Running back Jerick McKinnon threw for one touchdown and ran for another, and Patrick Mahomes passed for 305 yards and two scores to help Kansas City beat the New England Patriots 27-17 on Sunday in front of new Chiefs superfan Taylor Swift. With the pop star — and a whole lot of Swifties — in the crowd, the defending Super …

Getty Images Welcome to the Week 15 grades! This was a good week for quarterbacks who are trying to revive their career. In Cleveland, the Browns beat the Bears 20-17 after Joe Flacco mustered some fourth-quarter magic out of nowhere. With the Browns trailing 17-7 in the fourth, Flacco responded by throwing for 212 yards in the FOURTH QUARTER alone. …

The Iowa State football program on Sunday received a commitment from Dominic Overby, a wide receiver from West Jordan, Utah. Overby, 6-foot-4 and 180 pounds, announced his commitment on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. Overby also had offers from Washington State and Southern Utah, according to 247Sports. Overby had 67 catches for 1,140 receiving yards as …

Greg Auman NFC South Reporter The Falcons’ up-and-down season took a major hit at the worst time Sunday, as Atlanta lost to a one-win Carolina team and no longer has control of its destiny as it relates to winning the NFC South. Eddy Pineiro’s field goal as time expired gave the Panthers a 9-7 win and dropped the Falcons to …

Raheem Mostert added more two touchdowns to his season total to set Miami’s single-season record with 20, while Tua Tagovailoa threw for 224 yards with a score as the Dolphins shut out the New York Jets 30-0 on Sunday without star receiver Tyreek Hill.  Mostert walked into the end zone untouched on a two-yard run that put AFC East-leading Miami …

Bailey Zappe gives harsh criticism of his own performance vs. Chiefs originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston For a few minutes in the second quarter, it looked like the New England Patriots might have a chance to give the Kansas City Chiefs a really tough test in Sunday’s Week 15 game at Gillette Stadium. Patriots starting quarterback Bailey Zappe completed …

Call it the “tush push,” the “lumbar lunge,” the “coccyx crush” or the world’s least-musical mosh pit. Call the modern quarterback sneak whatever you want. Then call it off. The “brotherly shove” is not a real football play, dumbs down the sport, erases potentially spectacular plays and forces officials to make difficult game-deciding calls. On Saturday in Cincinnati, the Vikings …

Carmen Vitali NFC North Reporter The bend-don’t-break Green Bay defense is broken. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers hung 34 points on the Packers on Sunday, winning the Week 15 game to improve to 7-7 on the season and tighten their grip on the NFC South. Quarterback Baker Mayfield completed 22 of his 28 passing attempts for a whopping 381 yards, four …

Getty Images The Chicago Bears held a 10-point lead over the Cleveland Browns in Week 15 entering the fourth quarter, but ended up losing the game in spectacular fashion. Two Dustin Hopkins field goals and a 51-yard Amari Cooper touchdown gave Cleveland a three-point lead, but Justin Fields still had time to put together a game-winning drive. With 32 seconds …

The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers and Old Dominion Monarchs will head to Charlotte, N.C., for the 2023 Famous Toastery Bowl on Monday. The game was previously known as the Bahamas Bowl but was moved to Jerry Richardson Stadium because of renovations to the venue in Nassau. WKU (7-5) finished fourth in Conference USA and won three of their final four games, …

The 2024 NFL Draft is still a little four months away, but fans of some teams (looking at you Bears, Cardinals, Patriots, Jets and Giants) are already thinking ahead to April.  Here is the current draft order after the early window of games in Week 15, according to Tankathon. Note: Team needs are built out based on the projected free agents …

Matt Eberflus makes the wrong kind of history in loss to Browns originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago The Chicago Bears haven’t exactly played their best football down the stretch in fourth quarters this season, but Sunday marked a new low in a loss to the Cleveland Browns. The Bears entered the fourth quarter with a 10-point lead over Cleveland, …

Now that East Central’s Josh Ringer has been named 2023 IndyStar Mr. Football, let’s take an early look at the contenders going into next season. Keep in mind, a lot can happen between now and August. We will revisit this race again in the summer going into the 2024 season. But for now, here is how I see the top …

Derek Carr passed for 218 yards and three touchdowns, New Orleans sacked Tommy DeVito seven times and the Saints defeated the New York Giants 24-6 on Sunday. It was one of the more redemptive performances of the season for Carr, who was booed while struggling in recent home games. Not this time as he connected on 23 of 28 passes …

Texans kicker Ka’imi Fairbairn, in his first week back from injured reserve, nailed a 54-yard field goal on the final play of overtime to deliver Houston a 19-16 win over the Titans. It came two plays after the Texans thought they had a walk-off touchdown. Devin Singletary ran for 34 yards to the end zone, but John Metchie was called …