Tee Higgins walked out of Sunday’s game against the Buffalo Bills resolute, even after taking multiple jarring hits to the head during the Cincinnati Bengals’ 39-34 defeat on a snow-covered Sunday.
The star wideout delivered one of his strongest outings of the season with six receptions, 92 yards, and two touchdowns. Yet his relentless return to the field despite repeated hard falls quickly became the storyline of the game.
After the loss, when asked directly whether he ever considered shutting it down for the rest of the game, Higgins explained the mindset behind those decisions. Speaking to reporters, [he talked...
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Micah Parsons didn’t light up the stat sheet in the Green Bay Packers’ 28-21 win over the Chicago Bears, but his impact and his frustration were impossible to miss. The four-time Pro Bowler finished with just one total tackle, two quarterback hits, and no sacks. These are numbers rather foreign for a player of Parsons’s caliber.
However, there is more to the story. The afternoon turned into a showcase of how often Chicago’s blockers resorted to grabbing and tugging to slow him down. After the win, Parsons opened up about the officiating and why he believes the lack of calls...
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The Seattle Seahawks have transformed their defense into one of the league’s most punishing units over the past two weeks, surrendering just nine total points across eight quarters. Every level of the defense has contributed, but the secondary, led by surging rookie Nick Emmanwori, delivered the biggest statement in Sunday’s 37-9 dismantling of the Atlanta Falcons.
Despite the early inconsistency, Emmanwori said in the post-game press conference that there was no panic in the locker room at halftime, explaining that head coach Mike Macdonald delivered a pointed message reminding the group of their identity.
“We just believe in what we...
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The Las Vegas Raiders’ season reached another low point on Sunday as they fell 24-17 to the Denver Broncos, marking their seventh straight loss and their 11th defeat in 12 games.
Despite another competitive early stretch, the familiar issues resurfaced. Missed tackles, stalled drives and an inability to finish defensive stands. The result was another disappointing setback that further confirmed how lost this Raiders team has become.
In the locker room afterward, Maxx Crosby was asked by the reporters how the constant losing has worn on him and the rest of the roster. While speaking to Nick Walters of Vegas...
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The Daniel Jones injury did more than derail a game for the Indianapolis Colts. It reopened the loudest argument of their season. When Daniel Jones crumpled with a torn right Achilles in the 36-19 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars, you could almost hear timelines loading.
The Indianapolis Colts, already sliding after an 8-2 start, dropped to 8-5 and lost their surprise comeback-story quarterback for the rest of 2025, and likely a chunk of 2026.
That context makes the Sauce Gardner trade impossible to ignore. At the deadline, the Colts shipped their next two first-round picks to the New York Jets...
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CJ Stroud and Nico Collins pulled off an excellent highlight in the Houston Texans’ matchup against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday night.
Going into the contest, Houston strung together four consecutive wins. They persevered with elite defense while Stroud recovered from his concussion injury. Collins remained in solid form as a star receiver, keeping the Texans as a sneaky threat.
Stroud and Collins continued to show why they are one of the best quarterback-receiver duos in the league. One of their connections took place in the first minutes of the second quarter. Stroud fired a deep pass to Collins,...
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The Kansas City Chiefs hit a new low in the era of Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes Sunday. The Super Bowl winning quarterback delivered new dismal marks in the loss to the Houston Texans. But that’s not the low mark K.C. fell into.
There will be a new AFC West champion — as the Chiefs are officially mathematically eliminated from winning their division.
It marks the first time with the Mahomes/Reid collaboration that K.C. won’t claim the west. The QB and head coach have never fell below first each season.
K.C. still made the postseason the last time the Chiefs...
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Backs against the wall, questions about their coaching staff, and the season on the line. That’s what the Pittsburgh Steelers were facing Sunday at M&T Bank Stadium against the AFC North-rival Baltimore Ravens. The Steelers, who deserve a ton of credit, answered questions in emphatic fashion with a 27-22 win to regain control of the […]
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Their reign of terror is officially over.
With a 20-10 loss to the Houston Texans, the Kansas City Chiefs have been mathematically eliminated from winning the AFC West. They have fallen to 6-7, are barely hanging on in the AFC Playoff picture, and now trail the Denver Broncos by 5 games in the win/loss column.
From 2016 through 2024, the Kansas City Chiefs have won 9 straight AFC West titles and reached at least the AFC Championship in every season that Patrick Mahomes has started for them at quarterback. While I hate the Chiefs, Mahomes, Kelce, and everything about that...
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The Houston Texans just did something defenses almost never do. They made Patrick Mahomes look ordinary, and then some. Against the Houston Texans on Sunday Night Football, Patrick Mahomes turned in the worst completion night of his career, going 14-of-33 for 160 yards with three interceptions in a 20-10 loss at Arrowhead Stadium.
Dianna Russini noted it works out to a career-low 42.4% completion rate in a single game, with Houston snagging all three picks. This wasn’t a fluky box score.
The Houston Texans harassed Mahomes all night, collapsing a banged-up Kansas City Chiefs offensive line and squeezing the life...
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It was a familiar formula for the Texans on Sunday night. They got off to an early lead and held on for dear life. The Kansas City Chiefs briefly tied it up 10-10 in the fourth quarter before the Most Interesting Defense in the NFL showed up and dominated the fourth quarter. The Chiefs went for it twice on fourth down deep in their territory and the Chiefs turned it over on downs twice. They also intercepted Patrick Mahomes three times on the evening as Mahomes and the Chiefs offense easily turned in their worst performance of the 2025 season....
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