Player Notes

1. The no-spin zone: There was a Cordarrelle Patterson sighting in Tampa.Patterson, who had only one carry in the Falcons’ first six games of the season, had 10 carries for 56 yards Sunday and ran over a few Bucs defenders along the way.With Bijan Robinson sick, the Falcons needed to lean on Patterson, who turned 32 in March.Falcons coach Arthur Smith was asked about the importance of Patterson regaining ...

Bob McManamanSunday’s game against the visiting Baltimore Ravens could be a significant “last” for both Josh Dobbs and Kyler Murray.For Dobbs, it could mark his last game as the starting quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals (1-6). For Murray, it could represent the last game he misses on the Reserve/Designated to Return list.Murray is eligible to be activated to the Cardinals’ 53-man roster at any ...

If you noticed Cris Collinsworth getting overly excited about Zach Wilson’s surprising performance Sunday night, you were not alone.Wilson was 28-of-39 for 245 yards, two touchdowns, zero interceptions and a lost fumble as the Jets were in the game against the defending champion Chiefs until the final minute in a 23-20 loss.Speaking on his eponymous podcast, Bill Simmons hilariously ribbed Collinsworth ...

NBC Sports analyst Rodney Harrison is doing a mea culpa after bizarrely trying to get Kansas City Chiefs tackle Chris Jones to bash Zach Wilson on Sunday.Harrison reached out to the Jets on Monday morning to apologize to Wilson for his comments on the “Sunday Night Football” postgame show, head coach Robert Saleh said.The Jets coach told reporters that he had heard about the comments by Harrison and ...

Zach Wilson accepted Joe Namath’s public flogging last week, and said it was up to him and the Jets’ offense to prove Broadway Joe wrong.It appears that Wilson’s performance in Sunday night’s 23-20 loss to Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs at least began to sway the Super Bowl III hero’s opinion.Namath took to the airwaves again on Monday, one week after saying on ESPN NY Radio’s “The Michael Kay Show” ...

Kenny Pickett walked through the Pittsburgh Steelers locker room repeatedly during the lead up to a 2 p.m. team meeting Monday. Less than 24 hours after suffering a knee injury that forced him out of a game at the Houston Texans, Pickett was walking with no obvious limp and without any brace or so much as a compression sleeve on his left knee.Pickett carried a playbook and attended to his locker as ...

Twenty days after Aaron Rodgers was carted off the field after his fourth play with the Jets, he was back at MetLife Stadium on Sunday night watching from a box as his teammates nearly pulled off a shocking upset of the Chiefs.But it was Rodgers’ presence in a team meeting on Saturday night that seemed to inspire the Jets to turn the page on the funk they had been in since eking out an upset over the ...

Jets coach Robert Saleh was fuming at the referees on Sunday night, as the Chiefs drove down the field for more than seven minutes before ultimately running out the clock to secure a dramatic 23-20 victory at MetLife Stadium.Saleh was furious enough to get flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct in the final moments of the game. A day later, he was still unhappy and unwilling to talk about the Sauce Gardner ...

Jets cornerback Sauce Gardner fired a second shot at refs who called him for a costly fourth-quarter penalty that helped the Kansas City Chiefs — cheered on by pop star Taylor Swift — avoid an upset on Sunday night with a 23-20 win at MetLife Stadium.Gardner was penalized after the Chiefs failed on a third-and-20 — with the Jets trailing by three points and just under five minutes remaining. A flag ...

A day after sustaining the worst loss of his head coaching career, Bill Belichick had a simple message during his weekly Monday morning interview with WEEI’s “The Greg Hill Show.”“We’re still fighting,” he said of the 1-3 Patriots. New England’s 38-3 defeat against the Cowboys on Sunday resulted in not only the third quarter benching of quarterback Mac Jones, but also injuries to multiple starting ...