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An AFC general manager was going down a list of NFL teams during a phone call Monday, speculating buyers and sellers at the trade deadline, when the Kansas City Chiefs’ acquisition of New England Patriots edge rusher Josh Uche popped up in his text messages. “Uche just went,” he said. “To the Chiefs. Wow.” Uche’s availability was about as close …

49ers overreactions: Is Shanahan’s play-calling limiting team? originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The 49ers head into the bye week basically where they started the regular season. The season is in front of them. At 4-4, they are tied with the Arizona Cardinals and Seattle Seahawks atop the NFC West. The Los Angeles Rams (3-4) are just one game …

Trailing the Chicago Bears 15-12 with two seconds remaining in the fourth quarter and the ball on their own 48-yard line, Jayden Daniels and the Washington Commanders had one option: throw a Hail Mary. And their prayer was answered, as Daniels’ pass was bounced backwards in the red zone and into the arms of wide receiver Noah Brown, who reeled …

The Shuffle Up series rolls along. Today we’ll hit the quarterbacks. We appreciate the unusual gap between fantasy quarterbacks and real-life ones; the quarterback is everything in the NFL, the search for the Holy Grail. But it’s usually not that hard to find a solid fantasy quarterback. The salaries are unscientific and meant to illustrate where I see pockets of …

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNOct 30, 2024, 12:29 PM ET CloseGreg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Edmonton Oilers star Connor McDavid will miss 2-3 weeks with an ankle injury, the team confirmed on Wednesday. McDavid left Edmonton’s 6-1 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday after injuring his ankle on his first shift of the game. He was tripped up …

Mayo gives injury update on Maye before Patriots-Titans Week 9 matchup originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston New England Patriots rookie quarterback Drake Maye will return to practice Wednesday, but his status for Sunday’s Week 9 road game against the Tennessee Titans remains uncertain. Maye suffered a concussion in last week’s 25-22 win over the New York Jets at Gillette …

Eagles sign a former Commanders 4th-round pick to practice squad originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The Eagles added former Commanders 4th-round pick Braeden Daniels to their practice squad Wednesday. Daniels, a 6-foot-4, 300-pound interior offensive lineman, was the 118th pick in last year’s draft but has yet to play a regular-season snap and has bounced around from the Commanders to …

If I’ve learned anything over the last two months, it’s that context matters. My oldest son came home with his report card earlier this month, and I could already tell he didn’t want to show me. Sure enough, he was behind in a couple of subjects. Hey, I wasn’t the perfect kid in grade school, either. But, in talking to …

The 2-6 Jets host the 6-2 Texans on Thursday night. And, somehow, the Jets are favored to win. The consensus spread is Jets minus-1.5. The Jets. The woeful, wrong-way, dysfunctional Jets. Favored to beat the Texans. Yes, the Jets beat the Texans last year at MetLife Stadium, 30-6. But that was last year. This year, the Jets are free falling …

Henry McKenna NFL Reporter Travis Kelce is there and then he isn’t. He’s the best tight end in the NFL, but he only produces like it once every few weeks. The Kansas City Chiefs star finished Sunday’s win over the Las Vegas Raiders with 10 catches for 90 yards and a touchdown. It was his biggest game of the year …

Week 9 Byes: PIT, SF Arizona Cardinals James Conner (Week 8: 50 snaps, 22 opportunities, 19 routes, 2 targets) Emari Demercado (Week 8: 8 snaps, 1 opportunity, 4 routes, 1 target) Trey Benson (Week 8: 4 snaps, 1 opportunity, 1 route, 0 targets) Notes: In the Cardinals’ Week 8 win over the Dolphins, Conner ran 20 times for 53 yards …

Optimize your lineups rest-of-season with these fantasy football trade targets ahead of Week 9 Buy low on Mike Evans Now is the time to buy in on Evans. A lot was made this past week about which Bucs receivers would replace Chris Godwin and Mike Evans, but Week 8 came and went, and no Bucs receiver stood out. Rookie Jalen …

Cincinnati Bengals running back Chase Brown continues to earn a decent chunk of the workload alongside Zack Moss. Could he soon take over the backfield as the team’s true RB1? (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Running backs remain king in fantasy football. While it feels like there are more elite quarterbacks and wide receivers than ever before, the amount of consistent, dependable …

Breer: Patriots felt Josh Uche ‘wasn’t on board’ before trade originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Sometimes there’s more than meets the eye with trades in the NFL, and that appears to be the case with Joshua Uche. The New England Patriots dealt Uche to the Kansas City Chiefs on Monday for a 2026 sixth-round pick, which seemed like an …

The 49ers have dealt with so many injuries during the season that it’s been easy to forget that they’ve also been without one key player since February. Linebacker Dre Greenlaw tore his Achilles during the Super Bowl and head coach Kyle Shanahan gave an update on his extended recovery during an appearance on KNBR on Tuesday. Shanahan didn’t have an …