Ravens overcome Jackson’s 4 INTs, beat Browns
BALTIMORE — On a night he threw a career-high four interceptions, Lamar Jackson still produced one incredible moment of brilliance. That was enough for the Baltimore Ravens, who now have the best record in the AFC after gutting out another tense victory. Jackson pulled off one of his signature scrambles...
NFL roundup: Mac Jones leads Patriots to 6th straight win
Mac Jones threw two touchdown passes, New England’s defense forced four turnovers and the Patriots earned their sixth straight win, 36-13, over the Tennessee Titans on Sunday. The victory snapped New England’s two-game skid against the Titans. The Patriots hadn’t beaten Tennessee since former Patriots linebacker Mike Vrabel took over...
Hall of Fame defensive lineman Curly Culp dies at 75Video
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Hall of Fame defensive lineman Curly Culp, who helped the Kansas City Chiefs win their first Super Bowl during a 14-year NFL career, died Saturday of complications from pancreatic cancer. He was 75. Culp announced this month that he had been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer....
Ravens, Browns meet for 1st time since wild December clash
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Of all the times Lamar Jackson has rescued the Baltimore Ravens in his young career, last season’s game at Cleveland stands out. The star quarterback left the game with cramps, then returned for a fourth-down play and threw a long touchdown pass to Marquise Brown, part...
Analysis: Sizing up 10 teams with best Super Bowl chances
Close games and unpredictable outcomes have been a staple this NFL season. Thanksgiving Day was the latest example. The Bears beat the Lions on a last-second field goal. The Raiders upset the Cowboys on a field goal in overtime. The league and the networks must love it, and fans stay...
Josh Allen throws for 4 TDs as Bills beat short-handed SaintsVideo
NEW ORLEANS — Josh Allen passed for 260 yards and four touchdowns, Buffalo’s defense stifled New Orleans’ short-handed offense and the Bills rolled to a 31-6 victory Thursday night that sent the injury-ravaged Saints to their fourth straight loss. Tight end Dawson Knox caught two TD passes, giving him a...
Raiders beat Cowboys in overtime on field goal after penalty
ARLINGTON, Texas — Daniel Carlson kicked a 29-yard field goal in overtime after Anthony Brown’s fourth pass-interference penalty kept the drive alive, and the Las Vegas Raiders beat the Dallas Cowboys, 36-33, on Thursday. Carlson’s fifth field goal came after Brown was called for interference on Zay Jones on third-and-18....
Cairo Santos’ game-ending field goal ends Bears’ skid versus winless Lions
DETROIT — Matt Nagy still has a job, and perhaps his team has a shot to salvage its season. Cairo Santos made a 28-yard game-ending field goal to give the slumping Chicago Bears a 16-14 victory over the winless Detroit Lions on Thursday. The Bears (4-7) ended a five-game losing...
Ravens QB Lamar Jackson says he expects to play this weekendVideo
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Lamar Jackson insists this is different than last week’s false start. Jackson said Wednesday he’s feeling better and fully expects to play Sunday night for the Baltimore Ravens against Cleveland. He also was at practice, three days after missing a victory at Chicago because of an...
Vikings praise police for peaceful ending to Everson Griffen crisis
EAGAN, Minn. — The Minnesota Vikings have made mental health support an organizational priority, an investment that only became more important with Everson Griffen’s frightening experience three years ago. The condition of mental illness never truly goes away, as the Vikings were reminded Wednesday. The team was relieved when Griffen...
$790M settlement in lawsuit over Rams’ departure from St. Louis
ST. LOUIS — The NFL and Rams owner Stan Kroenke will pay $790 million to settle a lawsuit filed by St. Louis interests over the team’s relocation to Los Angeles, a joint statement from St. Louis city and county said Wednesday. No details of the settlement were released, and it...
Titans waive 2012 NFL MVP Adrian Peterson after 3 gamesVideo
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Titans waived 2012 NFL MVP Adrian Peterson after three games in a flurry of roster moves Tuesday. The Titans signed running back Dontrell Hilliard from the practice squad to replace Peterson. They also signed defensive back Buster Skrine and brought back outside linebacker John Simon....
Tom Brady tosses 2 TD passes, Bucs pull away from Giants
TAMPA, Fla. — Tom Brady threw for 307 yards and two touchdowns and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the New York Giants, 30-10, on Monday night. The Super Bowl champion Buccaneers (7-3) snapped a two-game losing streak as Brady avoided dropping three in a row for the first time since...
Analysis: Another late rally by Ravens, this time with backup QBVideo
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — No matter who is at quarterback, the Baltimore Ravens are a tough team to put away in close games. This time it was Tyler Huntley, forced into action because Lamar Jackson was ill, who led Baltimore to a touchdown in the final minute Sunday for a...
Browns QB Baker Mayfield blames frustration, not boos for postgame conductVideo
CLEVELAND — Every bad throw, every body ache and every chance Baker Mayfield missed to put away the Lions pained him. The boos directed at Cleveland’s quarterback — from some hard-to-please fans at home — didn’t help. So when the final seconds ticked off in a 13-10 win that felt...
Bengals return from bye, beat Raiders to get back into AFC North raceVideo
LAS VEGAS — Joe Mixon rushed for 123 yards and scored two touchdowns, and the Cincinnati Bengals defeated the Las Vegas Raiders, 32-13, on Sunday. The well-rested Bengals (6-4) came out of their bye week and snapped a two-game skid to climb back into the AFC North race, while the...
NFL Week 11 roundup: Texans snap 8-game skid, end Titans’ 6-game streakVideo
NASHVILLE — Tyrod Taylor ran for two touchdowns and threw for 107 yards and the Houston Texans snapped the NFL’s longest active skid by beating the Tennessee Titans 22-13 to end the league’s longest winning streak on a wet and rainy Sunday. The Texans (2-8) came in having lost eight...
Devonta Freeman’s late TD lifts Ravens over Bears with Lamar Jackson sidelinedVideo
CHICAGO — Tyler Huntley was on the way to the game Sunday when he got the message from Lamar Jackson. The Ravens’ star quarterback was too sick to play. Subbing for Jackson, Huntley led a winning drive capped by Devonta Freeman’s 3-yard run with 22 seconds remaining, and the Baltimore...
Nick Chubb saves day as Browns escape with win against LionsVideo
CLEVELAND — Nick Chubb caught a touchdown pass and ran for 130 yards as the Cleveland Browns held on to avoid a season-wrecking upset and keep Detroit winless with a sloppy 13-10 victory over the Lions on Sunday. Chubb returned to Cleveland’s lineup after a one-game absence because of covid-19....
Browns’ Nick Chubb back from covid list; Baker Mayfield startingVideo
BEREA, Ohio — Nick Chubb returned to the Browns in shorts, sleeveless and raring to run. Cleveland’s star back was activated from the reserve/covid-19 list Friday, clearing the way for him to play Sunday when the Browns host the winless Detroit Lions to begin a crucial three-game stretch. Chubb tested...
Attorney: Bucs’ Antonio Brown vaccinated, willing to get booster on live TVVideo
Antonio Brown’s former personal chef claims the vaccination card the Tampa Buccaneers receiver submitted to the NFL is a fake. Antonio Brown’s attorney, Sean Burstyn, said the seven-time Pro Bowler is vaccinated and would be willing to get his booster shot on live TV. This is fun, isn’t it? Ever...
Seahawks’ Chris Carson to undergo season-ending neck surgery
RENTON, Wash. — The Seattle Seahawks will be without starting running back Chris Carson for the rest of the season after he chose to undergo surgery on his neck. Coach Pete Carroll didn’t fully describe the issue Friday but indicated Carson has a nerve in his neck being impacted by...
Giants running back Saquon Barkley on verge of returning from sprained ankleVideo
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — When Saquon Barkley stepped on the foot of a Cowboys defensive back while running a pass pattern last month and sprained his ankle, the New York Giants star running back envisioned he would be out only a few weeks. The MRI after the Oct. 10 game...
Cowboys WR Amari Cooper goes on covid-19 list, out against Chiefs
FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys receiver Amari Cooper was placed on the covid-19 reserve list and will miss the Cowboys’ game Sunday at Kansas City. The timing of the move Friday raises questions about Cooper’s availability for the Thanksgiving game against his former team, the Las Vegas Raiders. Cooper is...
Patriots blank Falcons for 5th straight win
ATLANTA — Mac Jones threw a 19-yard scoring pass to Nelson Agholor for the game’s only offensive touchdown and Kyle Van Noy and the New England defense took care of the rest, blanking the Atlanta Falcons, 25-0, on Thursday night for the Patriots’ fifth straight victory. New England (7-4) wasn’t...