Football is back! The 107th season of NFL competition kicks off in the Pacific Northwest tonight (Wednesday), starting out on the road to Super Bowl LXI in Los Angeles from the place where the Lombardi Trophy currently resides. The opening slate of games doesn’t have many bigger than the first on the docket, as the New England Patriots travel to …
Isiah Pacheco will miss the opening four games of his first Detroit Lions season after being placed on injured reserve with a back problem. The running back had been working towards a return from the sprained MCL suffered during training camp when the additional injury emerged. Detroit had initially expected him to be available for its 13th September opener against …
Joe Milton III, Max Brosmer and Xavier Restrepo were among the players removed from NFL rosters less than 24 hours after apparently surviving the league’s cutdown deadline. Fourteen teams successfully claimed 29 players on Monday, forcing another series of departures as clubs reconsidered the initial 53-player groups submitted on Sunday. Miami accounted for seven claims during an overhaul covered separately …
Calvin Austin III will miss the entire 2026 season after suffering a torn ACL during New York Giants practice, cutting short a promising first summer with the franchise. The receiver sustained the non-contact injury during a one-on-one drill against cornerback Deonte Banks on Tuesday. Austin’s right knee buckled as he made a cut, bringing practice to a halt while team-mates …
The New Orleans Saints and San Francisco 49ers have reportedly exchanged two players who joined them less than a fortnight ago, with running back Zamir White heading to Louisiana in return for veteran linebacker Deion Jones. Neither club had formally announced the deal on Monday morning, but the player-for-player trade gives both a better opportunity to turn a marginal roster …
Shedeur Sanders may not yet have won the Cleveland Browns’ quarterback competition, but the second-year passer made it increasingly difficult for Todd Monken to dismiss the evidence presented on Saturday. Sanders completed his first eight passes and directed the Browns’ only scoring drive during a 31–7 defeat by Buffalo. Working behind a reserve offensive line, he converted fourth down before …
The NFL has fined the Dallas Cowboys and New Orleans Saints $500,000 each after their joint practice in Oxnard produced repeated fights, ejections and discussions about ending the session early. Players left their assigned practice fields to join altercations elsewhere, punches were thrown and work had to be stopped several times. One player threw an opponent’s helmet, while Saints receiver …
The Houston Texans will enter the season without Jayden Higgins after the second-year receiver tore his ACL during Tuesday’s joint practice with the Las Vegas Raiders. Higgins was injured while blocking during a running play and will require surgery, ending a campaign in which Houston expected him to assume a larger role alongside Nico Collins. The 2025 second-round selection caught …
New Orleans Saints rookie Jordyn Tyson is expected to miss approximately two months with the hamstring injury suffered during last week’s joint practice with Jacksonville. The projected recovery period could keep the eighth overall draft pick out of the Saints’ first five regular season games, delaying a partnership with quarterback Tyler Shough that New Orleans had hoped would help reshape …
Ty Simpson and Camden Brown occupied very different places on their respective depth charts entering the weekend, but each emerged from Saturday’s preseason programme with his prospects significantly enhanced. Simpson produced an assured NFL debut for the Los Angeles Rams, completing 21 of 25 passes for 190 yards and two touchdowns in a 20–12 victory over Kansas City. Brown, meanwhile, …
The Arizona Cardinals are preparing for potentially damaging news after rookie guard Chase Bisontis suffered a left knee injury during Thursday’s 27–14 preseason victory over the Las Vegas Raiders. Bisontis went down on the opening possession of the second half and required assistance to leave the field before being taken to the locker room on a cart. Head coach Mike …
Drew Brees will complete the journey from Canton back to New Orleans when the Saints induct their former quarterback into the franchise’s Ring of Honour on October 11th. The ceremony will take place at half-time of the Saints’ Week 5 game against the Minnesota Vikings, when Brees will also receive his Pro Football Hall of Fame Ring of Excellence. His …
The New Orleans Saints have lost one of the principal safeguards built into their offensive line after confirming that Dillon Radunz tore his anterior cruciate ligament during Saturday’s training camp practice. Head coach Kellen Moore revealed the diagnosis on Sunday, ending Radunz’s sixth NFL season before the Saints had even played their first preseason game. The 28-year-old is expected to …
Drew Brees spent an entire career overcoming reasons why he supposedly could not succeed. On Saturday, as a first-ballot Hall-of-Famer, he was left with nothing more to prove. Brees was formally enshrined in Canton alongside Roger Craig, Larry Fitzgerald, Luke Kuechly and Adam Vinatieri, completing a journey that began with doubts about his height and almost ended with the devastating …
Bryan Bresee is to undergo season-ending surgery after the New Orleans Saints confirmed that the defensive tackle tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during their opening practice of training camp. Head coach Kellen Moore announced the decision on Sunday, four days after Bresee was injured during an early team period. No other player collided with him and …
Chris Olave has agreed a four-year contract extension worth up to $132m with the New Orleans Saints, ensuring one of the NFL’s most productive young receivers will remain at the centre of the club’s attempted revival. The deal, which reportedly contains $90m in guarantees, ties Olave to New Orleans through the 2030 season, while its $33m average annual value places …
Taysom Hill has brought his singular nine-year association with the New Orleans Saints to an end, bidding an emotional farewell to the city while stopping short of announcing his retirement from the NFL. The 35-year-old, who remained unsigned as training camps opened around the league, used a statement on social media to confirm that a return to New Orleans was …
The NFL will turn the opening weekend of August into a nationwide preview of the 2026 season as all 32 clubs take part in the sixth annual Training Camp: Back Together Weekend. Taking place across Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd August, the league-wide initiative has grown beyond its original premise of reconnecting teams with their supporters at the beginning of …
With NFL veterans beginning to report for training camp over the coming days, front offices around the league appear determined to ensure the biggest stories aren’t happening across negotiating tables. The latest example arrived in New Orleans on Wednesday, when Alvin Kamara agreed to a reworked contract that removes months of uncertainty over the future of one of the franchise’s …
The NFL did not feel the need to hide its headline acts when revealing its full 2026 schedule. The new campaign opens, in line with recent rumours, with the defending champion Seattle Seahawks hosting the New England Patriots in a Super Bowl LX rematch, features nine international games and closes, as usual, with a full Week 18 divisional slate designed …
The National Football League has revealed the teams that will help push its international ambitions into unprecedented territory after unveiling a record nine-game overseas slate for the 2026 season. The overseas schedule was already known to stretch across four continents, seven countries and eight stadiums as commissioner Roger Goodell’s long-term vision of a truly global league accelerates, but now the …
In a first round that began with a quarterback taken first overall and a running back with pick #32, it was not surprising that the offensive side of the ball saw most of their ilk taken on the opening night of the 2026 NFL Draft. All told, there were 18 picks on offense and 14 on defense and, in keeping …
PICK #1 LAS VEGAS RAIDERS If there is another name to be announced here, the Raiders have done an extremely good job of keeping it under wraps. Biggest Needs QB, OL, WR, DL, CB McGEE’S MOCK DRAFT 1st Round Selection: FERNANDO MENDOZA, QB, Indiana PICK #2 NEW YORK JETS The Jets appear to have decided on …
PICK #1 LAS VEGAS RAIDERS Mendoza arrives without much surprise here. Las Vegas gets their quarterback, who will hope to emulate his idol, Tom Brady. Biggest Needs QB, OL, WR, DL, CB CHRIS’ MOCK DRAFT 1st Round Selection: FERNANDO MENDOZA, QB, Indiana PICK #2 NEW YORK JETS New York has so many roster issues, but they’re …
