Panic time? Chiefs in free fall in latest power rankings originally appeared on The Sporting News The Kansas City Chiefs, as odd as it is to say, are perhaps facing their most important game in recent memory when they tackle the plucky New York Giants in Week 3. After starting the season 0-2 for the…
The 2024 NFL Defensive Player of the Year Patrick Surtain left Sunday's game against the Colts with an apparent left ankle injury. His status is questionable to return. The injury happened away from the play, with Surtain, a Denver Broncos cornerback, covering Michael Pittman Jr. He appeared to go down with no contact. Surtain was…
Week one of the NFL lived up to every bit of expectations we had. From high octane shootouts, to defensive masterclasses and massive comebacks, we got a little bit of everything. But did your fantasy team live up to those same expectations? Countless managers left high scoring players on their bench, costing them an opening…
Is Ja'Marr Chase injured? Why Bengals WR's playing is letting fantasy football owners down originally appeared on The Sporting News Ja'Marr Chase was a popular fantasy football draft pick, going as high as No. 1 overall in some drafts. He's not playing that way in Week 1 for the Cincinnati Bengals against the Cleveland Browns….
Bengals QB Joe Burrow traces family football tree to his NFL dad originally appeared on The Sporting News Some NFL players are well known for their football-playing father. That's not quite as true with Cincinnati Bengals QB Joe Burrow, but there are some great football family tree roots there. Joe's father, Jim, was an eighth-round…
Training camp and the preseason have come and gone, and now the San Francisco 49ers are preparing for their regular-season opener against the Seattle Seahawks at Lumen Field on Sunday. Ahead of the matchup, the 49ers held their first practice of the week on Monday morning at their SAP Performance Facility, and they got some…
Last week, the San Francisco 49ers trimmed their roster down from 90 players to 53 by the league’s 4 p.m. ET deadline on Tuesday, and when they did, their wide receiver room was looking light. At the time, they had four wideouts on the roster, including Ricky Pearsall, Jauan Jennings, Jordan Watkins and Skyy Moore,…
With the Pittsburgh Steelers’ regular season opener versus the New York Jets looming, NFL analysts have offered their predictions for the Week 1 matchup — and fans should be very excited, as nine out of ten expect a Steel City victory. In what is being billed as one of the biggest revenge games of the…
A first-year starter for the Colts was selected as Ben Solak’s X-factor for Indianapolis during the 2025 NFL season. As Solak described, an X-factor can have a “disproportionate amount of leverage” when it comes to impacting the outcome of games for their teams. And while every team has more than one X-factor, Solak attempted to…
The Philadelphia Eagles have announced their team captains for the 2025 NFL season, and, just like in 2022, there's a first-timer on the list, three to be exact, marking an emotional moment. Like Jordan Mailata last season, Saquon Barkley, Zack Baun, and Reed Blankenship all became captains for the first time as Eagles, and for Baun and…
