PHILADELPHIA — Jaaqua Hunt, a longtime teacher, has a favorite saying that she shares with her students and with her son Jalyx, the third-year Eagles outside linebacker — “blossom where you’re planted.”

“You don’t have to originate in a place to become a part of that place,” she said. “So, take advantage of where you are.”

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PHILADELPHIA — Landon Dickerson stepped into a South Philadelphia sports bar Monday night and started answering questions, and anyone there who cared to understand the reality of professional football should have stopped chowing down on cheesesteaks and crab fries and listened closely to him.

Dickerson didn’t break any news about his health...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — On Wednesday, former Eagles center Jason Kelce said “You never want to overreact to Week 1.”

Still, Jason’s warning about reading too much into things too soon didn’t stop him and his brother, Travis, from dissecting all of the ins and outs of the NFL’s opening week on the latest episode of their podcast, New Heights....Read more

LOS ANGELES — Don't be distracted.

In the aftermath of the Rams' humiliating season-opening defeat in Australia, the team's defense is dominating the news cycle: edge rusher Myles Garrett's knee surgery, lineman Aaron Donald's potential season debut.

But as coach Sean McVay prepares his team for Monday night's game against the New York ...Read more

GREG COTE’S NFL WEEK 2 THURSDAY PICK

LIONS (1-0) at BILLS (1-0)

Line: BUF by 4 1/2.

Cote’s pick: BUF, 34-30.

TV: 8:15 p.m. Thursday, Prime Video.

Punters, take the night off. Scoreboard operator, don’t blink. The betting over/under of 54.5 points is astronomical for the NFL, but it could be 70, and I might still consider the over. ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Giants are taking more time to adjust to the three-hour West Coast time change than the Los Angeles Rams did to make the 11-hour switch for their season opener in Australia.

John Harbaugh is flying the Giants to L.A. on Saturday night for the team’s Week 2 Monday Night Football game at SoFi Stadium instead of the making the ...Read more

Joe Buck will call his seventh Super Bowl in February. It will be his first with ESPN — and, it turns out, won’t be his last.

The “Monday Night Football” play-by-play announcer and the network agreed to a six-year, $108 million extension, according to the Athletic. Buck’s deal was set to expire following this season.

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PITTSBURGH — The Steelers plan to have cornerback Joey Porter Jr. do more this week in practice, but 18 days after being removed from the physically unable to perform list, he has yet to be listed as a full participant in practice.

Porter was a limited participant in practice on Wednesday as the Steelers prepared for their Week 2 game in New ...Read more

SEATTLE — Seahawks quarterback Drew Lock will start Sunday’s game at Arizona and Sam Darnold will not play, coach Mike Macdonald said to begin his weekly news conference Wednesday.

“Sam is going to be out this game, Drew is going to start for us,” Macdonald said. Darnold suffered an injury to a muscle in his glute last Wednesday against...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — You were cheering, weren’t you? When Baker Mayfield spun out of the pocket, picked up a first down and tried to split two defenders with the end zone in sight, your pulse quickened and your blood pressure spiked. It’s okay, you can admit it.

Yes, yes, yes … NOOOOO!

Mayfield was stripped, the ball bounced into the end ...Read more

DENVER — Anybody got Drew Brees’ number?

Kidding! Sort of.

“He’s a first-rounder, drafted by Sean Payton,” Bubby Brister, the former Broncos quarterback, texted me Tuesday morning when I asked about Bo Nix’s miserable Monday night in Kansas City. “He has a great team around him and some of the best fans in the league.”

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Facing second-and-goal at the Denver 15-yard-line on the Chiefs’ first drive of the season, Travis Kelce was Patrick Mahomes’ primary target as the play unfurled.

But Kelce was well-covered and secondary choice Rashee Rice also was getting what Mahomes called a “lot of attention.”

“So it just opened up perfectly ...Read more

Great players don’t need perfection to ruin an opponent’s afternoon. No, they just need a helmet, a pulse and a good game plan.

Case in point: George Kittle and Nick Bosa in the 49ers’ 27-7 Week 1 beatdown of the Rams.

Kittle is fresh (as in January 2026) off a ruptured Achilles tendon. Bosa was dragging around a knee that has seen its ...Read more

NEW YORK — The NFL season is underway — and with plenty of takeaways already.

It can be easy to overreact to Week 1, especially after a slate of games that totaled 791 points, tying the scoring record for an NFL opening weekend.

While that incredible rate of offense surely won’t maintain, quite a few more concrete developments stood out,...Read more

CHICAGO — News that Mike Ditka was back in Chicago and paying attention to the Bears from his Streeterville condo was almost as heartening as stories of Pope Leo XIV keeping up with the White Sox from the Vatican.

They’re a couple of Chicago legends who did the unthinkable. One of them won a Super Bowl with the Bears, a feat which has never...Read more

NEW YORK — With injuries mounting in their wide receiver room, the Jets are adding a veteran to its practice squad.

The Jets will sign Sterling Shepard to their practice squad.

The move comes after rookie wideout Omar Cooper Jr. suffered an ankle injury that is likely to sideline him. NFL Network reported that Cooper sustained an ankle ...Read more

We live in an era in which humanity has automated nearly every facet of existence.

We have self-driving cars, generative AI and quantum computing, but forget your reusable bag at the supermarket and society punishes you by handing over $100 worth of groceries in one of modern civilization’s great structural failures: the handleless paper bag....Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kenneth Walker attempted to turn the corner on fourth down, still literally two yards behind the scrimmage, still literally two yards from the Chiefs turning the ball over on their own half of the field, when quarterback Patrick Mahomes raised his arms in the air.

He knew.

He’s seen it.

But this team hadn’t seen a ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Broncos wore all-white uniforms on Monday night. It made it easier to see their black eyes and bloody noses.

Given an opponent and stage to prove last season was not a fluke, Denver got punched in the face.

A mirror was held up to one of the best teams in the AFC, an organization with Super Bowl aspirations, and the ...Read more