Sunday’s 34-10 Giants win over the tanking Las Vegas Raiders likely cost them the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft.

But the bigger news coming out of the Giants’ first win in 10 games was the revelation of who will be running New York’s draft in April.

Joe Schoen, the fourth-year GM with a 6-27 record since the start of 2024, ...Read more

You can point to any number of reasons as an explanation, but everyone who watched can agree on one thing: The 2025 Detroit Lions fell way short of expectations.

The Lions entered 2025 with hopes of winning the Super Bowl. Were they the favorites? No, not after losing two coordinators and an All-Pro center in the offseason. But there was reason...Read more

The Falcons reportedly are considering bringing back Matt Ryan — but not to play quarterback.

According to Fox Sports’ Jay Glazer, Ryan and the Falcons have discussed a potential return to the team in a front-office capacity.

“Scoopage: Atlanta Falcons have had conversations with their former Pro Bowl QB Matt Ryan about rejoining the ...Read more

CLEVELAND — All the Steelers had to do to give themselves a makeshift bye going into the playoffs was take care of business against a three-win Cleveland Browns team on a four-game losing streak with a rookie quarterback in his fifth NFL start.

Instead, they’ll have to beat the Baltimore Ravens with their season on the line. If they can’t...Read more

Everybody remembers their first.

Their first kiss. Their first car. Their first house.

For Quinn Ewers, he will always remember Dec. 28, 2025 because it was the day he not only threw his first touchdown pass but also notched his first win.

The rookie signal caller tossed two touchdowns en route to the Miami Dolphins’ 20-17 over the Tampa...Read more

American sports leagues treated global expansion as an aspiration for decades, but it was something to pursue only when convenient — and often without much strategic forethought.

The calculus changed in 2025, as evidenced by the organizations that signaled that going global is now a permanent feature of doing business as an American sports ...Read more

GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Ravens arrived at the cathedral of pro football confronted with their own mortality, last rites at the ready.

Win at Lambeau Field against the Packers and they would keep their faint playoff pulse going for at least another day. Lose — as they have so often in the biggest of moments this season — and they would be ...Read more

The 49ers’ Sunday night matchup with the Chicago Bears isn’t just a game. It’s a dress rehearsal.

For the last month, the 49ers have been feasting on the NFL’s middle class (at best), stacking five straight wins like poker chips. But beating the Titans or the Colts is like winning a sparring match. Nice for the record, sure, but it ...Read more

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — What began as a blowout, ended as a down-to-the-wire finish Saturday, as the Houston Texans held off the Chargers with a 20-16 victory at SoFi Stadium.

The outcome rippled through the AFC, with the Denver Broncos clinching the AFC West, and the Indianapolis Colts eliminated from playoff contention. The Broncos are the ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Jets continue to search for their future quarterback.

But this week’s starter against New England, Brady Cook, certainly isn’t the answer.

In Aaron Glenn and Darren Mougey’s first year as coach and general manager, they signed Justin Fields, hoping he could be a reclamation project like Baker Mayfield and Sam Darnold.

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CHICAGO — There’s a gravitational force in the NFL that tends to pull the 32 teams toward the middle of the pack.

That’s why the idea of parity is constantly bandied about. The salary cap and a draft based on the reverse order of standings fuel competitive balance. Well-stocked rosters for well-run organizations can be outliers for a good...Read more

The Patriots placed starting wide receiver Mack Hollins on injured reserve, knocking him out for at least four games.

That means, at minimum, Hollins, who’s dealing with an abdomen injury, will miss the Patriots’ final two regular-season games against the Jets and Dolphins, plus at least two potential playoff games.

The earliest he could ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Star defensive end Maxx Crosby’s season appeared likely over when the Raiders informed him he wouldn’t play in the team’s final two games on Friday.

The team made it official Saturday, placing Crosby on injured reserve.

Crosby is likely to require surgery this offseason on a left knee injury that has been lingering ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Travis Kelce drove into work this week, a couple of days shy of the Chiefs’ final home game of the season, and that’s when he says the question we’ve been asking him is the question that popped into his mind.

Is this it?

It wasn’t unprompted. On Christmas night, shortly after the Chiefs’ 20-13 loss to the Broncos...Read more

MIAMI — Bradly Chubb suggests every Miami Dolphins player struggling to find their motivation for the final two games, searching for their reason to not mail it in for the final two meaningless games of 2025 to look his way.

Keeping his eight-year career, his struggles, his injuries, his resurgence, and most importantly, his paycheck in mind ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Rams players enjoyed the day off they got for Christmas, perhaps no one more than Puka Nacua.

The previous week, the star receiver was fined $25,000 by the NFL after he made critical comments about officials during a livestream and then again in a social media post immediately after the Rams' crushing 38-37 overtime defeat by ...Read more