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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 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 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 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...

Getty Images Another day, another previously unknown detail emerges regarding the Tyrod Taylor situation. Appearing Thursday morning on SiriusXM NFL Radio, Chargers coach Anthony Lynn disclosed that Taylor suffered broken ribs early in the Week One game against the Bengals. “The young man...

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 Chargers coach Anthony Lynn recently said that rookie quarterback Justin Herbert is the “backup for a reason.” Whatever the reason, the backup has raised the bar for the starter. It’s unclear why Lynn has staunchly refused to make Herbert the starter, given that Herbert had an...

Getty Images Harrison Butker having to hit the game-winning field goal in overtime three times deserved some extra praise. The Chiefs kicker was named AFC special teams player of the week, for his cool against the Chargers in overtime. The game-winning kick was initially good from 53, but a...

Getty Images Chiefs coach Andy Reid was an assistant coach in Green Bay for Brett Favre’s first seven years with the Packers, and Reid says he sees a lot of Favre in Patrick Mahomes. Reid said on SiriusXM NFL Radio that when Mahomes rolled out and threw a beautiful deep ball to Tyreek Hill for...

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 Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert found out just before kickoff that he’d be getting his first NFL action on Sunday. And when opportunity knocked, Herbert pulled the door wide-ass open. Herbert became only the third player in the NFL’s 101 seasons to have 300 or more passing...

Getty Images Chargers coach Anthony Lynn made the surprising decision to put the ball in Patrick Mahomes‘ hands in overtime on Sunday. It didn’t work out. With the Chargers facing fourth-and-1 in overtime, Lynn chose to punt. Mahomes drove the Chiefs into field goal range and Kansas City’s...

USA TODAY Sports Tyreek Hill‘s helmet came off after the Chiefs receiver somersaulted into the end zone for a 54-yard touchdown with 12:48 remaining in the fourth quarter. The question is: Did he do it in celebration? Taking off a helmet in the field of play is unsportsmanlike conduct and...

Getty Images Chargers quarterback Tyrod Taylor became a surprise scratch for Sunday’s game against the Chiefs after becoming ill before kickoff. He was taken to a local hospital. The Chargers have provided an update on Taylor’s condition. “Prior to kick off, Tyrod Taylor experienced...