent told reporters at the NFL owners meetings in Atlanta. “Coaches and the players have been outstanding with sending in video, whether it’s their own club without the

Lions defensive tackle Alim McNeill agreed to a four-year extension Tuesday, his agent, Mike McCartney, announced. It is the second contract the Lions have extended in recent days, having signed running back David Montgomery to a two-year, $18.25 million extension. McNeill was in the final year of his contract, paying

Cam Akers is headed back to Minnesota. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that the Texans have agreed to trade Akers to the Vikings. They’ll also send a 2026 conditional seventh-round pick to Minnesota for a 2026 conditional sixth-round pick. It’s the second straight year that the Vikings have traded

Brandon McManus will not be facing discipline from the NFL after being accused of sexual assault and his search for a new job in the league took him to Green Bay on Tuesday. According to multiple reports, McManus worked out for the Packers. McManus was released by the Commanders after

The Amari Cooper trade isn’t the only roster move of the day for the Browns. The team also announced that they have placed center Nick Harris on injured reserve. Harris injured his ankle in Sunday’s loss to the Eagles. Harris was a 2020 fifth-round pick in Cleveland and he has

After Monday night’s loss to the Bills, Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers said Mike Williams running the wrong route caused the crucial interception late in the fourth quarter. Today Rodgers said he won’t hesitate to criticize anyone, whether it’s Williams or himself. Asked about his comments about Williams on the Pat

The NFL has made a couple of changes to the Week 8 schedule, putting the battle between the No. 1 and No. 2 overall picks of this year’s draft in a more prominent viewing window. Bears at Commanders, originally scheduled for 1 p.m. ET on Sunday, Oct. 27, will now

The NFL’s offseason change to kickoffs was designed to cut down on concussions while also creating more returns and it has worked on both fronts. During a media session at Tuesday’s owner’s meetings, NFL executive vice president of football operations Troy Vincent said, via Albert Breer of SI.com, that 32

Through five games, Chiefs first-round pick Xavier Worthy has been a key contributor to the team’s offense. He leads the Chiefs with four total touchdowns, with two receiving and two rushing. He’s third on the team with 12 receptions and 179 yards. He’s also rushed six times for 42 yards.

With Davante Adams in, another Jets receiver will be the odd man out. And the odd man out, not surprisingly, will be Mike Williams. Per a league source, the Jets will attempt to trade the veteran wideout who was signed in the offseason to a one-year deal. Williams, the seventh

A quarterback change could be coming in Pittsburgh. Shortly after Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reported that Russell Wilson will take first-team reps in practice this week, Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin confirmed that Wilson may get the start against the Jets on Sunday night in Week Seven. “Russ proved

The 49ers have added yet another kicker. According to multiple reports, San Francisco is signing former Green Bay kicker Anders Carlson to its practice squad. The 49ers needed another kicker because Jake Moody is dealing with an ankle injury and replacement kicker Matthew Wright is dealing with a shoulder injury.

Typically, an interception is always the quarterback’s fault. Even when it’s not the quarterback’s fault. After Monday night’s loss to the Bills, Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers placed the blame on receiver Mike Williams. Even though it arguably was the quarterback’s fault, at least partially. Rodgers flashed a little feistiness when

Jeff Bottari/Getty Images The most notable name on the market is no longer available for teams looking for wide receiver help. The Las Vegas Raiders traded Davante Adams to the New York Jets on Tuesday, per NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. ESPN’s Adam Schefter noted the Jets gave up a conditional

Jets defensive end Haason Reddick has a new agent. Soon, he might have a new team. As explained during the 8:00 a.m. ET hour of PFT Live, Drew Rosenhaus has received permission to broker a trade for Reddick. One source estimated it to be a 48-hour period. Rosenhaus declined comment.

The main headlines from Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni’s Monday press conference dealt with his apology for yelling at fans in the wake of the team’s 20-16 win over the Browns, but it also included some details about the team as it moves toward Week Seven. Left tackle Jordan Mailata

The Jets had scored no touchdowns in their last 25 drives that started in their own territory. They ended that streak on their second drive. The Jets marched 70 yards in nine plays, scoring on a 5-yard throw from Aaron Rodgers to Garrett Wilson on third down. Officials originally ruled

Edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson wasn’t the only defensive lineman the Lions lost in the big win over the Cowboys. Nose tackle Kyle Peko was injured with 7:55 remaining in the first quarter while making a tackle on Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott. Peko did not return with a pectoral injury.

The Chargers signed veteran cornerback Eli Apple to the practice squad, the team announced Monday. Los Angeles needed depth at the position after placing Asante Samuel Jr. on injured reserve Saturday. Apple, 29, has remained a free agent since the offseason began. He spent last season with the Dolphins, appearing