More Teams. More Games. Herm Edwards breaks down why the Cowboys rose the most in his Power Rankings after their win over the Giants. (1:16) Week 1 of the 2023 NFL regular season has come and gone. And as we prepare for Week 2, let’s take a temperature check of the league with our weekly […]
Continue readingNot the five touchdowns surrendered to a team led by rookie quarterback Brock Purdy in his first career start or the 209 rushing yards given up to Christian McCaffrey and Co. — the second most since coach Todd Bowles arrived in Tampa in 2019, after once leading this team to a No. 1 defensive ranking […]
Continue readingSANTA CLARA, Calif. — To understand why nobody in his orbit is surprised that Brock Purdy has quickly ascended from the final pick in the 2022 NFL draft to the starting quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers, you have to know two stories: the one about mono, and the other about the saguaro cactus. The […]
Continue readingJust after the start of the second quarter, Bucs quarterback Tom Brady — who has received a rousing ovation from fans in Germany every time he has been shown on the video boards at Allianz Arena, and every time he has taken a snap — found wide receiver Julio Jones on a crossing route for […]
Continue readingCHARLOTTE, N.C. — For a player who’s made a living off winning contested catches, Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans had what should have been one of the easiest deep touchdown grabs of his career Sunday at the Carolina Panthers. The closest defender — cornerback CJ Henderson — was 10.9 yards away at the […]
Continue readingFolk hasn’t missed from inside 50 since the 2020 season opener against the Miami Dolphins. The kick cut the Baltimore lead to 7-3 and broke the record that Ryan Succop set with the Tennessee Titans from 2014 to 2017. Folk made one of two field goal attempts in the first two games, missing from 52 […]
Continue readingNEW ORLEANS — On an afternoon where the short-handed Tampa Bay Buccaneers struggled for the better part of three quarters to put points on the board against the division rival New Orleans Saints, quarterback Tom Brady threw his tablet to the ground on the sideline in the third quarter. Brady has been playing without starting […]
Continue readingWe released NFL Rank on Monday, our annual prediction of the players we think will play the best this season, ranked from 1 to 100. There was one team that dominated the list — the Los Angeles Chargers — with eight players. With Justin Herbert, Joey Bosa and J.C. Jackson, a former undrafted free agent […]
Continue readingINDIANAPOLIS — Speaking for the first time since his 11-day absence tending to what have been described as “personal matters,” Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady said Saturday that he “feels good” and that it was not a difficult decision to step away from the team. “It’s all personal. Everyone’s got different situations they’re dealing […]
Continue readingAlready without Pro Bowl center Ryan Jensen and left guard Aaron Stinnie because of knee injuries, Jensen’s replacement, Robert Hainsey, left Saturday’s preseason finale against the Indianapolis Colts in the second quarter with a left ankle injury and did not return. He was able to walk off the field under his own power, although he […]
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