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Getty Images Bills tight end Tyler Kroft missed the first two games of the season with a foot injury, but it looked like he was on his way back into the lineup when he was a full participant in practice on Wednesday. Kroft’s progress came sceeching to a halt on Thursday, however. Head coach...

Getty Images In John Ross‘s first two NFL seasons, he looked like a major bust. Selected by the Bengals with the ninth overall pick in the 2017 draft, Ross didn’t catch a single pass in his first season and managed just 21 catches for 210 yards in his second. This year is much different. Ross...

Getty Images NFL rushing offenses don’t get much worse than the Bengals have been in their first two games. Joe Mixon is the primary ball carrier, and he has 27 yards on 17 carries, an average of 1.6 yards per carry. Backup Giovani Bernard has 13 carries for 27 yards, Andy Dalton has two...

Getty Images The unexpected 2-0 start to the season from the 49ers traces in part to their full-week detour to Youngstown. After Sunday’s 41-17 win over the Bengals in Cincinnati, 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan explained to PFT the benefit of not flying back and forth to California between games...

Getty Images Bills head coach Sean McDermott said on Monday that the team was still gathering information about the condition of running back Devin Singletary‘s hamstring after he was injured in last Sunday’s win over the Jets and they learned enough to know that Singletary shouldn’t be on the...

Getty Images As the Bengals try to get their first win of the Zac Taylor regime, they’ll apparently have a fully healthy starting running back. Joe Mixon, listed as questionable for Week Two with an ankle injury, is off the injury report in advance of the Week Three game at Buffalo. Mixon...

Getty Images The Bengals announced they waived receiver Pharoh Cooper on Tuesday. They promoted offensive guard Keaton Sutherland from the practice squad to fill his roster spot. Cooper, a fourth-year player, played in one game for the Bengals after they claimed him off waivers from the...

Getty Images Bengals rookie left guard Michael Jordan will miss “at least a week” with his left knee injury, coach Zac Taylor said Monday, via Ben Baby of ESPN. Jordan played 55 of 70 snaps before leaving Sunday. Former first-round choice Billy Price replaced him. Price, drafted as a center...

Getty Images The good news for the 49ers is that they’re 2-0. The better news is that quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo will likely only get better. Coach Kyle Shanahan told PFT by phone after Sunday’s 41-17 win over the Bengals that Garoppolo will need more time to play as well as he’s capable of...

Getty Images There were plenty of empty seats at Paul Brown Stadium for Sunday’s game between the Bengals and 49ers and it’s hard to imagine any absent Bengals fans second-guessed their decision to stay away. The 49ers routed the Bengals 41-17 and the fans that did show up responded to the...

Getty Images Every week we bring you all the inactives from the early games in one post, constantly updated with the latest information. Check back to see the full list as it becomes available 90 minutes ahead of the 1 p.m. ET kickoffs. Jaguars at Texans Jaguars: DE Yannick Ngakoue, T Cedric...

Getty Images The 49ers’ offense suffered a big loss in what has otherwise been a great game. San Francisco offensive tackle Joe Staley was carted off late in the third quarter of a game the 49ers are leading 34-10. Staley appeared to injure his left leg, and although he was able to limp off...

Getty Images This was the Jimmy Garoppolo the 49ers have been looking for. Garoppolo, the quarterback who’s had an up-and-down tenure since arriving in San Francisco, was decidedly up today in a 41-17 win over the Bengals. The 49ers’ offense was outstanding, with more than 300 passing yards...

Getty Images Jimmy Garoppolo no longer is thinking about his surgically repaired knee. The 49ers quarterback took only two hits Sunday, both by Ryan Glasgow, including one Garoppolo threw for a 39-yard completion to Deebo Samuel. But he lived to tell about it. “Yeah, it’s good to get hit, I...

Getty Images A decision on running back Joe Mixon‘s status for Sunday’s game against the 49ers looks like it will come down to the wire. Mixon left last week’s loss to the Seahawks with an ankle injury and missed the first two days of practice this week. He returned to the field in a limited...

Getty Images Remember in the offseason when everyone was wondering how the 49ers were going to keep all their running backs happy? Now, the question is: How do they keep them healthy? The 49ers placed Jerick McKinnon on injured reserve last month after knee surgery, and now Tevin Coleman will...

Getty Images Bengals running back Joe Mixon hurt his ankle last Sunday and did not take part in the team’s first two practices of the week, but things appear to be trending in a better direction as Sunday’s game against the 49ers approaches. Mixon returned to practice in a limited capacity on...

Getty Images 49ers General Manager John Lynch expressed optimism that edge rusher Nick Bosa would play Sunday. But the team lists him as questionable to play against the Bengals. Bosa returned to practice Friday on a limited basis after missing the first two days of work this week. He...

Getty Images Week Two of the 2019 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the Buccaneers and it continues with 14 more games on Sunday, which means that the 28 teams in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday. Questionable players are uncertain to play...

Getty Images Bengals tight end Tyler Eifert didn’t practice this Wednesday, but it’s not because he’s dealing with another injury in a career that’s seen way too many of them. It was just a rest day for Eifert, who came through the opener without any pain and returned to practice on Thursday...