Rams second-year receiver Puka Nacua had another terrific game in Sunday’s 44-42 victory over the Bills, helping power the club to a 7-6 record with four games left on the schedule. Nacua caught 12 passes for 162 yards with a touchdown and also had five carries for 16 yards with a TD, giving him a … Read more
Roje Stona won gold at the Paris Games with an Olympic record in the discus. Photograph: Christian Petersen/Getty Images Olympic discus champion Roje Stona is the latest high-profile athlete to switch sports and attempt to establish a career in the NFL. The 25-year-old, who won gold for Jamaica at Paris 2024, will attempt to make … Read more
The byes are over. As of next week, all 16 teams are back in the pool. And the Week 15 schedule is unusual, to say the least. It’s a joint CBS/FOX doubleheader weekend, and each network will broadcast an awesome late afternoon game. CBS has the 10-3 Bills at the 12-1 Lions. Fox has the … Read more
Around one year ago at this time, the Las Vegas Raiders were supposedly buoyant. The malignant approach of fired head coach Josh McDaniels had been exercised from the franchise, victory cigars were a thing again, players felt heard, and even Las Vegas team owner Mark Davis seemed to have a renewed pep of optimism in … Read more
Former Patriots (and, a long time ago, Browns) coach Bill Belichick made headlines last week by making a connection to the vacancy at North Carolina. He is, by all appearances, serious about the possibility of coaching at the college level. There’s a reason or two for it. As explained during Sunday’s Football Night in America, … Read more
We made it, everyone. In many leagues (but not yet all), the fantasy football playoffs are upon us. Also, we are finally finished with the byes — and good riddance to those. Unfortunately, things do not actually become easier in mid-December, because we happen to have entered the can’t-lose portion of the schedule. From this … Read more
(Grant Thomas/Yahoo Sports illustration) Every week in the NFL season brings a host of new questions … and answers some old ones, too. Let’s run down what we learned in Week 14 … and what we’ll be wondering about in Week 15 and beyond. ASKED: Who’s more hopeless, Jets or Bears? This weekend saw a … Read more
Eagles snap counts: Nolan Smith quietly becomes top edge rusher originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia With Brandon Graham out for the season, second-year player Nolan Smith has quietly become the Eagles’ top edge rusher in the rotation. In Sunday’s too-close-for-comfort 22-16 win over the Panthers, Smith finished with 52/71 snaps to lead the edge … Read more
How Darius Slay turned the calendar back to save the game originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia His birth certificate says he’s 33 and turns 34 in three weeks. On the biggest play of the game Sunday, Darius Slay turned the calendar back about a decade. The Panthers, trailing 22-16, found themselves with a 4th-and-9 … Read more
Chargers head coach Jim Harbauch celebrates with wide receiver Quentin Johnston after a Chargers touchdown Sunday. (Peter Aiken / Associated Press) Elijah Molden returned to the visiting locker room in Arrowhead Stadium to find congratulatory messages on his phone. The Chargers defensive back didn’t find any reasons to celebrate. “There’s no such thing as almost,” … Read more