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Getty Images The annual MVP race has certain basic realities. First, we care about it a lot more during the season than when the season ends. Second, it’s not relevant until the season ends. Third, where the teams finish in the standings when the season ends has a huge impact on who wins. (For...

Getty Images There was never any sign that defensive end Chase Young would be able to play this week and the Washington Football Team officially ruled him out on Friday. Young was forced out of last Sunday’s loss to the Browns with a groin injury and wasn’t able to practice at all this week...

USA TODAY Sports The NFL Referees Association was not happy about Ravens head coach John Harbaugh’s lack of a face covering when he aired his displeasure with calls by the officiating staff during the team’s Week Three loss to the Ravens, but their complaints to the league apparently haven’t...

Getty Images Joe Flacco is dressed tonight, the first time he has been active for a game since Oct. 27, 2019, when he made his final start for the Broncos. The Jets play the Broncos tonight. Flacco had a herniated disc in his neck, ending his 2019 season and necessitating surgery in April. He...

Getty Images Washington coach Ron Rivera hopes to return to practice Friday, and he plans to coach Sunday. Rivera, who is undergoing cancer treatment for squamous cell carcinoma, missed Wednesday’s practice. He left Thursday’s practice near the end, but before it was over, because of the...

Getty Images Cornerback Marlon Humphrey and the Ravens have struck a deal that should keep the 2017 first-round pick in Baltimore for quite a while. The Ravens announced on Thursday morning that they have signed Humphrey to a five-year contract extension. The Ravens did not announce any other...

Getty Images Ravens cornerback Marlon Humphrey signed a five-year, $98.75 million contract extension today, and at his press conference to announce the signing, he credited his father, former NFL running back Bobby Humphrey, for getting him to this point. Marlon Humphrey got emotional as he...

Getty Images The Washington Football Team and Baltimore Ravens both play in Maryland, and so far neither has had fans in the stands, beyond guests of players and team staffers, this season. But that could change soon. Maryland Governor Larry Hogan told JP Finlay of NBCSportsWashington.com that...

Getty Images Washington defensive end Chase Young is unlikely to play on Sunday against the Ravens. Young suffered a moderate groin strain and is expected to miss at least one game and then be week-to-week after that, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports. The second overall pick in this year’s...

Ravens coach John Harbaugh was shown on TV during Monday night’s game with his mask lowered below his mouth, yelling at an official whose face was inches away from Harbaugh’s face. Considering that the NFL has already fined several coaches $100,000 for failing to wear masks, that drew plenty of...

Getty Images On Monday, we go positive. (For the most part.) On Tuesdays, one specific segment of PFT Live focuses on the negative. It’s the Goats (in a Bad Way) draft. The Week Three edition appears in the attached video. Some of them are obvious. Cowboys defensive lineman Trysten Hill...

Getty Images The Texans are interested in safety Earl Thomas. Unless they’re not. Unless they are. In the wake of a report from John McClain of the Houston Chronicle that the Texans have moved on from pursuing Thomas because it’s not a good fit, his agents say otherwise. Via Adam Schefter of...

Getty Images Ravens coach John Harbaugh says there was no doubt who the better team on the field was Monday night. In what was billed as a battle of the two best teams in the NFL, the Chiefs lived up to the hype but the Ravens did not. Harbaugh acknowledged that after the game. “They beat us...

Getty Images Patrick Mahomes‘ four touchdown passes on Monday night came in very different ways. A strike to a well-covered Tyreek Hill and a perfectly thrown ball to Mecole Hardman for a 49-yard score are the kind of thing we’re accustomed to seeing from Mahomes. An underhand flip to fullback...

Getty Images Most of the on-field messages from Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes come from his arm or his feet. On Monday night, he sent another message with his fingers. After throwing his final touchdown pass on the night against the Ravens, in a game Kansas City won 34-20, Mahomes counted...

Getty Images The NFL made it through 48 regular-season games without a serious COVID-19 issue. Now, the NFL has one. The Titans have closed their facilities until Saturday, PFT has confirmed. Obviously, they’ll prepare for Sunday’s home game against the Steelers remotely. But the Titans will...

Getty Images In three straight seasons Lamar Jackson has started a game against the Kansas City Chiefs. After Monday night’s 34-20 loss to the Chiefs, Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens remain winless in those three attempts. “Our Kryptonite,” Jackson said of the Chiefs, via Jamison Hensley of...

Getty Images The Ravens did not want to fall too far behind the Chiefs. That’s what happened almost exactly a year ago, with Kansas City leading 23-6 at halftime and 30-13 into the fourth quarter. The Chiefs won 33-28 after a Baltimore rally. The Ravens did what they didn’t want to do, giving...

Getty Images Well, the first half didn’t live up to the promise of the game of the year. The Chiefs showed up. The Ravens didn’t. The Chiefs, who led the Ravens 23-6 at halftime in a 33-28 victory in 2019, lead the Ravens 27-10 at halftime Monday night. The Chiefs ran 40 plays, gained 333...

Getty Images The Chiefs have ruled out cornerback L’Jarius Sneed with a collarbone injury. Charvarius Ward, who was questionable with a hand injury, has replaced Sneed opposite Rashad Fenton at corner. Sneed is tied for the NFL lead in interceptions with two. He was injured diving for...