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Welcome to the Quarterback Notebook, where I’ll cover the past week in NFL quarterbacking — from the most interesting passers, plays and storylines to some other stuff that caught my eye while watching film this week. This week, we’ll look at how Aaron Rodgers is holding the Steelers' offense back, check in with Drew Lock, and ask Baker Mayfield to chill out. Let’s talk quarterbacks. The Steelers' offense has been […]

Gio Reyna has been in their shoes. Like his new USA teammates Cavan Sullivan and Neil Pierre, Reyna was once a blue-chip teenager participating in his first national team camp, as Albert and Mehmeti are ahead of four home exhibition games against Peru, Chile, Mexico and Canada — the Stars and Stripes' first set of matches since the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Now the former prodigy is 23. He’s played […]

Leave it to Matthew Stafford to buck the trend of a league-wide scoring collapse. While most teams saw their scoring totals decline (and I’m looking at you, Chicago), the Los Angeles Rams and Stafford had an incredible bounce-back week against the New York Giants. His four touchdown passes Monday night put him sixth on two all-time lists: career passing TDs and games with at least four passing TDs. Stafford is […]

Two weeks into the season, a third team sits atop the charts. Honestly, after the Rams fell in Week 1 and the Ravens dropped in Week 2, it seems that the famed SI jinx and Madden curse have nothing on my Power Rankings. Things will get really unsettling if the new No. 1 loses at home to the 0-2 Los Angeles Chargers this weekend. Until then, just cross your fingers, […]

I played offensive line for eight seasons in the NFL, and before that I spent my Saturdays in Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon, blocking for guys who ended up on lists like this one. So when I watch college football now, I watch for the stuff that signaled to me in the huddle whether a guy was for real. I'm picking the 10 players who impressed me most during the […]

The lead up to Week 3 was all about Lane Kiffin’s return to Oxford after leaving Ole Miss for LSU before the College Football Playoff last season. And then, the Rebels outlasted the Tigers in an emotional 32-24 win that was essentially a massive sigh of relief for the state of Mississippi. Kiffin said after the game that he was grateful for his time coaching Ole Miss because his feelings […]

It's tough to definitively say we know who will be contending for the Lombardi Trophy this season, but it's hard to ignore what some teams have done so far this season. The San Francisco 49ers have blown out both teams they've played, while the defending-champion Seattle Seahawks went on the road and beat an upstart Cardinals team in Week 2. Also, the Kansas City Chiefs and Cincinnati Bengals have put […]

The Philadelphia Eagles and the Green Bay Packers flirted with catastrophic losses before pulling out wins at the last minute. But the Tampa Bay Buccaneers couldn’t, losing at home to the awful Cleveland Browns. Like the Bucs, the Los Angeles Chargers dropped to 0-2 as well. But in the Chargers' case, I actually believe in their opponent: the Las Vegas Raiders. Coach Klint Kubiak has that unit looking much better […]

The Kansas City Chiefs did it again. Patrick Mahomes led the Chiefs on two field-goal drives in overtime, which were good enough to get to 2-0 with a win over the Indianapolis Colts. It improves the Chiefs' recent streak of overtime wins. Here are my takeaways from Sunday night: It’s hard to find many situational stats where Kansas City doesn’t look good, but they’re a really good team once a […]