6:13 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady was shown on TV directing an expletive-laden tirade at his offensive line in last Sunday’s 20-18 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, but center Robert Hainsey said Wednesday that it’s what he wants, and it’s what their unit wants. “Everyone can call it what they want,

4:47 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Denver Broncos running back Melvin Gordon III met with Nathaniel Hackett on Wednesday as the coach explained why Gordon didn’t get any carries in the second half of Monday night’s loss against the Los Angeles Chargers. A frustrated Gordon was caught on camera during the Monday Night Football broadcast,

5:47 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Pro Football Hall of Famer Charley Trippi, a runner-up for the Heisman Trophy at Georgia who went on to lead the Cardinals to their most recent NFL championship in 1947, died Wednesday. He was 100. The University of Georgia announced that Trippi died peacefully at his Athens home.

6:19 PM ET ASHBURN, Va. — Washington Commanders quarterback Taylor Heinicke said he’s a different player than last season. Now he’ll get a chance to prove just how much. When Heinicke starts against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, he’ll be able to draw upon his 2021 experience, when he started 15 games for the

4:59 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — Cardinals wide receiver Marquise Brown will miss at least a month with a left foot injury, coach Kliff Kingsbury said Wednesday. His status beyond that is still unknown. The Cardinals will reevaluate Brown then, said Kingsbury, adding that Brown is out “indefinitely.” Brown, who injured his foot late in

4:54 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Carolina Panthers quarterback Sam Darnold returned to practice Wednesday for the first time in almost eight weeks sporting a full red beard and a left ankle healed enough to give him another shot at starting in the next couple of weeks. But whether he gets a second chance to

3:56 PM ET New Orleans Saints coach Dennis Allen declined to name a starting quarterback for Thursday night’s game against the Arizona Cardinals, although signs point to Andy Dalton making his fourth straight start of the season. “I think we’ll just wait ’til game time,” Allen said. Allen ruled out wide receivers Michael Thomas and

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7:00 AM ET Six weeks into the 2022 NFL season, the league’s Most Valuable Player race is starting to come together, highlighted by a host of quarterbacks emerging as candidates. The leader of the AFC’s only one-loss team owns the best Vegas odds and the most first-place votes from our panel, while the QB of

5:09 PM ET NEW YORK — For the first time, an NFL owner publicly has called for serious consideration to remove Washington‘s Dan Snyder from NFL ownership. Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay held an explosive interview scrum at the fall meetings Tuesday and called Snyder’s missteps as owner, particularly with workplace misconduct, “gravely concerning.” “I