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Both teams sit at 1-1 after making a steady start to preseason, with the Texans winning 30-23 at home against the Detroit Lions last Saturday, while the Cowboys beat the Los Angeles Rams 14-10 in Honolulu, Hawaii. There was positive news for both franchises, with their respective starting quarterbacks already looking sharp. Deshaun Watson completed five of his seven passes for 60 yards, including a four-yard touchdown pass as the Texans defeated the Lions....

Most notably, a couple of rookies who had a real chance to make the team were casualties. Many of these players will resurface on the Steelers’ practice squad. But for some of them, it’s the end of the road. Here are the five biggest surprises on the Steelers’ initial 53-man roster. Pittsburgh Steelers biggest surprises from 53-man roster cuts #1 - Quincy Roche not making the roster Quincy Roche was the sixth-round pick of the Steelers in 2021....

Sunday’s slate of NFL games included a revamped rivalry in Cleveland, the beginning of a bounce-back season for Atlanta, a matchup of two NFC favorites in Green Bay and multiple debuts for new coaches. All that came before a primetime showdown in Dallas. Here are the results and highlights from the first Sunday of the NFL season. NFL SCORES: Week 1 results NFL scores: Week 1 results, highlights Broncos 24, Chargers 21 MORE: Results, stats...

Through the first three weeks of the season, 11 quarterbacks had a passer rating of 100 or higher (minimum 20 attempts), the most through three weeks in NFL history. That list of QBs included two rookies, the Giants’ Daniel Jones and the Jaguars’ Gardner Minshew, along with two second-year QBs, the Panthers’ Kyle Allen and the Ravens’ Lamar Jackson. In total, six QBs under the age of 25 and eight under the age of 30 had a passer rating of 100 or higher (minimum 20 attempts) through the first three weeks....

But the NFL is his next challenge, and he may not be a lock as a high draft pick. MOCK DRAFT: Who will Browns take? Also in this week’s NFL draft spotlight, quarterback needs once again run rampant across the league, and we could see as many as 10 quarterbacks drafted within the first 100 picks. Plus, a list of the top 10 prospects you should be watching in this week’s bowl games....

The Eagles have signed the former Jaguars and Browns quarterback to an undisclosed deal, NFL Media reported , citing an unidentified source. According to ESPN , citing an unidentified source, the signing “is not considered a reflection on any of the quarterbacks currently on the Eagles’ roster, but rather as an opportunity to add depth and experience.” Kessler will compete with Nate Sudfeld and Clayton Thorson for the backup role behind starter Carson Wentz, whose fifth-year option on his contract was exercised by the team last month....

British fans are accustomed to watching sluggish, error-prone displays from tired teams in London yet Cousins, then with the Washington Redskins, bucked the trend when it comes to performances across the pond. Jet lag appeared to be no issue for Cousins as he completed a franchise-record 38 passes for a career-best 458 yards and two touchdowns in a 27-27 tie with the Cincinnati Bengals. It was no coincidence. Cousins had been preparing for the Transatlantic jaunt with Dr....

The Pittsburgh Steelers won’t have pass-rusher TJ Watt for the second half due to a groin injury. The Las Vegas Raiders were already short prior to the game, but now first-round rookie OL Alex Leatherwood is ruled out. What injury did Alex Leatherwood suffer? Alex Leatherwood suffered an oblique injury in the first half and will not return to the field today. He was already having a rough game before his injury....

Both Arizona and Houston are home underdogs, with the former performing much better in that spot than the latter. As a home underdog, the Cardinals (+7.5) have won and covered 10 of their last 13 games under the scenario, while the Texans (+5) have dropped nine of 10 in the role (3-7 ATS), according to the OddsShark NFL Database. Lindley was signed by Arizona back on Nov. 11 after starting QB Carson Palmer suffered a season-ending ACL injury....

Now the question is whether wideout Emmanuel Sanders and tight end Julius Thomas – who’ve accounted for 117 catches, 1,380 yards and 19 touchdowns – will play Sunday against the Dolphins. Jay Rood, vice president of race and sports books for MGM Resorts, is confident Denver will score more at home this week and believes at least one or both players will suit up. Rood noted Sanders’ concussion wasn’t from a helmet-to-helmet hit....

This should be the Janay Rice elevator video, the pictures of Adrian Peterson’s child. The canary in the coal mine that undeniably illustrates what we already know: That the NFL has a culture problem. Yet despite the rightful and widespread condemnation of the trend — not blip — of violent mentality and crime connected to NFL players, it puts the league and media in a more precarious position to turn that microscope on NFL consumers....

“We’ve already done a pretty thorough review of the procedures and processes that were dropped along the way to make sure it doesn’t happen again,” NFL Network vice president of communications Alex Riethmiller told Cincinnati media Monday, via ESPN.com. MORE: Worst performances exposed | Should media be allowed in locker rooms? Riethmiller made a point to apologize “to everybody that was affected: to the players, to the organization, to the viewing public, first and foremost....

Kansas City hosts Cincinnati in the AFC championship game in a rematch of the Week 17 matchup at Paul Brown Stadium. The Bengals won that 34-31 but will have to try to do the same at Arrowhead Stadium this time. The Chiefs are shooting for a third straight AFC championship under coach Andy Reid after outlasting Buffalo 42-36 in an overtime thriller. Patrick Mahomes continues to dominate the AFC playoffs with the help of Travis Kelce and Tyreek Hill, but Tyrann Mathieu left the divisional round with a concussion....

Here’s what to expect from the AFC South ahead of the upcoming NFL season. All odds are courtesy of DraftKings. Indianapolis Colts A year from Andrew Luck’s surprise retirement, the Colts have pushed their chips firmly in the middle of the table by landing Philip Rivers in free agency. The veteran quarterback left the Chargers after 16 seasons with the organization and Indianapolis’ season could ultimately boil down to a simple question: Can the 38-year-old still cut it at the top?...

With the NFL shortening preseason to three games in order to accommodate a 17th regular-season game in the schedule, head coaches of the 32 franchises have just two more preseason games to weigh their options under center before the regular season gets underway on September 9. While that may not matter for the Kansas City Chiefs, Buffalo Bills, Green Bay Packers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, which have long committed to their starting quarterbacks, the next two weeks could be crucial for a number of teams....

Week 3 was characterized by Andrew Luck’s surprising retirement as the quarterback revealed on Sunday he was calling time on his NFL career, with years of injuries finally taking their toll on his mind and body. Aside from the shock generated by Luck’s news, there were a number of significant events in the third week of preseason. The Houston Texans suffered a 34-0 shellacking at the hands of the Cowboys in Dallas and lost starting running back Lamar Miller to a torn ACL, while Kyler Murray delivered his best performance of the summer even if the Arizona Cardinals lost 20-9 against the Minnesota Vikings....

The game didn’t count — last season’s Super Bowl champs lost 22-11 to the Packers in an exhibition at Gillette Stadium — but Brady played. He was in for just two series, but that’s more time than he’ll see during the first month of the regular season if his four-game suspension remains in place. Brady and the NFL Players Association are involved a drawn-out legal battle with the NFL to vacate the suspension Brady received for supposedly knowing about underinflated footballs during January’s AFC Championship game....

Tom Brady fired a pass out to Mike Evans on fourth down that would have given the Buccaneers a first down and spotted the ball inside the red zone, but the star wide receiver was unable to haul in the pass. However, just a split second after the missed completion, the Rams’ safety came in and landed a helment-to-helmet hit on Evans that drew a penalty. As the official explained — in a lengthy call on the field that featured the use of “however” and “therefore” — because the hit came after the pass fell incomplete on fourth down, the penalty yardage was assessed from the spot where the Rams were slated to take over possession after the turnover on downs....