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Getty Images Perhaps anticipating the Chiefs might try to throw the ball tonight, the Ravens have added to the secondary. The team announced that safety Jordan Richards has been signed to the 53-man roster, taking the place of cornerback Tavon Young. Young, who suffered a season-ending knee...

Getty Images On Monday night, the last two regular-season MVPs will get together in prime time. Both quarterbacks are among the best in the league, and that raises an obvious question as to whether they study each other, or other quarterbacks. Asked by ESPN’s Louis Riddick whether Ravens...

Getty Images The Chiefs are still holding out hope for having their No. 2 receiver on Monday night at Baltimore. Sammy Watkins is questionable with a concussion and a neck injury. He returned to practice on a limited basis on Friday, and he fully participated in Saturday’s practice. Also...

Getty Images The Ravens ruled out cornerback Tavon Young, who tore an anterior cruciate ligament but remains on the 53-player roster. They list four other players as questionable but expect to have all four available Monday night. Offensive lineman D.J. Fluker (shoulder), defensive back...

Getty Images Ravens defensive coordinator Don “Wink” Martindale has coached against Patrick Mahomes in the past and he has been preparing to face Mahomes this week, which has left him with some strong opinions about the Chiefs quarterback. One of them has to do with the contract extension that...

Getty Images The Ravens won’t have as big of a home-field advantage as they normally would, but they will have some fans at Monday night’s game. The team announced it will host 250 immediate family members of players, coaches and front office staff. That’s the number of spectators permitted by...

Getty Images Chiefs receiver Sammy Watkins returned to practice Friday. He was limited. Watkins took a shot to the head from Chargers linebacker Denzel Perryman during last Sunday’s overtime win. He is in concussion protocol and also has a neck injury. Watkins has eight catches for 93 yards...

Getty Images Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray‘s stellar rookie season featured less running than anyone expected. His even-more-stellar second season has, so far, featured more. While it’s still very early, Murray’s willingness to take off and to do so in a way that avoids hits and potential...

Getty Images The Chiefs won’t play the Ravens until Monday night and the extra day could come in handy for wide receiver Sammy Watkins. Chiefs head coach Andy Reid said on Thursday that Watkins is in the concussion protocol. He took a shot to the head from Chargers linebacker Denzel Perryman...

Getty Images When Patrick Mahomes was a rookie, no one knew how great a quarterback he would become. But Marcus Peters had a pretty good idea. Peters, the Ravens cornerback who will play against Mahomes on Monday night, was on the 2017 Chiefs when Mahomes spent the season backing up veteran...

Getty Images The Chiefs may have cornerback Charvarius Ward back in the lineup for Monday night’s game against the Ravens. Ward broke his hand in the season opener and didn’t practice at all last week before sitting out the team’s Week Two overtime win over the Chargers. He returned to...

Getty Images Russell Wilson is cooking on the football field and in the sportsbooks. The Seahawks quarterback has never received an MVP vote during his NFL career, but the first two weeks of the season have many thinking that is going to change this season. Wilson has starred during the...

Getty Images When the Ravens faced the Chiefs last season, it did not go well for Baltimore’s defense. Patrick Mahomes threw for 374 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions, Kansas City added 140 yards on the ground, and although the Ravens’ offense rallied in the fourth quarter, the...

USA TODAY Sports In early August, after a visit to the neck surgeon, Joe Flacco was expected to return in mid-September. It’s mid-September (or late September) and the Jets backup quarterback is back. Flacco had a full practice for the first time this season. He has full medical clearance to...

Getty Images In a 32-team league, the maximum possible number of 2-0 teams is 16. The most 2-0 teams ever emerging from the first two weeks of an NFL is 11. It’s happened three times before. It happened again this year. The Cardinals, Bills, Ravens, Bears, Packers, Chiefs, Raiders, Rams...

Getty Images The Packers, as explained by running back Aaron Jones after Sunday’s 42-21 win over the Lions, “definitely” have improved in their second year working with coach Matt LaFleur’s offense. The numbers support it. The Packers have become, according to the NFL, only the fourth team in...

Getty Images Ravens coach John Harbaugh confirmed the bad news Monday: Cornerback Tavon Young‘s season is finished after two games. “We did get final word on Tavon. It is a torn ACL,” Harbaugh said. “It’s only a torn ACL so that’s a positive. He’ll have surgery and go into rehab. He’ll fight...

Getty Images The Texans will be without running back Duke Johnson today, but wide receiver Brandin Cooks will play against the Ravens. Johnson’s ankle injury landed him on the inactive list, as expected. Also inactive for the Texans are linebackers Jonathan Greenard and Peter Kalambayi...

Getty Images The Ravens may get described as old-school for their willingness to run the ball and play defense. That does not mean they’re anything resembling conventional. The Ravens raced to a 33-16 win over the Texans Sunday, improving to 2-0. They did it by unveiling wrinkles in the run...

Getty Images The Ravens moved to 2-0 by beating the Texans in Houston on Sunday, but they lost a member of their secondary on the way to victory. Cornerback Tavon Young hurt his knee during the game. Head coach John Harbaugh told reporters in his postgame press conference that the team...