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Sam Darnold entered the NFL as the No. 3 overall pick by the New York Jets in 2018, expected to be a franchise quarterback. When that didn't happen, he embarked on a journey across the entire country and back, from Carolina to San Francisco to Minnesota and now Seattle. He had his breakout season as the Vikings' starter in 2024, but they let him walk in free agency, which triggered […]

We are less than a week away from crowning a new champion in the National Football League. A Super Bowl between the Patriots and Seahawks would have been unfathomable back in August, but on Sunday, it will become reality. Either Drake Maye will become the youngest quarterback to ever win a Super Bowl or Sam Darnold will put an exclamation point on one of the great redemption stories in recent […]

Sam Darnold is grateful that he gets the opportunity to start his first Super Bowl on Sunday, when his Seattle Seahawks play the New England Patriots at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara. But he is a little disappointed that he won't be able to watch Bad Bunny's halftime show. "I love his music," Darnold said during NFL Super Bowl LX Media Night on Monday. "It's great to have him perform […]

Opening night for Super Bowl LX kicked off the final days of the 2025 season, as the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots — who battle Sunday for the Lombardi Trophy — did the media rounds Monday at the San Jose Convention Center ahead of the big game. Here are my takeaways. 1. "Somebody has to (be). I don’t think we dislike it." Those were Patriots coach Mike Vrabel’s words […]

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell held his annual Super Bowl press conference on Monday in California, talking with reporters and taking questions for about 40 minutes on a wide variety of issues facing the league. Here are my five takeaways from Goodell's press conference: 1. Goodell wants replay officials to drop flags to correct 'obvious errors' Goodell said he thinks the NFL has done a good job of implementing changes and […]

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said the league has nothing to do with the vote for the Pro Football Hall of Fame and that he believes Bill Belichick will eventually get inducted. A report from ESPN last week said Belichick did not get enough votes in his first year of eligibility despite winning a record six Super Bowl titles as head coach of the New England Patriots. There was speculation that […]

The NFL will play its first regular-season game ever in France next season with the New Orleans Saints set to travel to Paris later this year. The league on Monday announced plans to play a game at the Stade de France next season in addition to a multiyear deal to keep playing regular-season games at Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. The NFL has already announced its first game in Australia […]

Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Mass.) — Having just clinched a trip to the Super Bowl, Drake Maye waited for his turn to step up to the stage at Empower Field at Mile High in Denver. The New England Patriots quarterback finished off the Broncos in the AFC Championship Game in a white-out blizzard — and the snow kept coming. Waiting for his cue to speak to the crowd and the TV […]

In terms of preseason betting odds, the Seattle Seahawks-New England Patriots matchup in Super Bowl LX is the most unlikely Super Bowl matchup ever — and someone close to one of the teams was able to cash off that stat. Patriots fullback Jack Westover's sister placed a $5 bet on her brother's team to take on the Seahawks in Super Bowl LX back in training camp. Roughly six months later, […]