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52.0%, which is another way of saying nobody knows Opta ran the opening week of the 2026 season through its supercomputer and published the output on Tuesday. Buffalo come out at 52.0%. Two full percentage points of edge after however many thousand simulations. You could flip a coin and get roughly the same answer. The…

Tampa Bay made its quarterback the highest-paid player in franchise history, six weeks after he said publicly that he felt undervalued. The numbers behind a $165 million turnaround.

Alfred Collins tore a patellar tendon at practice in Melbourne. San Francisco has now lost two defensive linemen for the year before playing a single snap.

Champions. So what? Nobody gave this defence much chance a year ago. Seattle was too soft, they said. Too easy to push around. Nobody was blinking when teams landed in the Pacific Northwest any more. Fourteen wins, three losses and a Super Bowl LX later, that argument is dead and buried. The Seahawks finished the…

Odunze day to day Ben Johnson gave his medical update on Tuesday. Rome Odunze is “pretty much day to day” after the foot injury he picked up in practice last Thursday. The Bears coach made no secret of the fact that his receiver would not train on the day, while still sounding confident about Sunday…

Three weeks of waiting, one coach quote On August 17, Breece Hall picked up a groin injury in a routine camp drill. Since then, the Jets have been holding their breath. On Tuesday, Aaron Glenn said what everyone had been waiting to hear. His running back is “on track to play” Sunday at Tennessee in…

Eight words at halftime, and a conference vote on Thursday It started with a throwaway line into a sideline microphone. On Tuesday morning the SEC filed an amended complaint in federal court in northern Alabama. The targets: Louisiana State, head coach Lane Kiffin, and several university officials. What the conference wants is not a fine…

No press release, no agent statement, just a microphone Brandon Graham told a room full of people before he told anyone else. Tuesday, an Eagles event with Jefferson Health, and out it came. “It’s official, I’m done. You’re hearing it from my mouth first,” the 38-year-old defensive end said. Sixteen seasons, one uniform. That part…

Nine months of waiting, settled on the edge of practice Two torn ligaments. Six straight losses. A playoff streak that snapped for the first time since 2014. That is what Kansas City has been carrying around since December, and Andy Reid put an end to the guessing on Tuesday. Patrick Mahomes will start against the…