Articles filed under NFL
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Analysis: Omicron looms ominously over NFL's playoff racesDec 28, 2021 6:00 am - Quick, who's your favorite team's backup quarterback? Or the backup's backup? Who's their best pass rushing proxy? Fill-in cover cornerback? What about the substitute sn...
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Bear Down, Nerd Up: Quinn is half a sack away from Bears historyDec 28, 2021 12:00 am - No two NFL games are ever the same, and Sunday's 25-24 Bears victory was no exception. There was the snow, there was Nick Foles' heroics, there was the decision to go fo...
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Jeff Dickerson, who covered Bears for ESPN, loses battle with colon cancerDec 28, 2021 12:00 am - Jeff Dickerson, a Buffalo Grove High School graduate who covered the Chicago Bears for two decades for ESPN, died Tuesday from complications from colon cancer. He was 44...
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COVID-19 issues continue in NFL; Colts, Panthers hit hardDec 27, 2021 6:00 am - CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - To Indianapolis Colts coach Frank Reich, it was just a matter of time before his team would be adding a few players to the NFL's COVID-19 list. Th...
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Kansas City wins its 6th straight AFC West title with winDec 27, 2021 6:00 am - KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Patrick Mahomes threw for 258 yards and three touchdowns, Byron Pringle caught two of the TD passes, and the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Pittsbur...
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Analysis: COVID-19 means teams battle 2 opponents weeklyDec 27, 2021 6:00 am - Josh Johnson joined the Ravens 10 days ago, and the well-traveled quarterback started his first game in 1,092 days with first place in the AFC North on the line Sunday a...
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Packers must improve their run defense before postseasonDec 27, 2021 6:00 am - GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - Now that they've moved a step closer to earning the NFC's lone first-round playoff bye, it's becoming apparent the Green Bay Packers don't merely ...
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Texans have best rushing game of season in win over ChargersDec 27, 2021 6:00 am - HOUSTON (AP) - The Houston Texans had their best rushing game of the year to overcome 16 absences because of COVID-19 and upset the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday to win...
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Stefanski, Browns second-guessed, stung by close lossesDec 27, 2021 6:00 am - CLEVELAND (AP) - Despite two agonizing losses in six days, a litany of COVID-19 cases and a banged-up starting quarterback who crumbles when the moment calls for strengt...
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Fangio says he should keep his job but focus isn't on futureDec 27, 2021 6:00 am - ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) - There isn't a team in the league that would want to face Denver's suffocating defense in the playoffs. Thanks to the Broncos' abominable offense,...