Mitch Trubisky: Having Brian Flores gives us good insight into how Patriots may plan for us

New England’s defense has been tough for quarterbacks to solve for years and years. But Pittsburgh’s Mitch Trubisky has something working in his favor for this week’s matchup between the Steelers and Patriots — a former New England defensive coach on his team’s staff. Steelers senior defensive assistant/linebackers coach Brian Flores was with the Patriots [more]

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Robert Saleh: We’re not same old Jets, but shots will keep coming until we win

Jets head coach Robert Saleh’s comments on Monday about “taking receipts” of people mocking the Jets so he can throw them back once the Jets turn things around drew a lot of attention and they became a focal point of his press conference on Wednesday. Saleh told reporters that “you guys caught me in a [more]

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J.C. Jackson a game time decision for Chargers vs. Chiefs

The Chargers don’t know yet whether cornerback J.C. Jackson will be able to play tonight against the Chiefs. Jackson will go through pre-game warmups and then be a game-time decision, according to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network. The Chargers signed Jackson to a five-year, $82.5 million contract with the idea that he’d make a big [more]

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Mitch Trubisky wants Steelers to have “killer mindset” on offense

The Steelers were able to beat the Bengals 23-20 in overtime in their season opener, but the game was a lot closer than one might expect given how the Steelers played on defense. They forced five Joe Burrow turnovers with safety Minkah Fitzpatrick returning one of them for a touchdown and the offense turning the [more]

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Aaron Rodgers: I’ve got to figure out a way to get on same frequency with wideouts

The relationship between Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and the team’s young receivers was discussed a lot during the offseason and the conversation did not move on to other topics after the first game of the regular season. Second-round pick Christian Watson dropped what could have been a touchdown pass to open the team’s Week One [more]

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Matthew Stafford not on injury report, but two of his blockers didn’t practice Wednesday

Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford emerged from a Week One clunker without any injury that landed him on the team’s first practice report in advance of Week Two. That’s the good news. The bad news is that 40 percent of his starting offensive line didn’t practice on Wednesday, six days after a blowout loss to the [more]

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Tua Tagovailoa is 7-1 against Super Bowl-winning coaches, faces John Harbaugh next

Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has had the number of some of the NFL’s best coaches. After improving to 4-0 in his career against Bill Belichick’s Patriots on Sunday, Tagovailoa is 7-1 against head coaches who have won the Super Bowl. That includes two wins over Jon Gruden’s Raiders and one over Sean Payton’s Saints, in [more]

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