It will be a no-go for Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold. Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald revealed in a press conference on Wednesday afternoon that Darnold won’t dress for the team’s Week 2 road matchup against the Arizona Cardinals due to the glute injury he sustained in the team’s Week 1 win over the New…
Let’s get one thing out of the way first: Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay flubbed the travel plans to Australia. Yes, we understand McVay did something similar with success last year, when the Rams easily handled the Jacksonville Jaguars after traveling the day before to London. However, the Rams stayed the week in…
Chaos. That’s the only way to describe Week 1 across the NFL, and not just because the superteam Rams went down, down under. Some of the best teams in the league struggled to find their early footing. Meanwhile, the Jets, the Raiders and the Cardinals all won their openers! It has made an absolute mess…
Statements were made in the first 15 games of Week 1. The Seahawks and 49ers started the season with impressive victories, and then Sunday brought a plethora of points and other teams that stood out. Entering Monday night, the biggest movers this week were the 49ers, Jaguars, Bills and Bears, all of whom moved up…
Lumen Field (Seattle) — The Seattle Seahawks avoided the heartbreak of losing on the night they unfurled their Super Bowl LX banner, scoring 13 unanswered points in the second half to defeat the visiting New England Patriots 13-10 in a Super Bowl rematch. The Seahawks struggled to contain quarterback Drake Maye and the Patriots early…
If the Seattle Seahawks are going to beat the New England Patriots again, then they might have to do it without their starting quarterback. Sam Darnold departed Wednesday’s season-opening matchup after the Seahawks’ first drive. He suffered a hip injury and was ruled questionable to return. Darnold was sacked on the final play of the…
On the phone with Ron Rivera, I brought up the 2015 season — and its conclusion. If you don’t remember, the Denver Broncos beat the Carolina Panthers 24-10 in Super Bowl 50. Rivera, now the Cal Bears’ GM, was the Panthers’ head coach. A decade later, the fine details of that game remain vivid in…
Finally, seven months after Super Bowl LX ended, the NFL has returned. But who will be hoisting the Lombardi Trophy at SoFi Stadium this upcoming Valentine’s Day? As the 2026 NFL regular season kicks off with a rematch of Super Bowl LX on Wednesday, we made our predictions for who will play in and win…
The cliché states that there are two certainties in life — death and taxes. Here’s a third: Betting will be huge on the NFL regular-season opener, even with an unusual Wednesday kickoff, as is the case in NFL Week 1 odds for the Patriots vs. Seahawks clash. “It doesn’t matter what day the NFL starts…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — In a late-August joint practice with the Titans, the Super Bowl-champion Seahawks were being outplayed by a defense that finished 2025 in the bottom third of the league. The connection between Pro Bowl quarterback Sam Darnold and Offensive Player of the Year Jaxon Smith-Njigba still looked sharp, but the Seahawks went nowhere…
