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The Chargers have stopped the bleeding. Now, can they find a way to do what they couldn’t do in Week One? Los Angeles trails Kansas City 14-7 at halftime. The Chargers trailed 17-12 at halftime of the season opener before losing 38-28. The Chargers lost an opportunity to draw closer Thursday night

Patrick Daugherty breaks down all of Week 15’s top plays, including top-five RB1 Joe Mixon.

Evan Silva breaks down fantasy matchups for Thursday night’s Chargers-Chiefs game.

NEW YORK — Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes has had a special season so far. A league-leading 43 touchdown passes. A no-look pass against the Baltimore Ravens. And he has led the Chiefs to the top of latest AP Pro32 poll . The Chiefs received seven of 12 first-place votes for 379 points in balloting

“To say that you wouldn’t want to have the ability to stay at home and play, that wouldn’t be accurate,” McVay said at the team’s practice facility in Thousand Oaks. “But we know that what’s important for us is that to even have those types of conversations, for that to even be a potential

Houston Texans: The team’s nine-game winning streak is over and veteran cornerback Johnathan Joseph didn’t necessarily see it as a bad development. “I hate to lose, but probably was the best thing for this team to lose that game,” Joseph said of Sunday’s 24-21 loss to the Indianapolis

Baltimore Ravens rookie quarterback Lamar Jackson discusses what his team’s performance against the Kansas City Chiefs means for their season moving forward.

Field Yates ESPN Insider Field Yates has previous experience interning with the New England Patriots on both their coaching and scouting staffs. A graduate of Wesleyan University (CT), he is a regular contributor to ESPN Boston’s Patriots coverage and ESPN Insider. Follow on Twitter Last week’

Aaron Rodgers broke Tom Brady’s NFL record for most consecutive passes without an interception in style, setting the mark on a 24-yard touchdown pass to Randall Cobb that helped the Green Bay Packers beat the visiting Atlanta Falcons 34-20 on Sunday. The pass was Rodgers’ 359th in a row without

Despite early rain storms in Tampa on Sunday, it seems weather won’t be as much of an issue for the New Orleans Saints in their clash against the Buccaneers as they originally thought.  That’s because the sun miraculously came out less than 30 minutes before kickoff at Raymond James Stadium.

ST. LOUIS, MO- Linebacker Christian Kirksey may be on the Injured Reserve list due to a hamstring injury, but that isn’t keeping him from being considered for one of the NFL’s highest individual honors. Thursday the league announced individual team nominees for the 2018 Walter Payton NFL Man

With the New York Giants’ season on the line, star Odell Beckham Jr. is planning to make a splash.

It seems like it’s been forever since the Tampa Bay Bucs won a video-game shootout against the New Orleans Saints, 48-40, in the regular-season opener. When the two teams square off Sunday at Raymond James Stadium, the Saints (10-2) will be trying to clinch the NFC South while the Bucs (5-7) will

This year should be the year that New Orleans Saints’ QB Drew Brees finally wins his first league MVP trophy. With the Saints at 10-2 and Brees leading a number of passing categories, he’s the current favorite in a tight race with Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes, with Chargers QB Philip Rivers not

After the entire AFC East enjoyed its bye in week 11, the four teams were back at it on Sunday — and it was an uneven won for the division: while two squads secured victories against mediocre-at-best opposition, two others were defeated. Let’s find out what happened in this week’s edition of

The “NFL Total Access” crew discusses who they think will get the number six seed in the NFC.

Olivia Reiner and Jim Owczarski make their predictions ahead of Sunday’s home game against the Arizona Cardinals. The Green Bay Packers still haven’t replaced Jermichael Finley, and they’re paying a higher price than ever. While recent rule changes keep increasing the value of tight ends

Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield wins Pepsi Rookie of the Week for Week 12 of the 2018 NFL season.

THOUSAND OAKS – The first stop is Detroit, and that’s where the Rams say their eyes will remain until Sunday’s game ends, but a glance down the road reveals nothing but wide-open pavement. The Rams will clinch the NFC West if they beat the Lions Sunday. A 5-0 finish would guarantee them not only

Richard Sherman has not been too kind to his former teammate Russell Wilson. The former Seattle Seahawks cornerback was asked to describe Wilson’s play-making ability in advance of this week’s game against his old team, and he had little but criticism for the Seahawks quarterback. “I’

Austin Ekeler, Gus Edwards, and Josh Adams are the next undrafted running backs making quite the impact in fantasy football.

What do you see if you root for the Colts, Texans and Seahawks? Seattle has stamped itself as a wild-card contender in the NFC, and an opponent most teams would like to avoid. Seattle had two dirty defeats to open the schedule and was headed down a long losing path.

Is the NFC playoff race now up for grabs following the Saints loss? The “NFL Total Access” crew breaks it down.

The three Week 12 games played on Thanksgiving had a big impact on the NFL playoff picture before Sunday’s games arrived. And as the week continued Sunday, even more changes were made to the postseason outlook. Of course, at this point in the season, almost all game results have playoff implications

Fresh off IR, Burkhead is eligible to play Sunday vs. the Vikings. That would be a foolish fantasy decision in our estimation, but Sony Michel had yet another injury scare Sunday (yet still proceeded to record his third 100-yard day as a runner), and we just got done explaining the value of handcuffs

The last of the off-weeks have gone bye-bye, meaning you won’t have to do without your power players from here on out. That also means you have to choose more carefully among a full slate of matchups. There’s nothing worse than leaving points on the bench. START Deshaun Watson, QB, Texans vs.

JuJu Smith-Schuster went 97 yards on a pass from Ben Roethlisberger on Sunday. Lamar Miller has a run for a 97-yard touchdown Monday. It was the second career 97-yard run for the Texans running back. Miller’s run, which gave the Texans a 21-10 lead, came one play after the Texans stopped fullback Luke

There’s a midday treat on NFL Thanksgiving schedule when the Dallas Cowboys host the Washington Redskins in an important NFC East battle at 4:30 p.m. ET. The Redskins currently sit atop the NFC East standings, but will have to navigate their daunting schedule without quarterback Alex Smith, who suffered