1:55 AM ET NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Saints burned through 11 kickers in Sean Payton’s first 11 years as head coach. But they finally found a keeper when they signed Baltimore Ravens castoff Wil Lutz during Week 1 of the 2016 season. He made history for them Monday with a game-winning 58-yard field
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1:40 AM ET OAKLAND — Some 56,000 jilted and full-throated hometown fans let short-time former Oakland Raiders receiver Antonio Brown know how they felt about him with derisive chants of “F— AB!” on every big Oakland play Monday night against the Denver Broncos — and there were many in the course of the Raiders’ 24-16
6:17 PM ET ALAMEDA, Calif. — There is nothing quite like one last trip to the Oakland-Alameda Coliseum to deflate the optimism of summer as the mistake-prone Denver Broncos wobbled early, stumbled later and couldn’t rebound in a season-opening 24-16 loss to the Oakland Raiders First-year coach Vic Fangio certainly passed the offseason test as
12:48 AM ET NEW ORLEANS — Despite trading for left tackle Laremy Tunsil right before the start of the season, the Houston Texans‘ offensive line struggled in Houston’s 30-28 loss to the New Orleans Saints on Monday night. In 2018, quarterback Deshaun Watson was sacked an NFL-high 62 times, for an average of 3.9 times
12:32 AM ET OAKLAND — Oakland Raiders cornerback Gareon Conley sustained a neck injury and was strapped to a gurney and taken off the field on a cart with 5:06 remaining in the third quarter of the Raiders’ season opener against the Denver Broncos on Monday night. Conley gave a thumbs up with his right
12:17 AM ET NEW ORLEANS — Another controversial officiating mistake nearly cost the New Orleans Saints in their return to the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on Monday night. NFL senior vice president of officiating Al Riveron admitted that the Saints should have had 15 more seconds to work with during their hurry-up drive at the end of
12:06 AM ET Marshawn Lynch said he has joined the ownership group of a new professional arena football team that will call Oakland, California, its home starting next spring. Lynch, speaking to The Mercury News, said the idea and opportunity to help keep football in his native city was born when he was watching his
5:01 AM ET CLEVELAND — With just over nine minutes still to go in the most ballyhooed Browns season opener since the days of Bernie Kosar — heck, since maybe even Jim Brown — the inconceivable occurred. Cleveland fans began filing out of FirstEnergy Stadium. The Dawg Pound, of all doggone places, thinned out into
8:30 AM ET Week 1 is only 1/17th of the NFL regular season, but it naturally feels more important. Rookie players and coaches make their real debuts after briefly checking in during the preseason. Free-agent and trade acquisitions show what they can do in their new cities. A big game in Week 1 just seems
4:08 PM ET NEW ORLEANS — The Houston Texans thought they had greatly improved the offensive line when they traded for left tackle Laremy Tunsil less than two weeks ago. But after allowing an NFL-high 62 sacks last season, the line allowed six on quarterback Deshaun Watson in their 30-28 loss to the New Orleans