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Seven days of adjustment against fifteen hours in a seat San Francisco landed in Melbourne a week ago. They have practised there, slept there, and mostly wrestled the jet lag into submission. The Rams are still in California. Wheels up Tuesday night, fifteen hours in the air, on the ground Thursday morning local time. They…

A 32-year-old with a rebuilt knee, signed on the eve of Week 1 New York are adding defensive lineman Dean Lowry to their practice squad, ESPN reported today. Kickoff is days away. Practice squad does not mean parking lot. Those players work with the starters all week and get elevated the moment the injury report…

$427 a tackle, and the number is the point Four hundred and twenty-seven dollars. That was the cost of the plane ticket that got Arion Carter suspended, and it is now the amount he will donate for every tackle he makes this season. The money goes toward medical bills for cancer patients. The Tennessee linebacker…

Sixth starter in six years, and the season hasn’t kicked off yet Six days out from Week 1, Atlanta finally said it out loud. Tua Tagovailoa is the starting quarterback. The Falcons open Sunday against Pittsburgh. The call was never obvious. Michael Penix Jr. started in 2025 before tearing his ACL last November, and he…

Detroit projected first, Chicago projected fourth. The Opta model’s read on the NFC North does not match last season’s table.

Eleven third downs, zero conversions Washington State went 0-for-11 on third down at Husky Stadium on Sunday. That number, more than any other, explains a 24-10 Apple Cup defeat. The in-state rivalry has been running for more than a century. The 17th-ranked Huskies came in as favorites and opened their season without ever really being…

Four more seasons for the commissioner The NFL’s 32 franchises were told this weekend that Roger Goodell has wrapped up a fresh four-season extension, keeping him in place through the 2030 season and officially running until March 31, 2031, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN. By the time that deal ends, Goodell will be 72…

A last-gasp kick Ole Miss beat Louisville 41-38 overnight in Nashville. Lucas Carneiro drilled a 48-yard field goal as the clock hit zero. The Rebels move to 1-0, the Cardinals to 0-1. The kicker had already missed from 46 yards earlier in the game. He also pushed one wide from 57 yards with six minutes…

Lambeau Field on a Sunday night, and no Packers in sight The setting felt odd. The Packers’ stadium, on a Sunday night in September, with two college teams taking the field. Notre Dame were the home side in name only, 220 miles from campus. The Irish beat Wisconsin 41-13 in Green Bay on opening night…