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Fox Sports analyst and former Jets QB Mark Sanchez arrested after being stabbed in Indianapolis
Former Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez was arrested by the Indiana Metro Police Department late Saturday afternoon while he was hospitalized after he was reportedly stabbed in Indianapolis.
Sanchez faces charges of battery, unlawful entry of a motor vehicle and public intoxication, all of are which considered misdemeanors, police said.
The ...Read more

NFL DFS Week 5 optimal lineup
I’ve given my wife Kendra the nickname of “Captain Contrarian.”
Some of her hotter takes include the use of onions in all forms of cooking should be outlawed, room temperature should be over 80 degrees and “Teen Witch” is a better movie than “The Godfather.”
Contrarians like my wife can be useful because they are less susceptible...Read more

Mark Sanchez, Fox Sports analyst and former Jets QB, in critical condition after stabbing
Former New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez was reportedly stabbed in Indianapolis, leaving him hospitalized with critical injuries.
The violence unfolded on a street downtown early Saturday morning just after 12:30 a.m., TMZ Sports reported.
When officers arrived on the scene, they found two people wounded, including the former first-round ...Read more

Omar Kelly: No more excuses for these Dolphins. Either put up, or get out.
MIAMI — Can we be frank about the rest of the 2025 Miami Dolphins season?
What we’ll witness on Sunday against the Carolina Panthers (1-3), and the 12 games that follow is a preview of what’s to come.
In case you haven’t realized it, 2026 is a pivot season for South Florida’s NFL franchise.
That’s when this franchise was prepared ...Read more

A win away from surpassing mentor, Broncos' Sean Payton still shaped by Bill Parcells' lessons
DENVER — Light rain turned heavy the afternoon of Feb. 1, 2010, the start to that week’s Super Bowl festivities in Miami clouded by a gloomy gray fog. The New Orleans Saints, marching into town with a parade of Louisiana faithful behind them, were set to practice at the Miami Hurricanes’ outdoor facility. They needed to move indoors that ...Read more

Arthur Jones, beloved Super Bowl champion with Ravens, dies at 39
BALTIMORE — Former Ravens defensive tackle Arthur Jones has died, the team announced Friday afternoon.
Jones, 39, played for Baltimore from 2010 to 2013 and was a key part of their Super Bowl 47 championship team. He had a third-quarter sack on San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick just before the lights went out at the Superdome ...Read more

Ravens QB Lamar Jackson ruled out; Cooper Rush will start vs. Texans
BALTIMORE — Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson was officially ruled out Friday for Sunday’s game against the Houston Texans at M&T Bank Stadium with a hamstring injury.
The news comes three days after The Baltimore Sun first reported that the two-time NFL Most Valuable Player was unlikely to play and could also be sidelined for next week’s ...Read more

Dieter Kurtenbach: The 49ers are tougher than their circumstances. Nothing is off the table in 2025.
How on earth did the 49ers win that game?
How on earth does a team that can’t consistently run the ball or pressure the passer, featuring guys off the street in the starting lineup because their roster is held together by athletic tape and sheer stubbornness, beat the Rams, arguably the best (and the least injured) team in the NFL, 26-23, in ...Read more

Dolphins WR Tyreek Hill surprises teammates with visit during team meeting
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill, who had surgery Tuesday to repair damage from a season-ending injury that included a dislocated left knee and ACL damage, among other things, visited the facility during a team meeting Friday as they prepared for to play the Carolina Panthers.
“Tyreek was in the building today,” ...Read more

Sean McVay determined to fix Rams' kicking game woes: It's 'a killer for us'
LOS ANGELES — It was about 12 hours after his team blew numerous opportunities in an overtime loss to the San Francisco 49ers, and Rams coach Sean McVay was still kicking himself.
And lamenting his team's troubled kicking game.
"That has been a killer for us," McVay said Friday during a videoconference with reporters, "and it's cost us two ...Read more

Matt Calkins: Seahawks' Sam Darnold and Jaxon Smith-Njigba proving doubters wrong
RENTON, Wash. — Oops.
Some of those columns questioning whether Sam Darnold was a capable successor to Geno Smith? Feel free to send them to FreezingColdTakes.com and let them take their jabs. The idea that Jaxon Smith-Njigba was going to struggle without DK Metcalf drawing away defenders? That was my drunken ghostwriter.
If the Seahawks (3-...Read more

Mike Preston: Ravens need to play RB Keaton Mitchell vs. Texans
BALTIMORE — Now is the perfect time for the Ravens to play third-year running back Keaton Mitchell, and they might need to sprinkle in a little of third-string quarterback Tyler Huntley to go along with expected starter Cooper Rush.
In case you haven’t heard, or live on another planet, Ravens star quarterback Lamar Jackson isn’t likely to...Read more
Fourth-down stop secures 49ers' 26-23 overtime victory vs. Rams
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — The 49ers squandered leads throughout an epic night at SoFi Stadium, up until the final play of overtime Sunday.
The Rams went for it on fourth-and-1 from the 11-yard line. Kyren Williams, who fumbled at the 1 with a minute to go in regulation, got stuffed for no gain, with defensive backs Deommodore Lenoir and Marques ...Read more

Raiders rookie RB Ashton Jeanty makes stand on his stance: 'I just think it's different'
LAS VEGAS — The best game of Ashton Jeanty’s young NFL career just happened to coincide with a switch back to the unorthodox stance he used at Boise State.
That may have just been a coincidence. Still, don’t expect the Raiders rookie running back to mix things up again anytime soon.
“It works, so no need to change it,” Jeanty said.
...Read more

Nick Harris: Dak Prescott is right. He should be chasing Aikman and Staubach, not Romo.
FRISCO, Texas — After Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott passed Tony Romo for most completions in franchise history (2,901) last Sunday against the Green Bay Packers, he was asked about the first of many records he will eventually have rewritten in the team’s history books.
As he knocks on the door of both passing yards and touchdowns,...Read more

Garrett Wilson doesn't regret signing extension with Jets despite 0-4 start
NEW YORK — Garrett Wilson signed a four-year, $130 million contract extension with the Jets in July.
Despite the Jets’ 0-4 record this season, the fourth-year receiver said he does not regret staying with the Jets despite the difficult start to the season.
“I would say that all of us in this room have had people that thought you should ...Read more

Sam Farmer's Week 5 NFL picks
Los Angeles Times NFL writer Sam Farmer examines the matchups and makes his predictions for Week 5 of the NFL season.
All lines and over/under numbers are according to FanDuel Sportsbook.
Last week, Farmer posted a 12-4 (.750) record. Through the first three weeks of the season, he is 44-20 (.688).
Using point spreads with the scores Farmer ...Read more

Greg Cote's Week 5 NFL picks
An Upset of the Week bull’s-eye with Jaguars winning at 49ers grand-marshaled our results last week, and we’ll welcome an 11-4 record straight-up into the parade any time. No place for that 6-9 against the spread, though. We went 3-0/3-0 in prime-time games and nailed the Dolphins’ win both ways; still, too many times on the wrong side of ...Read more

Fantasy football Week 5: Start, sit and sleepers
Here’s a look back at Week 4’s action and fantasy advice for the week ahead:
WEEK 4 RECAP
Seahawks 23, Cardinals 20: Kenneth Walker continues to be the more explosive option in Seattle’s backfield, and dominates early-down usage, but Zach Charbonnet has been the primary passing-down back and more utilized at the goal line, which led to ...Read more
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