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On paper, the Kansas City Chiefs are the best team in the NFL. They have the game’s best player in Patrick Mahomes, who is on his way to being the best player ever, and they have a great coach in Andy Reid to go with a talented roster. That, coupled with my usual tradition of starting the previous year’s Super …

Steelers running back Jaylen Warren has been dealing with a hamstring injury, but he’s moving in the right direction as the team heads into the first week of the regular season. Video from the team’s practice on Monday shows Warren going through individual drills and having no trouble as he runs and cuts at full speed. Warren said, via Brooke …

Kirk Cousins will be Captain Kirk again. As expected. In his first season with the Falcons, the former Vikings quarterback has been elected one of four team captains. The other are tackle Jake Matthews, defensive tackle Grady Jarrett, and safety Jessie Bates III. Four captains are the fewest we’ve seen for 2024. The Steelers also have four. For Cousins, he’s …

The Lions beat the Rams in a home playoff game in January and they’ll be opening the 2024 season at Ford Field against the same opponent, but there’s a significant difference to the opposition this time around. Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald retired after the playoff loss in Detroit and his absence was the subject of a question for Lions …

Bengals coach Zac Taylor doesn’t have any answers for Ja’Marr Chase, who continued to sit out of practice Monday as he seeks a long-term extension. The season starts Sunday, and Taylor sounds as if he doesn’t know whether he will have his star receiver. “We’ll just take it day to day,” Taylor said Monday, via Emily Sanderson of WLWT. Chase’s …

49ers rookie wide receiver Ricky Pearsall will miss at least the first four games of the regular season while on the non-football injury list because of injuries sustained in a shooting in San Francisco on Saturday. The 49ers made the non-football injury designation this afternoon, about 48 hours after Pearsall was shot. Pearsall was released after spending one night in …

Broncos coach Payton calls Sutton-to-49ers trade rumors a ‘stretch’ originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Sometimes, there’s more than meets the eye when it comes to NFL trade rumors. After The Athletic’s Diana Russini reported last Thursday that the Broncos declined a 49ers offer that would have sent a third-round draft pick to Denver in exchange for wide receiver …

Subscribe to McCoy & Van Noy The 2024 NFL regular season finally kicks off this Thursday night with the Baltimore Ravens traveling to the Kansas City Chiefs. Gerald McCoy and Kyle Van Noy are hyped to start the season and they kick off this episode looking at the reigning NFC champs, the San Francisco 49ers, who have had a tumultuous …

There’s not going to be a lot of injury intrigue for the Chiefs leading into Thursday night’s opener. Wide receiver Hollywood Brown missed practice with a shoulder injury on Monday and head coach Andy Reid said that Brown is going to miss the game against the Ravens. Everyone else on the Chiefs roster was a full participant in practice. Cornerback …

All 53 players on the Packers roster and all 17 on their practice squad practiced Monday, four days before their season opener against the Eagles. The Packers hired a new strength and conditioning coach this offseason, and Aaron Hill deserves credit for what he did with the team in the buildup to the season. Then, Green Bay got out of …

Quarterback Bo Nix, Denver Broncos Given that we are heading into the first week of the fantasy season, I hope you don’t need to stream quarterback or tight end yet. If you are, did you not think this was something you should have taken care of during the draft? Well, if you do need to wade into the stream, Bo …

The Ravens were nearly at full strength Monday, three days before their season opener against the Chiefs. They were required to release an injury report for the first time this season, and rookie outside linebacker Adisa Isaac (hamstring) was the only player absent from practice. Running back Rasheen Ali (neck) was the only other player on the practice report as …

There are 12 teams that have never won a Super Bowl. When we think of those franchises, ineptitude stands out. And let’s give the New York Jets an exemption and throw them on that list, too. They have the longest drought since their last Super Bowl win in the 1968 season. Joe Namath’s guarantee was a long, long time ago …

Left tackle Trent Williams’s status for next Monday night’s opener against the Jets will be up in the air as long as he remains away from the 49ers and the team moved to add some depth to the offensive line on Monday. The 49ers announced that they have signed tackle Brandon Parker to the active roster. He takes the spot …

How Aiyuk’s new contract impacts 49ers’ 2024 salary-cap space originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The 49ers officially locked down star wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk through the 2028 NFL season last week — and also created additional 2024 salary-cap space in the process. Following Aiyuk’s lengthy “hold-in,” San Francisco on Friday signed the 26-year-old to a four-year contract extension …