NFL News
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NFL: Only surgery keeps Burrow out, and he means it
One game into the season and Joe Burrow’s back is already an issue. He was limited in practice on Wednesday and still expects to start in Houston.
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NFL: Opta’s model makes the 49ers the safest call of Week 2
82.9%, and nobody else is close San Francisco carry the highest win probability of any team in Week 2. Opta’s model puts the Niners at 82.9% against Miami. The two clubs arrived here by opposite routes: the 49ers flew home from Australia with a 27-7 win over the Rams in their pocket, while the Dolphins…
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NFL: Falcons still have not named a Week 2 starter
Kevin Stefanski has four quarterbacks and will not name one for Sunday. Tagovailoa sat out practice, Cooper Rush has a sore back and Michael Penix Jr. is pushing to play.
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NFL: Drew Lock takes Seattle to Arizona without Darnold
Sam Darnold lasted five plays into the season. Drew Lock finished that game and now gets Arizona, who just turned over the Chargers as double-digit underdogs.
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NFL: Titans outgained by 172 yards, and Philadelphia is next
Tennessee opened with 195 yards and 11 first downs. The Eagles arrive in Nashville on Sunday, and the margin for another flat afternoon is gone.
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NFL: Week 1 set the highest scoring average on record
The NFL has never opened a season like this. Week 1 produced 52.43 points per game, the highest average the league has ever recorded.
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NFL: Joe Buck extends ESPN deal for $108 million
Six years, $108 million Joe Buck will remain the voice of Monday Night Football through the start of the next decade. According to The Athletic, the broadcaster has signed a six-year extension with ESPN worth $108 million. He was heading into the final year of a five-year, $75 million deal. That lifts his annual pay…
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NFL: Joe Buck signs a six-year, $108 million ESPN deal
ESPN has locked its lead NFL voice in through 2032. The term of Joe Buck’s new contract says more about the next rights auction than about the man calling the games.
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NFL: D’Andre Swift takes NFC offensive player of the week
Eighteen carries, 124 yards, three touchdowns. D’Andre Swift picked the right afternoon for the best scoring day of his career, and the league noticed.
