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Browns need a QB change to salvage what’s left of their season

Browns need a QB change to salvage what’s left of their season

LANDOVER, Md. — It’s the first week of October and the Browns’ season has ended before the Guardians season. At 1-4, this is it. It feels like it’s already over, long before the leaves change, before the bye week, before a pumpkin is carved, before the NBA season begins and before the Guardians’ baseball fate has

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Bills ‘blunder’ wasn’t so bad, but they need help (Davante Adams?): Sando’s Pick Six

Bills ‘blunder’ wasn’t so bad, but they need help (Davante Adams?): Sando’s Pick Six

One hour passed before Buffalo Bills coach Sean McDermott appeared for his postgame news conference Sunday. Criticism rained down on him in the meantime. “Baffling game-management decisions by the Bills,” J.J. Watt wrote. “There will be worse losses in the NFL this year than the one the Bills just took,” ESPN’s Mike Greenberg added. “But

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NFL Week 5 takeaways: Who’s the NFC West’s best? Does a Davante Adams-Jets trade still make sense?

NFL Week 5 takeaways: Who’s the NFC West’s best? Does a Davante Adams-Jets trade still make sense?

Follow live coverage of Cowboys vs. Steelers on Sunday Night Football today The NFL world continues to turn at breakneck speed. Two weeks ago it seemed the Jets were on the right track and the Bills were world-beaters — now, in back-to-back weeks, the Jets have struggled to score points while the Bills lost back-to-back

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Top NFL Week 5 storylines: Vikings’ Sam Darnold vs. Jets; how do Bills respond after loss?

Top NFL Week 5 storylines: Vikings’ Sam Darnold vs. Jets; how do Bills respond after loss?

Things are getting interesting in a hurry as Week 5 of the NFL season arrives. Tensions are rising as would-be contenders like the Eagles, Bengals, Dolphins and Browns, to name a few, have encountered early calamities. Underdogs like the Falcons, Commanders and Vikings have found early success. Meanwhile, the Cowboys, Jets and Bears and other

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NFL Week 5 roundtable: Bills-Texans, Cowboys-Steelers, Chiefs’ margin of error

NFL Week 5 roundtable: Bills-Texans, Cowboys-Steelers, Chiefs’ margin of error

The unofficial quarter mark of the 2024 season brings a pair of 4-0 teams traveling wildly different paths, a renewed rivalry between two of the league’s banner franchises, the year’s first London excursion, trade speculation and more. Our NFL writers Mike Sando, Zak Keefer and Jeff Howe discuss some of Week 5’s best storylines and

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Russini’s what I’m hearing: Davante Adams trade race, why Cowboys are out, Adams’ worries about Jets

Russini’s what I’m hearing: Davante Adams trade race, why Cowboys are out, Adams’ worries about Jets

Avoid the HOV lanes, and get yourself a Jer-Force One. That’s what I learned this week. Jerry Jones, the Dallas Cowboys owner who’s turning 82 in a few days, made quite an entrance by landing his chopper right on the field during practice. But hey how about a helicopter at practice… (fanbase triggered) pic.twitter.com/mYNV10CwN0 —

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Dane Brugler’s NFL Draft watch: 3 rising prospects who could be surprise first-rounders

Dane Brugler’s NFL Draft watch: 3 rising prospects who could be surprise first-rounders

It is only October, so the 2025 NFL Draft’s first-round picture is still very much in flux as scouts make campus visits all over the country. Aside from some of the quarterbacks, most of the players on my initial top-50 board have played up to expectations and will be in the mix to be drafted

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Jared Allen: The Minnesota Vikings great aiming for an Olympics Curling spot

Jared Allen: The Minnesota Vikings great aiming for an Olympics Curling spot

Ever hear the one about the daredevil plasterer who lit an Olympic flame in a four-time first-team All-Pro defensive end? Jared Allen roars at the mention of Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards, the face of the 1988 Winter Games and embodiment of Pierre de Coubertin’s mantra. The beaming, bespectacled British ski jumper finished last in the

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‘Make the complex simple’ and adapt on the fly: How Kevin O’Connell leads electric Vikings

‘Make the complex simple’ and adapt on the fly: How Kevin O’Connell leads electric Vikings

Long after Los Angeles Rams practices in the late summer of 2021, Kevin O’Connell lingered on the field in a huddle with head coach Sean McVay, receiver Cooper Kupp and quarterback Matthew Stafford. Sweat poured off of each man and dripped into the grass as the players scuffed at it with their cleats. They gestured

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