NEW YORK — Last week, Breece Hall shook up social media with three cryptic words.

“Time will tell.”

During Wednesday’s press conference, Hall might have expressed what he meant when asked what has changed about the Jets offense for him from last year to this year.

“Nothing really,” Hall said. “I think people try to make a skewed...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The first question you have to ask yourself when you’re writing about a deep and unseen connection between Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce is what to call them after your first reference to them. Are they Swift and Kelce? That would be standard practice at a website or publication such as The Philadelphia Inquirer, a legacy ...Read more

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Penix Jr. touched off a major rumble and then pronounced himself ready for the regular season at the conclusion of joint practices with the Tennessee Titans on Wednesday.

About midway through the session, Penix tossed a touchdown pass to receiver Ray-Ray McCloud III and had words with ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The surgical viewing window and other rooms inside Arizona Equine provided Ty Robinson with an introductory course in anatomy and a baseline for his future.

“Gnarly” became normal, said Robinson, the Eagles’ 24-year-old rookie defensive tackle, who would often join his mother, Tresha, an equine veterinarian, at her ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — It was the splashiest offseason in Steelers history, at least with outside additions. Aaron Rodgers, DK Metcalf, Jalen Ramsey, Jonnu Smith … there are soap operas with blander plots.

But it hasn’t just been the marquee names.

If anything, the added roster depth has been just as impressive.

Good timing, too.

Entering his ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Even before Keenan Allen returned to the Chargers last week, he was already making an impact in the receiver room.

As a rookie, Ladd McConkey studied Allen’s practice film on his team-issued iPad, trying to absorb lessons from one of the league’s best route runners — the very player whose rookie records for receptions and ...Read more

DENVER — Sean Payton is a noted stickler for details, even beyond the normal standards of an obsessive group like professional football coaches.

That has made this Broncos training camp a different kind of challenge for Denver’s head coach. The Broncos went to the Bay Area last week for a joint practice and preseason game with the San ...Read more

DENVER — After those first three drives in Santa Clara, Calif., I was ready to Nix all this Super Bowl yapping. But If Sean Payton still Bo-lieves in this Broncos roster, that’s plenty good enough for Terrell Davis.

“You don’t think Mike Shanahan wasn’t in those team meeting rooms telling us that we’re a Super Bowl team? Yes, he was...Read more

On the list of things you don’t want to hear about the 2025 San Francisco 49ers, “We’re in a similar situation to where we were last year,” might be at the top of the list.

So when Niners head coach Kyle Shanahan said that on Monday after the team’s first practice of the second week of preseason, it wasn’t just a red flag — it was...Read more

NEW YORK — Top Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers skipped last Saturday’s preseason opener at Buffalo. Now he’s continuing to sit out practice against the Jets.

Nabers has had a strong training camp despite a nagging toe injury that he admitted may require surgery one day. But his absence dragging into Tuesday’s trip to Florham Park, N.J...Read more

NEW YORK — Gang Green is down a quarterback for the short term.

Jets backup quarterback Tyrod Taylor will miss the rest of the preseason after recently having a surgical procedure done on his knee.

Taylor missed practice last week because of the injury.

Jets coach Aaron Glenn said Taylor’s procedure was “a minor scope,” but did not ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Vikings receiver Rondale Moore suffered a season-ending knee injury Saturday and will miss his second straight NFL season due to an August injury.

Moore, the 25-year-old former second-round pick out of Purdue in 2021, sustained the injury during his first and only snap of the Vikings’ preseason win against the Houston Texans. ...Read more

Travis Kelce is done fighting for his right to party.

Or at least the 35-year-old Kansas City Chiefs tight end is ready to start toning down his party-hearty image — which is kind of big news for a dude who is known for his wild, celebratory, off-key renditions of the Beastie Boys classic "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party!)" and is ...Read more

BALTIMORE — In one moment, Rashod Bateman is lined up on a football field, one leg in front of the other, arms dangling, crowd noise blending into white noise. A nameless, faceless cornerback stands across from him.

A single thought enters the otherwise artistic, if not frenetic mind of the Ravens wide receiver.

“Kill him,” Bateman told ...Read more

It’s not Tyreek Hill refusing to play last year, not his demanding a trade, not his showing up late to practices, not quarterback Tua Tagovailoa saying their relationship still needs work, not the $15.85 million roster bonus he’s due this month, certainly not any of the off-field drama he brings — none of this is why the Miami Dolphins’ ...Read more

MIAMI — It might have just been a preseason game, but for inexperienced football players who are just beginning their NFL journey, these moments, games, reps are pivotal, no matter if they result in success or failure on the field.

That’s how Quinn Ewers took his NFL debut in Miami’s 24-24 tie against the Chicago Bears.

The biggest ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Cam Heyward has done so much for the city of Pittsburgh off the field. His Steelers resume is pretty darn impressive, too. At least on an individual level.

But I disagree with nearly everything Heyward said Monday following a training camp practice at Saint Vincent College, the Steelers’ longest-tenured player discussing his ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Cam Heyward is not ruling out holding out into the regular season if he and the Steelers cannot come to an agreement on an adjustment to his contract. Heyward’s agent went public last week that his client was asking for an adjustment, but Heyward provided some new details Monday afternoon following practice at Saint Vincent ...Read more

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Less than four weeks until the 49ers start their regular season, there is less and less certainty about which wide receivers will be available for that opener in Seattle.

“It’s a lot more open than it’s ever been,” coach Kyle Shanahan said Monday of who’ll make the initial receiving corps.

It’s basically ...Read more

Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel didn’t get into specifics on why wide receiver Stefon Diggs sat out Friday’s preseason opener against the Commanders.

Vrabel was asked Monday morning if Diggs’ inactivity was health-related on WEEI’s “The Greg Hill Show.”

“Coach’s decision” was all Vrabel would offer.

Diggs was present on the ...Read more